New York State Senator

Pamela Helming Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06160

Introduced
3/6/25  
Exempts farmers from commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements when operating a covered farm vehicle within one hundred fifty miles of such farmer's farm.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06200

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06210

Introduced
3/6/25  
Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program, after consultation with certain other offices, under which owners of manual and powered wheelchairs shall be entitled to reimbursement of certain preventative maintenance costs for such wheelchairs.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06244

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
4/29/25  
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06256

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Authorizes county highway superintendents to rent road machinery from any city, town or village; authorizes town highway superintendents to contract for the use of certain services and town machinery, tools and equipment with another municipality, district corporation, school district, community college or any unit of the state university.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06274

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06281

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Directs that moneys in the veterans' home services fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services; directs a report to be submitted by such commissioner; directs that moneys in the military family relief fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06318

Introduced
3/10/25  
Requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students; requires school districts to ensure that appropriately certified teachers are providing such education; authorizes rules and regulations consistent with such provisions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06360

Introduced
3/11/25  
Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting, allowing the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of crossbows for the taking of big game in any area long bows are permitted.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06364

Introduced
3/11/25  
Relates to insurance fraud; provides a provision for compensation to a person that reports insurance fraud to the authorities; establishes crimes of unlawful procurement of clients, patients or customers; aggravated insurance fraud in the second degree; and aggravated insurance fraud in the first degree; provides that this act also increases the penalty for insurance fraud; appropriates $3,100,000 therefor.