New York State Senator

Thomas O'Mara 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 33)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07016

Introduced
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Permits animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights; does not apply to such vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more.
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New York Senate Bill S07071

Introduced
5/17/23  
Refer
5/17/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Refer
6/4/24  
Engrossed
6/7/24  
Enrolled
11/15/24  
Chaptered
11/22/24  
Authorizes the county of Steuben to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to Erica M. McCoy, a deputy sheriff employed by such county.
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New York Senate Bill S07542

Introduced
6/5/23  
Refer
6/5/23  
Engrossed
6/9/23  
Refer
6/10/23  
Engrossed
6/10/23  
Enrolled
11/29/23  
Chaptered
12/8/23  
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus for the purposes of operating and maintaining a water treatment plant.
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New York Senate Bill S07757

Introduced
11/15/23  
Refer
11/15/23  
Designates certain portions of the state highway system between Cayuga lake and Seneca lake as the "Between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes Wine Trail".

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07040

Introduced
5/17/23  
Refer
5/17/23  
Expands the criteria for a hate crime to include trespass committed at a house of worship.
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New York Senate Bill S07093

Introduced
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Engrossed
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
4/3/24  
Expands state aid eligibility for library construction for public libraries that are located in economically disadvantaged communities.
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New York Senate Bill S07390

Introduced
5/22/23  
Refer
5/22/23  
Prohibits the use of SUNY dormitories for the purposes of providing permanent or temporary housing for migrant populations; requests the board of trustees adopt a policy stating such.
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New York Senate Bill S07470

Introduced
5/30/23  
Refer
5/30/23  
Establishes the intent of the legislature to generally defer to parental choices regarding the care, custody and control of their children; mandates that the death of a parent shall be a factor when considering a grandparent's standing to receive visitation or custody; directs that costs be payable by an unsuccessful petitioner where a contest was brought in bad faith.
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New York Senate Bill S07534

Introduced
6/4/23  
Increases the number of judges in the second, ninth and eleventh districts; provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties; provides for additional city and civil court judges in New York city.
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New York Senate Bill S07675

Introduced
9/29/23  
Refer
9/29/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless endangerment; includes aggravated reckless endangerment as a qualified offense the court must consider and take into account for securing an order.
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New York Senate Bill S07706

Introduced
10/16/23  
Refer
10/16/23  
Deems home instruction which is compliant with the provisions of article 65 of the education law and the home instruction requirements prescribed in the commissioner of education's regulations to be substantially equivalent in amount and quality to the instruction given to students of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the student resides.
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New York Senate Bill S07773

Introduced
11/29/23  
Refer
11/29/23  
Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.
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New York Senate Bill S07873

Introduced
1/3/24  
Moves certain elections to odd-numbered years.
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New York Senate Bill S07876

Introduced
1/3/24  
Requires a New York state driver's license or non-driver ID, a United States passport, an identification card issued by a United States educational institution, a United States military identification card, a government issued medical card, or any identification card issued by the United States or the state of New York to be presented when casting a ballot.
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New York Senate Bill S07969

Introduced
1/4/24  
Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires reasonable efforts to modify aspects of treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm, initiating procedures for hospitalization, notifying the intended victim or victims, or notifying law enforcement officials when a person directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the threat; does not require a mental health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practitioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.