New York State Senator

James Skoufis Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08089

Introduced
5/15/25  
Provides that in years where a pay period occurs on January first of such year, the salaries of members of the legislature shall be payable in twenty-seven bi-weekly payments.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08092

Introduced
5/15/25  
Prohibits gifts, rewards, or other incentives for the purchase of oral nicotine pouches.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08132

Introduced
5/15/25  
Implements requirements and guidelines to reduce chronic absenteeism including attendance reporting, attendance review teams, tiered strategies, early warning systems, and attendance policies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08144

Introduced
5/15/25  
Establishes term limits for the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller, and attorney-general of three terms in such office.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08221

Introduced
5/23/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; 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 A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); 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 C); 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 D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08258

Introduced
5/28/25  
Relates to the administrative supervision of insurers deemed to be in a hazardous financial condition.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08259

Introduced
5/28/25  
Relates to orders of conservation for domestic insurers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08260

Introduced
5/28/25  
Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08096

Introduced
5/15/25  
Prevents public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their dependents by such public employer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08120

Introduced
5/15/25  
Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.