New York State Representative

Jo Simon Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01258

Introduced
1/9/25  
Enacts the democracy preservation act; prohibits contributions by foreign-influenced business entities; requires certification.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01260

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance, including a municipal identification card, or other state or local government-issued identification card, or a notarized copy of the rental lease signed by the property owner, the property management firm and the insured.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01261

Introduced
1/9/25  
Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01273

Introduced
1/9/25  
Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discrimination on the basis of socioeconomic factors in determining algorithms used to construct actuarial tables, coverage terms, premiums and/or rates.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01280

Introduced
1/9/25  
Establishes the crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of a fabricated photographic, videographic, or audio record as a class E felony.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01281

Introduced
1/9/25  
Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01283

Introduced
1/9/25  
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01284

Introduced
1/9/25  
Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01266

Introduced
1/9/25  
Creates the hospital and multiple dwelling energy loan program.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01268

Introduced
1/9/25  
Establishes a joint commission on public transparency and sexual harassment to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations defining sexual harassment for state agencies, offices, and branches of government and develop recommendations for the uniform distribution of such definitions and policies, and to receive complaints and referrals alleging violations by certain state officials.