New York State Senator

Samra Brouk 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 11)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00378

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Directs the education department and OCFS to prepare posters and pamphlets with information regarding higher education funding opportunities for foster youth.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00379

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

6/5/25

Refer

6/5/25

Establishes a high school robotics grant program; provides funding to high schools for participation in robotics competitions; sets forth eligibility requirements; provides for the application and awards process.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00380

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Exempts the costs associated with expenditures resulting from the purchase of BOCES services and programs from the real property tax levy limit.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00381

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/12/25

Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers written materials regarding mental health services and resources available to employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidance for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees; provides that such guidance be in written and digital resources and in English or translated to an additional primary language or languages as applicable.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00382

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Adds fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00383

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals to assist and enhance the field of direct care support.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00406

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Permits an exception from registration for nonresident pharmacies in cases of a specific patient need or a declared public health emergency under certain conditions.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00394

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

4/8/25

Establishes application processing and review requirements for reprieves, commutations and pardons by the governor; requires the governor to provide: a written notification that the application has been received; a receipt number that the applicant can then use to check on the applicant's application status; guidelines for supplementing the application with additional or updated information; and a notification when a decision is made on the application; requires quarterly reports to the legislature regarding reprieves, commutations and pardons.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00395

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00397

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00399

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00401

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of middle and lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00404

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00413

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

3/24/25

Refer

3/24/25

Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00415

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.

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