New York State Senator

Julia Salazar Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02513

Introduced
1/21/25  
Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades"; decriminalizes certain prostitution offenses; amends provisions relating to prosecution of such offenses and vacating judgments.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02665

Introduced
1/22/25  
Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02666

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to certain incarcerated nursing birth parents who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such incarcerated birth parents, but not beyond the date such child reaches twenty-four months of age except in limited circumstances related to parole; allows children to remain with their incarcerated birth parents in a correctional institution until twenty-four months of age, or longer in certain cases related to parole; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated birth parents.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02523

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes a jobs and housing pilot program to create jobs in the construction industry and address the housing crisis by developing or redeveloping housing that is affordable to individuals earning up to one hundred thirty percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02533

Introduced
1/21/25  
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02536

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Ensures that construction and fabrication done off of a public work site for specific use only in a public work project be compensated at the prevailing wage rate.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02547

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes a culturally responsive education curriculum and standards; requires all school districts, charter schools and private schools to integrate culturally responsive education throughout the education of all students at all grade levels; establishes a pilot program in culturally responsive education; appropriates $25,000,000 therefor.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02626

Introduced
1/21/25  
Increases the amount of residential solar tax credits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02632

Introduced
1/22/25  
Enacts the solar for schools act which provides grants for eligible school districts to purchase and install solar and geothermal power sources; defines terms; directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish such grant program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02637

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.