New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 28)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07422

Introduced
3/25/25  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea.
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New York Assembly Bill A07496

Introduced
3/28/25  
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.
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New York Assembly Bill A07610

Introduced
4/1/25  
Enacts the "utility penalty adjustment"; adjusts utility penalties to account for inflation; increases such penalties and ties them to inflation after January 1, 2027.
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New York Assembly Bill A07686

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A07738

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A07777

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
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New York Assembly Bill A07786

Introduced
4/10/25  
Provides for restructuring unsustainable sovereign and subnational debt; provides a voluntary petition for relief may be filed with the state.
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New York Assembly Bill A07801

Introduced
4/11/25  
Sets reimbursement rates for essential safety net hospitals at no less than regional average commercial rates for health care services provided by all hospitals in the same geographic region.
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New York Assembly Bill A07873

Introduced
4/11/25  
Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A07929

Introduced
4/15/25  
Refer
4/15/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.
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New York Assembly Bill A08064

Introduced
4/22/25  
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
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New York Assembly Bill A08157

Introduced
5/2/25  
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.
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New York Assembly Bill A08167

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Authorizes up to two percent of mobile sports tax revenue, but not more than twenty million dollars, be used for youth team sports funding to be distributed by county youth bureaus, city of New York's department of youth and community development, and an organization which supports and invests in programs that use sports as a vehicle for youth development and social change.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07953

Introduced
4/16/25  
Provides for coverage of screenings for elevated lead levels exempting them from annual deductibles or coinsurance.
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New York Assembly Bill A08049

Introduced
4/22/25  
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.