New York State Senator

Pamela Helming Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03472

Introduced
1/27/25  
Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstances.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03473

Introduced
1/27/25  
Requires the state apprenticeship and training council to meet a certain number of times per year and provide a report.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03474

Introduced
1/27/25  
Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program; eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03475

Introduced
1/27/25  
Authorizes certain municipal legislative bodies, including towns and villages, to enact local laws and ordinances providing for non-binding mediation of land use decisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03477

Introduced
1/27/25  
Authorizes the use of benthic barriers, between July 1 and October 31, to control invasive aquatic plants around docks.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03478

Introduced
1/27/25  
Includes within the definition of "wine product", a beverage containing wine which has undergone an alcohol reduction process including but not limited to nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, osmotic distillation, vacuum distillation, spinning cone column, or through a multi-stage membrane-based system.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03479

Introduced
1/27/25  
Allows municipalities to regulate public places where cannabis can be consumed.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03480

Introduced
1/27/25  
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03481

Introduced
1/27/25  
Removes ammunition and ammunition sales from the requirements of background checks; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto; repeals the background check fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03482

Introduced
1/27/25  
Establishes requirements for granting licensure and provisional endorsement licensure for the practice of mental health counseling.