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 S04358

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04465

Introduced
2/5/25  
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04476

Introduced
2/5/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04487

Introduced
2/5/25  
Relates to payment of a supplemental empire state child tax credit for the tax year 2024 and thereafter equal to $1000 per qualified newborn.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04500

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; extends the warranty period for wheelchairs to 2 years; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04511

Introduced
2/6/25  
Establishes the task force to promote the employment by state agencies of people with disabilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04516

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
5/15/25  
Provides that recovery of wages due to a clerical error by the employer or vendor of the employer is prohibited if such clerical error did not result in an overpayment or other inaccuracy in the amount of wages paid or the time in which wages were dispersed.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04528

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides that veterans who are NY residents may use state parks, recreation facilities and historic sites without fees.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04529

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the adjutant general and the chair of the board of trustees of the New York interest on lawyer account fund, establish a military pro bono program to provide legal assistance without charge to those in active military service of the United States and those military personnel who have been deployed for active duty other than training, and their family members domiciled or stationed in the state; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04530

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Exempts military members based at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York and Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York on active duty who reside in NYC from the payment of E-ZPass tolls associated with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.