New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 47)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04458

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires a signature and government-issued photo identification for both voter registration and at the time of voting.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S06217

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.
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New York Senate Bill S06226

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Provides training to staff members accepting registrations, issuing licenses or conducting inspections of child day care homes, programs or facilities on the detection of controlled substances.
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New York Senate Bill S06210

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program, after consultation with certain other offices, under which owners of manual and powered wheelchairs shall be entitled to reimbursement of certain preventative maintenance costs for such wheelchairs.
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New York Senate Bill S06200

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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New York Senate Bill S06223

Introduced
3/6/25  
Requires hospitals to permit an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital until appropriate hospital staff is assigned to interpret.
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New York Senate Bill J00466

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Buffalo Zoo
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New York Senate Bill S06244

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
4/29/25  
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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New York Senate Bill S06233

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
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.
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New York Senate Bill J00484

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Mourning the death of Michael Harmon and Jordan Celotto, beloved artists and advocates, and devoted members of their community
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New York Senate Bill S06274

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".
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New York Senate Bill S04527

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers.
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New York Senate Bill S04800

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution.
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New York Senate Bill S04828

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Authorizes exemptions from school district real property taxes for volunteer firefighters residing in such school district.
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New York Senate Bill S04829

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.