New York State Senator

Vivian Cook 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09528

Introduced
1/14/26  
Sets minimum staffing standards for employees performing emergency medical services in the 911 system in a city with a population of over one million people.
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New York Assembly Bill A09571

Introduced
1/16/26  
Increases short-term disability benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A01991

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Enacts the "fair pay for home care act" relating to minimum wages applicable to home care aides; provides for a minimum wage of 150% of the applicable statewide or regional minimum wage.
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New York Assembly Bill A02621

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Enacts the "education funding census update act"; updates the census numbers used to calculate certain education funding.
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New York Assembly Bill A01915

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.
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New York Assembly Bill A02037

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription.
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New York Assembly Bill A01968

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
Requires non-preferential opportunity for use of amenities in certain buildings and apartments; requires that rental tenants must be provided with the opportunity to use amenities commonly accessible to other tenants of the multiple dwelling and not unique to an individual unit.
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New York Assembly Bill A02476

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing.
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New York Assembly Bill A02488

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Relates to the apportionment of moneys for capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes.
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New York Assembly Bill A02634

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Expands the definition of tuition for children with handicapping conditions.
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New York Assembly Bill A02659

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Requires a yearly inspection of all audiological testing equipment in all schools.
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New York Assembly Bill A02618

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.
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New York Assembly Bill A02597

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02382

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Provides for the appeal of disputes between shareholders and boards of directors of residential cooperatives to a hearing officer appointed by the attorney general.
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New York Assembly Bill A02565

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Creates the New York electronic communications privacy act; requires government agents and agencies to obtain a search warrant for physical or electronic access to electronic device information.