State Assemblymember Joseph Sempolinski

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State Assemblymember

Joseph Sempolinski

(R) - New York

New York Assembly District 148

In Office - Started: 01/01/2025

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Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248

Phone: 518-455-5241

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700 W. State St.
Olean, NY 14760

Phone: 716-373-7103

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Bill	Bill Name	Motion	Vote Date	Vote
A00521	Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act" which provides for the certification of an employer to become a recovery ready workplace; defines terms; establishes the recovery-ready workplace program; provides criteria for employers to obtain certification as a recovery ready workplace; provides for employee involvement.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A00590	Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A00778	Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices; requires such informational pamphlet to be available on the department of health's website; requires practitioners to distribute such informational pamphlet to patients seeking contraceptives.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S00923	Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S01076	Extends the authorization granted to the county of St. Lawrence to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2027.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S01218	Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of minority- and women-owned businesses with respect to state contracts and subcontracts which includes an analyses of the use of discretionary buying.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A01130	Establishes the statewide group home families working group; provides that duties include informing and advising the commissioner as to matters of importance for persons with developmental disabilities residing in group homes and their families and guardians, providing recommendations for statewide and regional priorities and goals for individuals residing in group homes and families and guardians of individuals residing in group homes, advising the commissioner on such other matters related to	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S01467	Requires the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to establish standards for the closing of segments of trails on the Empire state trail, and provide notice of such closings to the public.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A02730	Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A02739	Requires a mortgagee to accept and apply payments.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S03498	Extends the authorization of the county of Tioga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S03781	Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care; provides that such luggage shall be distributed to social services districts for distribution to foster care youth; requires the office of children and family services to submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature about the distribution of luggage to foster care youth.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S04153	Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A04723	Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A05155	Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S04895	Extends the effectiveness of the occupancy tax in the village of Briarcliff Manor by two years.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S05403	Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2026.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A05894	Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A07053	Provides that a scholarship for academic excellence that is declined by a student prior to the end of their high school program shall be granted to the next most qualified student, if practicable.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A07427	Prohibits the state university of New York from contracting out to the ground lessee or any subsidiary of the ground lessee or the research foundation for the state university of New York for any services or privatize any services currently being performed by employees in the unclassified service at the state university of New York at Albany.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
S07198	Relates to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Albany; extends authorization for such tax until 11/30/2027.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A07839	Relates to the Nesconset Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association; provides for the purpose of such association, and its use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A08273	Authorizes the town of Gardiner, in the county of Ulster, to impose a hotel and motel tax.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Nay
A08656	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Yea
A00057	Relates to action arising out of consumer debt; defines consumer debt and replaces consumer credit transaction with such term.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Nay
A00584	Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A00705	Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A01229	Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Nay
A01420	Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Nay
A01890	Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act, preventing homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscaping.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
A01799	Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee for periodic paper statements when such statements are required for an application for public assistance.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
A02341	Authorizes a licensed dental hygienist, collaborative practice to provide services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A02730	Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
S03072	Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Nay
A03279	Establishes the New York state cryptocurrency and blockchain study task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the effects of the widespread use of cryptocurrencies and other forms of digital currencies and their ancillary systems, including but not limited to blockchain technology, in the state.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
A03575	Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Nay
A03882	Requires a licensed massage therapist to present a state issued photo identification card when requested at the time of performing services.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A03779	Restricts the use by an employer or an employment agency of electronic monitoring or an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision unless such tool has been the subject of an impact assessment within the last year; requires notice to employment candidates of the use of such tools; provides remedies for violations.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A04914	Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A05315	Provides that certain communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant are not improper influence or an attempt to improperly influence.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A05457	Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A05622	Provides that the education requirements to be licensed as a professional geologist may be partially substituted by practical experience; relates to the issuance of an identification card as a geologist in training.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A05894	Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A05860	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.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A05906	Relates to mandatory employer disclosures regarding employee compensation and benefits, including any non-salary or non-wage compensation and benefits.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A06001	Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as app	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A05979	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.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Nay
A05983	Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.	Assembly Labor Committee: Held for Consideration	05/28/2025	Nay
A06543	Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bo	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Nay
A06766	Prohibits predatory automated teller machine fees at casinos and colleges.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Nay
