New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02198

Introduced
1/15/25  
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies and lenders from using an individual's late payment of cashless tolls to determine their credit worthiness.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02222

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to the retention of state records; repeals provisions relating to rules and regulations governing access to state legislative records; repeals provisions relating to executive records; repeals provisions relating to information confidentially disclosed by applicants.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02235

Introduced
1/16/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02237

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02240

Introduced
1/16/25  
Removes the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02245

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02293

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the municipal police training council.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02333

Introduced
1/16/25  
Provides for restructuring unsustainable sovereign and subnational debt; provides a voluntary petition for relief may be filed with the state.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02430

Introduced
1/17/25  
Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02523

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes a jobs and housing pilot program to create jobs in the construction industry and address the housing crisis by developing or redeveloping housing that is affordable to individuals earning up to one hundred thirty percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02626

Introduced
1/21/25  
Increases the amount of residential solar tax credits.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02681

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02710

Introduced
1/22/25  
Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02534

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE).
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02680

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides that each student loan servicer shall submit an annual report containing a list of all private education creditors associated with the private education debts serviced by the student loan servicer that are owed by persons who resided in New York during the prior calendar year and containing additional information for each private education creditor reported.