New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01986

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Extends the time period from eighteen years to twenty-five years that a school shall be guaranteed recovery of energy performance contract costs from energy savings incurred by school districts over that time period.
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New York Senate Bill S01991

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Engrossed
2/24/25  
Relates to including information concerning repayment of outstanding loans in the standard financial aid award letter.
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New York Senate Bill S01992

Introduced
1/14/25  
Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.
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New York Senate Bill S01994

Introduced
1/14/25  
Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance.
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New York Senate Bill S02001

Introduced
1/14/25  
Provides that a caregiver shall be eligible for assistance for child care under the child care block grant regardless of the hours the parent actually works.
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New York Senate Bill S02040

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.
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New York Senate Bill S02048

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines or routes and rights of way.
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New York Senate Bill S02053

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.
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New York Senate Bill S02056

Introduced
1/15/25  
Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.
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New York Senate Bill S02057

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
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New York Senate Bill S02058

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
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New York Senate Bill S02075

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
3/27/25  
Defines noncompliant state agency; provides for timelines and procedures for state agency contracts involving not-for-profit corporations.
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New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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New York Senate Bill S02085

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
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New York Senate Bill S02086

Introduced
1/15/25  
Increases the statewide energy storage capacity to six gigawatts by the year 2030.