New York State Representative

John McDonald 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08350

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Authorizes members or officers of the state police who were previously firefighters receive credit for such previous firefighter service for the purposes of retirement.
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New York Assembly Bill A08355

Introduced
5/13/25  
Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries under the consumer directed personal assistance program.
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New York Assembly Bill A08422

Introduced
5/15/25  
Updates the fee collected by county clerks and clerks for the city of New York for deposit into the cultural education account from $15 to $30; increases the amount retained by the county or city from $0.75 to $1.00.
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New York Assembly Bill A08472

Introduced
5/16/25  
Establishes a temporary practice authorization program for physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to practice in underserved areas.
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New York Assembly Bill A08491

Introduced
5/20/25  
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
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New York Assembly Bill A08634

Introduced
5/22/25  
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).
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New York Assembly Bill A08720

Introduced
6/2/25  
Relates to increasing the earnings limitation for positions of public service; increases the earnings limitation from $35,000 to $50,000 in 2025 and thereafter.
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New York Assembly Bill A08724

Introduced
6/2/25  
Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from enabling or otherwise permitting authorized sports bettors to deposit or withdraw funds to or from their account through gift certificates, open loop gift certificates, or e-wallets.
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New York Assembly Bill A08738

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of health to approve certain reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions that are designed to work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care.
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New York Assembly Bill A08758

Introduced
6/2/25  
Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08524

Introduced
5/20/25  
Postpones the implementation and enforcement of advanced clean cars II regulations by the department of environmental conservation.
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New York Assembly Bill A08617

Introduced
5/22/25  
Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to conserve, protect and restore the environmental quality of the Mohawk River.
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New York Assembly Bill A08620

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Provides that the transfer of certain state lands to KIPP: Albany Community Public Charter Schools shall be made after the submission of the application to the office of general services for such transfer, and prior to the expiration of provisions authorizing such transfer; extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A08664

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.
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New York Assembly Bill A08708

Introduced
6/2/25  
Requires any state aid owed to a school district from a prior year adjustment be paid as part of the first state aid payment of the following school year.