New York State Senator

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05539

Introduced
2/24/25  
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05542

Introduced
2/24/25  
Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05612

Introduced
2/25/25  
Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve with occupational impairments of a severity that does not adversely affect the student's educational performance but does present a barrier to functioning at home or in the community; directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations for the provision of such occupational therapy services.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05615

Introduced
2/25/25  
Requires businesses that allow automatic renewals, continuous service offers, and automatic subscription renewals to provide notice regarding cancelling such renewals, services, or subscriptions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05616

Introduced
2/26/25  
Extends, until December 31, 2026, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05623

Introduced
2/26/25  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05641

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05732

Introduced
2/28/25  
Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a peace officer or police officer for knowingly reporting false or baseless information relating to wrongdoing by a police or peace officer to a law enforcement agency; creates a private right of action for damages.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05733

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Relates to the cost of maintenance and operation of veterans' service agencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05734

Introduced
2/28/25  
Expands insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization; includes coverage under individual policies; provides coverage for three complete oocyte retrievals and in vitro fertilization with unlimited embryo transfers.