New York State Senator

Roxanne Persaud 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00862

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to requiring limits on the number of cases a public defender may be assigned in any given year.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00859

Introduced
1/8/25  
Limits robocalls to state residents; requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00948

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the maximum amount of fines for parking violations from fifty dollars to sixty-five dollars for a first violation, eighty-five dollars for a second parking violation, and one hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00949

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides for service of notice of violations of any provision of title sixteen of the administrative code of the city of New York by the department of sanitation on a respondent that is a closed commercial establishment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00187

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00315

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00318

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
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).
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00317

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00787

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Engrossed
2/5/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
2/14/25  
Requires electric vehicle charging stations to include at least one space that is large enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00520

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Ensures ovarian cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health conditions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00785

Introduced
1/8/25  
Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of personal identifying information.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00784

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Engrossed
1/22/25  
Enrolled
1/23/25  
Chaptered
1/27/25  
Relates to the termination of subsidies provided to adoptive parents for disabled or hard to place children; replaces references of "assistance" with "subsidy"; changes the effective date to 90 days.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00586

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a mandated window of five business days for both Medicaid and private insurers to respond to pre-authorization claims for testing and/or treatments made by physicians on behalf of oncology patients.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00809

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00758

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides that maternal health care facilities are not required to grant doula access during emergencies or when such access could compromise the safety of the patient or health care team.