NY
New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads

R

New York State Senator

Steven Rhoads 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 31)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05457

Introduced
2/21/25  
Alters the definition of "drug" in the vehicle and traffic law to include any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities; defines impairment and intoxication; provides that refusal to submit to a breath test and/or oral/bodily fluid test shall be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05513

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05539

Introduced
2/24/25  
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05568

Introduced
2/25/25  
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05577

Introduced
2/25/25  
Limits the provision of charitable bail to misdemeanor defendants who are first time offenders.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05638

Introduced
2/26/25  
Relates to requiring CPR and AED training by youth league coaches; requires youth league coaches to be trained in adult and child CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator; provides current coaches have one year from the effective date of the law to receive such training; provides that a person who is unable to complete a training due to a physical disability may coach as long as a person who has completed a training is present at all times.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05654

Introduced
2/26/25  
Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals by making such offense a felony, including torture, beating, or killing of any animal; makes animal cruelty, including overdriving or depriving an animal of sustenance a felony when committed while released on recognizance for violating an order of protection; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05666

Introduced
2/26/25  
Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05667

Introduced
2/26/25  
Eliminates bail for all offenses; provides for imposition of restrictions and conditions and remand for certain offenses; directs consideration of a defendant's character, reputation, habits, mental condition, activities and history, and whether they pose a danger to themselves, another person or the community, when determining a securing order; creates the commission on public safety reform to issue a determination on which offenses should be eligible for pretrial detention.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05755

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger designed to educate about the effects and risks associated with cannabis use, including that it is illegal for persons under the age of twenty-one.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05784

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state Holocaust memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust and to educate the public about the history of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism, racism, and all manifestations of intolerance.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05819

Introduced
3/3/25  
Extends the time period for tenancy rights from 30 days to 90 days of possession; requires the adjudication of certain recovery proceedings to occur within 30 days of the filing of the petition.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05835

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05837

Introduced
3/3/25  
Increases the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05848

Introduced
3/3/25  
Requires the state fire administrator to make available a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program to provide training to individuals responsible for providing emergency response and recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles; defines emergency medical services agency.