New York State Senator

Samra Brouk 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 10)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00176

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides a civil action for deprivation of rights which is caused by any person or public entity.
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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 S00228

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.
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New York Senate Bill S00316

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
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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).
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New York Senate Bill S00342

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.
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New York Senate Bill S00360

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Expands the health department's review of correctional health services by including a biennial study of health care staffing at facilities operated by the department of corrections and community supervision.
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New York Senate Bill S00362

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
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New York Senate Bill S00363

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act"; requires clear and conspicuous pricing practices regarding trash junk fees.
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New York Senate Bill S00367

Introduced
1/8/25  
Adjusts the calculation of the empire state child credit to provide for a one thousand dollar credit per qualifying child who is less than four years of age and a five hundred dollar credit per qualifying child who is four years of age or older for certain qualifying taxpayers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00375

Introduced
1/8/25  
Allows a taxpayer or the spouse of a taxpayer to deduct costs related to the taxpayer's organ donation; includes child care costs within such allowable costs.
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New York Senate Bill S00376

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such.
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New York Senate Bill S00377

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes an annual cost of living adjustment for human services programs indexed to inflation.