New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00989

Introduced
5/12/25  
Refer
5/12/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Congratulating the 2025 New York State Senate Women of Distinction
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01020

Introduced
5/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 19, 2025, as Italian American Day in the State of New York
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01059

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Commemorating the Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center's Lunch by the Bay honoring Paul Romeo as 2025 Father of the Year on June 29, 2025
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01067

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Honoring the Lexington School for the Deaf upon the occasion of hosting its 28th Annual Basketball Classic vs. Assembly/Senate All-Stars on May 20, 2025
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01097

Introduced
5/23/25  
Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York upon the occasion of their induction into the New York State Senate 2025 Veterans Hall of Fame
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01098

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Welcoming the students, teachers and administrators of the Bronx High School of Science to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 28, 2025
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00028

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00068

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the student journalist free speech act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00069

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to authorizing counties to set interest rates imposed on late payment of property taxes and delinquencies and redemption of property subject to more than one tax lien.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00070

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Provides that any person who has been injured by reason of any violation of any such rules, regulations or policies as the superintendent may promulgate may bring an action in such person's own name; assert a counterclaim; or, if an action is commenced by the mortgagee or anyone acting on its behalf, bring a third party claim, against either the mortgagee and/or the mortgage servicer to enjoin any violations thereof; authorizes damages; makes related provisions.