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Phil Palmesano R

Assemblymember
New York Assembly District 132
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
3 Total

Biography

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On Record (54)

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Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software.
Aug 17, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the interstate medical licensure compact; provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple participating states, thereby enhancing the portability of a medical license and ensuring the safety of patients.
Jul 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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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 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the "ratepayer disclosure and transparency act" which requires a monthly report that includes the estimated or actual ratepayer costs and benefits of any mandated state energy program to the governor and legislature including any New York climate leadership and community protection act compliance costs.
May 29, 2026 · source · 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 of electricity generation within nine months after the effective date and every four years thereafter.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants peace officer status to animal control officers of the county of Schuyler; defines "animal control officer".
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 14, 2026 · source · details / share
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Apr 11, 2026 · source · details / share
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Phil Palmesano to replace Ed Ra as top Re­pub­lican on N.Y. Assembly Ways and Means Committee  Spectrum News
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the hunting of leucistic deer, including white deer and albino deer, or melanistic deer; authorizes the hunting of such deer on private property.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to an exemption from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church, for a certain property located in the village of Hammondsport, county of Steuben.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Chemung county.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town justice of the town of Montour, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a climate action cost council; limits the number of rules and regulations that may be promulgated annually to meet CLCPA goals.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the maximum number of months for the reconsideration of denied applications by the parole board for parole for certain violent felony offenses from 24 months to 60 months.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Removes restrictions on crossbow size and draw weight when used for hunting.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes credits against income tax for a teacher's unreimbursed expenditures for qualified supplies.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires legislative approval of minimum wage increases promulgated through wage orders.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases from 20% to 100% the portion of real property taxes that a manufacturer may take as a business franchise or personal income tax credit.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a third-party secure vendor mail program for the delivery of all products to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of geothermal energy.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that the election of chief and assistant chief by a fire department may be on the same day as the day of election of the fire department's election of administration officers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale of cannabis.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Makes penalties for the possession and/or sale of methamphetamine similar to that of the penalties for possession and/or sale of heroin and cocaine.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of carbon recapture.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights; does not apply to such vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits the elimination of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels, including, natural gas, propane and fuel oil in new building construction.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting a portion of state route 14 to Sergeant James S. Hayes.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Steuben to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Steuben until December 1, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Allows school resource officers to be hired with salary aidable to the school district; raises retirement salaries for such officers to fifty thousand dollars.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the county seat in Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the deposit, into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, of a portion of the sales tax collected on each gallon of motor fuel sold at retail; increases the amount to be deposited over time.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to city reimbursement for state highway construction within such cities; raises such rate from eighty-five cents to one dollar and eighty cents per square yard of the pavement area.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Grants peace officer status to animal control officers of the county of Schuyler; defines "animal control officer".
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Educates the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery use and manufacture on air, water and soil.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund reform act; ensures that money deposited into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund is spent on construction purposes and not DOT and DMV operational activities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires approval by 2/3 vote of membership of the senate and assembly voting separately to increase or decrease any tax rate, impose a new state tax, extend or delete existing state tax.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Designates certain portions of the state highway system between Cayuga lake and Seneca lake as the "Between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes Wine Trail".
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include certain vehicles of up to seventy inches long and 1500 pounds.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits instruction in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a contraband screening plan which includes a canine at the entrance of each correctional facility to detect the presence of illegal drugs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the division of state police to send renewal notices to holders of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver at least 90 days before expiration of such license.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Yates until December 1, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Yates to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authorization of the county of Schuyler to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Makes technical corrections to the environmental conservation law, providing for misdemeanor penalties for hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share

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Increases the personal needs allowance for residents of certain residential health care facilities from fifty-five dollars to one hundred dollars per month.
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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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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Enhances the penalties for crimes committed during a riot.
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Permits judicial discretion based on dangerousness when issuing a securing order; allows for limited pre-trial detention upon such a determination; extends the time period for discovery from twenty to forty-five days; permits the immediate issuance of a bench warrant for …
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the crime of aggravated grand larceny as grand larceny in the fourth degree involving a motor vehicle.
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year.
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Requires a New York state driver's license or non-driver ID, a United States passport, an identification card issued by a United States educational institution, a United States military identification card, a government issued medical card, or any identification card issued …
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Jul 04, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for an energy price refund credit for certain taxpayers based upon a taxpayers income.
Jun 26, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to county-wide shared services panels; includes library districts within county-wide shared services panels; establishes the municipal efficiency fund to provide counties with awards of matching funds upon certification by the department of state.
Jun 26, 2026 · details / share
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Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth to review regulatory processes and permit requirements in order to facilitate economic growth; imposes a two-for-one rule reduction requirement.
Jun 24, 2026 · details / share
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Directs NYSERDA to issue a request for proposals to identify cities, towns, or villages that are interested in participating in municipal-level energy efficiency and weatherization pilot projects to help decrease residential energy usage and reduce future capital costs for utilities; …
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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Establishes the reclaimed asphalt pavement pilot program for the purpose of utilization of reclaimed asphalt pavement in the construction or improvement of state and municipal highways or bridges.
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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Authorizes local governments to opt out of mandates and benchmarks arising under the climate leadership and community protection act and associated universal electrification requirements by filing a resolution with the department of environmental conservation.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the sufficiency of itemization in the state budget; requires budget bills to clearly reference the section in the accompanying bill or bills where the corresponding appropriation or reappropriation can be located and requires that the legislature not act …
Jun 18, 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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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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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 · details / share
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Amends the definition of "small group" for purposes of health insurance policies and contracts to fifty employees or fewer; repeals provisions requiring the superintendent to conduct an impact study.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that court records in a proceeding under articles 77, 78 and 81 of the mental hygiene law shall not be perused, examined, disclosed, taken or copied by any other person than a party, the attorney or counsel of a …
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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Allows a licensed pharmacist to order and administer certain tests.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "ratepayer transparency act" which requires bills utilized by public and private gas corporations, electric corporations and gas and electric corporations in levying charges for service to include separate categories for certain charges.
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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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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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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Relates to payments in lieu of taxes; provides that the tax base growth factor or quantity change factor includes the change in assessed value for each property on the exempt side of the tax rolls under a payment in lieu …
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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Requires the education department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop and adopt a comprehensive fentanyl education, awareness, and recognition program for all public, charter, and private schools in the state.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to certain conduct that may place a person in segregated confinement; expands the criteria that can be used for calculating good behavior allowances.
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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Relates to providing education and outreach programs related to home visiting programs which provide support for pregnant and parenting families, and have been proven to improve outcomes for mothers, infants, and families; provides that such information shall include information on …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities by both visitors and incarcerated individuals.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the department of taxation and finance to include an opportunity on certain personal income tax forms for individuals to provide written consent to be added to the donate life registry; makes related provisions.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay a participating pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizes all municipalities, with the consent of the county and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan; requires certification.
May 21, 2026 · details / share