New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 46)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04438

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Enacts the "Effective Enforcement of Civil Rights Act"; provides for the enactment and enforcement of local human rights laws.
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New York Senate Bill S04439

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Requires a verification organization to declare each service or item to be verified or unverified within thirty days of receiving all required supporting documentation from a participating provider.
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New York Senate Bill S04440

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Establishes a state director of drug policy to lead the state drug control effort, including coordinating with the state agencies that impact drug policy and associated funding; coordinate and oversee the implementation of state drug policy; assess the adequacy of the state drug control programs and the budgets for those programs; evaluate the effectiveness of state drug control policy efforts; identify and respond to emerging drug threats related to illicit drug use; facilitate broad-scale information sharing and data standardization among state and local entities to support the state drug control efforts; assist the governor in the establishment of policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for drug policy; consult with and assist local governments with respect to the formulation and implementation of drug control policy; and serve as an ex-officio member of the opioid settlement board.
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New York Senate Bill S04441

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Prohibits speech-based defenses to actions brought against an individual for the unlawful dissemination of publication of an intimate image.
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New York Senate Bill S04442

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Establishes the "New York state transparency in supply chains act" which requires businesses to fully disclose efforts being taken to eliminate human trafficking within the supply chain process and provide those disclosures to consumers.
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New York Senate Bill S04443

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Directs the office for the prevention of domestic violence to facilitate the establishment of five crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state to help individuals who have experienced violent crime, including individuals who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed, free of charge.
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New York Senate Bill S04444

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Provides that no law enforcement agency shall use a chemical incapacitant except for pepper spray; defines terms.
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New York Senate Bill S04445

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Authorizes physicians licensed to practice in other jurisdictions and who hold certification in obstetrics or gynecology from the American board of obstetrics and gynecology to practice in this state.
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New York Senate Bill S04446

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Provides that no person shall be eligible for appointment as a police officer who was previously employed as a police officer and who: was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such person's fitness to serve as a police officer; or resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct; defines terms; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S04447

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
5/22/24  
Relates to the substitution of brand name epinephrine auto-injectors with alternate epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases.
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New York Senate Bill S04513

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.
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New York Senate Bill S04514

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
Authorizes municipalities to treat unpaid fines for building code and fire code violations as unpaid real property taxes and to impose a tax lien therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S04515

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
Adds veterans to protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination regardless of discharge status.
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New York Senate Bill S04516

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
Engrossed
3/22/23  
Refer
3/22/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Enrolled
11/13/23  
Chaptered
11/17/23  
Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04511

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
Engrossed
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
3/11/24  
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.