New York State Representative

Kwani O'Pharrow 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00765

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires that a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older must report such information to the department of health or to the New York city citywide immunization registry unless the person receiving the immunization objects to such reporting.
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New York Assembly Bill A00767

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
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New York Assembly Bill A00784

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "AC in residencies (AIR) act"; requires the installation of permanent cooling and dehumidification equipment in at least one indoor common gathering space in certain multiple dwellings and multiple residences.
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New York Assembly Bill A00785

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
7/23/25  
Chaptered
7/24/25  
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
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New York Assembly Bill A00791

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "sick leave for pets care act"; allows employees to receive paid sick leave for the medical diagnosis or treatment of such employees' sick pets.
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New York Assembly Bill A00860

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing or screening is necessary for a medical emergency.
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New York Assembly Bill A00875

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.
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New York Assembly Bill A00928

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses not covered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents.
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New York Assembly Bill A00957

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.
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New York Assembly Bill A00964

Introduced
1/8/25  
Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves or in an assembly district contiguous to such municipality where the court is located; authorizes towns and villages to require that any person who serves as a town or village justice be admitted to practice law in the state.
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New York Assembly Bill A00990

Introduced
1/8/25  
Removes the requirement that each certificate be duly acknowledged by the person or persons conducting business.
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New York Assembly Bill A01006

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
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New York Assembly Bill A01029

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides immunity from prosecution for certain individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime and who report such crime or assist in the investigation or prosecution.
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New York Assembly Bill A01085

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.
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New York Assembly Bill A01100

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.