New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00909

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to establishing the municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be administered by the division of homeland security and emergency services for damages that occurred as a result of Hurricane Sandy which caused damage from October twenty-ninth through November third, two thousand twelve.
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New York Senate Bill S00910

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and disabled veterans; provides that such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every disabled veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000 annually.
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New York Senate Bill S00911

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for physicians, physician assistants and nurses as part of continuing medical education requirements; establishes such training shall be a biennial requirement.
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New York Senate Bill S00939

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a fund for the creation of affordable housing for veterans and seniors.
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New York Senate Bill S00940

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.
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New York Senate Bill S01137

Introduced
1/8/25  
Increases the amount of funding permissible for the investment in a cannabis private debt or equity fund to $300,000,000.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00914

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to creating a separate tax on inheritance income, creating a separate tax on gift income, the computation of the estate tax, and creating a gift tax.
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New York Senate Bill S00953

Introduced
1/8/25  
Raises the tax rate on corporate income; increases the state conformity to federal taxation of corporate profit shifting; imposes an additional tax on individual business income in response to federal tax benefits for pass-through business income.
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New York Senate Bill S00954

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
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New York Senate Bill S00964

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.
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New York Senate Bill S01066

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.
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New York Senate Bill S01070

Introduced
1/8/25  
Creates the New York state civilian complaint review board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers.
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New York Senate Bill S01127

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to increasing the standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in receipt of public assistance.
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New York Senate Bill S01169

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Regulates the development and use of certain artificial intelligence systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination; requires independent audits of high risk AI systems; provides for enforcement by the attorney general as well as a private right of action.
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New York Senate Bill S01181

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a temporary task force on the variable supplements fund program to make findings and recommendations.