New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 26)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05837

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Increases the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit.
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New York Senate Bill S05884

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Relates to establishing a crisis intervention demonstration program.
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New York Senate Bill S05895

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Promotes understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crime laws.
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New York Senate Bill S05835

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders.
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New York Senate Bill S04732

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
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New York Senate Bill J00346

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Honoring Dr. Pablo Ulloa for his staunch advocacy on behalf of Dominican Americans in the State of New York and for hosting an important event series in the Bronx and Manhattan, New York
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New York Senate Bill S04774

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.
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New York Senate Bill S04776

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/1/26  
Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees.
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New York Senate Bill S04748

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Eliminates the zero-emission school bus mandate; authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting school buses to zero-emission vehicles.
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New York Senate Bill S04709

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Relates to requiring rate components for the non-capital component of rates of payment by governmental agencies for inpatient services provided by residential health care facilities to be updated no later than 1/1/2027, and every 5 years thereafter using the most currently available cost report data.
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New York Senate Bill J00347

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Lupus Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S05304

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Enacts the "New York travel insurance act" regulating the licensing and registration of limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers, and the sale and marketing of travel insurance and related products.
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New York Senate Bill S05331

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
11/3/25  
Chaptered
11/12/25  
Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance; requires insurers to provide necessary information.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00355

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Mourning the death of Norma Lucia Gonsalves, distinguished citizen and devoted member of her community
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New York Senate Bill J00401

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Congratulating Felicia Garramone upon the occasion of winning first-place in the prestigious International Piano Competition Andret Stoyanov in Sofia, Bulgaria