New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03209

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires children under the age of eighteen to wear protective headgear while skiing or snowboarding; imposes civil fines for violations thereof; applies safety in skiing code requirements to snowboarders and snowboarding.
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New York Senate Bill S03210

Introduced
1/24/25  
Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check for an applicant who is under the age of twenty-two.
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New York Senate Bill S03211

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
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.
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New York Senate Bill S03212

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Provides for state assistance to local governments for the enforcement of fire prevention and building codes using monies paid into the code enforcement account.
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New York Senate Bill S03213

Introduced
1/24/25  
Relates to assessments of residential cooperative, condominium and rental property; defines the term "the assessment which would be placed upon such parcel were the parcel not owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a condominium basis".
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New York Senate Bill S03214

Introduced
1/24/25  
Prohibits the sale of foods containing synthetic color additives in schools except under certain circumstances off and away from the premises or on premises at least a half hour after the end of the school day.
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New York Senate Bill S03215

Introduced
1/24/25  
Creates a presumption that certain harassing acts by an owner are intended to cause a tenant to vacate their dwelling units or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.
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New York Senate Bill S03216

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.
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New York Senate Bill S03217

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes extended producer responsibility for textiles; requires a producer, either individually or cooperatively in a group or with a representative organization to submit to the department of environmental conservation a plan for the establishment of a collection program for textile covered products no later than December 31, 2026.
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New York Senate Bill S03218

Introduced
1/24/25  
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 S03219

Introduced
1/24/25  
Creates an affordable housing relief fund program to preserve affordable multifamily residential properties located in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S03220

Introduced
1/24/25  
Relates to establishing an office of antibiotic-resistance control; establishes the antibiotics education fund; includes methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other antibiotic-resistant infections in the definition of airborne infectious disease.
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New York Senate Bill S03221

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires certain business recipients of state aid to perform an annual assessment of the business' social and environmental impact as assessed against a third party standard.
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New York Senate Bill S03222

Introduced
1/24/25  
Diminishes certain limitations and restrictions on emergency assistance to pay rent arrears; removes the requirement that such assistance be repaid by the recipient.
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New York Senate Bill S03223

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board to conduct a risk-limiting audit of voter verifiable audit records from voting machines or systems within the jurisdiction of such board.