New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04601

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Exempts basic school supplies from sales tax during the 15 day period prior to Labor day.
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New York Senate Bill S04617

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or threats.
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New York Senate Bill S04647

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Increases penalties for certain speed violations.
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New York Senate Bill S04599

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Grants Nassau county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twenty-five years.
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New York Senate Bill S04648

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Increases the number of photo speed violation monitoring systems in a highway construction or maintenance work area; makes such provisions permanent.
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New York Senate Bill S04652

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Adjusts the school tax relief (STAR) exemption for homes located outside a city with a population greater than one million for the 2025--2026 school years and thereafter (Part A); relates to a real property tax freeze to reimburse qualifying homeowners for increases in local property taxes on their primary residences (Part B); provides for supplemental state assistance to be paid to cities, counties, towns and villages that are compliant with the property tax levy limits (Part C).
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New York Senate Bill S04638

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Establishes a commission to reform tier V and tier VI membership status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
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New York Senate Bill J00423

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Mourning the death of John O. Peck, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and small business owner
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New York Senate Bill S05638

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Relates to requiring CPR and AED training by youth league coaches; requires youth league coaches to be trained in adult and child CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator; provides current coaches have one year from the effective date of the law to receive such training; provides that a person who is unable to complete a training due to a physical disability may coach as long as a person who has completed a training is present at all times.
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New York Senate Bill S05654

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals by making such offense a felony, including torture, beating, or killing of any animal; makes animal cruelty, including overdriving or depriving an animal of sustenance a felony when committed while released on recognizance for violating an order of protection; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail.
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New York Senate Bill S05667

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Eliminates bail for all offenses; provides for imposition of restrictions and conditions and remand for certain offenses; directs consideration of a defendant's character, reputation, habits, mental condition, activities and history, and whether they pose a danger to themselves, another person or the community, when determining a securing order; creates the commission on public safety reform to issue a determination on which offenses should be eligible for pretrial detention.
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New York Senate Bill S05666

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
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New York Senate Bill J00432

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15 to June 15, 2025, as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month in New York State
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New York Senate Bill S05513

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.
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New York Senate Bill S05519

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Phases out certain reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons, beginning with a 10% reduction for 2025, and ending with a 100% reduction for 2034, and remaining eliminated for each year thereafter.