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Steve Chan

State Senator
New York Senate District 17 — Seat 6
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028

Biography

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On Record (11)

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Enacts the "safe haven baby box act" to provide a defense to endangering the welfare of a child; defines "safe haven baby box" to mean a secure, climate-controlled device installed at a facility staffed twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, including but not limited to hospitals, police stations, fire stations, and emergency medical service facilities.
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Enacts "Jacob Freytes' law"; provides that a person is guilty of murder in the second degree when they recklessly cause the death of a person less than eighteen years old; relates to sentences of imprisonment for felonies for causing the death of a person less than eighteen years old.
Sep 12, 2026 · source · details / share
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Enacts the "compulsory artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act" in relation to requiring any member of the senate or assembly that rises to speak, read a statement, or enter comments into the official legislative record to verbally state a standard disclosure prior to delivering such remarks if such remarks were drafted in whole or in part by artificial …
Sep 12, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the issuance of special number and distinctive license plates for military service members and members of veterans organizations without payment of service charges or renewal fees.
Sep 12, 2026 · source · details / share
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Amends the offense of murder in the second degree to include when a person knowingly distributes fentanyl or any substance containing fentanyl and as a result of such distribution causes the death of another person; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury.
Aug 02, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to help entities to elect to participate in the federal tax credit for elementary and secondary scholarships known as the Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025.
Aug 01, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires landlords of non-owner occupied, one-six family dwellings in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.
Jun 30, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes an eight member temporary state commission called the "coercive abuse and neurological harm study commission"; directs the commission to review current scientific research regarding the neurological and psychological effects of prolonged emotional, psychological, and coercive abuse; examine existing New York state criminal, family, and civil statutes related to domestic violence and abuse; assess the feasibility of recognizing coercive psychological …
May 21, 2026 · source · 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 · source · details / share
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Adds offenses to disorderly conduct, including urination and defecation in a public place; smoking any substance in a prohibited area; possessing an open container of alcohol in a public place; smoking marijuana in a public place; or disobeying signage, including but not limited to, printed notices and placards, in any municipal or state park.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share
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Directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to establish a reduced toll on the Verrazano-Narrows bridge for residents of the county of Kings using a personal vehicle of seventy per centum of the regular crossing fare imposed.
May 21, 2026 · source · details / share

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Enacts the "licensure incentives and fee-support for testing (LIFT) act"; establishes the social work licensure examination voucher program to provide low-income individuals vouchers to cover the cost of the examination, regardless of the number of examination attempts, required for licensure …
Sep 25, 2026 · details / share
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Requires that gas and electric corporations provide in-person customer service representatives and maintain a publicly accessible outage and emergency tracking website.
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Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries under the consumer directed personal assistance program.
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Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.
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Relates to costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission; directs the public service commission to develop a formula to determine the average cost, on a per ratepayer basis, to comply with the provisions …
Sep 03, 2026 · details / share
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Directs local law enforcement agencies in municipalities authorizing an auxiliary police force by local law to provide retirement service identification cards to auxiliary police officers who retire with 10 or more years of service or who are injured in the …
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.
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Provides that the New York state health care quality and cost containment commission shall: evaluate each mandated benefit; investigate current practices of health plans with regard to the mandated benefit; investigate the potential premium impact of repealing and/or modifying the …
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the health care tax reform act; eliminates certain taxes and assessments on health insurance.
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to business income base and certain small business taxpayers.
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Creates a statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council; mandates reporting by certain persons; facilitates interagency planning and reviews specific agency initiatives for their impact on the reporting and investigation of elder …
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes criminal offenses committed against the elderly or disabled persons.
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Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or …
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the court to make an individualized determination whether a defendant poses a current physical threat to any person or to public safety when making a bail determination.
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Repeals the driver's license access and privacy act.
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Relates to criminal history records of maintenance employees in adult residential health and assisted living facilities.
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Relates to creating a hotline for the reporting of various forms of abuse which may jeopardize the health or welfare of any person.
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Relates to the classification of certain crimes relating to assaults on police officers; increases such classifications by one level.
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Requires affirmative consent for the disclosure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant; provides that denial of such consent shall only be for good cause as determined by the court.
Aug 28, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits certain restrictions on motor vehicle sales or use.
Aug 17, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to payment of a supplemental empire state child tax credit for the tax year 2024 and thereafter equal to $1000 per qualified newborn.
Aug 08, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes the "first-time homebuyer tax credit act"; provides that a qualified taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed by this article for taxes levied on the taxpayer's primary residence by or on behalf of any county, city, …
Aug 08, 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.
Aug 06, 2026 · details / share
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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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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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Directs any moneys derived from new or increased taxes be used to reduce local real property taxes.
Jul 28, 2026 · details / share
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Requires fiscal notes to be included on any bill which imposes a new mandated insurance benefit or service; expands an existing mandated insurance benefit or service, or adds, expands or requires coverage of any benefit or service under the Medicaid …
Jul 15, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a declared state of emergency or disaster emergency where the declaration or proclamation of emergency includes a finding that unsolicited telemarketing sales calls would impair actions taken to limit, control, or mitigate the emergency; …
Jul 15, 2026 · 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 …
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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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Requires all persons in a city having a population of one million or more operating a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter to wear a helmet; imposes a civil penalty for violation of such requirement.
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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 …
Jun 30, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the "Affordable NY act"; increases the STAR exemptions; adjusts personal income tax rates.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Extends the presumptive eligibility period, from twenty-five to thirty-five years, for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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Establishes a real property tax freeze credit for taxpayers in certain eligible school districts.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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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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Prohibits the sale of ATVs and off-highway motorcycles in the city of New York; provides enforcement mechanisms and penalties.
May 29, 2026 · 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 …
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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Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the determination of salary base for members of the New York city police pension fund; provides that the salary base for members of the New York city police pension fund whose employment with the police department of the …
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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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.
May 29, 2026 · details / share
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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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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 …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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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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Requires that newborns are tested for Gaucher disease.
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Requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for continuous blood glucose monitors for all children; requires coverage for glucose monitoring devices for all sugar disorders.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Requires the registration of bicycles with electric assist used for commercial purposes; provides liability of employers for certain violations.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Allows a one-year window for application for a disability retirement for members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire retirement system who retired from service on or …
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 …
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Relates to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations by members of the organized militia; provides that members of the organized militia shall qualify as employees for the purposes of making a claim under the workers' compensation …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the eligibility of New York city transit authority employees for performance of duty disability retirement.
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Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and …
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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Relates to the sale and possession of self-defense spray devices in the state; removes the requirement that only authorized dealers and pharmacists could sell such devices; permits shipping of such devices within the state; repeals certain provisions of law relating …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Includes animal fighting as a criminal act for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to increasing the mandatory retirement age for New York police department members from 63 to 65.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Relates to the issuance of license plates for persons rated one hundred percent disabled by the United States department of veterans affairs.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.
May 21, 2026 · details / share
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Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to trade schools, community colleges, agencies, public or private schools or persons offering instruction in the operation …
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