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John Lemondes R

Assemblymember
New York Assembly District 126
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
1 Total

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On Record (40)

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Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Christopher Walser and Matthew Patire to each take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and to each be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Skaneateles police department.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires instruction in agriculture in every elementary, middle, and high school under state control or supported wholly or partly by the state.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides for the establishment and operations of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the personal needs allowance for residents of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility; relates to the diversion of certain defendants to a mandatory opioid rehabilitation facility; provides for the establishment of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the provision of corrections officers to such facilities.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dissolves the New York state thruway authority; transfers all functions, employees, records, authority, debts and obligations of such authority to the department of transportation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the town of Skaneateles to 12/31/2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Skaneateles to 12/31/2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Weedsport to 12/31/2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Cayuga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to 11/30/2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Eliminates the annual service charge on issuance of special number plates to veterans of the armed forces.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act; provides that a homeowner who currently lives within a wetlands designated area shall not have to apply for a building permit for use of land within a fifty foot periphery of the house and garage; provides that new maps may not be issued without prior approval from the legislature; prohibits DEC from delineating wetlands …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in all multi-unit housing facilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a class B felony to an class A-II felony.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Expands New York's net metering law by adding non-residential micro-combined heat and power generating equipment systems to the list of currently eligible technologies that can be net metered.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires instruction in agriculture in every elementary, middle, and high school under state control or supported wholly or partly by the state.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes the requirement to renew registration of motor vehicles; makes conforming changes.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a warranty for new consumer goods with a purchase price of five hundred dollars or more per unit.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires that a sex offender must report each address where the sex offender resides, including any multiple or part-time residences.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that the "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility for transfer of real property commences on filing the certificate of transfer with the county clerk.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires all state agencies to provide paper copies of the forms they utilize to individuals and commercial entities required to file such forms.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers in high need districts.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires that correction officers employed in correctional facilities be identified by badge number only.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides for the establishment and operations of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the personal needs allowance for residents of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility; relates to the diversion of certain defendants to a mandatory opioid rehabilitation facility; provides for the establishment of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the provision of corrections officers to such facilities.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the senior environmental corps act; establishes the senior environmental corps within the department of environmental conservation; establishes a mechanism for seniors to volunteer their services for environmental purposes; creates senior environmental corps coordinating council; makes provisions for volunteer agreements.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct an after-action review study on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response; directs the commissioner to submit a report on such study after 1 year and make such report publicly available on its website, and share such report with the CDC.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Criminalizes the act of engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location outside of New York state to a location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries or to transport an undocumented immigrant from any …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the department of economic development to move the central New York welcome center to the equal rights heritage center in the city of Auburn; directs the department of economic development to enter into a contract with the city of Auburn for the operation of such welcome center.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits certain noncitizens, foreign governments, and foreign entities from taking any real property that is zoned as industrial, light industrial, heavy industrial, residential agricultural, agricultural or rural agricultural.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes Christopher Walser to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Skaneateles police department.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires local phone companies to provide customers with a cost free option to block certain information-access services; provides such service shall not be included in the telephone company's rate base; requires the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating thereto.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a farmers' bill of rights; specifies prohibited unfair trade practices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a producer's freedom to bargain collectively with other producers in the marketing of the producer's product; provides that the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets shall take action to restrain such violations upon the application of an association of producers; …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits a city, town, village or of a joint water district from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses private well water for its water supply; prohibits a city, town or village from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses a septic system for treatment of waste water.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a school resource officer unit within the division of state police; permits every school district within the state to request the placement of a member of such unit at any building, structure or facility primarily used for the instruction of students located within such district.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software.
Aug 17, 2026 · details / share
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Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.
Aug 17, 2026 · details / share
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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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Relates to the establishment of a non-traditional hours model; provides that the office of children and family services shall: create a non-traditional hours model within a year, publish its findings on its website, and conduct a review of child care …
Aug 17, 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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Designates offenses against law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel as hate crimes.
Jul 15, 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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Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole …
