New York State Senator

Vivian Cook 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 19)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00869

Introduced

1/23/26

Refer

1/23/26

Passed

1/27/26

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2026, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02450

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Clarifies that the writing requirement that is part of compulsory education includes cursive writing.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01713

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires health insurance policies and contracts shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema, both primary and secondary lymphedema; requires such coverage shall include benefits for equipment, supplies, devices, complex decongestive therapy and out-patient self-management training and education for the treatment of lymphedema, both primary and secondary lymphedema.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01807

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Refer

2/4/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to a state transportation plan; requires such plan include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, assessing long-range needs spanning such period, including a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01868

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for authority of the department of health to engage in or support research on the health effects of artificial night light.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01953

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Restricts the locations of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms in relation to child day care or educational facilities, and places of worship.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02620

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

4/8/25

Refer

4/8/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/21/25

Engrossed

5/27/25

Refer

5/27/25

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00028

Introduced

1/21/25

Passed

1/21/25

Commemorating the observance of the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 20, 2025

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02384

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/27/25

Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02575

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02457

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the board of elections to provide Russian interpreters at certain polling locations in cities having a population in excess of one million people.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02468

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/29/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/13/25

Enrolled

12/1/25

Vetoed

12/5/25

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01755

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

3/17/26

Refer

3/17/26

Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02641

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes that any person who knowingly engages in a repeated course of cyberbullying of a minor is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by a period of imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02606

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.

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