New York State Senator

April Baskin 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07818

Introduced
5/9/25  
Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records relating to a death.
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New York Senate Bill S07844

Introduced
5/9/25  
Refer
5/9/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed.
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New York Senate Bill S08054

Introduced
5/15/25  
Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health, the office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of children and family services; establishes alternative methods of screening.
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New York Senate Bill S08171

Introduced
5/16/25  
Establishes the contract New York program to provide tax credits to corporations contracting with emerging microbusinesses; directs the department of economic development and the empire state development corporation to create and maintain a registry of emerging microbusinesses and to biannually implement best practices for engaging corporations to utilize such registry; establishes the contract New York tax credit for New York corporations with eligible contracts with emerging microbusinesses.
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New York Senate Bill S08230

Introduced
5/27/25  
Extends certain provisions of law relating to value limitations for certain emergency contracts for public works or the purchase of supplies.
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New York Senate Bill S08248

Introduced
5/27/25  
Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.
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New York Senate Bill S08269

Introduced
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie.
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New York Senate Bill S08284

Introduced
5/30/25  
Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses in state-funded construction projects; directs the empire state development corporation, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to create rules and regulations for private businesses operating in buildings constructed using state funding to have certain employment goals and living wage requirements, annual minority and women-owned business enterprise, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business, small business and microbusiness utilization goals for maintenance and operations spending, and a community grant program; directs the state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to establish a post-construction compliance review board; provides penalties for noncompliance.
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New York Senate Bill S08336

Introduced
6/3/25  
Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07865

Introduced
5/12/25  
Prohibits participation in torture of incarcerated individuals by health professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture.
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New York Senate Bill S08106

Introduced
5/15/25  
Establishes an independent office of chief medical examiner in the department of corrections and community supervision.
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New York Senate Bill S08221

Introduced
5/23/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).