New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03632

Introduced
1/29/25  
Establishes a billionaire mark-to-market tax taxing residents with one billion dollars or more in net assets.
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New York Assembly Bill A03647

Introduced
1/29/25  
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 A03654

Introduced
1/29/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York Assembly Bill A03655

Introduced
1/29/25  
Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization and electrification-ready projects.
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New York Assembly Bill A03671

Introduced
1/29/25  
Relates to the removal of certain policemen.
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New York Assembly Bill A03675

Introduced
1/29/25  
Relates to tax on sales of motor fuel and petroleum products and makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to manufacturing gallonage for purposes of the imposition of certain taxes; repeals provisions relating to reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to a utility credit or reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to an aviation fuel business which services four or more cities; repeals provisions relating to services rendered with respect to certain property; repeals provisions relating to fuel sold to an airline for use in its airplanes.
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New York Assembly Bill A03715

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Relates to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein.
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New York Assembly Bill A03730

Introduced
1/30/25  
Provides that cities having a population in excess of one million shall not supersede state provisions relating to the state law prohibition on individuals standing or parking a vehicle within twenty feet of a cross walk at an intersection.
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New York Assembly Bill A03781

Introduced
1/30/25  
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.
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New York Assembly Bill A03876

Introduced
1/30/25  
Increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system.
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New York Assembly Bill A03934

Introduced
1/30/25  
Directs DOCCS, in collaboration with OTDA, OMH and OASAS, to establish a 5-year reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities to provide supports and services to prepare for release, assist with reintegration into the community, and reduce recidivism.
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New York Assembly Bill A03935

Introduced
1/30/25  
Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.
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New York Assembly Bill A03938

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03842

Introduced
1/30/25  
Establishes the insure our communities act to implement climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers; identifies and protects such communities; relates to affordability of insurance rates; assesses covered insurance companies' record of performance at meeting insurance needs; requires covered insurance companies to file statistical reports, including information on insurance coverage in specific assessment areas and disadvantaged communities.
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New York Assembly Bill A03926

Introduced
1/30/25  
Enacts the medical civil rights act, in relation to the provision of emergency medical services to persons in contact with or in the custody or under the control of a police officer.