State Senator April Baskin

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April Baskin

(D) - New York

New York Senate District 63

In Office - Started: 01/01/2025

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Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247

Phone: 518-455-2426

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37 Franklin St.
Suite 550
Buffalo, NY 14202

Phone: 716-826-2683

Fax: 716-826-2793

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Bill	Bill Name	Motion	Vote Date	Vote
S00051	Relates to risk retention groups and commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, or accessible vehicles; defines terms; makes related provisions.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S00518	Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S00611	Provides for victim statements at the sentencing of a defendant for certain misdemeanors.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
A01195	Requires that health insurance policies shall provide coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer; provides that no patient cost sharing shall be imposed for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S01763	Provides that for a substance use disorder outpatient treatment episode of care by a provider licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the office of addiction services and supports, an insured shall only be responsible for a cost sharing fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S02000	Requires that health insurance policies shall provide coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer; provides that no patient cost sharing shall be imposed for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S01946	Relates to the expungement of syringe convictions of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
A01914	Requires the empire state plaza art commission to examine the historical significance of major rivers in the state of New York in connection with renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S02398	Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S02598	Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law; requires at least one hour of such training be provided by the committee on open government or an appropriate entity in relation to compliance with the open meetings law and if not provided, a justification shall be given.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S03759	Relates to social model adult day services programs.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04039	Prohibits certain persons from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency, an economic assistance corporation or state or local authority; relates to consultant disclosure requirements.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04046	Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04075	Authorizes the assessor of Richmond county to grant the Silver Lake Foundation Inc. retroactive real property tax exempt status upon an application therefor.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04153	Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04464	Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04478	Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers and to make such document available in other languages and to school officials who issue working papers.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04519	Relates to awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims; provides that such employees shall be entitled to the full amount of what was received, liquidated damages, attorney's fees and prejudgment interest.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04672	Requires signage on state highways designating where there is a zero-emission charging and refueling station that is open and available to the public within three miles of an exit or off-ramp.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S04722	Requires the empire state plaza art commission to examine the historical significance of major rivers in the state of New York in connection with renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S05159	Requires the community gardens task force to conduct an assessment of all community gardens located on publicly owned land in the state to facilitate each garden's designation as a critical environmental area.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S06750	Permits a retired member to change their option election or designate a new beneficiary where the beneficiary has been convicted of a family offense.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S06759	Authorizes the application of topical fluoride varnish to a child's teeth by a parent or legal guardian provided that such application is done under the direction and supervision of a licensed practitioner.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/29/2025	Absent
S00120	Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of more than ninety-five degrees or less than thirty-two degrees.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00119	Requires that any limited liability company who files a rent registration statement shall include a list of all members of such limited liability company and each member's ownership interest.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00017	Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00201	Provides that in the event child protective services receives a duplicate report on an open case that has not been founded, indicated or referred to services, such duplicate report shall merge with the open case and remain open an additional thirty days for further investigation.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00329	Relates to facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00354	Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00360	Expands the health department's review of correctional health services by including a biennial study of health care staffing at facilities operated by the department of corrections and community supervision.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00427	Requires chain restaurants to display an added sugars warning next to or directly under the name of each food item with high added sugars content wherever such food item is listed on a menu, menu board, or food tag, and by any self-serve dispensing point at which such food item is dispensed.	Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S00598	Establishes a state frontotemporal degeneration registry; defines terms; requires every physician, nurse practitioner, nurse physician assistant and general hospital that diagnoses or is treating a patient diagnosed with an FTD disorder to give notice to the department; requires certain information to be confidential; sets forth the duties of the commissioner of health; requires the department of health to create and maintain a webpage.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00699	Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the city of New York and its executive management; provides for equal representation among certain employees of the board of elections; relates to qualification and removal of certain employees of the board of elections.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00707	Requires certain data to be included in reports on the administration of managed long term care plans; changes reporting period to annually.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00664	Subjects to taxation the possessory interest of a private individual or corporation which uses real property owned by the United States or the state, except for real property owned by public authorities, for business purposes; excludes private property where the use is for a concession available to the general public located on property, such as parks, available for the use of the general public.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00825	Establishes protections for minors who are featured in influencer-generated content that generate earnings from being shared on social media or other video-sharing websites.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S00946	Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01111	Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01305	Requires that general hospitals that provide mastectomy surgery, lymph node dissection or lumpectomy provide information to such patients concerning options for breast reconstruction.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01418	Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01464	Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01462	Relates to establishing ground rent rebates for eligible homeowners and renters in the Battery Park project area; provides for a rebate program; provides for a process for application and certification.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01525	Directs the department of state, in cooperation with other departments, to provide technical assistance to any municipality, upon request, that has had a college or university close within such municipality.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01578	Establishes the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act" which designates sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01723	Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S01961	Establishes the "secure our data act"; relates to cybersecurity protection by state entities; requires the office of information technology services to develop standards for data protection of state entity-maintained information.