New York State Senator

Rodneyse Hermelyn 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03475

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Prohibits police officers from using bias-based profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for bias-based profiling; allows an action for injunctive relief and/or damages to be brought against a law enforcement agency, any agent of a law enforcement agency and the supervisor of an agent.
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New York Assembly Bill A01171

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for a tax deduction for the adoption of a child with special needs of an amount equal to $10,000.
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New York Assembly Bill A01211

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/27/26  
Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.
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New York Assembly Bill K00045

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00067

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025, as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month in the State of New York

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A03506

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
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New York Assembly Bill A03482

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.
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New York Assembly Bill A01237

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides that any claim for deceptive acts or practices against a distribution utility providing gas, electric or steam services to the public, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such claim without regard to any defenses alleged; provides that in any claim for false advertising, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such claim.
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New York Assembly Bill A01200

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
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New York Assembly Bill A01306

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.
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New York Assembly Bill A01351

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
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New York Assembly Bill A01297

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.
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New York Assembly Bill A03083

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Enacts the "disadvantaged communities commitment act"; requires investor-owned energy utilities to collect and publish data on disadvantaged communities in certain service areas and file such statistics with the public service commission.
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New York Assembly Bill A03996

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Establishes the "jobs and housing act"; directs the private housing finance agency to develop and administer a jobs and housing pilot program to construct and preserve housing, including workforce housing, that is affordable to low and moderate income persons, and creates jobs for those who build and work in such housing.
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New York Assembly Bill A03691

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Prohibits telephone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charges, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying such caller.