Jul 15, 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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Establishes the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic bonito and false albacore.
Jun 30, 2026 · 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.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "mansion tax adjustment act"; increases the sales price threshold for real property conveyances that will trigger additional sales tax.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $2500; must be in good standing for a minimum of five years and maintain continued eligibility.
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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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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Provides additional tax exemptions on qualifying residential real property where two or more qualified veterans live in the same household.
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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Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.
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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Adds the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways system.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all state or federal funds appropriated or received for the humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response and relief centers …
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars; excludes any payment not in excess of five thousand dollars made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an employee that …
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Provides a state income tax exemption for police officers up to one hundred thousand dollars.
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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Exempts disabled veterans rated as such by the US Department of Veterans affairs from real property taxation for their primary residence.
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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Reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Creates a tax credit for businesses that develop a "college to work" program, paying the tuition of individuals in exchange for the individual committing to work for the business after the individual's graduation from an institution of higher learning; provides …
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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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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Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star parent and gold star family member distinctive license plates.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the bullet-proof vests for officers fund.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a 13 member veteran suicide mortality review board to serve as the statewide entity responsible for the multidisciplinary review of suicide deaths among veterans by identifying trends and systemic factors contributing to veteran suicide; assessing gaps in services, access …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for the issuance of deer management permits in the northern zone of the state.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Gives state residents reservation preference for state parks and recreational facilities.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act"; provides for the issuance of anti-stalking orders.
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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Requires businesses which provide for someone to spoof a telephone number to keep records of the phone calls placed with their services.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system …
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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Provides for the chief administrator of the courts to, upon request by a municipality, ensure the assignment and presence of a uniformed court officer during court proceedings or a law enforcement officer where no uniformed court officer is available.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "synthetic kratom kills act" to prohibit harmful synthetic and adulterated kratom products; provides that no person, manufacturer, retailer, or other entity shall manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale: synthesized kratom material; any adulterated kratom product; a kratom …
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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Provides for instruction in food and agriculture in schools using a curriculum established by the commissioner of education in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Permits land bank officers and employees to participate in the New York state and local retirement system if a resolution is adopted by its board of directors.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires certain labeling to be used to indicate the safety dates and quality dates of food products; requires the department of agriculture and markets to educate consumers about such provisions.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the crime of aggravated disorderly conduct; designates such crime as a specified offense for the purposes of hate crimes.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the coordination of policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the office for the prevention of domestic violence; includes the executive director of the office for the prevention of domestic violence on the traumatic brain injury …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that the use of threats or harm to animals shall be considered a means of coercion or coercive control.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts "Barreto's law" which establishes the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts "Nima's law" which prohibits the retail sale of nitrous oxide; establishes civil penalties for violations; includes nitrous oxide misuse in the health care and wellness education and outreach program to expand education on the dangers of nitrous oxide misuse; …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires audits by the comptroller in the event of arrest or conviction of contractors of certain sections of law relating to theft and fraud.
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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Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer.
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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Requires nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state; requires short-term rental hosts and short-term rental hosting platforms inform nearby property owners when nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders are staying …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the governor from preventing or inhibiting state agency cooperation with the federal government for the purposes of immigration enforcement; prohibits state agencies from preventing or inhibiting collaboration with federal agencies for the purposes of federal immigration enforcement.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that certain crimes of child abuse may be amended to give the plaintiff until they reach 55 years of age; provides that where acts or omissions giving rise to a claim and occurred in more than one jurisdiction, New …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "New York commission for the deaf and hard of hearing act".
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Increases security on digital submissions to the state by requiring the use of verified accounts and multi-factor authorization.
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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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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Allows veterans of the armed forces of the United States to fish for free in state parks under the jurisdiction of a state agency.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
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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Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.
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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Provides additional support to children with complex needs under the jurisdiction of the state; requires data collection regarding children under the jurisdiction of the state.
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