New York State Senator

Kevin Thomas 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 46)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07108

Introduced
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Relates to authorizing state university police, regional state park police and detective investigators for the office of the attorney general to receive additional service credit in an optional twenty year retirement plan.
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New York Senate Bill S07361

Introduced
5/19/23  
Relates to base proportions in assessing units in Nassau county.
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New York Senate Bill S07426

Introduced
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
5/15/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.
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New York Senate Bill S07441

Introduced
5/25/23  
Refer
5/25/23  
Engrossed
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Engrossed
6/6/23  
Enrolled
12/12/23  
Chaptered
12/22/23  
Extends provisions of law relating to reports by the legislative commission on the future of the Long Island Power Authority.
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New York Senate Bill S07549

Introduced
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Engrossed
6/9/23  
Refer
6/9/23  
Engrossed
6/20/23  
Enrolled
12/12/23  
Establishes a temporary in rem foreclosure moratorium to prohibit tax districts from foreclosing on real property for delinquent taxes.
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New York Senate Bill S07553

Introduced
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Engrossed
6/9/23  
Refer
6/9/23  
Requires automobile brokers to maintain a place of business; requires certain notices and recordkeeping; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S07635

Introduced
8/18/23  
Refer
8/18/23  
Exempts vehicles owned by civil service employees, college students and commercial and residential repair businesses from tolls charged under the central business district tolling program.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07147

Introduced
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer in an amount not less than $200,000.
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New York Senate Bill S07282

Introduced
5/19/23  
Refer
5/19/23  
Refer
6/14/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Relates to reducing a police officer's pension to satisfy judgments in a wrongful death action; provides that a police officer's pension may be reduced to no less than $20,000 to satisfy a wrongful death judgment; provides that a court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the reduction.
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New York Senate Bill S07286

Introduced
5/19/23  
Refer
5/19/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
5/14/24  
Engrossed
5/29/24  
Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-four, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.
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New York Senate Bill S07533

Introduced
6/3/23  
Refer
6/3/23  
Permits the Nourish New York program to distribute certain funds without an application or competitive procurement process.
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New York Senate Bill S07543

Introduced
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Refer
6/6/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Enrolled
12/19/24  
Chaptered
12/21/24  
Enacts the legislative oversight of automated decision-making in government act (LOADinG Act) to regulate the use of automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence techniques by state agencies.
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New York Senate Bill S07586

Introduced
6/28/23  
Refer
6/28/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Refer
6/4/24  
Engrossed
6/7/24  
Enrolled
9/11/24  
Chaptered
9/11/24  
Deems Anthony Varvaro to have died as the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in the performance of duty so as to permit accidental death benefits to be awarded to his beneficiaries.
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New York Senate Bill S07590

Introduced
7/7/23  
Refer
7/7/23  
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
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New York Senate Bill S07663

Introduced
9/22/23  
Refer
9/22/23  
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.