New York State Senator

Michelle Hinchey 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 33)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05003

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Designates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge as the "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge".
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New York Senate Bill S05057

Introduced
2/18/25  
Increases the state subsidy for school lunch meals.
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New York Senate Bill S05114

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Requires all policies that provide coverage for inpatient hospital care to include benefits for child and family treatment and support services and children's home and community based services.
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New York Senate Bill S05257

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Requires mandatory background checks for persons employed by or volunteering at any business, organization, or entity that regularly provides instructional, recreational or extracurricular services to minors, including but not limited to dance studios, gymnastic schools, martial arts academies, sports training facilities, music schools and performing arts schools, tutoring and academic enrichment centers; provides for enforcement and penalties; prohibits certain people from owning such businesses.
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New York Senate Bill S05513

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.
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New York Senate Bill S05514

Introduced
2/24/25  
Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05024

Introduced
2/18/25  
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools for students who do not receive services pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.
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New York Senate Bill S05198

Introduced
2/19/25  
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.
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New York Senate Bill S05360

Introduced
2/20/25  
Directs the commissioner of labor, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to develop a program which incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare.
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New York Senate Bill S05379

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds.
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New York Senate Bill S05385

Introduced
2/21/25  
Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable.
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New York Senate Bill S05407

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.
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New York Senate Bill S05426

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Increases the period of supervision to five years for real estate brokers applying for a license.
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New York Senate Bill S05432

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
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New York Senate Bill S05492

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Extends the authority of Dutchess county to impose a sales and compensating use tax for two additional years.