New York State Representative

Emerita Torres Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04631

Introduced
2/4/25  
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.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04632

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Encourages farmers' markets in state parks by posting related information, identifying opportunities and coordinating with other state agencies.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04638

Introduced
2/4/25  
Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04870

Introduced
2/6/25  
Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04875

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04879

Introduced
2/7/25  
Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04918

Introduced
2/10/25  
Provides interest rate limitations for financing arrangements and the extension of consumer credit; relates to the definitions of criminal usury in the first and second degrees; relates to the functions of the attorney general regarding rental purchase agreements.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04954

Introduced
2/10/25  
Relates to the conversion to condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; provides expanded homeownership opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental buildings to condominium status by property owners that commit to preserve the inventory of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05207

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Requires chain restaurants to place an icon on menus next to food items that have a high content of sodium.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05287

Introduced
2/12/25  
Enacts the "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.