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 A05279

Introduced
2/12/25  
Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05287

Introduced
2/12/25  
Enacts the "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05293

Introduced
2/12/25  
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.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05320

Introduced
2/13/25  
Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05330

Introduced
2/13/25  
Establishes a uterine fibroids awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and the elevated risk for minority women.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05355

Introduced
2/13/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct; defines serious misconduct; establishes procedures for such disciplinary action; prohibits employees who have been removed for serious misconduct from being placed on the eligible list after such removal.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05361

Introduced
2/13/25  
Relates to access to lactation rooms in public buildings; requires signage for lactation rooms in public buildings.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05416

Introduced
2/14/25  
Relates to enacting the "books save lives act"; requires public school libraries receiving state aid to maintain a collection of diverse books.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05420

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Requires menstrual products to be provided in drop-in centers, intake shelters and emergency congregate housing.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05423

Introduced
2/14/25  
Establishes a four-day workweek pilot program for state employees; requires the division of the budget and the state department of civil service to identify state agencies or other jobs in the performance of any function of state government for which a four-day workweek is feasible and beneficial for at least sixty percent of state employees employed in such agency or job in the performance of such function of state government, and to implement a four-day workweek for such state employees.