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Brian Maher R

Assemblymember
New York Assembly District 101
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
3 Total

Biography

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On Record (52)

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Grants peace officer status to employees of the town court of the town of Montgomery serving as uniformed court officers at such town court.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides an exemption from certain requirements for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises located in Orange county.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes John Raftery to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Hancock to Jason T McGlone.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that a social services district may implement an income eligibility standard for recipients of child care block grant funds when such district projects that allocated funds will be insufficient to open all eligible non-guaranteed cases; sets the income eligibility standards.
May 28, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a commission to reform public assistance benefits to conduct a study to examine the current payment method for public assistance benefits and to identify any and all income levels that exist where an individual or family would become ineligible for any public assistance benefit.
May 28, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants retroactive participation in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System to the Rockland Central School District; deems such school district to have been a participating employer beginning on July 1, 2025 and relates to contributions made by eligible employees on and after July 1, 2025.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study to identify, analyze, report, and medically combat new or previously unseen opiate/opioid compounds found in overdose patients in New York state for the purpose of establishing more efficient overdose medical treatment protocols.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a community housing fund in the town of Rochester, county of Ulster, to provide housing opportunities for its residents.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 12, 2026 · source · details / share
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Maher pushes state bill to eliminate gas tax  Daily Freeman
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires social media platforms to remove content depicting the violent death of a human being within twenty-fours after receiving notice or otherwise becoming aware of such content; requires social media platforms to provide an easily accessible and usable mechanism for users to report such content.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a task force on victim services reimbursements to study laws, rules and regulations to modernize funding for victim services providers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a supplemental property tax exemption for veterans and certain un-remarried spouses of veterans upon the adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends authorization to impose certain taxes in the county of Sullivan.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the village of Goshen's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent for an additional two years.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the town of Goshen's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent for two additional years.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a community housing fund in the town of Rochester, county of Ulster, to provide housing opportunities for its residents.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town of Montgomery to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Jack Barletta on state route 208 in the county of Orange.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the use of the term "sex work" and certain variations of such term in the law or any rule, regulation or resolution.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to providing loan forgiveness for agriculture educators who provide didactic instruction to students about agriculture, food, and natural resources.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides a tax credit to taxpayers who grow the base ingredients necessary for the production of beer.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature; changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Repeals the provision of law that volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who receive a real property tax exemption for service may not receive the income tax credit for such service.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants peace officer status to employees of the town court of the town of Montgomery serving as uniformed court officers at such town court.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that a person convicted of murder in the first or second degree, or aggravated murder, in the death of a child who is less than thirteen years old shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA; provides that payment of such grants shall be made no later than ninety days after notification.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows non-public schools to apply for school zone speed limits on the road that such school is located on.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the village of Chester to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a farm savings account program.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes the county of Orange within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides an exemption from certain requirements for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises located in Orange county.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that a social services district may implement an income eligibility standard for recipients of child care block grant funds when such district projects that allocated funds will be insufficient to open all eligible non-guaranteed cases; sets the income eligibility standards.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands the residency requirement for the village clerk, deputy village clerk, village treasurer, and deputy village treasurer of the village of Washingtonville such that such person need not be a resident of such village, but must be a resident in the county in which such village is located or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes police officers the ability to request a person who is driving a motor vehicle with tinted windows roll down all windows to protect such officer's health or safety; defines "tinted windows".
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the membership and purposes of the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Coldenham Inc.; changes the name of the association to the "Volunteer and Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Coldenham, Inc"; updates the purposes of such association and the use of taxes received by such association.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a commission to reform public assistance benefits to conduct a study to examine the current payment method for public assistance benefits and to identify any and all income levels that exist where an individual or family would become ineligible for any public assistance benefit.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Daniel Montalto to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance promulgate regulations and create policies to encourage married adults or two adult households when determining the standard of need for eligibility for public assistance programs; and to exempt certain income and resources for such adults and households.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the commissioner of the office of children and family services to conduct a study that examines barriers to the creation of child care providers and provide recommendations thereto to facilitate the creation of new child care providers.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows certain certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants or physicians to be able to be certified as an emergency service technician to service rural areas of the state.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study to identify, analyze, report, and medically combat new or previously unseen opiate/opioid compounds found in overdose patients in New York state for the purpose of establishing more efficient overdose medical treatment protocols.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires employers to pay employees who are manual workers no less than semi-monthly; provides that there is no civil penalty against an employer by an employee who unknowingly violates such provisions; authorizes the commissioner to levy a civil penalty against employers who violate such provisions.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Establishes a certified transitional tax credit for taxpayers that demonstrate their agricultural products were sold during a period of transition into USDA organic certification, under the Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. "responsibly grown" labelling program, or under the QAI and Hesco, Inc. "certified transitional" label.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires the use of local labor to qualify for certain real property tax exemptions relating to business investment and the installation of certain energy systems; defines local labor; provides for exceptions from the local labor requirement in certain circumstances where local labor is not qualified to perform the work or available.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Establishes the sector partnership enhancement and reinforcement program to assist in the identification of target industry clusters and employers for creation of new local sector partnerships and to provide grants to emerging and existing local sector partnerships and to community colleges seeking to establish local sector partnerships for recruitment activities; makes an appropriation therefor.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to promulgate rules and regulations requiring the use of automatic license plate reader systems at all entrances and exits to state parks and to assist municipalities in establishing policies and procedures for similar use of such license plate readers.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (47)