A06949	Prohibits public food service establishments operating in the state from providing excess food service items including utensils, condiments, napkins and extra containers, to any customer except upon, and in accordance with, the express request of that customer.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Nay
A07051	Relates to redefining science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM).	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A07194	Prohibits the use of student loan payment credit history checks to ascertain the payment status of a student loan of an applicant for employment.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Nay
A07325	Amends provisions relating to removing the exemption for school psychologists to render early intervention services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A07613	Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants; provides alternative pathways to being certified as certified public accountants.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A07906	Provides that every insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery in New York which provides major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide space on any enrollment, renewal or initial online portal process forms so that the insured or applicant for insurance shall register or decline registration in the donate life registry.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
A07863	Provides that the New York labor law shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Nay
A08032	Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics; relates to civil penalties for unlicensed mechanics; clarifies inspection provisions.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A08070	Directs the state university trustees, without any public bidding, to lease and otherwise contract to make a portion of the lands of SUNY Stony Brook on its campus to the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. for the purpose of building undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty and staff housing; limits such lease to a period not exceeding 100 years.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/28/2025	Yea
A08223	Expands the scope of duties for public employers to prevent workplace violence including additional training, the creation of incident logs, expanding inspections and providing the commissioner the ability to enforce such provisions to prevent workplace violence.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Yea
A08465	Relates to prevailing wage for those involved in hauling of concrete and asphalt in the counties of Nassau, Putnam, Suffolk, and Westchester, and in the city of New York.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Nay
A08486	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish from 2025 to 2028.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08487	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American shad until 12/31/2028.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08590	Provides for the applicability of the New York labor relations act.	Assembly Labor Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/28/2025	Nay
A08596	Extends provisions relating to the establishment of the mercury thermostat collection act to January 1, 2027.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08597	Extends provisions of law relating to big game hunting authorization for the county of Onondaga until October 1, 2027.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08656	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08654	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08658	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage alewife.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08660	Permits sales during the Adirondack Family Book Festival at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, Essex County.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A08664	Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.	Assembly Higher Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Nay
A08661	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix open season and bag limits for pheasant hunting on Long Island by individuals who hold a junior license.	Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/28/2025	Yea
A00129	Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior diploma.	Assembly Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	05/27/2025	Yea
A00182	Requires the department of financial services to fulfill certain requirements to implement homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Nay
A00785	Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.	Assembly Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/27/2025	Yea
A00756	Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.	Assembly Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/27/2025	Nay
S00952	Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Nay
S01071	Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish the state parks passport program allowing visitors to state parks and historic sites to log their visits to such sites in a passport book or electronic application.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S01194	Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A01450	Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims where no special circumstances warranting a demand for such information exists.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Nay
A01433	Provides for the issuance of pet insurance that provides coverage for accidents and illnesses of pets.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A01541	Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A01970	Requires the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system within seven days of permission to release the evidence by the alleged sexual offense victim; relates to additional rules and guidelines.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A02620	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.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Nay
A02736	Requires that any proposed capital expenditure to be considered in any matter affecting a major change in rates must be described by the utility and shall include the purpose, cost, and benefits to the ratepayers and shall be posted on the PSC website.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A03280	Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during pregnancy.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A03595	Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.	Assembly Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/27/2025	Yea
A03986	Authorizes an insurer to pay a claim for reimbursement made by a provider using a credit card, virtual credit card or electronic funds transfer payment method that imposes on the provider a free or similar charge to process the payment; defines "virtual credit card" as a single-use series of numbers linked to a fixed dollar amount and provided by an insurer to a provider for the purpose of paying a claim for health care services performed by the provider; makes related provisions.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A04346	Authorizes the administration of the mpox vaccine by a pharmacist or a certified nurse practitioner.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S04483	Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05367	Relates to cost sharing requirements for high deductible health plans and health savings accounts.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05314	Includes remedial services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of the city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more.	Assembly Education Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	05/27/2025	Yea
A07406	Extends the village of Rye Brook occupancy tax until September 1, 2027.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A07454	Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A07579	Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A07694	Extends provisions relating to self-employment assistance programs and other matters.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A08069	Extends provisions of law relating to the acquisition and disposition of real property by the metropolitan transportation authority.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A08153	Extends certain provisions of law relating to value limitations for certain emergency contracts for public works or the purchase of supplies.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A08154	Removes the salary of the chair of NYSERDA; allows the chair to engage in private employment.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A08298	Relates to the time limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases and the filing of objections to support magistrate determinations in child support, paternity and parentage proceedings in family court.	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea

