New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 48)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04814

Introduced

2/13/25

Refer

2/13/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to the provision of grants to eligible school districts to cover the costs of school resource officers employed at schools in such districts; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00241

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Excludes expenditures for school resource officers employed by a municipality and assigned to a school district from tax levy limitations.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00156

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

5/13/25

Refer

5/13/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

4/28/26

Refer

4/28/26

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00112

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer, peace officer, or state officer when a person knowingly makes restricted personal information about a police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, publicly available with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; or with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; requires the posting of bail.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00062

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public using facilities under its jurisdiction, which shall include ensuring a minimum staff of three hundred eighty-five permanently appointed, full time regional state park police officers at state parks, beaches, campgrounds, historic sites and concert venues; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00111

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters, correction officers and probation officers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00122

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

3/5/25

Refer

3/5/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Refer

6/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

2/10/26

Refer

2/10/26

Engrossed

3/31/26

Establishes environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination in soils and on floors and window sills.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00025

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Bars a person who is convicted of a hate crime from attending any SUNY or CUNY institution; provides for the expulsion of a student who is convicted of hate crimes; provides for reinstatement of such student if the conviction is subsequently overturned.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00128

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the notice to crime victims of case disposition to inform the victim of the right to attend interviews between the board of parole and the incarcerated individual in cases where the final disposition includes a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law that results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision for an indeterminate sentence; requires the board of parole to review victim impact statements, failure to review such statements shall make a hearing by the board of parole invalid.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00055

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the overdose prevention and recovery act; directs that at least twenty percent of funds from the opioid stewardship fund shall be invested in recovery services and supports; requires an annual report to the legislature regarding funds distributed from the opioid stewardship fund; makes the opioid stewardship fund permanent.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00178

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a school air conditioning system grant program to provide schools with funding to install air conditioning systems in certain areas; makes an appropriation therefor.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00026

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Increases the enhanced STAR property tax deduction for tax for final assessment rolls to be completed after two thousand twenty-six; provides a total exemption from school taxes for certain persons eighty years of age and older.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00108

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the crime of failure to retreat when a person who is within twenty-five feet of a police officer or peace officer engaged in the performance of their duties and the police officer or peace officer orders such person to halt or retreat and the person fails to do so immediately; requires the posting of bail.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00023

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Expands a certain tax credit for farmers to include the cost of construction of housing for farm workers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00285

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits administrative agencies from administering or requiring the COVID-19 immunization unless authorized by the legislature.

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