New York State Senator

April Baskin Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02057

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
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.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02235

Introduced
1/16/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02398

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02510

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02626

Introduced
1/21/25  
Increases the amount of residential solar tax credits.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02709

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03144

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03359

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02671

Introduced
1/22/25  
Directs that state agencies require that procurement of end point devices be consistent with any relevant standards, guidelines, or guidance developed as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.