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New York State Senator

James Skoufis

D

New York State Senator

James Skoufis Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00395

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00397

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00413

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00448

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00452

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00514

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00407

Introduced
1/8/25  
Expands the authority of the attorney general to investigate violations of the public officers law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00408

Introduced
1/8/25  
Authorizes retail licenses to sell liquor for on-premises consumption at airline lounges located within an airport and owned, leased, or operated by a United States certified airline.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00409

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Permits on-premises retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from off-premises retail licensees and off-premises retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from on-premises retail licensees.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00565

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the use of biometric identity verification devices for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products; authorizes a licensee, its agent or employee to determine a person's age when purchasing alcoholic beverages or tobacco products by use of a biometric identity verification device; establishes where the use of the device indicates that the person is under the age of twenty-one, the attempted purchase of the alcoholic beverage shall be denied.