New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01922

Introduced
1/14/25  
Relates to adding veterans to protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01933

Introduced
1/14/25  
Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, such defendant intentionally causes the death of such person.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01934

Introduced
1/14/25  
Relates to the creation of the "No Hate NY" license plate and the "No Hate NY fund" to support hate crime awareness and prevention programs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01940

Introduced
1/14/25  
Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01943

Introduced
1/14/25  
Expands the criteria for a hate crime to include trespass committed at a house of worship.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01947

Introduced
1/14/25  
Eliminates the registration fees charged for the issuance of volunteer firefighter distinctive license plates.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01951

Introduced
1/14/25  
Provides an exemption for the purposes of allowing the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where such are installed and used in a building or part of a building that is owned or occupied by a person who holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs and whose health and safety will be jeopardized due to the prohibition of the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems because of such genuine and sincere religious beliefs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01954

Introduced
1/14/25  
Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true threats"; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01971

Introduced
1/14/25  
Relates to yellow signals at traffic intersections; requires traffic-control signals shall be examined and certified as accurate every two years.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01978

Introduced
1/14/25  
Prohibits the use of state funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or any other procedure that results in the intentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage of gestation.