New York State Senator

Sam Berger 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07388

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Enacts "Peanut's law: humane animal protection act" to provide humane treatment, safeguard animal welfare and strengthen the rights of animal sanctuaries and responsible owners in retaining custody, implementing due process safeguards, and guaranteeing public safety while an appeal is pending; requires an administrative hearing before the seizure or euthanization of an animal under the care of a wildlife sanctuary, unless there is documented evidence that the animal presents an immediate threat to public safety; further provides that any animal seized by the department of environmental conservation for testing or public concerns is subject to a 72-hour waiting period prior to euthanization; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07356

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Sets minimum staffing standards for employees performing emergency medical services in the 911 system in a city with a population of over one million people.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07308

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Establishes a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit and eligibility criteria for such tax credit.
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New York Assembly Bill A07321

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.
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New York Assembly Bill A07363

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06781

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Chaptered
6/20/25  
Chaptered
6/18/25  
Passed
6/20/25  
Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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New York Assembly Bill A06790

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/14/26  
Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06955

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07252

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Relates to term life insurance suitability information and the limiting of regulations or orders promulgated by the superintendent related thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A06721

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/18/25  
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06708

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Relates to use of public funds for prevailing wage requirements applicable to construction projects performed under private contract.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06759

Introduced
3/12/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Establishes a correctional employee protective labor practices board to make recommendations regarding labor practices and working conditions for correctional employees, and institutional safety of both correctional employees and incarcerated individuals.
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New York Assembly Bill A06744

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/28/26  
Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.
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New York Assembly Bill A06722

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06904

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability for the purpose of making Down syndrome an automatic qualifier for Medicaid; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of ten who cannot demonstrate that their disability constitutes a substantial handicap to their ability to function in a normal society, but that have a high probability of meeting such criteria later in life; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of four.