New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02061

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02101

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for improvements or projects relating to energy savings, green-house gas emissions reductions, climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants; establishes the energy efficiency and electrification interagency coordination group to coordinate between certain energy efficiency programs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02121

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02125

Introduced
1/15/25  
Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02126

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to reducing the cost of prescription drugs by establishing maximum wholesale drug prices that are the same as the prices in Canada.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02130

Introduced
1/15/25  
Repeals the tax exempt status of private universities that received real property tax exemptions of one hundred million dollars or more during the prior fiscal year.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02134

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes a five-year window for any entity participating in the New York state supportive housing program (NYSSHP) in good standing with such program to participate in a request for proposal to increase their contract rates up to ESSHI levels.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02100

Introduced
1/15/25  
Grants public access to employer lactation rooms under certain circumstances.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02108

Introduced
1/15/25  
Exempts baby bottles and bottle nipples from sales and compensating use tax.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02111

Introduced
1/15/25  
Requires suicide prevention hotline centers to meet certain requirements for individuals who are in the perinatal period.