New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07660

Introduced
4/25/25  
Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07828

Introduced
5/9/25  
Relates to items of appropriation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07894

Introduced
5/13/25  
Establishes a master of social work paid field work pilot program to provide a stipend to students who are enrolled in a master of social work program for the first 450 hours of field work completed towards such masters' degree; requires the office of mental health to complete a report making recommendations on how to expand the pilot program to increase the number of social workers in the state, improve representation in the field of social work, mitigate student debt and improve labor conditions for social workers upon graduation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07914

Introduced
5/13/25  
Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07668

Introduced
4/28/25  
Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07686

Introduced
4/29/25  
Includes Middle Eastern and North African persons in the definition of "minority group member" for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07708

Introduced
5/1/25  
Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the departments website.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07779

Introduced
5/6/25  
Creates a distinctive license plate for veterans honoring Borinqueneers; defines "veteran" as a person who is a resident of this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, and was honorably discharged from the armed forces, or has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07789

Introduced
5/6/25  
Requires that in civil claims under the child victims act, adult survivors act, or a civil sex trafficking claim any insurer who may provide liability coverage for a claim shall, upon request from the claimant or claimant's attorney, provide information regarding each known policy of insurance; provides that a person bringing a civil claim in a sex trafficking case need not disclose their immigration status.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07805

Introduced
5/9/25  
Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.