New York State Senator

Stacey Amato 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07335

Introduced

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of such member's death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07360

Introduced

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Enrolled

12/8/25

Vetoed

12/19/25

Authorizes a thirty year retirement benefit for certain members in Nassau county; provides a retirement allowance equal to 60 percent of a member's final average salary.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07403

Introduced

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

6/16/25

Refer

6/16/25

Report Pass

6/16/25

Provides for the transfer of service credit by a member of the New York city police pension fund into the New York city police pension fund.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06784

Introduced

3/14/25

Refer

3/14/25

Report Pass

6/10/25

Refer

6/10/25

Report Pass

6/11/25

Provides an option for beneficiaries of NYC transit authority members to receive a lump sum equal to the pension reserve where a member who is eligible for a service retirement dies prior to filing for retirement.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00229

Introduced

3/18/25

Refer

3/18/25

Passed

3/19/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2025, as Irish American Heritage Month in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07191

Introduced

3/21/25

Refer

3/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides procedures to be followed in appointing a hearing officer for removal and disciplinary action against certain public employees not in the service of the city of New York, including the fees to be paid for such hearing officer; provides for suspension, with pay, pending the determination.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06718

Introduced

3/10/25

Refer

3/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university of police officers whose date of membership is prior to January first, two thousand ten.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00186

Introduced

3/11/25

Passed

3/11/25

Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Lithuania Independence Restoration Day

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06840

Introduced

3/14/25

Refer

3/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

3/10/26

Refer

3/10/26

Provides a lung disease presumption for correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisors.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07363

Introduced

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

5/6/25

Refer

5/6/25

Report Pass

5/13/25

Engrossed

6/13/25

Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07423

Introduced

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Refer

1/7/26

Sets nutrition standards for restaurants distributing incentive items aimed at children.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06790

Introduced

3/14/25

Refer

3/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

5/12/26

Refer

5/12/26

Report Pass

5/14/26

Engrossed

5/14/26

Refer

5/14/26

Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06955

Introduced

3/18/25

Refer

3/18/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07159

Introduced

3/21/25

Refer

3/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the commissioner of education to create a pilot program to improve social and emotional learning in schools.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06721

Introduced

3/11/25

Refer

3/11/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Enrolled

12/8/25

Chaptered

12/18/25

Passed

12/18/25

Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

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