New York State Senator

William Colton 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05850

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Engrossed
4/28/26  
Refer
4/28/26  
Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing permits or licenses allowing participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; excludes certain permanent performing institutions; imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $1000 for a violation.
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New York Assembly Bill A05906

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Relates to mandatory employer disclosures regarding employee compensation and benefits, including any non-salary or non-wage compensation and benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05887

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Relates to expanding the geographic area of employment of state university police officers, the centralization of the state university police by appointing a commissioner of state university police, and hiring of state university police officers.
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New York Assembly Bill A05864

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Establishes the office of census counts and provides for its powers and duties and the New York state census counts commission and provides for its powers and duties; establishes the offense of impersonation of a census enumerator; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Assembly Bill A05860

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05917

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Relates to the assault of physicians providing direct patient care; provides that assault of physicians shall be assault in the second degree, a class D felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A05912

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Requires each agency to conduct exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service; directs the state civil service commission to create an annual report on such surveys; exempts individual responses to exit surveys from the freedom of information law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05859

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions; describes the circumstances under which harassment at educational institutions is an unlawful discriminatory practice; describes the circumstances under which an educational institution is deemed to have permitted harassment; describes additional circumstances under which a college or university is deemed to have permitted harassment.
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New York Assembly Bill A05989

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.
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New York Assembly Bill A05931

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Provides a tax abatement for geothermal well systems in cities of one million or more.
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New York Assembly Bill A05979

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.
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New York Assembly Bill A06004

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.
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New York Assembly Bill A06015

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Relates to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calculations, and to the establishment of a distributed generation energy development program that provides a single forum for state-level appeals for proposed distributed generation energy facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05932

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" to protect residents 62 years of age or older who suffer abuse or deprivation; requires reports to the commissioner of the office of children and family services of the possible necessity for protective services; specifies action by such commissioner upon receiving such report including evaluation, right of entry, and furnishing of protective services; specifies the authority of the office of children and family services with respect thereto and requires assistance of other agencies in the implementation thereof; provides for judicial and review action against caretakers who abuse elderly; creates statewide central register of elderly abuse; appropriates $600,000 to the office of children and family services.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00133

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim Friday, February 7, 2025, as Wear Red for Women Day in the State of New York