New York State Senator

Roxanne Persaud 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00339

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the establishment of a state university-based center for employee ownership that provides education and outreach to business owners regarding employee ownership.
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New York Senate Bill S00342

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.
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New York Senate Bill S00399

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.
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New York Senate Bill S00415

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
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New York Senate Bill S01023

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the dollar value of abandoned vehicles which may be seized by a local authority.
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New York Senate Bill S01034

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index; requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00247

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00246

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Relates to resource exemptions for applicants for public assistance programs; amends the Welfare Reform Act in relation to the effectiveness thereof.
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New York Senate Bill S00244

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto.
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New York Senate Bill S00521

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides test preparation for students in the seventh grade and eighth grade intending to apply to take the specialized high school admissions test.
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New York Senate Bill S00515

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows parents and legal guardians to work from home; allows flexible working arrangements during a public health emergency or state or local disaster emergency which closes schools or day care centers; defines terms; creates a rebuttable presumption that an employee can work remotely if such employee has done so for two consecutive pay periods or two weeks; creates a civil penalty for violations.
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New York Senate Bill S00517

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Creates an educational pamphlet regarding the importance of prostate-specific antigen testing.
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New York Senate Bill S00518

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00516

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose whether parts supplied are under warranty and the estimate for all parts and labor; provides that no work can be done without the consent of the customer; provides for fines for violations of such provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00514

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations.