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Mark Walczyk R

State Senator
New York Senate District 49
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028
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On Record (72)

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Prohibits the public service commission's imposition of a system benefits charge on ratepayers' utility bills.
Jul 17, 2026 · source · details / share
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Amends the definition of "carbon dioxide equivalent" to provide that such term be calculated based on a 100-year time frame after emission; provides for rules and regulations to amend the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit; repeals provisions of law relating to statewide greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Jul 11, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvements; removes such tax on permanent residents.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting route 68 in the city of Ogdensburg, county of St. Lawrence, to Fort de la Presentation.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.
Jun 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Adds impersonation of board of elections members or other election officers, or an employee thereof, to the crime of criminal impersonation in the first degree.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Exempts the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
May 28, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes an occupancy tax in the county of Herkimer not to exceed 5%.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a municipal exemption from commercial driver's license requirements when the vehicle utilized is owned or leased by a city, town, village, or county when such vehicle is operated by a municipal employee solely for intrastate governmental purposes.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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SENATOR WALCZYK HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR CORRECTIONAL REFORM IN NEW YORK  The New York State Senate (.gov)
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dissolves the Clifton-Fine health care corporation and transfers any remaining records, property, rights, titles, and interest to the Clifton-Fine health care corporation d/b/a Clifton-Fine hospital, a New York not-for-profit corporation and its successors or assigns.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Amends the definition of "carbon dioxide equivalent" to provide that such term be calculated based on a 100-year time frame after emission; provides for rules and regulations to amend the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit; repeals provisions of law relating to statewide greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires a fiscal note when a bill enacts or amends a law impacting the cost of utility services.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town of Dekalb, in the county of St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on a portion of United States route eleven.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvements; removes such tax on permanent residents.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting route 68 in the city of Ogdensburg, county of St. Lawrence, to Fort de la Presentation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Oswego to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires no less than two percent of all state competitive grants for water quality infrastructure projects to be awarded to municipalities located in the Adirondack park and Catskill park.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends certain provisions authorizing the county of Hamilton to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by mortgages on real property to December 1, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Hamilton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the public service commission's imposition of a system benefits charge on ratepayers' utility bills.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2025.
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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Extends provisions allowing the county of Fulton to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property to November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends authorization for the county of Fulton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the county of Jefferson to impose additional sales tax until November 30th, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends authorization of the county of Herkimer to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property to 12/01/2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the period during which the county of Herkimer is authorized to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Proposes an amendment to require the use of paper ballots in elections.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more incarcerated individuals.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes an occupancy tax in the county of Herkimer not to exceed 5%.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends authorization for the county of Lewis to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants David Morse, the parent of firefighter Peyton Morse, who was employed by the city of Watertown, accidental death benefits.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes the weight and height restrictions on vehicles traveling south on the route from the Ogdensburg bridge to the Port of Ogdensburg.
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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Expands the firearm license to have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of possession, to include open carry.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates distinctive license plates for members and supporters of the United States army 10th mountain division.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town of Montague in Lewis county to designate certain town roads as low-volume roads and certain low-volume roads as minimum maintenance roads.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires solar facilities to conspicuously post safety data sheets in areas that may be accessed by emergency responders in the case of a fire or other emergency.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to certain farm wineries, farm breweries, farm distilleries, and farm cideries whose business includes agricultural tourism.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the registration period for trailers, other than a coach or house trailer or a semitrailer, from 1 to 5 years; amends trailer registration fees to match the 5-year registration timeframe.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes federal law enforcement officers in the definition of police officer.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes land used for processing or retail merchandising of agricultural products within the real property tax exemption for land used in agricultural production.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Bans unencapsulated expanded or extruded polystyrene foam in floating docks and floating platforms sold, offered for sale, or constructed in the state.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to capping the state budget at fifteen percent of total state gross domestic product for the prior calendar year, as determined by the state comptroller.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Adds impersonation of board of elections members or other election officers, or an employee thereof, to the crime of criminal impersonation in the first degree.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the county seat in Herkimer county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Repeals certain provisions establishing a fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases; removes such fees as a source of funds for the background check fund.