New York State Representative

Lester Chang 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00212

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00503

Introduced
1/9/23  
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00514

Introduced
1/9/23  
Refer
1/9/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Report Pass
6/1/23  
Engrossed
6/1/23  
Refer
6/1/23  
Engrossed
6/6/23  
Enrolled
9/6/23  
Chaptered
9/7/23  
Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00564

Introduced
1/9/23  
Refer
1/9/23  
Directs the department of social services to establish a centralized homelessness crisis response data system through which state agencies, local governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school districts, and emergency service providers, and other relevant persons are able to share and access information related to individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order to connect or refer such individuals to services including affordable housing opportunities.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00686

Introduced
1/11/23  
Refer
1/11/23  
Directs the MTA to establish a half fare rate program for veterans.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01213

Introduced
1/13/23  
Refer
1/13/23  
Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for residents who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup and who suffered a permanent disability.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01276

Introduced
1/13/23  
Refer
1/13/23  
Establishes Bella's Law which calls for an investigation into possible domestic violence or abuse for persons who have been accused of animal abuse.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01443

Introduced
1/17/23  
Refer
1/17/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
3/19/24  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01503

Introduced
1/17/23  
Refer
1/17/23  
Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01606

Introduced
1/17/23  
Refer
1/17/23  
Establishes the crime of forcible touching of a correction officer; increases criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses committed against correction officers when such correction officer is acting in the course of their employment.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01754

Introduced
1/20/23  
Relates to providing judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01764

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Establishes the police canine vest fund to be used for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other protective equipment for state police and municipal department police canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as the purchasing and training of such police canines.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01941

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
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 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01972

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
Prohibits certain state and prospective state contractors to contribute to the campaigns and committees of statewide officials, including any candidate for governor, attorney general and comptroller, for a period of time; requires written notice of prohibitions.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02154

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
5/22/24  
Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.