New York State Senator

George Borrello 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 38)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05376

Introduced
2/21/25  
Classifies possession of substances containing fentanyl, carfentanyl, or analogs thereof as criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.
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New York Senate Bill S05378

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.
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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 S05457

Introduced
2/21/25  
Alters the definition of "drug" in the vehicle and traffic law to include any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities; defines impairment and intoxication; provides that refusal to submit to a breath test and/or oral/bodily fluid test shall be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.
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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.
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New York Senate Bill S05513

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.
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New York Senate Bill S05542

Introduced
2/24/25  
Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.
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New York Senate Bill S05554

Introduced
2/24/25  
Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.
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New York Senate Bill S05555

Introduced
2/24/25  
Adds offenses to disorderly conduct, including urination and defecation in a public place; smoking any substance in a prohibited area; possessing an open container of alcohol in a public place; smoking marijuana in a public place; or disobeying signage, including but not limited to, printed notices and placards, in any municipal or state park.
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New York Senate Bill S05568

Introduced
2/25/25  
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.
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New York Senate Bill S05579

Introduced
2/25/25  
Increases the amount of money a public retirement system retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2026 and thereafter to $65,000.
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New York Senate Bill S05648

Introduced
2/26/25  
Adds a person having been previously convicted of petit larceny two times within any three month period or three times within any twelve month period to the definition of grand larceny in the fourth degree.
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New York Senate Bill S05654

Introduced
2/26/25  
Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals by making such offense a felony, including torture, beating, or killing of any animal; makes animal cruelty, including overdriving or depriving an animal of sustenance a felony when committed while released on recognizance for violating an order of protection; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail.

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New York Senate Bill S05691

Introduced
2/27/25  
Authorizes the town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town, so long as such person resides in Allegany county.