New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04500

Introduced
2/6/25  
Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04599

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Grants Nassau county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twenty-five years.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04652

Introduced
2/10/25  
Adjusts the school tax relief (STAR) exemption for homes located outside a city with a population greater than one million for the 2025--2026 school years and thereafter (Part A); relates to a real property tax freeze to reimburse qualifying homeowners for increases in local property taxes on their primary residences (Part B); provides for supplemental state assistance to be paid to cities, counties, towns and villages that are compliant with the property tax levy limits (Part C).
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04663

Introduced
2/11/25  
Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse and likelihood of serious harm to the principal when considering committing such principal to the custody of the sheriff.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04670

Introduced
2/11/25  
Relates to establishing Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam as school holidays.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04676

Introduced
2/11/25  
Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04677

Introduced
2/11/25  
Permits award of crime victim assistance funds to victims of overdoses, where such overdoses cause death and were the result of deception, surreptitious delivery, or third-party administration of a controlled substance.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04680

Introduced
2/11/25  
Requires school boards to make the final decision on whether to keep, remove, or restrict access to an instructional material in a school library; establishes a review process for formal complaints concerning instructional materials that are the subject of complaints.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04681

Introduced
2/11/25  
Relates to the interest assessment surcharge.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04683

Introduced
2/11/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for certain private institutions of higher education by the passage of a private bill by the legislature and approval by the governor.