SB

Siela Bynoe D

State Senator
New York Senate District 6
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028
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On Record (65)

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Requires that when a buyer enters into a contract to purchase a condominium or cooperative housing unit, the property management company or board of managers shall provide the buyer with records of the most recent inspection and engineering reports and permits for the subject property.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes environmental pollution mitigation projects within the authorized purposes of industrial development agencies.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway between exit seventeen and exit thirty-one; provides for enhanced traffic enforcement and a reporting requirement.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Lakeview Fire District with respect to the 2025-2026 assessment roll for a portion of the 2025-2026 school taxes and a portion of the 2026 general taxes.
Jun 18, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the Freeport Bible Center to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau assessor for all applicable taxes from the 2026 assessment roll.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a program to award state financial aid for social work services to be provided in libraries located in economically disadvantaged communities to enhance and expand access to services in places where individuals seek assistance and resources.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage the American eel to December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends provisions related to the assessment and review of assessments in the county of Nassau to June 30, 2028.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the prosecutor to report convictions of certain persons subject to the office of professional medical conduct to the court after conviction and prior to sentencing.
May 29, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires all state entities, including local governments, to notify affected individuals in the event of a data breach where information is compromised; defines "cybersecurity incident".
May 28, 2026 · source · details / share
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Designates a portion of the state highway system in the hamlet of Uniondale to Jomani "Jo-Jo" Wright.
May 28, 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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Authorizes the town of Hempstead to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the hamlet of West Hempstead.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires covered entities report to the department of health regarding certain 340B drug discounts and what percentage of patients benefit from such discounts.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan of the police and fire retirement system to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court officer title series employed by the Unified Court System or a correction officer employed by a county, a municipality or the state.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the department of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to create and issue a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the Power House Church to file an application for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau assessor for all applicable taxes from the 2023 and 2024 assessment rolls.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that any volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office of addiction services and supports or pursuant to a contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of such state aid within sixty days from approval; provides that volunteer agencies shall have two years to spend such aid.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires maternal mortality review boards to annually share information with the New York city and county health departments, including circumstances, common factors and patterns, best practices and strategies, primary data, vital records data, and any other guidance associated with reported cases of maternal mortality and morbidity.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a public education program concerning water use reduction for communities which rely on groundwater for water supply; expands the water conservation manual; requires smart controllers for automatic irrigation systems.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits libraries occupying or possessing public land to develop, lease, or use such property for the purposes of constructing affordable, mixed-use housing; provides that such use aligns with libraries' educational purposes, represents a valid exercise of the trustees' power, and is in the best interests of the libraries.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the village of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to amortize over a period of 20 years, the payments made to village employees upon separation from employment.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
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Requires school districts to establish a method by which a parent may request a local library card for their minor child on the school registration form.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Adds BOCES to the list of entities that are authorized to establish a workers' compensation reserve fund.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to accept an application for retroactive real property tax exempt status from Ray of Hope, Inc.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a mandatory mental health first aid training program for licensed cosmetologists and barbers.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the cancellation of contracts for health club services; provides that for a contract for service due for renewal on a monthly basis, the health club shall accept cancellation of renewal if such request is made up to the day before such renewal takes effect; relates to the mechanisms through which a health club shall accept notice of cancellation …
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the department of motor vehicles to develop a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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NYS Health Committee to review Sen. Siela Bynoe's bill on stricter doctor oversight  Newsday
Apr 08, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires maternal mortality review boards to annually share information with the New York city and county health departments, including circumstances, common factors and patterns, best practices and strategies, primary data, vital records data, and any other guidance associated with reported cases of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Permits libraries occupying or possessing public land to develop, lease, or use such property for the purposes of constructing affordable, mixed-use housing; provides that such use aligns with libraries' educational purposes, represents a valid exercise of the trustees' power, and is in the best interests of the libraries.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Adds BOCES to the list of entities that are authorized to establish a workers' compensation reserve fund.
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Requires the prosecutor to report convictions of certain persons subject to the office of professional medical conduct to the court after conviction and prior to sentencing.
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
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Prohibits libraries and library systems, including school libraries and school library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Improves reporting systems for results of drinking water lead testing in schools; directs a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Designates a portion of the state highway system in the hamlet of Uniondale to Jomani "Jo-Jo" Wright.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the town of Hempstead in the county of Nassau to establish a residential parking system in the neighborhood of West Hempstead.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires covered entities report to the department of health regarding certain 340B drug discounts and what percentage of patients benefit from such discounts.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides for the filing and maintenance of all decisions and orders on every appeal or petition to the commissioner of education.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires all state entities, including local governments, to notify affected individuals in the event of a data breach where information is compromised; defines "cybersecurity incident".
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates designated parking spaces at state buildings and facilities for recipients of the purple heart award.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materials on removing an abuser's access to a smart home and the use of other technology for harassment.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix open season and bag limits for pheasant hunting on Long Island by individuals who hold a junior license.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to accept an application for retroactive real property tax exempt status from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Exempts used books from sales use taxes including second-hand purchases, up to one hundred dollars per item.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Increases penalties for certain larceny and fraud crimes against elderly persons; makes such crimes a class B felony.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes environmental pollution mitigation projects within the authorized purposes of industrial development agencies.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes a mandatory mental health first aid training program for licensed cosmetologists and barbers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Includes temporary child care employment agencies and child care educational and training institutions as providers authorized to conduct background clearances.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from The Cathedral of the Incarnation in the Diocese of Long Island.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept from the Incorporated Village of Hempstead an application for exemption from real property taxes for property owned by such village.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires school districts to establish a method by which a parent may request a local library card for their minor child on the school registration form.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to proximity restrictions for adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site consumption licenses; provides that such dispensaries shall not be located within 500 feet of a public library or an association library.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that the use of school bus photo violation monitoring systems shall be limited to the geographic boundaries of school districts which adopt resolutions opting into such programs.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Relates to the cancellation of contracts for health club services; provides that for a contract for service due for renewal on a monthly basis, the health club shall accept cancellation of renewal if such request is made up to the day before such renewal takes effect; relates to the mechanisms through which a health club shall accept notice of cancellation …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Provides that where any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a volunteer firefighter, where such volunteer firefighter successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability or …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs condominium and cooperative housing associations to complete capital reserve studies, including a thirty-year funding plan, in order to ensure that the condominium or cooperative housing association has adequate reserve funds available to repair or replace the assets located on the property that the association is obligated to maintain without the need to create any special assessment or loan obligation; …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Creates a smart irrigation device rebate pilot program in Nassau and Suffolk counties to provide rebates for devices used for the irrigation of stormwater and the monitoring of local weather data to automatically alter irrigation schedules based on such data in order to manage water use and improve conservation efforts.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Enacts the "pediatric palliative care act" to establish pediatric palliative care centers to provide palliative care to individuals who are under twenty-one years of age, have been diagnosed with a chronic, complex, life-threatening illness that is expected to shorten their …
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Establishes a temporary task force on the variable supplements fund program to make findings and recommendations.
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Requires every city or county social services district to provide a wearable or mobile phone-based panic button to each employee whose job responsibilities necessitate direct interaction with clients in a client's home.
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Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners; adds nurse practitioners as persons who can authorize or make certain determinations authorized to be made or determined by physicians.
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Regulates the development and use of certain artificial intelligence systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination; requires independent audits of high risk AI systems; provides for enforcement by the attorney general as well as a private right of action.
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Creates statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing …
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Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related …
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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.
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Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.
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Requires the consumer protection division to promulgate a policy governing the use of automatic license plate reader systems by non-law enforcement agencies and non-government entities; requires such non-law enforcement agencies and non-government entities to conspicuously post such policy on their …
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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.
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Expands the geographic area of employment of state university police officers; centralizes the state university police by appointing a commissioner of state university police; provides for the hiring of state university police officers.
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Reduces the age from 35 to 30 for a covered person's annual mammogram for persons enrolled in large group policies.
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Establishes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, 911 operators, communications officers, police communication technicians, emergency services operators and emergency services dispatchers employed by the state, or a county or municipal emergency services …
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Requires every franchisor, including its affiliates and subsidiaries to properly fulfill any warranty agreement and/or franchisor's service contract and to compensate each of its franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty parts and labor, including but not limited to all warranty …
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Establishes the New York state park police under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation.
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Enacts the "building retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment (BRIDGE) act"; provides limited work permits for students in a master of social work program; establishes policies and procedures for such work permit.
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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.
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Establishes the managed long term care high acuity stabilization pool to support managed long term care plans that demonstrate high performance on quality measures established by the department and serve a disproportionately high share of members with complex long term …
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Allows camp employees to administer medications and treatment to children, under parent or guardian consent and authorization, pursuant to a patient specific order and in compliance with regulations.
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Increases short-term disability benefits.
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Provides that gas, electric, or combination gas and electric corporations shall not be permitted to retain revenues derived from their actual return on equity in excess of authorized rates of return on equity.
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Requires the division of criminal justice services to establish a veterinary care program to care for retired law enforcement dogs in the service of or utilized by law enforcement agencies and retired fire investigation.
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Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture; adds damaging an authorized emergency vehicle as constituting the crime of criminal mischief in …
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Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other …
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Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.
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Establishes a private right of action for deed theft; provides that victims of deed theft may maintain an action against a deed thief or a bank that provides a loan that assists in the commission of deed theft; authorizes victims …
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Establishes the crimes of benefiting from a sex trafficking venture and aggravated benefiting from a sex trafficking venture; establishes civil action for victims of benefiting from a sex trafficking venture; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of …
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Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and states who may bring such actions; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of …
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Requires potable water testing at state and local parks at least once every three years.
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Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of 85 degrees or more than or thirty-two degrees or below.
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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.
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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 …
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Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such …
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Returns outpatient mental health, substance use disorder, residential and rehabilitation services to Medicaid fee-for-service.
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