New York State Representative

Jo Simon Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05736

Introduced
2/20/25  
Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05773

Introduced
2/20/25  
Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05774

Introduced
2/20/25  
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05790

Introduced
2/20/25  
Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05811

Introduced
2/20/25  
Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05850

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing permits or licenses allowing participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; excludes certain permanent performing institutions; imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $1000 for a violation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05882

Introduced
2/24/25  
Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay a participating pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional dispensing fee that is at minimum the professional dispensing fee paid under the state medical assistance program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05884

Introduced
2/24/25  
Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities to include individuals who do not meet the non-medical qualifications for SSDI and SSI but, by reason of the individual's disability, the individual is not able to engage in substantial gainful activity as that term is defined by the federal social security administration.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05891

Introduced
2/24/25  
Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities with a population of one million or more.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05765

Introduced
2/20/25  
Eliminates the Manhattan resident parking tax exemption; increases the car registration fee for cars registered to residents of Manhattan.