New York State Senator

Kevin Parker Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04079

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04080

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents of students; requires record keeping and annual reporting; permits districts to jointly establish such programs.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04081

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education instruction regarding food, agriculture and nutrition prescribed by the commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04082

Introduced
1/31/25  
Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discrimination on the basis of socioeconomic factors in determining algorithms used to construct actuarial tables, coverage terms, premiums and/or rates.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04083

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides similar coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04084

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04085

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to establishing and funding the universal basic income pilot program; requires the comptroller to establish a universal basic income pilot program to provide 10,000 participants with income of $7,200 for individuals or $14,400 for couples per year for two years; establishes participant criteria; requires a study on the program one year after its conclusion; makes an appropriation therefor.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04086

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to providing net revenues from utility-owned large-scale renewable generation projects to low-income customers; authorizes utility companies to own such projects; provides that the commission shall require labor agreements and labor peace agreements.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04087

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires a landlord to return to a tenant the full security deposit within thirty days of the surrender of the premises by such tenant unless the landlord provides such tenant with a written statement listing the reasons for the retention of any portion of the deposit; sets forth particular situations for which the landlord may retain such security deposit; renders the landlord liable for treble damages for any violation.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04088

Introduced
1/31/25  
Relates to representation in certain real property actions.