New York State Senator

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02705

Introduced
1/22/25  
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02709

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03026

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats; prohibited for reasons of convenience in keeping or handling a dog or cat.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03135

Introduced
1/23/25  
Repeals the excise tax on medical cannabis and the medical cannabis trust fund.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03144

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03147

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Provides that the sale of a non-indemnity legal service plan shall not constitute doing an insurance business in this state; makes related provisions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03151

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Enacts the "cannabis adult-use transition act"; increases the number of members on the state cannabis advisory board from thirteen to seventeen voting appointed members; provides that an eligible registered organization shall be authorized as a registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary upon approval of an application to the office of cannabis management that must be available to such registered organizations no later than August first, two thousand twenty-five and remain available thereafter; provides that the office must approve or deny such application within thirty days of its submission or it shall be deemed approved; makes related provisions.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02715

Introduced
1/22/25  
Limits the amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system for failing to pay a toll to not exceed the amount of such unpaid toll.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02716

Introduced
1/22/25  
Authorizes the justice center to create a central registry for employees for all current and prospective agencies, sponsoring agencies or other providers of services that are certified, authorized, approved or funded through contract by the office for people with developmental disabilities to streamline criminal background checks.