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S02084	Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S02224	Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S02444	Makes certain terms gender neutral in provisions regarding the right to breast feed.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S02470	Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed in service after January 1, 2027 and before January 1, 2029.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S02499	Provides that an employee shall not be required to request reinstatement in order to file a discrimination claim regarding paid family medical leave benefits; permits a private right of action for certain violations as an alternative to a workers' compensation claim; provides for attorneys' fees and costs.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S03211	Relates to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority; increases the number of members to nine; requires five of the nine members be primary residents of Battery Park city.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S03261	Authorizes distributors of cannabis products to file electronic returns annually instead of quarterly.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S04387	Requires consideration as a quantitative factor whether the commodities or services were manufactured or will be performed by a labor union with respect to the awarding of certain procurement contracts.	Senate Procurement And Contracts Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S04423	Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S04528	Provides that veterans who are NY residents may use state parks, recreation facilities and historic sites without fees.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S04530	Exempts military members based at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York and Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York on active duty who reside in NYC from the payment of E-ZPass tolls associated with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S04591	Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or are the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.	Senate Procurement And Contracts Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
A05298	Extends certain provisions relating to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers until June 30, 2026.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S04750	Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project.	Senate Procurement And Contracts Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S04889	Relates to defining veteran; includes national guard members who have served for at least twenty years, part of which was during any war or period of hostilities.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S05210	Provides for reimbursement for certain insurance premiums for certain members of the naval militia, New York air, army national guard, and New York guard.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S05207	Establishes a childcare program to provide active duty members of the New York national guard assistance in locating, selecting, and offsetting the cost of civilian childcare when on-base childcare is not available to such members.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	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.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/28/2025	Yea
S05733	Relates to the cost of maintenance and operation of veterans' service agencies.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S05946	Enacts the "Technical Sergeant Joseph G. Lemm tuition benefit act" to allow members of the New York state organized militia to receive tuition benefits for certain post-secondary degree programs.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S06005	Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S06317	Authorizes political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of a minority and women owned business enterprise program at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid.	Senate Procurement And Contracts Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S07638	Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural secto	Senate Procurement And Contracts Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S07765	Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book of a compilation of all state statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services afforded to veterans, service members and their families.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S07850	Authorizes the presentation of a New York State Cold War Commemorative Medal for active duty during the period of September 2, 1945 through December 26, 1991.	Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote	05/28/2025	Yea
S07909	Relates to off premise retail license holders; increases the number of licenses authorized under section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law from one to two licenses.	Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee Vote	05/28/2025	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.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S01183	Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a 100 percent service connected disability.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S02068	Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone; defines terms; makes related provisions.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S02364	Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as the official state flag for recognizing armed service members who have died as a result of serving the United States in any war or conflict the nation has been involved in since its inception.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	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.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S04152	Establishes September twenty-second of each year as a day of commemoration known as Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S04358	Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05323	Extends certain provisions relating to additional sales tax imposed by the city of Yonkers.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05318	Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed by the city of Yonkers.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05329	Extends the expiration of the mortgage recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A05380	Extends the authorization for the county of Monroe to impose certain sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2027.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S04895	Extends the effectiveness of the occupancy tax in the village of Briarcliff Manor by two years.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A06080	Extends the authorization for the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S06420	Extends the expiration of the provisions authorizing the county of Allegany to impose an additional one and one-half percent sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
A06781	Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	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.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S07492	Extends the authority of the village of Cold Spring to impose a hotel and motel tax through July 21, 2027.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S07525	Extends the authorization to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property in Albany County.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S07760	Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Oneida to Officer Michael E. Jensen.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/27/2025	Yea
S00933	Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S01349	Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment; relates to promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S01290	Allows the department of financial services to have additional oversight of banks and insurance companies that are not currently licensed in this state; provides penalties for violations.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S01676	Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S01692	Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2025 and on an annual basis thereafter.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S01746	Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among incarcerated individuals and staff.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
A01819	Enacts the monarch preservation plan requiring the department of environmental conservation to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
A03028	Allows domestic insurers to make certain records available by electronic means if they are easily accessible from the insurer's principal office in this state and the insurer complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea
S03699	Enacts the "facial recognition technology study act" to study privacy concerns and potential regulatory approaches to the development of facial recognition technology.	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	05/22/2025	Yea

