New York State Representative

John McDonald Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07566

Introduced
4/1/25  
Requires the preparation and dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms; establishes such information shall be provided to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular school year beginning on and after July 1, 2026.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07594

Introduced
4/1/25  
Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead on and after January 1, 2027; requires manufacturers of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead to provide notice of such fact to distributors and retailers of such materials; provides penalties for violations.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07613

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants; provides alternative pathways to being certified as certified public accountants.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07614

Introduced
4/1/25  
Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state Holocaust memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust and to educate the public about the history of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism, racism, and all manifestations of intolerance.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07617

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Engrossed
5/5/25  
Removes the prohibition on patient participation in multiple transplant programs in New York state.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07687

Introduced
4/4/25  
Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students including establishing the student suicide prevention act which includes curriculum and teacher training requirements designed to prevent student suicide with a focus on LGBTQ students.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07736

Introduced
4/8/25  
Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish design standards for greenway trails and to manage applications for greenway trails.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07738

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07634

Introduced
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Relates to hotel and motel taxes in Saratoga county and the city of Saratoga Springs; increases the allowable amount of tax imposed by the county; removes exemptions for properties having less than 4 units; relates to the disposition of tax revenues collected; eliminates an advisory committee.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07679

Introduced
4/4/25  
Establishes the vacant rental improvement program to provide grants of up to $75,000 per unit to owners of buildings with five or fewer units.