New York State Representative

Sarahana Shrestha Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01641

Introduced
1/10/25  
Removes statute of limitations for certain civil actions related to child sexual assault offenses.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01647

Introduced
1/10/25  
Relates to dispensing certain controlled substances for use by a person with a substance use disorder during certain emergency medical treatment, or to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01656

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01691

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01704

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01710

Introduced
1/14/25  
Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01727

Introduced
1/14/25  
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01749

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01755

Introduced
1/14/25  
Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01754

Introduced
1/14/25  
Enacts "local control for speed limits"; authorizes cities, villages, and towns to adjust the speed limit to lower than fifty-five miles per hour, but not less than twenty-five miles per hour, for portions of state highways that are particularly dangerous.