New York State Senator

Joseph Griffo Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06659

Introduced
3/19/25  
Increases penalties for individuals or companies who engage in the business of cashing checks, drafts or money orders for consideration without a license; makes such violation a class E felony; provides for a fine of $2,500 for each transaction.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06660

Introduced
3/19/25  
Establishes the failure to pass act restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle and sets penalties for violations.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06661

Introduced
3/19/25  
Establishes the "New York state veterans cemetery act"; directs the division to conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the establishment of a New York state veterans cemetery funding program.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06662

Introduced
3/19/25  
Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06663

Introduced
3/19/25  
Withholds the salary of the governor and members of the legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the budget; forfeits withheld salary.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06785

Introduced
3/24/25  
Allows certain judges, justices, and criminal prosecutors who are duly licensed to possess a concealed firearm, to carry such concealed firearm in court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06786

Introduced
3/24/25  
Establishes law enforcement officer grant funds and firefighter grant funds to cover expenses related to hiring law enforcement officers and firefighters and equipment and resources for such officers and firefighters.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06787

Introduced
3/24/25  
Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with an educational institution, and immediate family; allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing; relates to the court's consideration of the existence of extraordinary circumstances and significant physical injury in determining whether to remove adolescent offenders to family court; defines such terms; provides factors for the court's consideration of whether extraordinary circumstances exist; exempts adolescent offenders who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm from those authorized to be removed to family court; modifies the crime of criminal solicitation in the third degree.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06788

Introduced
3/24/25  
Establishes an Oneida county school milk pilot program allowing public schools in Oneida county to be reimbursed by the state for certain milk purchases.