New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 47)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07385

Introduced
4/11/25  
Grants peace officer status to certain employees of the department of public safety of the Syracuse city school district.
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New York Senate Bill S07386

Introduced
4/14/25  
Provides grants for schoolyards and playgrounds to become living schoolyards which provide outdoor learning spaces for students.
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New York Senate Bill S07394

Introduced
4/14/25  
Requires certain information to be included on labeling of native plant seeds for sale or distribution in New York state; requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to promulgate certain requirements for labeling of native plant seeds; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S07410

Introduced
4/15/25  
Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on retrofitting certain schools located within 500 feet of a major highway.
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New York Senate Bill S07423

Introduced
4/16/25  
Requires the commissioner of economic development, in cooperation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets and the state liquor authority to establish procedures for proposing to the governor nominations for annual awards to be known as "New York state liquor retailers awards", "New York state beer retailers awards", "New York state cider retailer awards", and "New York state mead retailers awards"; requires the commissioner of economic development to promote state policies that will encourage the production and sale of New York labelled beers, ciders, liquors, and mead.
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New York Senate Bill S07424

Introduced
4/16/25  
Provides that state-funded SUNY programs shall be reimbursed at no less than 26% of the direct costs; allows state agencies to fund SUNY programs where such state agencies determine that such program would produce administrative efficiencies or cost savings.
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New York Senate Bill S07456

Introduced
4/16/25  
Authorizes two or more contiguous municipalities to create a broadband union district for the creation, administration, and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and services within such district; provides for governance, funding, powers, limitations, and related provisions for broadband union districts.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07393

Introduced
4/14/25  
Permits the designation of low volume roads and minimum maintenance roads by town boards; enacts provisions relating to the maintenance, improvement and repair of such roads; removes the limitation that such provisions only apply to a designated town.
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New York Senate Bill S07406

Introduced
4/15/25  
Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services.
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New York Senate Bill S07432

Introduced
4/16/25  
Imposes restrictions on the usage of pesticides and outdoor sprinkler systems on certain homeowners associations.
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New York Senate Bill S07437

Introduced
4/16/25  
Prohibits agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee; allows for a cause of action against employers who engage in such agreements.
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New York Senate Bill S07451

Introduced
4/16/25  
Refer
4/16/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.
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New York Senate Bill S07460

Introduced
4/17/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.
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New York Senate Bill S07462

Introduced
4/17/25  
Provides additional requirements for approval of charter school applications; applies additional prohibitions to charter schools; requires certain financial disclosures by charter schools; requires charter schools to comply with provisions relating to construction, repair or demolition of school facilities; relates to admission of students.
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New York Senate Bill S07474

Introduced
4/17/25  
Establishes a cause of action for medical monitoring for a person with or without a present injury or disease; establishes a statute of limitation for such cause of action.