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Harvey Epstein 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 43)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07467

Introduced
3/28/25  
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07496

Introduced
3/28/25  
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07531

Introduced
4/1/25  
Extends to commercial tenants the right to seek a stay of the issuance of a warrant and a stay of any execution to collect the costs of the proceeding in a proceeding to recover the possession of premises in the city of New York.
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New York Assembly Bill A07533

Introduced
4/1/25  
Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person to include any member of the tenant's household lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is 62 years of age with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion to provide protection to disabled and senior citizen non-purchasing residents of buildings that undergo cooperative or condominium conversions under an eviction plan even where such residents are not tenants of record in the buildings.
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New York Assembly Bill A07576

Introduced
4/1/25  
Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; establishes an independent medical oversight body to monitor and evaluate the quality of medical care provided to incarcerated individuals within correctional facilities and to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements for adequate medical care; provides penalties for certain violations; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents, response times, and correctional facility compliance with certain requirements, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.
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New York Assembly Bill A07594

Introduced
4/1/25  
Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead on and after January 1, 2027; requires manufacturers of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead to provide notice of such fact to distributors and retailers of such materials; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A07618

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to notify by mail state and county party committees and certain elected officials prior to a change of polling place.
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New York Assembly Bill A07686

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A07689

Introduced
4/4/25  
Prohibits insurers from cancelling life insurance policies based on a medical condition that was disclosed in the application for insurance.
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New York Assembly Bill A07738

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A07777

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
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New York Assembly Bill A07779

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a program for the care of retired law enforcement dogs which shall cover the cost of veterinary care for retired law enforcement dogs for the remainder of the lifetime of such dogs.
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New York Assembly Bill A07796

Introduced
4/11/25  
Provides for accessing records under the freedom of information law including notification procedures and the release of names of natural persons and residential addresses.
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New York Assembly Bill A07819

Introduced
4/11/25  
Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on retrofitting certain schools located within 500 feet of a major highway.

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07600

Introduced
4/1/25  
Requires bike shares to equip all bicycles with electric assist with speed and location tracking technology and to revoke customer account if such customers ride over the speed limit or against the flow of traffic.