New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 26)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07865

Introduced
5/12/25  
Prohibits participation in torture of incarcerated individuals by health professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture.
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New York Senate Bill S08416

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07936

Introduced
5/14/25  
Authorizes a surcharge for the issuance of permits relating to the obstruction or closure of a street or pedestrian plaza for construction purposes in a city having a population of one million or more and to the imposition of such surcharge.
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New York Senate Bill S07998

Introduced
5/15/25  
Relates to reducing the embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials; provides that construction permitted under the state building code shall achieve a 15 percent reduction in embodied carbon emissions by 2030; provides three options for compliance.
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New York Senate Bill S08042

Introduced
5/15/25  
Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks; requires the public service commission to establish timelines for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of leaking or leak prone infrastructure; requires the commission to provide a gas safety report to the legislature.
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New York Senate Bill S08108

Introduced
5/15/25  
Establishes the New York state Ireland trade commission.
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New York Senate Bill S08118

Introduced
5/15/25  
Prohibits utility service terminations in multiple dwellings; authorizes utility companies to seek a lien against such multiple dwelling for the amount of unpaid utility bills.
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New York Senate Bill S08168

Introduced
5/16/25  
Relates to the reuse of building construction, deconstruction, and demolition materials, including requiring local deconstruction ordinances and reporting requirements for local political subdivisions awarded grants for construction, deconstruction and demolition projects; establishes a construction, deconstruction, and demolition waste prevention and reduction grant and technical support program; establishes deconstruction contractor certification requirements.
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New York Senate Bill S08170

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Extends certain deadlines related to a tax abatement for certain alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings.
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New York Senate Bill S08177

Introduced
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Extends certain powers of the New York state housing finance agency.
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New York Senate Bill S08178

Introduced
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Increases the amount of funds that may be used per dwelling unit to modernize certain authorities used by the housing trust fund corporation.
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New York Senate Bill S08223

Introduced
5/23/25  
Prohibits the use of a facial recognition system by a landlord on any residential premises.
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New York Senate Bill S08235

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Increases the bonding authority of the New York city housing development corporation from nineteen billion dollars to twenty billion dollars.
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New York Senate Bill S08311

Introduced
5/30/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties.
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New York Senate Bill S08390

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Extends certain provisions relating to payments under the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program.