New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05641

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.
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New York Senate Bill S05684

Introduced
2/27/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S05730

Introduced
2/28/25  
Establishes the water resiliency projects fund for flood mitigation, stormwater mitigation and other water related resiliency projects; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S05751

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.
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New York Senate Bill S05759

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.
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New York Senate Bill S05775

Introduced
2/28/25  
Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within an eighteen month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of ninety days.
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New York Senate Bill S05781

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six.
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New York Senate Bill S06260

Introduced
3/7/25  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment due to a change in law; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; relates to the requirements of discovery.
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New York Senate Bill S06271

Introduced
3/7/25  
Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
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New York Senate Bill S06393

Introduced
3/13/25  
Expands the public education and outreach program required to be developed by manufacturers of electronics and electronic waste collection sites.
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New York Senate Bill S06485

Introduced
3/14/25  
Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05662

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Relates to authorizing a reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent; provides that such taxes shall not be assessed on projects located in New York City.
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New York Senate Bill S05663

Introduced
2/26/25  
Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries; provides that no later than June 30, 2026 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for electric or hybrid vehicle batteries; establishes the electric and hybrid vehicle batteries extended producer responsibility fund.
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New York Senate Bill S06240

Introduced
3/7/25  
Removes certain restrictions relating to applications for registration and enrollment of voters.
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New York Senate Bill S06383

Introduced
3/12/25  
Authorizes covered agencies and authorities to use weigh-in-motion technology to automatically enforce vehicle weight limits on their facilities.