New York State Senator

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05393

Introduced
2/21/25  
Relates to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation and the contact was intentional and with the sole purpose of sexual gratification; relates to public lewdness while a passenger on public transportation; establishes enhanced penalties for offenses committed while in or upon a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority; provides for the suspension or revocation of the use of a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05394

Introduced
2/21/25  
Relates to additional equipment requirements for stretch limousines; requires that stretch limousines are equipped with the necessary quantity of window break tools and operational fire extinguishers.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05395

Introduced
2/21/25  
Authorizes distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05396

Introduced
2/21/25  
Authorizes certain restaurants to sell sealed bottles of private label wine for off-premises consumption with the purchase of a substantial food item.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05397

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Engrossed
3/12/25  
Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States; provides that such certificates shall be forwarded to the appropriate local veterans' service agency within 60 days of receipt.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05398

Introduced
2/21/25  
Relates to New York state active duty performed under the authority of the governor of New York state.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05399

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05400

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Exempts operators of law enforcement and fire department vessels from laws which regulate vessels on the navigable waters of the state while such operators are in the course of responding to emergencies.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05406

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05458

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes the office of organized retail theft within the department of law to receive and investigate complaints from any source, or upon its own initiative, of allegations involving the use and role of organized retail theft.