New York State Senator

James Sanders Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05336

Introduced
2/20/25  
Relates to creating the uniform trade secrets act.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05520

Introduced
2/24/25  
Establishes a COVID-19 essential workers scholarship program to award annual scholarships to essential employees who worked during the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and children of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05521

Introduced
2/24/25  
Adds the definition of consent to the terms of general use; defines it as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement by a person with the capacity to reason.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05522

Introduced
2/24/25  
Provides line of duty sick leave for first responders who are diagnosed with or display symptoms of a pandemic virus.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05523

Introduced
2/24/25  
Creates a pre-specialized high schools admissions test and preparation program for all sixth grade students in New York city.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05524

Introduced
2/24/25  
Establishes the paired testing program and compliance fee to determine if any real estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof is using unlawful discriminatory practices; creates the paired testing program fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05526

Introduced
2/24/25  
Relates to providing for rest between work shifts; prohibits the scheduling of an employee to work the first ten hours following the end of the previous calendar day's work shift or on-call shift or the first ten hours following the end of a work shift or on-call shift that spanned two calendar days unless an employee consents or volunteers, in which case the employee shall be paid one and one-half times the regular rate of pay.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05527

Introduced
2/24/25  
Relates to certain prohibitions in contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations; prohibits clauses which entitle reimbursement at the lowest price or rate; prohibits contracts which restrict referral of patients based solely upon a health care provider's status with a managed care product; prohibits contracts which allow for the substitution of a pharmaceutical drug or agent by any person other than the prescribing health care professional.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05431

Introduced
2/21/25  
Reinstates a bank tax based on the highest of four bases: a tax on allocated entire net income, a tax on allocated alternative entire net income, a tax on allocated taxable assets, or a fixed dollar minimum tax; prohibits banks from segregating their income and capital into business and investment varieties.