New York State Senator

Christopher Ryan 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04500

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; extends the warranty period for wheelchairs to 2 years; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.
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New York Senate Bill S04505

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Requires warning labels on social media platforms which provide an addictive feed, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications; directs the commissioner of mental health to design the warning label.
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New York Senate Bill S04544

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment.
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New York Senate Bill S04558

Introduced
2/7/25  
Requires fashion sellers to carry out environmental due diligence for the portions of their business related to wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags, including wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags produced as a private label; establishes a fashion remediation fund.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04596

Introduced
2/10/25  
Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax in the town of DeWitt to September 1, 2027.
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New York Senate Bill S04773

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.
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New York Senate Bill S04774

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.
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New York Senate Bill S04775

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
3/25/25  
Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.
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New York Senate Bill S04776

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees.
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New York Senate Bill S04777

Introduced
2/12/25  
Relates to first responders, including correction officers, coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual.
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New York Senate Bill S04802

Introduced
2/13/25  
Requires hearings on claims for compensation to occur within 120 days; results in a default judgment for the claimant if such hearing has not occurred within 120 days.
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New York Senate Bill S04803

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Establishes a municipal group insurance technical assistance program for the purpose of assisting persons and municipalities with access to indemnity insurance and employee compensation pursuant to the volunteer firefighter's benefit law.
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New York Senate Bill S04804

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Relates to establishing first responder safety zones and setting speed limits in such safety zones.
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New York Senate Bill S04805

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Shifts the conducting of the income verification process for the purposes of the senior citizen tax exemption from municipalities to the department of taxation and finance.
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New York Senate Bill S04813

Introduced
2/13/25  
Establishes the crimes of aggravated threat of mass harm in the first degree and aggravated threat of mass harm in the second degree; makes such crimes hate crimes.