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Doug Smith R

Assemblymember
New York Assembly District 5
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
1 Total

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On Record (28)

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Creates a police safety equipment grant program to provide for services and expenses related to police safety equipment; directs a sum of $30,000,000 to be appropriated to such program.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Fixes the maximum interest rate for credit cards issued or used in this state at 10%.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides for free criminal history background checks for mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the Long Island Expressway in the town of Brookhaven to 9-11 Fallen Firefighters.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the NYS power authority to allow certain governments and corporations to bundle electrical services.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes injury to an on-duty auxiliary police officer within the elements of assault in the second degree.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates the presumption of intent to sell when a person is in possession of forty or more individual packages containing heroin with an aggregate weight of 4.0 grams.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Protects a parent who is a victim of domestic violence from having children removed from their custody if they reported the abuse.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Makes it unlawful to wear a body vest while committing any crime while possessing a deadly weapon.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Imposes liability on the state for damages to persons caused by defects in state highways year round.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a police safety equipment grant program to provide for services and expenses related to police safety equipment; directs a sum of $30,000,000 to be appropriated to such program.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Repeals provisions relating to the prohibition of acceptance by the Long Island power authority of preference hydroelectricity.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands the crime of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer by removing the requirement that such injury be caused by a dangerous or deadly instrument.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the city of New York education fund from an additional real property tax to support education programs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires divestment of public funds in the Russian energy sector.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to sentencing and larceny of property of the elderly or disabled.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates the under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund to provide for the purpose of moving overhead electrical power or telecommunications lines underground from monies appropriated, including, but not limited to, any funds supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster recovery and hazard mitigation which may be used for state infrastructure repair.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the improvement and operation of sober living homes including the process for certification, inspections, and violations and the establishment of a toll free hotline to respond to complaints.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to establishing the Gold Award and Eagle Scout achievement scholarship; authorizes a scholarship of $500 per year for high school graduates attending a New York state public post-secondary institution who have achieved a Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the United States of America or an Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a pilot program relating to creating the solar panels to the state universities of New York and boards of cooperative educational services located on Long Island in order that such universities and BOCES may conduct a training program for persons interested in learning solar panel installation and operation and then to install such solar panels upon school districts in …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Regulates the purchase and sale of catalytic converters; permits only licensed or regulated scrap metal dealers, vehicle dealers, vehicle dismantlers or repair shops to possess, purchase or sell catalytic converters; makes unlawful possession an E felony; requires restitution.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires school districts, public libraries, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and secondary schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Makes the theft of a package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway or other area adjacent to the residence of another following delivery of the package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carrier a felony.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that it is a class E felony to operate a model or unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure facility including an electrical power generating facility, petroleum or natural gas refinery or stage facility, or an aboveground oil, gas or chemical pipeline.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (32)

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Requires the office of children and family services implement a regional cost factor analysis for child care subsidies; requires social services districts implement such findings.
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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Relates to raising the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption to $120,000.
Jul 28, 2026 · details / share
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Makes the first one hundred thousand dollars of an individual's private pension non-taxable.
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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Requires lifetime post-release supervision for offenders convicted of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, course of sexual conduct against a child in the first and second degrees …
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two …
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Increases the distribution of revenue from extending the authorization for the hotel and motel taxes in Suffolk county; provides for the support of a not-for-profit organization that manages and owns the first lighthouse built in New York, a national register …
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors; defines terms; specifies what are considered unsafe features.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for the licensure of school psychology practitioners; authorizes the use of the title "licensed school psychology practitioner" to licensed or exempt individuals; defines practice of licensed school psychology practitioners; sets forth requirements for professional licensure (including educational attainment, experience, …
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a spending cap; increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.
May 29, 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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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; …
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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Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools for students who do not receive services pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides that annual training where a security guard is employed or contracted by a school in this state shall require the completion of school specific-training.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students; requires school districts to ensure that appropriately certified teachers are providing such education; authorizes rules and regulations consistent with such provisions.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides requirements for fairness in disclosures to news media workers, news media consumers, oversight of AI systems, and workplace protections for news media workers.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability for the purpose of making Down syndrome an automatic qualifier for Medicaid; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of ten who cannot demonstrate that …
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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Requires school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists; requires the department of health to provide such opioid antagonists to such entities upon request.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
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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Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and …
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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Delays the zero-emission school bus mandate for a period of five years; requires school districts to only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses by 2032 and requires school districts to only operate and maintain zero-emission school buses by 2040.
May 21, 2026 · details / share