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes the additional $25 service charge for distinctive Elks Association license plates.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the state board of elections and local boards of elections from accepting donations of private funds for election administration.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Amends the constitution to prohibit an immediate vote from being called by the governor or acting governor on any budget bills.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program for counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts; provides such provisions shall remain in effect for 3 years.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the office of general services to commission the flag design committee of the North American Vexillological Association to design a new state flag.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Implements a shoreline hardening plan for all residents with property along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence river in order to prevent damage from flooding.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes nursing home medication aides to administer medication in residential health care facilities in St. Lawrence county.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the "learning for work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program and the enhanced regents professional diploma; appropriates moneys therefor.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires e-commerce platforms to include a feature whereby consumers may filter for products made in the United States of America; provides for a tax credit for online marketplace providers or online retailers who include such filter, or who sell products made in New York state, in the amount of state sales taxes for such products.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to flood insurance notice in communities bordering Lake Ontario; requires the department of financial services to publish an annual notice with the department's contact information and a statement about flood insurance and how it relates to standard homeowners insurance policies in local newspapers that serve the communities bordering Lake Ontario.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires 12.5% of profits generated from a solar or wind energy system to be paid to a taxing jurisdiction or land owner under certain agreements for the installation and use of such solar or wind energy system, in addition to other PILOT or other payments required under such agreement.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs NYSERDA to develop a geothermal education and outreach program to provide guidelines, planning, and financial support for qualified school districts that wish to convert to a geothermal energy system as their primary source of energy.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to creating the crime of attempt to engage in sexual conduct with a person incapable of consent when an individual communicates such individual's intent to engage in sexual conduct with the victim, and engages in certain acts which would tend to further effect the commission of such sexual conduct; designates such attempt as a class C felony, class E …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to creating the medical professionals across rural New York state student loan repayment fund pilot program for certain participating professionals that make a two year commitment to practice in a tract or county defined by the health resources and services administration as being rural or eligible for a rural health grant.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes certain provisions relating to preclearance by the civil rights bureau of certain qualifications, prerequisites to voting, laws, ordinances, standards, practices, procedures, regulations, or policies relating to voting.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to crimes against public trust by state officers; requires such state officers' salary to be suspended pending indictment for such crimes; if convicted requires such state officers to pay back the portion of their salary beginning with the pay period immediately proceeding the date upon which the first convicted offense occurred.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Phases in tax cuts to the personal income tax over a period of ten years; repeals certain provisions relating to tax benefit recapture.
Aug 08, 2026 · details / share
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Adopts the interstate nurse licensure compact (Part A); adopts the advanced practice registered nurse compact (Part B).
Aug 06, 2026 · details / share
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Reduces federal adjusted gross income by the amount of overtime compensation earned by an individual in certain circumstances; defines overtime compensation.
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Returns the state's energy codes to the less expensive earlier provisions; repeals provisions of the state energy conservation construction code which relate to the state's clean energy and climate agenda.
Aug 06, 2026 · details / share
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Eliminates bail for all offenses; provides for imposition of restrictions and conditions and remand for certain offenses; directs consideration of a defendant's character, reputation, habits, mental condition, activities and history, and whether they pose a danger to themselves, another person …
Aug 02, 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.
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Establishes the school supplies education credit to allow a resident taxpayer who is a parent, guardian or other person, lawfully having the care, custody or control of a person who has not yet attained the age of nineteen years, and …
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for …
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Establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday.
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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Permits the establishment of reserve funds for unanticipated costs relating to special education, provided that the amount in such fund shall not exceed four percent of the district's current school year budget.
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Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district interscholastic sports.
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Restores judicial discretion relating to bail reform; provides that when the defendant is charged with a felony, the court shall request of the applicable county pre-trial services agency a risk and needs assessment be conducted on the eligible defendant for …
Jun 24, 2026 · details / share
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Allows students attending agricultural learning events to be counted as in attendance at school; defines "agricultural learning events" as including FFA events and 4-H programs.
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Requires age verification for internet pornography websites; imposes a $50,000 penalty per day for violations; provides exemptions for news organizations.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes September twenty-second of each year as a day of commemoration known as Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day.
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Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence from three to five percent.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the rural suicide prevention council to identify barriers to mental health and substance use treatment and prevention services and other policies, practices, resources, services, and potential legislation that aim to reduce death by suicide and suicide attempts and acknowledge …
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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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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