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 S01979

Introduced
1/14/25  
Requires detailed fiscal impact notes on certain legislation stating the estimated annual cost to the political subdivision affected and the source of such estimate; provides that bills will be invalidated if the funding source is not provided or the fiscal impact results in an annual net additional cost in excess of $10,000.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01989

Introduced
1/14/25  
Classifies emergency medical services as essential services for the purposes of state aid.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02122

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $650 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02261

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02273

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02282

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is appropriate and necessary conditions that should be imposed as part of such release; repeals provisions of law relating to qualifying offenses and allows a court to set bail or remand a principal where based on the risk assessment instrument, where the principal poses a safety risk or risk of flight; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02367

Introduced
1/16/25  
Makes permanent provisions relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02372

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02241

Introduced
1/16/25  
Prohibits the governor from preventing or inhibiting state agency cooperation with the federal government for the purposes of immigration enforcement; prohibits state agencies from preventing or inhibiting collaboration with federal agencies for the purposes of federal immigration enforcement.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02461

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.