New York State Senator

Rebecca Kassay 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03654

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03616

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Requires motorists to exercise care to avoid colliding with any domestic or companion animal; increases fines and penalties for causing such injury and for leaving the scene of injury to certain animals without reporting.
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New York Assembly Bill A03649

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2026.
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New York Assembly Bill A03615

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Makes various amendments to requirements for web-based videoconferencing of public meetings; establishes the municipal hybrid meeting trust fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09645

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Establishes a 13 member veteran suicide mortality review board to serve as the statewide entity responsible for the multidisciplinary review of suicide deaths among veterans by identifying trends and systemic factors contributing to veteran suicide; assessing gaps in services, access to care, and institutional practices; developing evidence-based recommendations for prevention and policy improvement; and promoting collaboration among relevant state, local, and federal agencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09590

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Engrossed
5/4/26  
Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to The New York Climate Exchange Inc. for the construction of facilities on Governor's Island.
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New York Assembly Bill A02384

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02514

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.
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New York Assembly Bill A02444

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Exempts toothpaste, toothbrushes and dental floss from the payment of sales tax.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01916

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Relates to licensing laser hair removal technicians; establishes laser hair removal rules, regulations and standards.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00847

Introduced
1/20/26  
Commemorating the observance of the 41st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 19, 2026
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00860

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Firefighter Cancer Prevention Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09624

Introduced
1/21/26  
Requires the state university of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00869

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2026, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00029

Introduced
1/21/25  
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the city of New York, New York to be celebrated in 2025