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Sarahana Shrestha 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03127

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03119

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protections established under the human rights law and the equal rights amendment to the state constitution.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03063

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Repeals certain provisions relating to use tax exemptions for certain race horses; prevents nonresident race horse owners from avoiding use tax in certain situations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04742

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Provides that either party to a workers compensation claim can request a hearing; requires a record of all hearings held.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04821

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Directs the New York state bridge authority to provide a report by July 1, 2027, outlining their efforts and progress on decreasing and deterring suicide attempts on authority bridges.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04914

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04994

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04916

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04921

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Enacts the college student suicide prevention act to provide for policies, guidelines and training opportunities to effectively and appropriately prevent student suicide, intervene in crisis situations, and support college communities in postvention.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07060

Introduced
3/20/25  
Refer
3/20/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07389

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Establishes graduate tuition assistance program awards; sets amounts of such awards; provides for restrictions on such awards; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07472

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Limits co-payments for physical and occupational therapy services.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07467

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07456

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07496

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.