New York State Senator

Thomas O'Mara 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01924

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Authorizes a county, city, town or village to override a governor's declaration of a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01940

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

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 Senate Bill S01943

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Expands the criteria for a hate crime to include trespass committed at a house of worship.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01982

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Refer

6/10/25

Relates to the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and undersheriffs; directs the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations relating to qualification for municipal police forces for persons who were previously sworn members of the state police and to provide certificates to such persons who meet such qualifications.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02133

Introduced

1/15/25

Refer

1/15/25

Provides that the tax on premium cigars shall be at the rate of seventy-five percent of the wholesale price or fifty cents, whichever is less, and is intended to be imposed only once upon the sale of any premium cigars; defines "premium cigar"; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02275

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Engrossed

3/24/25

Refer

3/24/25

Enacts the online revenues and expenditures transparency act to provide for the development of a single, searchable budget database website accessible to the public, at no cost.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02282

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

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.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02518

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02538

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02653

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Requires the state pay taxes on the assessed value of properties of closed state prisons until such prison is reopened, used by another state agency, or is conveyed to a non-governmental entity.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02656

Introduced

1/22/25

Refer

1/22/25

Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03194

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Refer

6/10/25

Relates to defining "period of war" for the alternative veterans' exemption; includes more recent hostilities in the definition of "period of war".

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03245

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Relates to payments in lieu of taxes.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01927

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Establishes the commission on reopening the Indian Point energy center; relates to definitions of certain terms relating to renewable energy; repeals provisions relating to electric generating facilities; directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study on nuclear small modular reactors.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01928

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Designates uniformed marine patrol officers appointed by the sheriff of Seneca county as peace officers in the county of Seneca.

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