New York State Representative

Jo Simon Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06492

Introduced
3/5/25  
Provides that insurance policies which provide hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall provide coverage for hysterectomies; provides that such coverage shall include inpatient hospital coverage for a minimum period of seventy-two hours after surgery.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06567

Introduced
3/6/25  
Excludes one-time federal assistance in the calculation of operating revenue for purposes of minimum direct resident care spending by residential health care facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06668

Introduced
3/7/25  
Expands consumer protections for usury and interest to small businesses.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06495

Introduced
3/5/25  
Enacts the "Tevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06529

Introduced
3/5/25  
Relates to fire suppression systems and licensing professionals to perform authorized work on fire suppression systems.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06543

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06558

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Requires every food establishment to label all prepackaged food with a written notification on the package or on a label attached to the package identifying any ingredient with which a product is made that constitutes a major food allergen.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06586

Introduced
3/6/25  
Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06618

Introduced
3/6/25  
Enacts the "pollinator promotion act" to authorize the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote the health and viability of pollinators in the state and to make municipal adoption and implementation of pollinator promotion plans eligible for climate adaptation and mitigation projects under the climate smart communities program; requires consideration of certain pollinator health initiatives on SUNY campuses; directs the departments of education and environmental conservation to develop guidelines for school districts to implement certain pollinator friendly practices; directs the implementation of certain pollinator friendly practices on highway verges.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06632

Introduced
3/6/25  
Establishes "SNAP for all", a state-funded supplemental nutrition assistance program to provide for those who are excluded from federal SNAP benefits solely due to immigration status; outlines eligibility requirements of applicants and operational requirements of the office of temporary and disability assistance.