New York State Representative

Kwani O'Pharrow 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00200

Introduced
1/8/25  
Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.
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New York Assembly Bill A00233

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
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New York Assembly Bill A00240

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes that consumer litigation funding transactions should be subject to state regulation and sets forth requirements regarding disclosure, licensing, funding company and attorney responsibilities and limitations, violations and other provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A00244

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires every employer to provide each employee with the equivalent number of hours as three full work days for such employee of paid sick leave for a miscarriage or stillbirth of an infant born to the employee.
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New York Assembly Bill A00282

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York Assembly Bill A00325

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens.
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New York Assembly Bill A00472

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2025; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
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New York Assembly Bill A00494

Introduced
1/8/25  
Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.
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New York Assembly Bill A00514

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
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New York Assembly Bill A00574

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
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New York Assembly Bill A00618

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
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New York Assembly Bill A00649

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody.
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New York Assembly Bill A00699

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system using industry-standard commercial electronic funds transfer technology.
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New York Assembly Bill A00701

Introduced
1/8/25  
Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.
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New York Assembly Bill A00756

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.