New York State Senator

Stephen Chan Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07154

Introduced
4/2/25  
Designates September 11th Remembrance day as a public holiday.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07155

Introduced
4/2/25  
Directs the issuance of special number and distinctive license plates for military service members and members of veterans organizations without payment of service charges or renewal fees.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07698

Introduced
4/30/25  
Requires defense and indemnification of public officers and employees in certain cities; repeals provisions relating to the right of security against unreasonable search and seizure.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07710

Introduced
5/1/25  
Prohibits the construction or maintenance of energy storage systems capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population of one million or more.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07795

Introduced
5/6/25  
Requires petitions that go to trial be resolved in six months or less upon issue being joined.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07904

Introduced
5/13/25  
Enacts the "safe haven baby box act" to provide a defense to endangering the welfare of a child; defines "safe haven baby box" to mean a secure, climate-controlled device installed at a facility staffed twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, including but not limited to hospitals, police stations, fire stations, and emergency medical service facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08166

Introduced
5/16/25  
Establishes a legislative commission on article V conventions of the states to represent the state of New York at article V conventions; provides penalties for commissioners who exceed their scope of authority and individuals who interfere with the duties of a commissioner.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07202

Introduced
4/3/25  
Establishes the crimes of unlawful dissemination or publication of intimate images in the first, second, and third degree; defines terms and clarifies application of provisions relating to such crimes; extends the statute of limitations for such crimes; repeals provisions relating thereto.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07642

Introduced
4/24/25  
Excludes the five state-run veterans homes from assessments on their gross receipts received from all patient care services and other operating income; directs the Commissioner of Health to apply to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for any necessary waivers pursuant to federal law and regulation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08096

Introduced
5/15/25  
Prevents public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their dependents by such public employer.