New York State Representative

Rebecca Seawright 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 41)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05478

Introduced
2/14/25  
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
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New York Assembly Bill A05480

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.
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New York Assembly Bill A05503

Introduced
2/14/25  
Provides a permit for a memorial lands facility.
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New York Assembly Bill A05528

Introduced
2/14/25  
Requires the board of elections to establish an electronic system allowing absentee voters to monitor the status of their ballot and to correct an unaccepted ballot.
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New York Assembly Bill A05537

Introduced
2/14/25  
Relates to licensing consumer debt collectors; sets minimum standards and regulations; establishes penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A05589

Introduced
2/18/25  
Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board; requires the commissioner of labor to convene a human services employee wage board comprised of twelve members; requires the wage board to hold hearings and report and make recommendations to the governor and legislature no later than December 31, 2025.
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New York Assembly Bill A05600

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Relates to certain voidable transfers affecting a federal home loan bank including injunctions and the conduct of delinquency proceedings against insurers domiciled in this state.
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New York Assembly Bill A05610

Introduced
2/18/25  
Allocates the Amistad commission to work alongside the department of education and on behalf of students in the state; repeals certain provisions relating to the Amistad commission; requires schools in the state to provide curriculum relating to Black history, slavery, and race.
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New York Assembly Bill A05629

Introduced
2/18/25  
Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.
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New York Assembly Bill A05671

Introduced
2/19/25  
Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.
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New York Assembly Bill A05736

Introduced
2/20/25  
Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.
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New York Assembly Bill A05739

Introduced
2/20/25  
Establishes the "secure our data act"; relates to cybersecurity protection by state entities; requires the office of information technology services to develop standards for data protection of state entity-maintained information.
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New York Assembly Bill A05790

Introduced
2/20/25  
Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.
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New York Assembly Bill A05811

Introduced
2/20/25  
Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05774

Introduced
2/20/25  
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.