New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 27)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08386

Introduced
12/13/23  
Refer
12/13/23  
Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A08469

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
Establishes an economy-wide cap and invest program to support greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the state by setting a maximum allowable amount of greenhouse gas emissions by covered entities and regulating the sale or auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances to covered entities.
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New York Assembly Bill A08470

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
Repeals managed long term care provisions for Medicaid recipients; establishes provisions for fully integrated plans for long term care including PACE and MAP plans.
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New York Assembly Bill A08478

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for private institutions of higher education.
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New York Assembly Bill A08479

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
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 Assembly Bill A08614

Introduced
1/12/24  
Increases the statewide energy storage capacity to six gigawatts by the year 2030.
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New York Assembly Bill A08821

Introduced
1/18/24  
Enacts the "fair pay for home care act" relating to minimum wages applicable to home care aides; provides for a minimum wage of 150% of the applicable statewide or regional minimum wage.
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New York Assembly Bill A08906

Introduced
1/26/24  
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.
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New York Assembly Bill A08923

Introduced
1/26/24  
Refer
1/26/24  
Report Pass
4/3/24  
Refer
4/3/24  
Report Pass
5/7/24  
Refer
5/7/24  
Report Pass
5/28/24  
Refer
5/28/24  
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08403

Introduced
12/13/23  
Refer
12/13/23  
Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time and meet certain criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates.
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New York Assembly Bill A08406

Introduced
12/13/23  
Refer
12/13/23  
Directs the regional economic development council for each economic development region to establish an immigrant integration advisory board.
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New York Assembly Bill A08436

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
Creates a joint committee to provide oversight on unemployment insurance; authorizes the department of labor to conduct a study on potentially changing how unemployment insurance benefits are paid out.
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New York Assembly Bill A08465

Introduced
12/29/23  
Refer
12/29/23  
Increases the amount of family leave time that may be taken in a year.
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New York Assembly Bill A08605

Introduced
1/12/24  
Decriminalizes certain prostitution offenses; amends provisions relating to prosecution of such offenses and vacating judgments.
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New York Assembly Bill A08833

Introduced
1/18/24  
Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act to require hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires hospitals to provide expectant mothers with written information regarding certain patient rights; requires information related to pregnancy, if known, to be included on death certificates.