New York State Representative
Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 155)
Legislative Session
Co-Sponsor of Legislation
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09190
Introduced
11/3/25
Refer
11/3/25
Refer
1/7/26
Prohibits the use of most artificial intelligence in classrooms prior to high school except for AI used for diagnostic purposes or explicit instruction interventions for students with disabilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09205
Introduced
11/3/25
Refer
11/3/25
Refer
1/7/26
Establishes a specialized health home program to serve certain individuals with physical disabilities who are Medicaid eligible adults eighteen years of age or older with a diagnosis of a neurological, muscular, or neuromuscular condition, and a mobility impairment; provides that a specialized health home shall be reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis and shall receive enhanced rates of payment; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09201
Introduced
11/3/25
Refer
11/3/25
Refer
1/7/26
Prohibits sellers of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles from selling to persons less than sixteen years of age; requires valid proof of age at the point of purchase; establishes licensing requirements for bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles that can exceed twenty-eight miles per hour.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09230
Introduced
11/3/25
Refer
11/3/25
Refer
1/7/26
Requires school districts to collect and annually report to the department of education certain information regarding manifestation determination reviews (MDRs) conducted during the prior school year; requires certain disaggregated information to be publicly reported regarding MDRs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09087
Introduced
9/12/25
Refer
9/12/25
Refer
1/7/26
Enacts the "community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act"; authorizes municipalities to establish standards for distributed generation energy facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09413
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Guarantees localities the ability to use state funds to provide public benefits to non-citizens, including prevention services, adoption subsidy, kinship guardianship assistance, after-care services for youth and families involved with child welfare, child care assistance, and all other public services and benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09194
Introduced
11/3/25
Refer
11/3/25
Refer
1/7/26
Report Pass
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Directs the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing, implementing and expanding additional housing models that support independent living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; requires the office to submit a report on such study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09417
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Prohibits the admissibility of evidence of a victim's sexual conduct, sexual predisposition, or manner of dress in civil actions or proceedings; provides limited exceptions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09351
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
4/21/26
Engrossed
4/27/26
Refer
4/27/26
Relates to the issuance of license plates for persons rated one hundred percent disabled by the United States department of veterans affairs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09033
Introduced
9/5/25
Refer
9/5/25
Refer
1/7/26
Provides for a moratorium on evictions during extreme weather conditions, and the 72-hour period following such conditions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09047
Introduced
9/5/25
Refer
9/5/25
Refer
1/7/26
Report Pass
1/12/26
Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of foam flotation docks, buoys and floating structures in the state where such foam flotation is not fully encapsulated to prevent degradation into the environment.
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09298
Introduced
12/10/25
Refer
12/10/25
Refer
1/7/26
Enacts the "next-gen civics act" to provide education to students in grades nine through twelve on civic education; provides that such instruction shall include, but not be limited to, a hands-on, project-based curriculum where students shall apply what they learn through activities that include, but are not limited to, mock elections, community projects, and policy simulations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09379
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Report Pass
3/10/26
Refer
3/10/26
Establishes a master of social work paid field practicum pilot program to provide a stipend to students who are enrolled in a master of social work program for the first 450 hours of field practicum completed towards such masters' degree; requires the office of mental health to complete a report making recommendations on how to expand the pilot program to increase the number of social workers in the state, improve representation in the field of social work, mitigate student debt and improve labor conditions for social workers upon graduation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09048
Introduced
9/5/25
Refer
9/5/25
Refer
1/7/26
Relates to the assessment of extraordinary needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers; defines count of homeless children and children or youth in foster care.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A09131
Introduced
9/26/25
Refer
9/26/25
Refer
1/7/26
Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program; grants awards for the purpose of enhancing opportunities for higher education for children and young adults receiving foster care services in New York.