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 S01096

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the "protect our privacy (POP) act" to impose limitations on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes; prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement at concerts, protests, demonstrations, or other actions protected by the first amendment.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01127

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to increasing the standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in receipt of public assistance.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01148

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01189

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01190

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01209

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01226

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01280

Introduced
1/9/25  
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01289

Introduced
1/9/25  
Establishes the office of gun violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01239

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.