New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01762

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/13/25

Places limits on the maximum amount of hours a home care aide may be required to work without voluntarily consenting to such an assignment.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01786

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/13/25

Engrossed

3/11/25

Refer

3/11/25

Engrossed

6/4/25

Requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature; requires the superintendent of financial services to review the status of health insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related diseases and to submit a report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature.

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New York Senate Bill S01839

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Amends provisions about sex offenses and consent involving members of the clergy or other ministers of any religion or duly accredited Christian science practitioners.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01847

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

1/21/25

Engrossed

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01848

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Engrossed

3/11/25

Refer

3/11/25

Engrossed

5/20/25

Requires utilities to notify property owners prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that may interfere with a property owner's ability to use, or access such owner's property; requires notice to include, but not limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, any road closures or detours that may occur due to such work, any action that may directly and materially impact the use of such property, and the contact information for the utility performing such work; provides notice may include electronic communications, signage, and written materials; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01850

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/25/25

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01851

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

1/27/25

Establishes a New York Main Street development center in the division of housing and community renewal.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01857

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

4/29/25

Establishes a three-year pilot hospital medical debt relief program to provide hospital medical debt relief to eligible residents of the state utilizing a not-for-profit organization to identify, acquire and cancel medical debt of such eligible residents directly from health care providers in the state.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01858

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01893

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01910

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements for the receipt of amounts over one hundred dollars, including the full name, full residential address including any suite, floor, or apartment, occupation, employer and employer's full business address in the case of an individual, and the full name and address of any partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization or group of persons.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01984

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Engrossed

3/24/25

Refer

3/24/25

Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01832

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Requires the department of transportation to develop an updated New York state bicycle and pedestrian plan adapted from the department's nineteen hundred ninety-seven New York state bicycle and pedestrian plan, to be re-evaluated and updated every five years.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01833

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/11/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Refer

6/10/25

Enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01869

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Imposes a highway use fee on outdoor advertising; establishes a New York state urban reforestation fund from fees imposed on outdoor advertising; makes provisions supporting urban forestry.

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