New York State Senator

Samra Brouk 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 30)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01402

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to the execution of a warrant of arrest; authorizes the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to establish a system to record and monitor the issuance and execution of search warrants; authorizes the chief administrator of the court system to establish educational programs for judicial personnel on the law of searches, arrests and seizures.
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New York Senate Bill S02057

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
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New York Senate Bill S02062

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.
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New York Senate Bill S02022

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/27/26  
Exempts aid derived from funding from childcare stabilization grants, childcare desert funding, or other non-recurring funding, issued by the office of children and family services to childcare providers from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.
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New York Senate Bill S02046

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in academic programs that lead to a degree or degrees required for licensure in any of the mental health professions.
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New York Senate Bill J00229

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S02076

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Requires that notice of initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided to claimants within 30 days of such claimant furnishing all necessary documentation, and if the commissioner is unable to issue a determination within such time frame they shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the issuance of a determination.
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New York Senate Bill S02149

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Requires that a business allow a consumer to cancel a contract between the two parties using the same method that was used to enter into the contract; provides exemptions.
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New York Senate Bill S02131

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.
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New York Senate Bill S02132

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes the baby bucks allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the baby bucks allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.
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New York Senate Bill S02165

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice; defines emergency medical conditions; requires appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment of persons in an emergency department, including pregnant persons, or appropriate transfer.
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New York Senate Bill S02126

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
5/18/26  
Directs the commissioner to convene statewide and regional conventions to bring together underrepresented educators annually to discuss experiences, best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.
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New York Senate Bill S02709

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.
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New York Senate Bill S01896

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/27/26  
Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs.
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New York Senate Bill S01913

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to establishing the "340B prescription drug anti-discrimination act"; prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against covered entities and New York state pharmacies based on participation in the drug discount program authorized by section 340B of the federal public health service act.