Michael Benedetto

Michael Benedetto D

Assemblymember
New York Assembly District 77
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
3 Neutral 3 Total

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On Record (33)

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Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website.
Jun 24, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the department of education, in consultation with the department of health, to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes; requires such materials to be made available to schools providing elementary education through the department's website; requires schools to distribute such materials to parents and guardians of elementary school students and new students.
May 28, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the completion of and information contained in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems assessments as part of building condition surveys for purposes of grant eligibility; requires such assessments to include a report containing specific information and includes qualification requirements for the person completing the report.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends provisions related to certified school psychologists and special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions until June 30, 2028.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that fees may be sought in certain summary proceedings between a cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occupant when the lease or occupancy agreement provides for the recovery of fees, legal fees, charges, surcharges, penalties, or assessments other than rent.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that either party may be awarded attorneys' fees in the event of a default judgment in an action or summary proceeding arising out of leases of residential property where a tenant is a dwelling unit owner or shareholder of a cooperative housing corporation and the recovery of attorneys' fees is provided for in the proprietary lease or occupancy agreement.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to elections involving board members, by-law amendments, or dissolution, reconstitution or conversion of mutual housing companies; provides that ballots shall be cast electronically to a neutral third party; provides that by-laws approved by shareholders and the commissioner of housing or supervising agency may limit eligibility for being a candidate for board of directors of a mutual housing company; relates …
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Excludes violations in a cooperative housing development containing Mitchell-Lama housing with no fewer than ten thousand units from bus operation-related traffic regulations.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Richard J. Vogt, III.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes assault upon a school bus operator, monitor, or attendant as assault in the second degree.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to requirements for applications for charter schools.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes city boards, city-wide councils, community councils and school based management teams to conduct meetings via videoconferencing.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school buses and any and all parts and pieces of equipment used in their operation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides the Board of Regents with final approval authority over all proposed and renewed charter schools.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends to ninety days the amount of time for the board of regents to approve and issue a charter that has been resubmitted by a charter entity.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges, including limiting the hours of operation and addressing noise pollution; directs the department of health to conduct a study describing the contaminants and other pollutants in the ground and water bodies adjacent to certain shooting ranges.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases the small purchase threshold for purchase contracts for supplies, materials or equipment involving an estimated expenditure in excess of the New York city school construction authority from ten thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the completion of and information contained in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems assessments as part of building condition surveys for purposes of grant eligibility; requires such assessments to include a report containing specific information and includes qualification requirements for the person completing the report.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx through the entering of leases or other agreements with Bally's New York Operating Company, LLC.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Decreases the percentage of votes needed for the election of board members in mutual housing companies with twelve thousand or more units to twenty percent plus one to constitute a majority for shareholder approval of such board members.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides additional requirements for approval of charter school applications; applies additional prohibitions to charter schools; requires certain financial disclosures by charter schools; requires charter schools to comply with provisions relating to construction, repair or demolition of school facilities; relates to admission of students.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools to establish cellphone policies and procedures; requires the establishment of a committee to develop such policies and procedures; requires such policies and procedures to be individually tailored to specific school environments.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database; authorizes firearms licenses of persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database to be suspended or revoked; requires the superintendent of state police to search the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database each year and report findings to appropriate …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the New York baby opportunity fund which deposits $1,000 into an account managed by the state comptroller to be available to eligible children when they reach the age of 18; provides such funds be used for education costs, the purchase of real estate, or entrepreneurship.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve with occupational impairments of a severity that does not adversely affect the student's educational performance but does present a barrier to functioning at home or in the community; directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations for the provision of such occupational therapy services.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the "just energy transition act"; requires a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase-out, replacement and redevelopment of New York state's oldest and most-polluting fossil fueled generation facilities and their sites by the year 2030.
Aug 02, 2026 · details / share
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Protects the rights of persons with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog in a place of public accommodation or housing accommodation; imposes a misdemeanor penalty for violations; requires the division of human rights to conduct …
Jul 16, 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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Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Extends the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Repeals the rebates for stock transfer tax paid; dedicates funds of the stock transfer tax fund and stock transfer incentive fund to various funds; establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the adjudication of parking infractions.
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 the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund.
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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Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that persons charged with a parking violation shall be able to make an electronic court appearance unless a locality elects not to permit electronic appearances.
May 28, 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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Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency service.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six.
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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Requires certain state owned and operated parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend for responses to calls and for certain standby …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Improves transparency in the insurance claims process; regulates insurance adjusting professionals; institutes licensing standards for insurance professionals; ensures timely responses to insurance claims; enhances policyholder protections.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes through the department of health a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds; requires the department to establish public health surveillance of …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or access to places of religious worship; expands interference to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate twenty-five feet outside of reproductive health care facilities …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties; excludes certain protective masks.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a device which is capable …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to prohibiting the exclusion of coverage for losses or damages caused by exposure to lead-based paint; provides that no insurer licensed or permitted by the superintendent to provide liability coverage to rental property owners shall exclude coverage for losses …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Increases short-term disability benefits.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies directly or indirectly by pharmacy benefit managers.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a tax on video streaming services; provides that the revenue from the tax is to be used to ensure that every resident in the state has access to modern communications networks; establishes the media arts technology and education fund.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for adult changing tables to be placed within an enclosed restroom facility or other similar private facility that is for use by persons with disabilities who need help with diapering at commercial places of public amusement and state-owned buildings …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan; makes related provisions.
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 "NYS health care tax reform act"; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on insurance corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on business corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on pass-through …
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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Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.
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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Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.
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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Provides that the Governor's annual budget proposal to the Legislature shall include statements of any new legislation, amendment to legislation, or limitation on the effect of any legislation contained in the budget; makes related provisions granting the legislature an equal …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of health to establish or approve an add-on rate for pediatric practices implementing the HealthySteps model.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for supervision by certain marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors who meet certain experience requirements.
May 21, 2026 · details / share