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Establishes the "removing barriers to higher education success act" which directs the state university and city university to adopt policies that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that such student is an individual …
Aug 17, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes an income tax deduction for cash and credit card tips received which are considered wages or compensation.
Jul 28, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing, implementing and expanding additional housing models that support independent living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; requires the office to submit a …
Jul 28, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
Jul 28, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year.
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes farm security resiliency grant awards for farm employers who have suffered eligible losses as a result of eligible weather conditions or events; establishes the farm security resiliency grant board to make recommendations to the commissioner of agriculture and markets …
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes bail and pre-trial detention for all arson felonies.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Includes retirement plans in the exemption for pensions and annuities for certain persons; increases such exemption to one hundred thousand dollars as adjusted by the consumer price index annually.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for an energy price refund credit for certain taxpayers based upon a taxpayers income.
Jun 26, 2026 · details / share
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Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; …
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in certain facilities for youth and adolescent offenders placed with or committed to the office of children and family services.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Increases the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2025.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Provides expanded enrollment through New York state of health through tax returns, and allows for enrollment through the New York state of health at any time for first-time enrollees.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the public service commission in consultation with NYSERDA to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods …
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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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.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators …
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance programs by posting on the utility company's website.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a program for specific individuals to become complex care assistants and provide private duty nursing services to certain Medicaid enrollees.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to use of public funds for prevailing wage requirements applicable to construction projects performed under private contract.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain offenses involving threats of mass harm against a school district, school, school staff or a student.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking and when such reports shall be submitted.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Allows a licensed pharmacist to order and administer certain tests.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project to explore establishing licensing guidelines for the operation of outdoor, nature-based child care programs in an outdoor space and that employ a nature-based early learning …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Increases short-term disability benefits.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Permits schools located within the state to purchase reduced fat or whole New York milk to provide or sell at such school.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the sale or lease of any property in the state to the People's Republic of China or the Chinese communist party.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; provides such program will be offered to veterans and first responders from New York state; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program fund.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to providing state correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to providing education and outreach programs related to home visiting programs which provide support for pregnant and parenting families, and have been proven to improve outcomes for mothers, infants, and families; provides that such information shall include information on …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities by both visitors and incarcerated individuals.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on chronic absenteeism at public schools in the state of New York; establishes reporting requirements.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the department of taxation and finance to include an opportunity on certain personal income tax forms for individuals to provide written consent to be added to the donate life registry; makes related provisions.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay a participating pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for the use of restoration services when determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to high-usage customers of electric utilities; establishes guidelines for electric service for high-usage customers; relates to water usage of high-usage customers entering into a high-usage contract with an electric utility or large-scale generation provider.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a comprehensive study on mandatory health insurance coverage benefits within the state as compared to other states and the impacts of removing such requirements.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Creates the New York health benefit and cost commission to review and report on utilization rates, public and patient health effects, and impact on premiums and access to health care and health coverage of all existing and proposed mandated health …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for permitted leaves of absence for members of the civil air patrol during emergencies for purposes of assisting with such emergencies.
May 21, 2026 · details / share