New York State Senator

Gustavo Rivera 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 31)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S04801

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Relates to the amount of state aid reimbursement for public health services by a municipality in the city of New York when the municipality is providing some or all of certain identified core public health services.
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New York Senate Bill S05056

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Requires the department of health examine heat-related deaths in the state of New York; requires the department to issue a report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly and the governor.
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New York Senate Bill S05222

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
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New York Senate Bill S05223

Introduced
2/19/25  
Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve residents of certified assisted living residences with neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia or Parkinson's disease, who are experiencing behavior disturbances.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S04862

Introduced
2/13/25  
Relates to transportation management brokers; provides that transportation management brokers are no longer required to manage the transportation services for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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New York Senate Bill S04903

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson law"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S04914

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.
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New York Senate Bill S04925

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Requires training to reduce abusive conduct and bullying in the workplace as part of a written workplace violence prevention program.
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New York Senate Bill S04928

Introduced
2/14/25  
Relates to the regulation of street vendors in cities with a population of one million or more by authorizing such cities to adopt a program to regulate street vendors; requires street vendors to obtain a permit; provides for penalties for failure to comply with such regulations.
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New York Senate Bill S04955

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Requires the Medicaid inspector general to comply with standards relating to the audit and review of medical assistance program funds.
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New York Senate Bill S05023

Introduced
2/18/25  
Relates to criminal mischief in the third degree and criminal mischief in the second degree.
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New York Senate Bill S05024

Introduced
2/18/25  
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools for students who do not receive services pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.
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New York Senate Bill S05037

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
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New York Senate Bill S05172

Introduced
2/19/25  
Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system.
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New York Senate Bill S05198

Introduced
2/19/25  
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.