	Committee	Position	Rank
Detail	New York Senate Cities 2 Committee		3
Detail	New York Senate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee		3
Detail	New York Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee		3
Detail	New York Senate Local Government Committee		3
Detail	New York Senate Procurement and Contracts Committee	Chair	1
Detail	New York Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee		4
Detail	New York Senate Women's Issues Committee		3

State	District	Chamber	Party	Status	Start Date	End Date
NY	New York Senate District 63	Senate	Democrat	In Office	01/01/2025

Bill	Bill Name	Summary	Progress
S04067	Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect.	AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to codifying the disparate impact standard in the human rights law	In Committee
S05538	Relates to automatic eligibility for early intervention services for children found to have elevated venous blood lead levels (at or above 5 mcg/dl).	AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to infant eligibility for state early intervention services due to elevated venous blood lead levels	In Committee
S05539	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.	AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan	In Committee
S02398	Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.	AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed for payment purposes	Crossed Over
S05623	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.	AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto	In Committee
S04649	Imposes fines for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway.	AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fines imposed for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway	In Committee
S04646	Suspends the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway construction or maintenance work area.	AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspending the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway construction or maintenance work area	In Committee
S06722	Defines a "protected consumer" as an individual who is under the age of eighteen years.	AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the definition of "protected consumer"	In Committee
S01464	Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan.	AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act	Crossed Over
S06997	Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification.	AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general municipal law, in relation to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality	In Committee
S08269	Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga.	AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga	In Committee
J01116	Commending Sarah Brown upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate	Commending Sarah Brown upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate	In Committee
J01098	Welcoming the students, teachers and administrators of the Bronx High School of Science to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 28, 2025	Welcoming the students, teachers and administrators of the Bronx High School of Science to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 28, 2025	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
S06005	Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.	AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing the hire a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof	In Committee
S05247	Extends the imposition of additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes by Erie county to November 30, 2027.	AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition of additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes by Erie county	In Committee
S05941	Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.	AN ACT to amend the general business law and the insurance law, in relation to requiring peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide certain insurance coverage	In Committee
S08230	Extends certain provisions of law relating to value limitations for certain emergency contracts for public works or the purchase of supplies.	AN ACT to amend chapter 674 of the laws of 1993, amending the public buildings law relating to value limitations on contracts, in relation to extending such provisions thereof	In Committee
S08248	Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.	AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state	In Committee
J01097	Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York upon the occasion of their induction into the New York State Senate 2025 Veterans Hall of Fame	Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York upon the occasion of their induction into the New York State Senate 2025 Veterans Hall of Fame	In Committee
S08221	Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licen	AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to establishing an annual professional reseller renewal fee and requiring professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number (Part A); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to providing criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to resale requirements for tickets (Part C); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to unlawful charges in connection with tickets (Part D); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public (Part E); and to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); and to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending the arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to tickets to places of entertainment, and chapter 151 of the laws of amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to resale of tickets to places of entertainment, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof (Part G)	In Committee
S06009	Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in an appropriate and safe designated area that has been established by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participants cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure; protects volunteer fire departments and fire companies from certain criminal and ci	AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the penal law, and the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to participants in youth programs sponsored by fire departments	In Committee
S00643	Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.	AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the youth justice innovation fund	Crossed Over
S06723	Requires that hair relaxer products display labels when they contain certain dangerous chemicals.	AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to hair relaxer labeling	In Committee
S06626	Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts; provides information to current and prospective small business owners seeking to purchase or lease a vacant storefront for a small business location.	AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establishing a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts	In Committee
S06017	Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.	AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to enacting the food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities (FRESH Communities) act	Crossed Over
J00986	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in the State of New York	Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in the State of New York	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
S01189	Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries.	AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the licensure of fiscal intermediaries, and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto	In Committee
J01067	Honoring the Lexington School for the Deaf upon the occasion of hosting its 28th Annual Basketball Classic vs. Assembly/Senate All-Stars on May 20, 2025	Honoring the Lexington School for the Deaf upon the occasion of hosting its 28th Annual Basketball Classic vs. Assembly/Senate All-Stars on May 20, 2025	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
S06018	Authorizes and directs the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant located in the town of Lewiston, county of Niagara, to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant.	AN ACT in relation to authorizing and directing the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant	Crossed Over
S08171	Establishes the contract New York program to provide tax credits to corporations contracting with emerging microbusinesses; directs the department of economic development and the empire state development corporation to create and maintain a registry of emerging microbusinesses and to biannually implement best practices for engaging corporations to utilize such registry; establishes the contract New York tax credit for New York corporations with eligible contracts with emerging microbusinesses.	AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establishing the contract New York program; and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the contract New York tax credit	In Committee
S08054	Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health, the office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of children and family services; establishes alternative methods of screening.	AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to body scanners in state-operated facilities	In Committee
S06008	Establishes the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge" in the city of Buffalo in Erie county.	AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge"	In Committee
S06006	Clarifies the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for division of minority and women's business development programs by changing the basis from number of employees to annual receipts.	AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to clarifying the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for certain programs	In Committee
S07769	Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2027.	AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters	In Committee
J01020	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	In Committee
J00940	Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Indian Constitution on November 26, 2025	Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Indian Constitution on November 26, 2025	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
J00958	Welcoming the descendants of the Chinese American Transcontinental Railroad workers to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 14, 2025	Welcoming the descendants of the Chinese American Transcontinental Railroad workers to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 14, 2025	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
J00976	Recognizing Lisa Cortes for her valuable contributions to the film, television, music, and entertainment industries	Recognizing Lisa Cortes for her valuable contributions to the film, television, music, and entertainment industries	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
J00989	Congratulating the 2025 New York State Senate Women of Distinction	Congratulating the 2025 New York State Senate Women of Distinction	Signed/Enacted/Adopted
J00985	Commemorating the three-year Anniversary of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2025, and honoring the victims, survivors, families, and community at large in wake of this	Commemorating the three-year Anniversary of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2025, and honoring the victims, survivors, families, and community at large in wake of this	Signed/Enacted/Adopted

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