New York State Representative

William Colton Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00676

Introduced
1/8/25  
Imposes an additional tax on income attributable to long-term capital gain.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00680

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00688

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Engrossed
5/12/25  
Empowers the office of fire prevention and control to, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00694

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires courts, prior to accepting a plea, to provide notice to the defendant that such plea and the acceptance thereof could result in deportation, removal from the United States, exclusion from the United States or denial of citizenship, if the defendant is not a citizen of the United States.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00738

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00741

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks; provides cameras shall be capable of monitoring human and equine traffic in and out of individual stalls, barns and surrounding areas; provides video footage shall be available for review for no less than three years from the date of surveillance.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00756

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00779

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00791

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "sick leave for pets care act"; allows employees to receive paid sick leave for the medical diagnosis or treatment of such employees' sick pets.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00796

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Prohibits the declawing and descenting of ferrets except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose and performed by a licensed veterinarian.