New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05553

Introduced
2/14/25  
Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced degrees in nursing; provides such incentives shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to registered professional nurses and certified nurse practitioners who are in a masters or doctoral program and agree to teach nursing for one year for each year such incentive is awarded.
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New York Assembly Bill A05635

Introduced
2/18/25  
Relates to requiring telephones capable of making local and long-distance telephone calls be in every nursing home patient's room, either at such patient's bedside or in the patient's room depending on the patient's mobility.
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New York Assembly Bill A05830

Introduced
2/20/25  
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for procedures relating to the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and related conditions, including pain, discomfort and infertility resulting therefrom.
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New York Assembly Bill A05831

Introduced
2/20/25  
Relates to providing for taxpayer gifts for uterine fibroids education; establishes the uterine fibroids education fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A05889

Introduced
2/24/25  
Relates to enacting the worker healthcare protection act, for New Yorkers who lose health care coverage from an employer or a joint labor management trust as a result of an active strike, lockout, or other labor dispute.
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New York Assembly Bill A05913

Introduced
2/24/25  
Clarifies the meaning of actively seeking work for purposes of unemployment benefits when the claimant is a member of a labor organization; defines "union hiring hall".

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A05736

Introduced
2/20/25  
Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.
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New York Assembly Bill A05832

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring.
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New York Assembly Bill A05860

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A05884

Introduced
2/24/25  
Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities to include individuals who do not meet the non-medical qualifications for SSDI and SSI but, by reason of the individual's disability, the individual is not able to engage in substantial gainful activity as that term is defined by the federal social security administration.
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New York Assembly Bill A05907

Introduced
2/24/25  
Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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New York Assembly Bill A05979

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.
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New York Assembly Bill A06000

Introduced
2/25/25  
Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit to qualifying employees.
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New York Assembly Bill A06004

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.
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New York Assembly Bill A06015

Introduced
2/25/25  
Relates to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calculations, and to the establishment of a distributed generation energy development program that provides a single forum for state-level appeals for proposed distributed generation energy facilities.