New York State Representative

John McDonald 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03784

Introduced
1/30/25  
Relates to bioheating fuel requirements; allows B100 or B99 biofuel and R100 or R99 renewable fuel to be used to blend with or replace fossil heating oil in order to create bioheating fuel.
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New York Assembly Bill A03800

Introduced
1/30/25  
Establishes the crime of staging a construction site accident which is a class E felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A03845

Introduced
1/30/25  
Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; provides such program will be offered to ten thousand veterans and first responders from the western region of New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A03894

Introduced
1/30/25  
Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a declared public health emergency; requires dentists to report such vaccinations.
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New York Assembly Bill A03938

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.
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New York Assembly Bill A03954

Introduced
1/30/25  
Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.
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New York Assembly Bill A03955

Introduced
1/30/25  
Enacts the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program which provides a tax credit on advertising for locally owned minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises or a small business.
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New York Assembly Bill A03981

Introduced
1/30/25  
Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04010

Introduced
1/30/25  
Increases the number of photo speed violation monitoring systems in a highway construction or maintenance work area; makes such provisions permanent.
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New York Assembly Bill A04011

Introduced
1/30/25  
Suspends the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway construction or maintenance work area.
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New York Assembly Bill A04016

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Imposes fines for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03963

Introduced
1/30/25  
Includes sleep medication Suvorexant in the Schedule IV list of depressant drugs.
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New York Assembly Bill A03973

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Relates to prescription drug formulary coverage for interchangeable biologics and biosimilars.
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New York Assembly Bill A04014

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Requires 30 hours of mandatory continuing education every three years for coroners and coroner's deputies.
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New York Assembly Bill A04017

Introduced
1/30/25  
Excludes the amount of state and local taxes and fees from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged for that electronic payment transaction by a credit or debit card network.