New York State Senator

Peter Harckham 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 29)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S04151

Introduced
2/3/25  
Increases age eligibility for certain programs and benefits to age twenty-two for students with a disability.
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New York Senate Bill S04488

Introduced
2/5/25  
Exempts first-time homebuyers from the mortgage recording tax.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S04152

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Establishes September twenty-second of each year as a day of commemoration known as Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day.
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New York Senate Bill S04158

Introduced
2/3/25  
Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.
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New York Senate Bill S04262

Introduced
2/3/25  
Relates to promotions of police detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposes.
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New York Senate Bill S04289

Introduced
2/3/25  
Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.
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New York Senate Bill S04330

Introduced
2/4/25  
Relates to granting certain individuals youthful offender status; adds a new category of individuals eligible for young adult offender status; provides for process and sentencing requirements related to such statuses.
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New York Senate Bill S04336

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Engrossed
5/15/25  
Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises.
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New York Senate Bill S04369

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Engrossed
4/28/25  
Provides a permit for a memorial lands facility.
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New York Senate Bill S04441

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county.
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New York Senate Bill S04465

Introduced
2/5/25  
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
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New York Senate Bill S04468

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a stillbirth that occurs after the clinical estimate of the twentieth week of gestation.
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New York Senate Bill S04476

Introduced
2/5/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York Senate Bill S04493

Introduced
2/5/25  
Grants the commissioner of education the power to identify schools for additional support and assistance and establish performance targets for such schools.
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New York Senate Bill S04513

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
4/22/25  
Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan.