New York State Senator

Roxanne Persaud 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 34)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00178

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a school air conditioning system grant program to provide schools with funding to install air conditioning systems in certain areas; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S00182

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/20/26  
Engrossed
5/18/26  
Increases the federal poverty level requirement for recipients where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00179

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to authorizing the payment of costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child two years of age or younger for children receiving safety net assistance.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00180

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Increases the amount certain individuals are eligible for when receiving enhanced residential care.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00181

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Enrolled
11/3/25  
Chaptered
11/12/25  
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00245

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes expedited settlement conference processes for establishing child support orders where both parties voluntarily agree on the process.
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New York Senate Bill S00519

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants and eligibility requirements for fund distribution.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00141

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00158

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00088

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.
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New York Senate Bill S00072

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00419

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Requires public utility companies to repair or replace all damaged residential lateral sewer and water pipes where such damage was caused by such public utility company.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00454

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00453

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to report such information to the department of health or to the New York city citywide immunization registry unless the person receiving the immunization objects to such reporting.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01887

Introduced
4/14/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as Arab American Heritage Month in the State of New York