New York State Senator

Rebecca Seawright 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08187

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Enacts the "building recruitment and incentives for dedicated government employees (BRIDGE) act" which provides a service credit for members who were previously employed by the federal government.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08642

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Enacts the "NYS health care tax reform act"; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on insurance corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on business corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on pass-through entities; relates to filing fee surcharges; relates to revenues to be included in the health care reform act resources fund; establishes a public goods and medicaid surcharge on misclassified workers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08634

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/19/26  
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08672

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00441

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 8, 2025, as STEAM Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00433

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 4-10, 2025, as Compost Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00439

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 2025, as Rip Current Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00436

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6-12, 2025, as Nurses Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00561

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00554

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 21, 2025, as MWBE Advocacy Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00571

Introduced
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 9-15, 2025, as Stuttering Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00572

Introduced
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 2025, as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00586

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Melanoma Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00587

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025 as Dairy Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00589

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 25-31, 2025, as Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week in the State of New York, more commonly known as Butterfly Children Awareness Week