New York State Senator

Pamela Helming Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04995

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05009

Introduced
2/18/25  
Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more incarcerated individuals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05027

Introduced
2/18/25  
Credits any on-premises licensees or any manufacturing licensee with on-premises retail privileges for each day they were unable to operate due to COVID-19; provides that such credits shall be used for such licensee's license renewal; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05030

Introduced
2/18/25  
Provides a tax credit to certain landowners who allow snowmobile access on such land.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05033

Introduced
2/18/25  
Repeals the provision of law that volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who receive a real property tax exemption for service may not receive the income tax credit for such service.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05045

Introduced
2/18/25  
Provides that any copayment or coinsurance amount charged by an insurer to the insured for services rendered by a physical therapist or an occupational therapist shall not be more than twenty-five percent greater than the copayment or coinsurance amount imposed for an office visit to a licensed primary care physician or osteopath for the same or a similar diagnosed condition.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05049

Introduced
2/18/25  
Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters by waiving requirements regarding a written examination if the applicant holds a claim certification from a national or state-based claims association.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05052

Introduced
2/18/25  
Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstances involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05076

Introduced
2/18/25  
Lowers the age of eligibility from 21 to 18 for a class A license or for a commercial driver's license which contains an H or an X endorsement or which is valid for operation in interstate commerce.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05094

Introduced
2/18/25  
Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve their maximum term, if, by clear and convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes the withholding of good behavior allowances of violent felony offenders by the state board of parole upon such a finding.