New York State Representative

Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 69)

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New York Assembly Bill A07779

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a program for the care of retired law enforcement dogs which shall cover the cost of veterinary care for retired law enforcement dogs for the remainder of the lifetime of such dogs.
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New York Assembly Bill A07781

Introduced
4/10/25  
Removes the exclusion of part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment and expanding the definition of employer; removes certain exclusions for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; removes the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs, relocations or employment loss; removes the maximum time period for determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who experience employment loss; allows the attorney general to take certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and other liabilities; requires employers to pay severance to employees when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff.
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New York Assembly Bill A07786

Introduced
4/10/25  
Provides for restructuring unsustainable sovereign and subnational debt; provides a voluntary petition for relief may be filed with the state.
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New York Assembly Bill A07796

Introduced
4/11/25  
Provides for accessing records under the freedom of information law including notification procedures and the release of names of natural persons and residential addresses.
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New York Assembly Bill A07819

Introduced
4/11/25  
Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on retrofitting certain schools located within 500 feet of a major highway.
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New York Assembly Bill A07873

Introduced
4/11/25  
Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A07997

Introduced
4/16/25  
Permits the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in New York city for the purposes of enforcement of license plate obstruction, concealment, and/or distortion; extends provisions permitting the use of speed cameras in certain school zones.
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New York Assembly Bill A08007

Introduced
4/21/25  
Requires food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers when requesting a beverage refill or requesting leftovers from a partially consumed meal to be packaged and post signs to inform customers that they are permitted to do so.
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New York Assembly Bill A08022

Introduced
4/22/25  
Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall include making available a staffed hotline for the purposes of receiving and responding to questions about search warrants, acknowledging receipt of search warrants, and providing status updates on warrant compliance, and which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.
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New York Assembly Bill A08043

Introduced
4/22/25  
Provides that no person shall engage in the aquaculture of any species of octopus in the state for the purpose of human consumption.
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New York Assembly Bill A08045

Introduced
4/22/25  
Refer
4/22/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Chaptered
6/20/25  
Chaptered
6/18/25  
Passed
6/20/25  
Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans.
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New York Assembly Bill A08063

Introduced
4/22/25  
Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.
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New York Assembly Bill A08064

Introduced
4/22/25  
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07995

Introduced
4/16/25  
Relates to the weigh in motion monitoring systems and the data generated in conjunction with such systems pursuant to a demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county; extends the authorization for such program.
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New York Assembly Bill A08055

Introduced
4/22/25  
Returns outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services to Medicaid fee-for-service.