New York State Representative

Eric Brown 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04968

Introduced
2/10/25  
Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A05069

Introduced
2/12/25  
Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.
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New York Assembly Bill A05077

Introduced
2/12/25  
Requires municipal corporations to approve any facility intending to house asylum seekers prior to their establishment; establishes a review process that incorporates notice to the public and the opportunity for the public to comment; renders a decision within 8 weeks.
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New York Assembly Bill A05099

Introduced
2/12/25  
Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.
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New York Assembly Bill A05110

Introduced
2/12/25  
Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain felony offenses involving the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession with intent to sell synthetic opioids.
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New York Assembly Bill A05144

Introduced
2/12/25  
Permits award of crime victim assistance funds to victims of overdoses, where such overdoses cause death and were the result of deception, surreptitious delivery, or third-party administration of a controlled substance.
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New York Assembly Bill A05157

Introduced
2/12/25  
Prohibits insurance companies from imposing a co-pay pursuant to a follow up visit with a physician in order to receive a refill on an opioid drug prescription which was initially written for seven days or less.
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New York Assembly Bill A05161

Introduced
2/12/25  
Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion by health care practitioners offering sedated birth and perinatal hospice procedures.
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New York Assembly Bill A05165

Introduced
2/12/25  
Provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole.
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New York Assembly Bill A05168

Introduced
2/12/25  
Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.
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New York Assembly Bill A05171

Introduced
2/12/25  
Prohibits a municipal corporation from prohibiting the issuing of a permit for the construction of any new commercial, residential, or mixed-use building on the basis that such building will be a mixed-fuel building.
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New York Assembly Bill A05187

Introduced
2/12/25  
Designates offenses against law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel as hate crimes.
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New York Assembly Bill A05198

Introduced
2/12/25  
Requires individuals arrested in connection with a felony to submit a DNA sample; makes related provisions and technical corrections.
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New York Assembly Bill A05204

Introduced
2/12/25  
Requires a government photo identification card to be presented when casting a ballot; provides for a method to receive a government photo identification card at no charge; provides that notaries are not permitted to collect a fee for collecting the documents required.
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New York Assembly Bill A05209

Introduced
2/12/25  
Facilitates compliance with the sex offender registry for offenders without a registerable residence; defines "homeless sex offender" and "sex offender registration officer"; makes related provisions.