New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 38)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07298

Introduced
5/19/23  
Refer
5/19/23  
Prohibits insurance discrimination because of the affordability of residential buildings and residential construction projects.
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New York Senate Bill S07299

Introduced
5/19/23  
Refer
5/19/23  
Establishes the crimes of unlawful purchase of body armor in the first and second degree; establishes the crimes of unlawful sale of body armor in the first and second degree.
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New York Senate Bill S07402

Introduced
5/23/23  
Refer
5/23/23  
Relates to rent impairing violations and eviction proceedings.
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New York Senate Bill S07403

Introduced
5/23/23  
Refer
5/23/23  
Extends the answer time when a major capital improvement rent increase has been filed to ninety days.
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New York Senate Bill S07456

Introduced
5/26/23  
Requires the New York city housing authority to provide written notice to residents of disruptions to water services when water is not safe for drinking or cooking; requires the New York city housing authority to establish measures to ensure all contractors and subcontractors who deal with the collection and examining of water samples to comply with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations regarding the examination of water quality.
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New York Senate Bill S07511

Introduced
6/2/23  
Refer
6/2/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Refer
6/7/23  
Engrossed
6/9/23  
Enrolled
9/7/23  
Chaptered
9/15/23  
Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church for a condominium building in Manhattan.
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New York Senate Bill S07573

Introduced
6/7/23  
Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.
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New York Senate Bill S07625

Introduced
8/9/23  
Refer
8/9/23  
Prohibits surcharges on self-installed dishwashers in housing accommodations subject to rent control when the tenant pays for electric utility service.
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New York Senate Bill S07648

Introduced
9/1/23  
Refer
9/1/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Relates to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority; increases the number of members to nine; requires five of the nine members be primary residents of Battery Park city.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07497

Introduced
6/1/23  
Refer
6/1/23  
Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto.
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New York Senate Bill S07548

Introduced
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Engrossed
6/8/23  
Refer
6/8/23  
Engrossed
6/20/23  
Enrolled
12/12/23  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea.
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New York Senate Bill S07551

Introduced
6/5/23  
Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.
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New York Senate Bill S07590

Introduced
7/7/23  
Refer
7/7/23  
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
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New York Senate Bill S07663

Introduced
9/22/23  
Refer
9/22/23  
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.
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New York Senate Bill S07684

Introduced
10/4/23  
Refer
10/4/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
5/7/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.