New York State Representative

Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 162)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05891

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities with a population of one million or more.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06596

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
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New York Assembly Bill A06549

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Establishes the "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators of covered platforms to require parental approval of certain activity related to a covered minor's covered platform account.
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New York Assembly Bill A05478

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07422

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A07408

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Provides additional documentation a tenant may provide to demonstrate that such tenant or a member of such tenant's household has been a victim of domestic violence for purposes of permitting the termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence.
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New York Assembly Bill A07467

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01253

Introduced
5/1/26  
Refer
5/1/26  
Memorializing Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026, as Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01178

Introduced
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 12-18, 2026, as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01181

Introduced
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as Oral Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01202

Introduced
4/24/26  
Refer
4/24/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as Second Chance Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K01269

Introduced
5/4/26  
Refer
5/4/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026, as Global Employee Health and Fitness Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K01140

Introduced
4/20/26  
Commemorating the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York on April 13, 2026
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01217

Introduced
4/27/26  
Refer
4/27/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026 as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01216

Introduced
4/27/26  
Refer
4/27/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York