New York State Senator

James Skoufis Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00243

Introduced
1/8/25  
Includes the Space Force as being members of the armed forces or veterans eligible for certain credits and benefits that are available to other active and veteran members of the armed forces.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00249

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to fines for false alarms by an alarm system; allows a municipality to enact, adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation requiring any alarm system company to pay for or be responsible for any fines, fees or other penalties relative to false alarms only when the false alarm is attributed to a deficiency in the alarm system or an error of the alarm system company or central station.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00276

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; institutes civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software; institutes new penalties for second offenses for licensees and for any person, firm, corporation or entity who is made aware of the utilization of ticket purchasing software and does not notify the attorney general of such utilization (Part A); establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part B); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket; permits a refund when a purchaser cannot attend an event due to a medical necessity (Part C); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part D); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part E); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part F); reduces the minimum seating capacity requirement for a professional sports organization membership pass to over thirteen thousand five hundred seats in a venue or stadium (Part G); prohibits exclusivity clauses in contracts between operators of places of entertainment and primary ticket vendors (Part H); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part I).
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00277

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00278

Introduced
1/8/25  
Removes certain requirements on what the office of children and family services can determine to be an appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00279

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways for waterfront revitalization.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00312

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to complaints concerning the moral character of individuals who hold or who are applicants for New York State teaching certificates.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00315

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00323

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires that certain companies pay an annual tax if the chief executive receives compensation 100 to 250 times greater than the median pay of all their employees.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00333

Introduced
1/8/25  
Removes the phrase E pluribus unum from the arms of the state and the state flag.