New York State Senator

Pamela Helming 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 21)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02067

Introduced

1/15/25

Refer

1/15/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/12/25

Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems to provide veterans with assistance in resume writing and employment placement services.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02273

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Engrossed

4/8/25

Refer

4/8/25

Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02275

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Engrossed

3/24/25

Refer

3/24/25

Enacts the online revenues and expenditures transparency act to provide for the development of a single, searchable budget database website accessible to the public, at no cost.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02371

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Requires that new administrative rules that imposes a new administrative burden on a business shall be offset by the repeal of an existing rule.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02372

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02518

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02538

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02574

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Requires a valid government issued photo identification card be presented when casting a ballot; provides for persons eligible for Medicaid to receive identification cards.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02627

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Engrossed

2/4/25

Refer

2/4/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02656

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02714

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority control board.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02726

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Relates to requiring approval through public referendum in the municipality in which a major electric generating facility is intended to be located prior to final determination for a final siting permit.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03071

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Engrossed

4/28/25

Engrossed

5/5/25

Refer

5/5/25

Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02282

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is appropriate and necessary conditions that should be imposed as part of such release; repeals provisions of law relating to qualifying offenses and allows a court to set bail or remand a principal where based on the risk assessment instrument, where the principal poses a safety risk or risk of flight; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03079

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Increases the amount of the credit of eligible training costs from fifty percent to seventy percent for the employee training incentive program.

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