New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00594

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York Senate Bill S00576

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a manufactured housing tax credit which provides for a credit of up to two thousand dollars for each new manufactured home that the taxpayer constructed and for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued on or after January first, two thousand twenty-five and on or before December thirty-first, two thousand thirty-one.
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New York Senate Bill S00587

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Establishes an income tax deduction for cash and credit card tips received which are considered wages or compensation.
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New York Senate Bill S00583

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the establishment of the "Farmland for a New Generation" program.
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New York Senate Bill S00533

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Repeals congestion pricing (Part A); directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority (Part B).
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New York Senate Bill S00520

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Ensures ovarian cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health conditions.
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New York Senate Bill S00539

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides that any fertilized human ovum or human embryo existing outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child, a minor child, a natural person, or any other term that connotes a human being for any purpose under state law.
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New York Senate Bill S00728

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller, attorney general, and members of the legislature, provided that such request does not impact upon the department's ability to manage its facilities as determined by the director of the facility, to visit any facility designated by the commissioner of mental health for care and treatment.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00722

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits funding for SUNY, CUNY or community colleges which, directly or indirectly, permit terrorist organizations on campus; provides that the state university trustees adopt rules and regulations that any student group or student organization that receives funding from the state university of New York that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates, or permits any terrorist advocacy or activities on campuses, shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds.
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New York Senate Bill S00720

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes an independent state monitorship to oversee containment, remediation, excavation and cleanup of the groundwater plume associated with the Northrop Grumman Bethpage Facility and Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant sites in the hamlet of Bethpage within the town of Oyster Bay and compliance by Northrop Grumman and any other parties responsible for such containment, remediation, excavation and cleanup with any operative consent decrees, consent judgments, settlements, or agreements.
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New York Senate Bill S00717

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Exempts Wantagh union free school district from laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos.
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New York Senate Bill S00721

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "educator expense assistance act" to allow educators to deduct qualified expenses incurred by K-12 educators.
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New York Senate Bill S00718

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Hicksville union free school district.
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New York Senate Bill S00723

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the crimes of deceptive wearing of a mask and aggravated deceptive wearing of a mask; makes such crimes a class B misdemeanor and a class A misdemeanor, respectively.
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New York Senate Bill S00725

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes that making a terroristic threat is a qualifying offense for bail.