New York State Senator

Sarahana Shrestha 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07862

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Permits political parties to designate or nominate candidates for positions to be filled by all the voters, and perform other functions without forming county committees.
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New York Assembly Bill A07714

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Establishes certain consumer rights for the protection of consumer health, safety and/or privacy needs related to utility meters.
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New York Assembly Bill A07738

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A08758

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.
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New York Assembly Bill A08727

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a survey of recess held in public and charter schools serving students in kindergarten through grade six and to provide any information collected to the governor and the legislature.
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New York Assembly Bill A08773

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Requires every franchisor, including its affiliates and subsidiaries to properly fulfill any warranty agreement and/or franchisor's service contract and to compensate each of its franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty parts and labor, including but not limited to all warranty repairs, extended service contract repairs, extended warranty repairs, campaigns, service bulletins, policy repairs, component part warranties, factory compensated repairs, recalls, diagnostics, parts and other voluntary stop-sell repairs, and any other franchisor compensated repairs; relates to reimbursement to a motor vehicle dealer from a motor vehicle franchisor.
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New York Assembly Bill A01591

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Increases the amount of geothermal energy systems tax credits.
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New York Assembly Bill A01576

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel.
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New York Assembly Bill A01621

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Relates to conditions precedent to the bringing of certain actions or proceedings.
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New York Assembly Bill A01625

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.
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New York Assembly Bill A01656

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07686

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill K00336

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 9, 2025, as West Point Day in New York State
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New York Assembly Bill K00619

Introduced
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00640

Introduced
5/30/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 29, 2025, as Palestinian American Day in the State of New York