New York State Senator

Brad Hoylman-Sigal Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07472

Introduced
4/17/25  
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07473

Introduced
4/17/25  
Exempts amounts received from any financial settlement for childhood sexual abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits under any program provided under the social security law.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07474

Introduced
4/17/25  
Establishes a cause of action for medical monitoring for a person with or without a present injury or disease; establishes a statute of limitation for such cause of action.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07475

Introduced
4/17/25  
Allows an unrepresented party to transmit legal filings in eviction proceedings electronically; eliminates certain verification or notarization requirements.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07476

Introduced
4/17/25  
Relates to social media open application programming; requires social media platforms to implement and maintain a standards-based application programming interface that permits third-party applications to retrieve data at no cost to be used for the user's benefit and to provide certain information to users; requires social media companies to submit a report to the attorney general.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07477

Introduced
4/17/25  
Requires all school districts to screen all students for dyslexia and dysgraphia; requires school districts to provide notice of such screening to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student; allows parents and guardians to opt out.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07478

Introduced
4/17/25  
Relates to the regulation of exhaust gas cleaning systems on vessels and provides enforcement mechanisms and remedies for violations; relates to the powers of the department of environmental conservation.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07479

Introduced
4/17/25  
Prohibits money judgments arising from non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor that is brought by a facility; prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements or clauses with respect to non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor; relates to the collection of medical debt; requires transparency in hospital pricing.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07480

Introduced
4/17/25  
Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07481

Introduced
4/17/25  
Establishes the nail salon minimum standards council act; establishes the nail salon minimum standards council which shall investigate wages and standards within the nail salon industry and submit recommendations on minimum wages, regulations and standards for nail salon workers.