New York State Representative

Kenneth Blankenbush Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04746

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04755

Introduced
2/6/25  
Provides that people arrested in connection with certain felonies must submit a DNA sample.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04772

Introduced
2/6/25  
Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true threats"; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04773

Introduced
2/6/25  
Makes it a violation to loiter while masked or disguised by unusual or unnatural attire or facial alteration while in a group of six or more persons so masked or disguised.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04797

Introduced
2/6/25  
Enacts the "stop Anti-Semitism on college campuses act" to ensure no state aid is granted to any college or university that authorizes, facilitates, provides funding for, or otherwise supports any event promoting Anti-Semitism on campus; defines "Anti-Semitism".
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04934

Introduced
2/10/25  
Establishes the organized militia as public employees working group to examine the potential costs and benefits of designating members of the New York state organized militia as public employees.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04956

Introduced
2/10/25  
Relates to the SUNY Maritime admissions program increasing the number of positions reserved for nomination by the governor and members of the legislature and scholarship under the SUNY Maritime admissions program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04968

Introduced
2/10/25  
Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05069

Introduced
2/12/25  
Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05039

Introduced
2/11/25  
Requires the state to provide reimbursement of certain costs and benefits incurred as a result of an injury occurring during a mutual aid call.