New York State Senator

Peter Harckham 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05468

Introduced
2/21/25  
Allows a tax exemption for taxpayers in the amount of the purchase price of a fire extinguisher, fire alarm, heat alarm or carbon monoxide alarm purchased for residential use during the month of October.
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New York Senate Bill S05477

Introduced
2/21/25  
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants; establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund.
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New York Senate Bill S05587

Introduced
2/25/25  
Excludes the amount of state and local taxes and fees from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged for that electronic payment transaction by a credit or debit card network.
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New York Senate Bill S05591

Introduced
2/25/25  
Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.
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New York Senate Bill S05623

Introduced
2/26/25  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.
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New York Senate Bill S05641

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.
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New York Senate Bill S05684

Introduced
2/27/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S05709

Introduced
2/28/25  
Prohibits the importing, possession, or sale of any part or product of the skin or body of a kangaroo for commercial purposes.
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New York Senate Bill S05715

Introduced
2/28/25  
Relates to the issuance of appearance tickets for certain violations of the agriculture and markets law when the person is charged with a crime for which the court may order the posting of a security.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05495

Introduced
2/21/25  
Directs the department of labor, in consultation with the division of human rights and the department of health to produce a model training program on neurodiversity awareness.
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New York Senate Bill S05496

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Senate Bill S05497

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes certified recovery residences for individuals recovering from substance use disorder; provides for state aid and municipal site approval.
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New York Senate Bill S05498

Introduced
2/21/25  
Provides for a pilot project in furtherance of climate leadership and community protection act clean energy standards in Lake Erie; establishes standards for wind energy procured therefrom.
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New York Senate Bill S05525

Introduced
2/24/25  
Permits the village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester county, to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements, with revenues to be used solely for the care of Dobbs Park, Duck Pond Park, Firefighters Memorial Field and David J. Manes Memorial Field.
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New York Senate Bill S05628

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes an agrivoltaic production tax credit for farmers who manage a farm operation that is situated wholly or in part within one or more qualified agrivoltaic facilities.