New York State Senator

Sarah Clark 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 21)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01597

Introduced

1/10/25

Refer

1/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

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.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02218

Introduced

1/15/25

Refer

1/15/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01541

Introduced

1/10/25

Refer

1/10/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Refer

2/4/25

Report Pass

5/22/25

Refer

5/22/25

Report Pass

5/27/25

Engrossed

5/27/25

Refer

5/27/25

Engrossed

1/21/26

Refer

1/21/26

Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01494

Introduced

1/10/25

Refer

1/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Repeals the rebates for stock transfer tax paid; dedicates funds of the stock transfer tax fund and stock transfer incentive fund to various funds; establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01580

Introduced

1/10/25

Refer

1/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02181

Introduced

1/15/25

Refer

1/15/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02140

Introduced

1/15/25

Refer

1/15/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to fair pricing for low-complexity, routine medical care to more closely align payment rates across ambulatory settings for selected services that are safe and appropriate to provide in all settings.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02289

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the manufacturer disclosure and transparency act requiring prescription drug manufacturers to notify the attorney general of arrangements between pharmaceutical manufacturers resulting in the delay of the introduction of generic medications.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02352

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires insurers and health plans to grant automatic preauthorization approvals to eligible health care professionals in certain circumstances.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02354

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02326

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Deems home instruction which is compliant with the provisions of article 65 of the education law and the home instruction requirements prescribed in the commissioner of education's regulations to be substantially equivalent in amount and quality to the instruction given to students of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the student resides.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02324

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

4/28/25

Refer

4/28/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Refer

5/28/25

Allows certain reusable beverage containers in sports venues.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01245

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars; excludes any payment not in excess of five thousand dollars made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an employee that is directly deducted from the employee's wages through payroll and administered by a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to educational institutions or related loan servicers on behalf of students such amount from an employee's New York state gross income; further excludes any contribution not to exceed five thousand dollars to a tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code made through payroll deduction and facilitated by an employer or a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to such programs on behalf of employees from the employee's New York state gross income.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01281

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01125

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.

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