New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04123

Introduced
2/9/23  
Refer
2/9/23  
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.
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New York Assembly Bill A04183

Introduced
2/10/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).
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New York Assembly Bill A04238

Introduced
2/13/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
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 Assembly Bill A04243

Introduced
2/13/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Report Pass
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Enacts the "New York wildlife crossing act"; directs the department of transportation and the New York state thruway authority to identify sites along all highways, thruways and parkways in the state where wildlife crossings are most needed to increase public safety and improve habitat connectivity and create a priority list of wildlife opportunity areas where federal grant monies may be available to implement the top five projects identified.
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New York Assembly Bill A04333

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
6/6/24  
Requires fashion sellers to be accountable to standardized environmental due diligence policies; establishes a fashion remediation fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A04346

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian outside the city of New York.
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New York Assembly Bill A04354

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
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.
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New York Assembly Bill A04425

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
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New York Assembly Bill A04452

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Authorizes the reissuance of emergency assistance to needy families with children, safety net assistance, SNAP benefits, or emergency assistance for aged, blind and disabled persons in instances of fraud or theft of benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A04454

Introduced
2/15/23  
Refer
2/15/23  
Prohibits eviction without good cause; sets forth grounds for removal of tenants.
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New York Assembly Bill A04465

Introduced
2/16/23  
Refer
2/16/23  
Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.
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New York Assembly Bill A04517

Introduced
2/16/23  
Relates to promoting inmate voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to distribute a voter information guide and hold voter information and registration clinics for incarcerated people every other year.
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New York Assembly Bill A04571

Introduced
2/17/23  
Refer
2/17/23  
Enacts the "Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Act"; provides findings for evidence-based and evidence-informed health programs from hospital-based and community-based programs.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04141

Introduced
2/10/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Prohibits cost sharing for insulin; provides that an insured shall not be subject to a deductible, copayment, coinsurance or any other cost sharing requirement for the purchase of insulin.
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New York Assembly Bill A04142

Introduced
2/10/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.