New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 32)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03425

Introduced
1/27/25  
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
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New York Senate Bill S03437

Introduced
1/27/25  
Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.
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New York Senate Bill S03456

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund.
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New York Senate Bill S03458

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.
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New York Senate Bill S03470

Introduced
1/27/25  
Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.
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New York Senate Bill S03476

Introduced
1/27/25  
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 Senate Bill S03480

Introduced
1/27/25  
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions.
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New York Senate Bill S03486

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.
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New York Senate Bill S03547

Introduced
1/28/25  
Establishes school based health centers to be organized through school, community, and health provider relationships and provide services in keeping with state and local laws and regulations, as well as established medical standards, and best practices.
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New York Senate Bill S03575

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Establishes a uterine fibroids awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and the elevated risk for minority women.
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New York Senate Bill S03590

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.
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New York Senate Bill S03599

Introduced
1/28/25  
Requires the commissioner of health to establish regional minimum hourly base reimbursement rates for home care aides.
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New York Senate Bill S03601

Introduced
1/28/25  
Allows certified dietitians and nutritionists to order therapeutic diets.
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New York Senate Bill S03606

Introduced
1/28/25  
Relates to tax on sales of motor fuel and petroleum products and makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to manufacturing gallonage for purposes of the imposition of certain taxes; repeals provisions relating to reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to a utility credit or reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to an aviation fuel business which services four or more cities; repeals provisions relating to services rendered with respect to certain property; repeals provisions relating to fuel sold to an airline for use in its airplanes.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03492

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.