New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 26)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06455

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
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New York Assembly Bill A06460

Introduced
3/5/25  
Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students studying to be a health care professional.
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New York Assembly Bill A06489

Introduced
3/5/25  
Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.
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New York Assembly Bill A06540

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on synthetic content produced or modified by a synthetic content creations system that such provider makes available.
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New York Assembly Bill A06541

Introduced
3/5/25  
Prohibits payment card networks from assessing penalties against small businesses or financial intermediaries who fail to comply with the credit card surcharge notice requirement; declares any clause of a contract, agreement, or arrangement in violation of such provision void.
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New York Assembly Bill A06543

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A06578

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency act requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence models or services to post on the developer's website information regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence model or service, including a high-level summary of the datasets used in the development of such system or service.
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New York Assembly Bill A06592

Introduced
3/6/25  
Provides for license requirements for natural hair styling that are distinct and separate from other practices of cosmetology.
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New York Assembly Bill A06599

Introduced
3/6/25  
Establishes an independent office of chief medical examiner in the department of corrections and community supervision.
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New York Assembly Bill A06662

Introduced
3/7/25  
Enacts the pro-banking act to mandate acceptance of the New York city identity card as a primary form of identification at all covered entities, including all banking organizations, foreign banking corporations, and interstate branches.
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New York Assembly Bill A06683

Introduced
3/7/25  
Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning which includes any procedure which causes obvious signs of physical pain, including but not limited to hitting, pinching and electric shock; prohibits the use of any procedure or punishment which denies a vulnerable person reasonable sleep, shelter, bedding, bathroom facilities and any other aspect expected of a humane existence; defines terms.
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New York Assembly Bill A06708

Introduced
3/10/25  
Relates to use of public funds for prevailing wage requirements applicable to construction projects performed under private contract.
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New York Assembly Bill A06709

Introduced
3/10/25  
Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis; establishes the endocannabinoid system awareness program; requires the office of cannabis awareness and the department of health to publish information about the endocannabinoid system awareness program on their websites.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06560

Introduced
3/6/25  
Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government; prohibits participation in the 1033 federal excess property program; provides exceptions.
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New York Assembly Bill A06606

Introduced
3/6/25  
Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools; requires schools to establish liaison officers for such students and to disseminate information relating to resources available to such students.