New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00972

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it a class A-1 felony to sell or transport an opiate controlled substance which causes the death of another person.
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New York Senate Bill S02536

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/9/25  
Chaptered
12/20/25  
Ensures that construction and fabrication done off of a public work site for specific use only in a public work project be compensated at the prevailing wage rate.
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New York Senate Bill S02538

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
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New York Senate Bill S02584

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Provides that excess investment tax credit amounts may be refundable to operators of a farm operation.
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New York Senate Bill S02596

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Relates to an individual's right to request a hearing regarding an unemployment insurance benefits claim; provides such a hearing can be requested if benefits or a written notice of determination denying their claim are not received within thirty days of providing all required information.
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New York Senate Bill S02590

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Enrolled
9/22/25  
Chaptered
9/26/25  
Requires nonpublic schools provide and maintain on-site automatic external defibrillator (AED) equipment on school grounds and assure that AED equipment is available for off-site curricular events, extracurricular events or school-sponsored athletic events.
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New York Senate Bill S02640

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.
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New York Senate Bill S02656

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S02652

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to safe staffing levels at nursing homes; requires the department of health to give significant weight to labor supply shortages in particular regions during any declared statewide disaster emergency.
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New York Senate Bill J00259

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of Kosovo's Independence
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New York Senate Bill J00622

Introduced
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Sikh Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08461

Introduced
7/18/25  
Refer
7/18/25  
Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers.
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New York Senate Bill S08463

Introduced
7/21/25  
Refer
7/21/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday.
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New York Senate Bill S08382

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
11/17/25  
Chaptered
11/21/25  
Relates to orders of protection in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08466

Introduced
7/23/25  
Refer
7/23/25  
Requires the education department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop and adopt a comprehensive fentanyl education, awareness, and recognition program for all public, charter, and private schools in the state.