New York State Senator

William Colton 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 11)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02008

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons.
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New York Assembly Bill A01962

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
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New York Assembly Bill A01964

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Relates to permitting lessees the option to pay security deposits in six or fewer equal installments.
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New York Assembly Bill A02417

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan.
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New York Assembly Bill A02432

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Engrossed
2/5/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
2/14/25  
Amends the warehouse worker injury reduction program to focus on work related musculoskeletal disorders.
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New York Assembly Bill A02327

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Requires disclosure, in such form as the superintendent shall require, of non-confidential information regarding step therapy override requests and determinations on a website that is readily accessible to the public.
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New York Assembly Bill A02434

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Removes the requirement that a state call center contractor must hire employees of a former call center contractor whose contract is terminated unless provided in the contract; makes provisions of new law applicable only to the state and its public authorities or public benefit corporations.
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New York Assembly Bill A02555

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated.
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New York Assembly Bill A02570

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Provides that a person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when a person pretends to be a servicemember or former servicemember, or a first responder, or as having received a decoration or medal; establishes a stolen valor fee.
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New York Assembly Bill A02520

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitation technology fee schedule for the same service or item.
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New York Assembly Bill A02534

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Provides for the initiation of treatment for COVID-19, influenza, and pharyngitis resulting from a Group A streptococcal infection by a licensed pharmacist in certain circumstances.
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New York Assembly Bill A02627

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.
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New York Assembly Bill A02645

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Prohibits the purchase of glyphosate by any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontractor and the application of glyphosate on property owned, operated or leased by the state.
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New York Assembly Bill A02589

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02458

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Changes the designation of incest in the third degree from a class E to a class B felony, and incest in the second degree from a class D to a class B felony.