New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04144

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Prohibits state chartered banking institutions from investing in and providing financing for private prisons.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04181

Introduced
1/31/25  
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04230

Introduced
1/31/25  
Establishes clean energy goals of reducing the annual total of vehicle miles traveled within the state by 20% by the year 2050; requires state and local highway projects to comply with reductions to vehicle miles traveled targets.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04272

Introduced
1/31/25  
Includes statistics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, other injuries and other maternity outcomes in information for maternity patients.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04278

Introduced
2/3/25  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04282

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04319

Introduced
2/4/25  
Includes correctional facilities and local correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights; defines correctional facilities and local correctional facilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04373

Introduced
2/4/25  
Relates to regulation of PFAS as a toxic air pollutant; requires the department to ensure certain process operations use appropriate control technology for PFAS emissions; establishes a fence line monitoring program to monitor PFAS emissions in disadvantaged communities, to provide public reports, and related duties.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04420

Introduced
2/4/25  
Establishes the nail salon minimum standards council act; establishes the nail salon minimum standards council which shall investigate wages and standards within the nail salon industry and submit recommendations on minimum wages, regulations and standards for nail salon workers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04263

Introduced
1/31/25  
Increases the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars.