New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01090

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes an interstate compact agreement to phase out corporate giveaways which prohibits member states from offering or providing any company-specific tax incentive or company-specific grant to any entity for a corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility, office space or other real estate development located in any other member state as an inducement for the corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility, office space or other real estate development to relocate to the offering member state.
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New York Assembly Bill A01100

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.
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New York Assembly Bill A01118

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Increases monetary penalties for public health law violations; provides support for the nursing home quality improvement demonstration program.
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New York Assembly Bill A01125

Introduced
1/9/25  
Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.
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New York Assembly Bill A01162

Introduced
1/9/25  
Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities.
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New York Assembly Bill A01172

Introduced
1/9/25  
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
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New York Assembly Bill A01198

Introduced
1/9/25  
Removes certain restrictions on eligibility for personal and home care services under medicaid.
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New York Assembly Bill A01200

Introduced
1/9/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
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New York Assembly Bill A01213

Introduced
1/9/25  
Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.
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New York Assembly Bill A01234

Introduced
1/9/25  
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
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New York Assembly Bill A01240

Introduced
1/9/25  
Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A01245

Introduced
1/9/25  
Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars.
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New York Assembly Bill A01248

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01119

Introduced
1/9/25  
Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities; requires certain applicants for adult care facilities to provide an opportunity for public comment on the application.
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New York Assembly Bill A01261

Introduced
1/9/25  
Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.