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 A04762

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person experiencing an emotional crisis".
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04764

Introduced
2/6/25  
Repeals the excise tax on medical cannabis and the medical cannabis trust fund.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04831

Introduced
2/6/25  
Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04850

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Enacts the "New York state teleworking expansion act"; provides that each state agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04867

Introduced
2/6/25  
Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide reports on legal training programs conducted by the office of court administration, the performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system, and the security of the judicial and non-judicial officers of the unified court system.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04776

Introduced
2/6/25  
Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a written request from an insured for their health plan documents, including copies of most recent group or individual contracts.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04780

Introduced
2/6/25  
Directs the commissioner of education to conduct an audit regarding instruction in literacy instruction at institutions of higher education that offers a graduate or undergraduate degree or certification program in education or educational administration located within the state.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04841

Introduced
2/6/25  
Establishes the "removing barriers to higher education success act" which directs the state university and city university to adopt policies that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that such student is an individual with a disability.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04849

Introduced
2/6/25  
Requires a disclaimer to be included in any advertising for delivery services that advertise delivery within thirty minutes or less to say that delivery within such time is not guaranteed; prohibits delivery services from penalizing workers that fail to deliver within thirty minutes; requires disclosure to such workers that they are not required to deliver within thirty minutes.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04859

Introduced
2/6/25  
Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.