New York State Senator

Sarahana Shrestha 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 15)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05128

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Expedites the distributions of funds for the supervision and treatment services for juveniles program; requires that eligible municipalities receive the sum equivalent to at least their last approved supervision and treatment services for juveniles program plan.
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New York Assembly Bill A05150

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A05786

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of 85 degrees or more than or thirty-two degrees or below.
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New York Assembly Bill A05774

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
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New York Assembly Bill A05832

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring.
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New York Assembly Bill A05846

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections; directs that the BOE extend voting to account for the disruption.
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New York Assembly Bill A08332

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Relates to additional considerations regarding the assessment of solar or wind energy systems through a discounted cash flow approach.
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New York Assembly Bill A08309

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Engrossed
5/11/26  
Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
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New York Assembly Bill A08393

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Provides for disability benefits for pregnancy loss.
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New York Assembly Bill A08427

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
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New York Assembly Bill A08491

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
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New York Assembly Bill A08555

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Clarifies the standard of care for animals held in or being transported by animal shelters including the length of time and conditions such animal may be exposed to.
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New York Assembly Bill A08052

Introduced
4/22/25  
Refer
4/22/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Clarifies provisions regarding health care professional applications and terminations.
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New York Assembly Bill A08064

Introduced
4/22/25  
Refer
4/22/25  
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08495

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Authorizes the town of Rhinebeck, county of Dutchess, to establish hotel and motel taxes within such town; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.