	Committee	Rank
Detail	New York Assembly Education Committee	26
Detail	New York Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee	23
Detail	New York Assembly Higher Education Committee	22
Detail	New York Assembly Labor Committee	23
Detail	New York Assembly Mental Health Committee	12
Detail	New York Assembly People with Disabilities Committee	8

State	District	Chamber	Party	Status	Start Date	End Date
NY	New York Assembly District 148	Assembly	Republican, Conservative	In Office	01/01/2025
US	New York District 23	House	Republican	Retired	09/13/2022	01/02/2023

Bill	Bill Name	Summary	Progress
K00634	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month, and June 27, 2025, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month, and June 27, 2025, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day in the State of New York	In Committee
K00633	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as Reunification Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as Reunification Month in the State of New York	In Committee
A07250	Authorizes the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town.	AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to authorizing the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town	Crossed Over
A00101	Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.	AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the intoxication of a victim as a defense to a criminal charge for sex crimes	In Committee
A06447	Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.	AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to allowing retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits	In Committee
A04633	Requires any municipality which receives and responds to 4 or more calls for emergency medical service for an individual to report the circumstances of such calls to the local social services district and the office of the medicaid inspector general.	AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to directing municipalities to submit a report to the local social services district on the circumstances surrounding the summoning of emergency medical services on four or more occasions for any individual during a thirty day period of time	In Committee
A05341	Restricts cannabis storefronts and premises from being located within 500 feet from a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship.	AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to further restricting cannabis storefronts from being located within five hundred feet of a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship if they are located in a mixed use building	In Committee
A03938	Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.	AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to enacting the "Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law"	In Committee
A06659	Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Steuben until December 1, 2027.	AN ACT to amend chapter 365 of the laws of 2005, amending the tax law relating to the mortgage recording tax in the county of Steuben, in relation to extending the provisions of such chapter	In Committee
K00595	Honoring the recipients of the LeadingAge New York 2025 Long Term Care Employee of Distinction Awards	Honoring the recipients of the LeadingAge New York 2025 Long Term Care Employee of Distinction Awards	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
A07011	Allows individuals to register in the "donate life registry" on any mandatory electronic personal income tax filing.	AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing individuals to register in the "donate life registry" through mandatory electronic personal income tax filings	In Committee
K00561	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
A02335	Requires withholding the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs.	AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to payment of the governor's salary	In Committee
A05757	Grants all veterans with a disability seven free days of sporting activity in New York state.	AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fee exemptions for disabled veterans	In Committee
A03633	Establishes a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program to help integrate veterans into the field of agriculture, and support veterans currently working in agriculture; designs an associated logotype for the promotion of products produced by a veteran or qualified veteran business entity.	AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to establishing a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program	In Committee
A02005	Authorizes school districts to submit an opt-out waiver to the commissioner of education authorizing such districts to opt-out of certain zero-emission school bus requirements.	AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing school districts to opt-out of zero-emission school bus requirements	In Committee
A01913	Establishes the rural equity assistance program to promote and facilitate community and economic development in the small towns and rural areas of the state.	AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to establishing the rural equity assistance program	In Committee
A05408	Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health to create and operate a law enforcement, first responder, active and non-active-duty service members and veteran informational mobile application.	AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a law enforcement, first responder, active and non-active-duty service members and veteran informational mobile application	In Committee
A06089	Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.	AN ACT relating to creating the New York state commission on government efficiency	In Committee
A03673	Relates to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police.	AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police	In Committee
A03946	Requires age verification for internet pornography websites; imposes a $50,000 penalty per day for violations; provides exemptions for news organizations.	AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring age verification for internet pornography websites	In Committee
K00526	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025 as Aphasia Awareness Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025 as Aphasia Awareness Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00523	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 19, 2025, as Italian American Day in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 19, 2025, as Italian American Day in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00525	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Huntington's Disease Awareness Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Huntington's Disease Awareness Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00512	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15, 2025, as Police Dog Day in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15, 2025, as Police Dog Day in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00509	Congratulating the State of Israel on the 77th Anniversary of its establishment and reaffirming the bonds of friendship, cooperation, and shared values between the people of the State of New York and Israel	Congratulating the State of Israel on the 77th Anniversary of its establishment and reaffirming the bonds of friendship, cooperation, and shared values between the people of the State of New York and Israel	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
A06021	Establishes the "blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act" to conduct a study and prepare a report to examine, evaluate and make recommendations for systemic reforms to ensure a sustainable set of supports and services that meets the evolving needs of all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.	AN ACT establishing the "blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof	Crossed Over
K00484	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 11-17, 2025, as Fibromyalgia Awareness Week in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 11-17, 2025, as Fibromyalgia Awareness Week in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
A04636	Expands the definition of aggravated harassment in the second degree to include the disclosure of certain private information identifying a police officer for no legitimate purpose.	AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition of aggravated harassment in the second degree	In Committee
A07003	Expands the statute of limitations for certain sex offenses to include sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child.	AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to modifying the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes	In Committee
A04692	Exempts inland lakes which are navigable waterways and have an area of 150 acres or more from wetlands designations, not including great lakes.	AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to exempting certain inland lakes from wetlands designations	In Committee
A05579	Creates an automatic class E felony on the first offense for committing an act of domestic violence in the presence of children.	AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to acts of domestic violence committed in the presence of children	In Committee
A05781	Requires the notice to crime victims of case disposition to inform the victim of the right to attend interviews between the board of parole and the incarcerated individual in cases where the final disposition includes a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law that results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision for an indeterminate sentence; requires the board of parole to review victim impact stateme	AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring the notice to crime victims of case disposition to inform the victim of the right to attend interviews between the board of parole and the incarcerated individual; and to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the board of parole to review victim impact statements	In Committee
A05599	Permits certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location.	AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location	In Committee
K00467	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Neurofibromatosis Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Neurofibromatosis Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00466	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Stroke Awareness Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Stroke Awareness Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00463	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 11-17, 2025, as Police Week in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 11-17, 2025, as Police Week in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00461	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2025, as Early Intervention Awareness Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2025, as Early Intervention Awareness Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00431	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Severe Asthma Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of World Asthma Day	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Severe Asthma Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of World Asthma Day	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
K00412	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Police Memorial Day in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Police Memorial Day in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted

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