New York State Senator

Pamela Helming Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00854

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the eleven member home flooding prevention and mitigation task force to study the impact of coastal and inland waterway flooding on residential homes.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00855

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Extends the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes until 2027.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00917

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "credit for rural broadband act"; provides for a refundable tax credit for costs paid for new construction of new broadband networks to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00866

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/27/25  
Relates to re-defining the term physically helpless to mean an individual who is physically unable to communicate affirmative consent through words or clear actions that offer permission and a willingness to engage in sexual activity.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00907

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts "Alix's law"; relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it; relates to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00927

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the regulation of social media companies and social media platforms; provides for age requirements for the use of social media and parental consent; prohibits certain data collection from social media accounts; limits the hours a minor can have access to social media; establishes penalties for violations.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00942

Introduced
1/8/25  
Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00960

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to items of appropriation.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00961

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00979

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless driving and allows for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in connection with reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving.