New York State Senator

Shelley Mayer 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 41)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09771

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.
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New York Senate Bill S09812

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations; provides that an employer shall pay an employee for at least 4 hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day an employee reports for work as instructed but is given less than four hours of work.
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New York Senate Bill S09821

Introduced
4/7/26  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York Senate Bill J01859

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Commemorating April 8, 2026, as the One-Year Anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, and paying tribute to the many lives lost and injured in the incident
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New York Senate Bill J00594

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Congratulating Carman Bogle for her ceaseless dedication as Mayor of the Village of Cambridge, New York
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New York Senate Bill J01252

Introduced
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08512

Introduced
9/24/25  
Refer
9/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
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New York Senate Bill S08533

Introduced
10/17/25  
Refer
10/17/25  
Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.
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New York Senate Bill S08599

Introduced
12/3/25  
Refer
12/3/25  
Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or access to places of religious worship; expands interference to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate twenty-five feet outside of reproductive health care facilities and places of religious worship.
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New York Senate Bill S08604

Introduced
12/5/25  
Refer
12/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/12/26  
Engrossed
1/12/26  
Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, also known as Super Tuesday.
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New York Senate Bill S10125

Introduced
4/30/26  
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 Senate Bill J02043

Introduced
5/4/26  
Refer
5/4/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Congratulating the 2026 New York State Senate Women of Distinction

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01194

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies of Yonkers, New York
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New York Senate Bill J01293

Introduced
11/5/25  
Refer
11/5/25  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Commending Armando Gramajo and Shayla Gramajo upon the occasion of their designation as recipients of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon individuals by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08597

Introduced
12/3/25  
Refer
12/3/25  
Prohibits children from being denied access to a free public education on account of perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status or the perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status of their parents or person in a parental relationship.