New York State Senator

Roxanne Persaud 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 15)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00158

Introduced
1/8/25  
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
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New York Senate Bill S00187

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Senate Bill S00315

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.
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New York Senate Bill S00317

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/5/25  
Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.
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New York Senate Bill S00318

Introduced
1/8/25  
Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00178

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a school air conditioning system grant program to provide schools with funding to install air conditioning systems in certain areas; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S00179

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to authorizing the payment of costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child two years of age or younger for children receiving safety net assistance.
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New York Senate Bill S00180

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Increases the amount certain individuals are eligible for when receiving enhanced residential care.
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New York Senate Bill S00181

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority.
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New York Senate Bill S00182

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Increases the federal poverty level requirement for recipients where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry.
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New York Senate Bill S00184

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a full year youth and young adult employment immersion program under the office of temporary and disability assistance for persons aged sixteen to twenty-four who have an income below two hundred sixty-five percent of the federal poverty line.
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New York Senate Bill S00244

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto.
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New York Senate Bill S00245

Introduced
1/8/25  
Authorizes expedited settlement conference processes for establishing child support orders where both parties voluntarily agree on the process.
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New York Senate Bill S00246

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to resource exemptions for applicants for public assistance programs; amends the Welfare Reform Act in relation to the effectiveness thereof.
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New York Senate Bill S00247

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.