New York State Senator

Peter Harckham Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00614

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for persons released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release; provides for enrollment of such individuals upon release upon application, if eligible.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00639

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00651

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00659

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00665

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00726

Introduced
1/8/25  
Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00743

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Engrossed
3/19/25  
Enrolled
3/31/25  
Chaptered
4/3/25  
Includes rifles and shotguns in required warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide in homes where such weapons are present.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00744

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Engrossed
3/19/25  
Enrolled
3/31/25  
Chaptered
4/3/25  
Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00745

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Engrossed
3/19/25  
Enrolled
3/31/25  
Chaptered
4/3/25  
Removes dealers of ammunition from certain provisions that require the use of certain merchant category-codes by payment card networks for firearm merchants.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00759

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
2/14/25  
Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto.