New York State Senator

Sam Berger 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 Assembly Bill A00230

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by and real property owned by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00137

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to hospitalization, care coordination, and assisted outpatient treatment for persons with mental illness.
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New York Assembly Bill A00101

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.
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New York Assembly Bill A01075

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Exempts adolescent offenders who displayed a shotgun, rifle or deadly weapon in furtherance of the underlying offense, or who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm, from those authorized to be removed to family court.
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New York Assembly Bill A01073

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until the availability of charging infrastructure, and the cost and availability of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles makes the sale of such vehicles more practicable.
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New York Assembly Bill A01070

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01100

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.
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New York Assembly Bill A00949

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Engrossed
1/12/26  
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.
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New York Assembly Bill A02693

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Prohibits the issuance of violations or tickets during certain weekend hours to residential occupants for violations of the sanitation department regulations regarding placing trash or garbage out for collection earlier than allowed under the city routing system designated hours.
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New York Assembly Bill A02735

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00114

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows for certain notices related to property/casualty insurance contracts under the vehicle and traffic law to be delivered by electronic means.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00196

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "dialogue and decorum act" which establishes the crime of disruption or disturbance of a lawful assembly; makes such crime an unclassified misdemeanor.
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New York Assembly Bill A00109

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes that instruction in financial education be provided to pupils in grades nine through twelve; establishes what should be included in such curriculum including the basics of financial planning, budgeting, borrowing, interest rates, personal insurance policies, etc.
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New York Assembly Bill A00919

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Requires electronic benefit transfer systems to allow for benefit recipients to cancel, lock or unlock a card associated with electronic benefit transfer services when fraud has been suspected or reported; amends the effectiveness thereof.
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New York Assembly Bill A02679

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Provides that vehicle registrations, reregistrations and renewals shall expire upon the last day of the month in which the registration is valid.