New York State Senator

Christopher Ryan 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04898

Introduced
2/14/25  
Amends the definition of public employee to include persons holding positions by appointment or employment in the organized militia of the state.
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New York Senate Bill S04912

Introduced
2/14/25  
Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages.
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New York Senate Bill S04922

Introduced
2/14/25  
Relates to the sale and possession of self-defense spray devices in the state; removes the requirement that only authorized dealers and pharmacists could sell such devices; permits shipping of such devices within the state.
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New York Senate Bill S04930

Introduced
2/14/25  
Makes certain fees and charges related to emergency medical services permanent.
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New York Senate Bill S05062

Introduced
2/18/25  
Enacts the affordable waste reduction act"; defines terms; provides for registration of producer responsibility organizations and service providers; establishes the producer responsibility advisory board; provides for department of environmental conservation responsibilities; provides for producer responsibility advisory board, organization, producer and service provider responsibilities; creates a recyclable or compostable covered materials lists and exempt materials list; establishes producer fees; provides for service provider reimbursement; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S05231

Introduced
2/19/25  
Establishes the crime of staging a construction site accident which is a class E felony.
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New York Senate Bill S05258

Introduced
2/20/25  
Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repeals certain provisions of law relating to exceptions to minimum wage increases.
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New York Senate Bill S05294

Introduced
2/20/25  
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.
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New York Senate Bill S05296

Introduced
2/20/25  
Establishes Nicole's law, which provides for intake and discharge procedures regarding individuals with self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries.
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New York Senate Bill S05302

Introduced
2/20/25  
Requires coverage for colorectal cancer early detection beginning at age thirty-five; adds coverage for colorectal cancer early detection as a required coverage for individual policies; requires notification of colorectal early detection coverage to be provided to insured individuals beginning at age thirty-five.
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New York Senate Bill S05303

Introduced
2/20/25  
Allows the growth, cultivation, and regulated adult use of psilocybin for the treatment of certain health conditions; provides for the certification of support service providers and the licensure of cultivators.
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New York Senate Bill S05407

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.
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New York Senate Bill S05432

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
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New York Senate Bill S05468

Introduced
2/21/25  
Allows a tax exemption for taxpayers in the amount of the purchase price of a fire extinguisher, fire alarm, heat alarm or carbon monoxide alarm purchased for residential use during the month of October.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05254

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Protects certain employees from a reduction of wages due to their involvement in the investigation of a violation of a workplace violence protection program.