New York State Senator

Sarahana Shrestha 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08174

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Relates to the members of the public service commission; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission; requires that new appointments ensure that commissioners represent certain areas of education and training.
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New York Assembly Bill A08584

Introduced
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Establishes an annual cost of living adjustment for human services programs indexed to inflation.
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New York Assembly Bill A08617

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Engrossed
5/11/26  
Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the environmental quality of the Mohawk River.
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New York Assembly Bill A08603

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Enacts the "forensic rehabilitation act" relating to the custody of individuals following a verdict or plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.
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New York Assembly Bill A08634

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/19/26  
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).
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New York Assembly Bill A08659

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).
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New York Assembly Bill A08672

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).
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New York Assembly Bill A07777

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
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New York Assembly Bill A07829

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Sets the timeline for candidate declination from ten days to seven days.
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New York Assembly Bill A07873

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A07875

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Engrossed
5/11/26  
Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.
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New York Assembly Bill A07878

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/27/26  
Enacts the lead pipe replacement act to require the replacement of all lead service lines by November 1, 2037.
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New York Assembly Bill A07872

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Caps the amount of real property taxes required to be paid on primary residences by persons over sixty-five years of age.

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New York Assembly Bill A08598

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Requires that businesses that provide consumers with online accounts to access services accounts for mobile telephones using proper identification if the business has a physical presence in this state.
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New York Assembly Bill K00599

Introduced
5/27/25  
Mourning the death of former U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel, distinguished public servant, statesman, and beloved member of the Harlem community