New York State Senator

William Colton 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 37)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01171

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for a tax deduction for the adoption of a child with special needs of an amount equal to $10,000.
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New York Assembly Bill A01134

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over.
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New York Assembly Bill A01191

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Engrossed
3/26/26  
Enacts the "safer weapons, safer homes act"; requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms; defines personalized firearms; requires the division to report to the governor and the legislature on the results of the study.
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New York Assembly Bill A00903

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to providing a rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities.
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New York Assembly Bill A00891

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Pertains to confinement of certain animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy or calf raised for veal for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.
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New York Assembly Bill A01183

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030.
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New York Assembly Bill A01123

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to creating autism teams in hospitals; requires the department of health to design a pilot program to develop one "autism team" who may be called upon should a patient with autism come to a hospital; provides that members of the autism team shall be knowledgeable about autism and communication difficulties many people with autism have and advise physicians and other staff on how to communicate with patients with autism.
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New York Assembly Bill A01133

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to the powers and duties of the advisory council of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs; adds additional duties relating to investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect.
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New York Assembly Bill A03026

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A03226

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Enacts the "ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act"; provides for the issuance of anti-stalking orders.
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New York Assembly Bill A03231

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Prohibits upon the vacancy of an unsold condominium or cooperative dwelling unit, the rental of such unit unless the original offering plan provided for such rental and a majority of the members of the condominium or cooperative agree thereto; generally requires the sale of such units.
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New York Assembly Bill A03318

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Relates to arbitration organizations; requires private arbitration organizations involved in fifty or more consumer arbitrations per year to collect, publish at least quarterly, and make available to the public in a computer-searchable database certain information relating to such arbitrations; prohibits financial conflicts of interest.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03168

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Enacts CJ's Law--oil and gas drilling workplace safety act; requires the enactment of rules and regulations for enhanced workplace safety and employee training for all oil and gas drilling operations in the state; provides that new permit holders should utilize union laborers or laborers with specific training; provides that employers shall report workplace accidents and the commissioner of the department of labor must publish a quarterly report on workplace accidents.
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New York Assembly Bill A03170

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in cities with a population of one million or more.
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New York Assembly Bill K00045

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York