New York State Senator

Sarahana Shrestha 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 14)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04481

Introduced
2/4/25  
Establishes the New York road salt reduction council and the New York road salt reduction advisory committee to provide a mechanism for interagency cooperation and coordination to implement the recommendations of the report of the Adirondack road salt reduction task force.
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New York Assembly Bill A04439

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses and the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment and infrastructure; requires public utilities to have infrastructure, capacity, facilities, and transmission and distribution systems needed to supply power for the charging of zero-emission buses and provides a tariff for charging of electric buses.
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New York Assembly Bill A04282

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A04642

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Requires certain state owned and operated parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles.
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New York Assembly Bill A04603

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
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New York Assembly Bill A06265

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Establishes the New York State social housing development authority as a public benefit corporation to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing in the state through the acquisition of land and renovation or rehabilitation of existing real property, and through the construction of new, permanently affordable housing.
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New York Assembly Bill A06268

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.
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New York Assembly Bill A06287

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.
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New York Assembly Bill A06283

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A05113

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting nine to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms.
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New York Assembly Bill A05234

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.
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New York Assembly Bill A05279

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05152

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer the same immunizations as licensed pharmacists under direct supervision of such licensed pharmacist.
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New York Assembly Bill A05056

Introduced
2/11/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06223

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Enrolled
8/4/25  
Chaptered
8/7/25  
Extends the authority of the county of Ulster to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.