New York State Representative
Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 29)
Legislative Session
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03937
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Requires the commissioner of education to establish and enforce rules and regulations to incorporate at least a three credit course devoted to the instructional techniques necessary for effective literacy instruction which shall include delivering structured, systematic, explicit, evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading for prospective teachers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03808
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Requires the preparation of reports on assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03903
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Includes certain out of home services such as transition from a hospital, nursing facility or other institutional setting to the home within home care insurance coverage.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03809
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Relates to the appointment of election inspectors and poll clerks; provides that each board of elections submit a report detailing assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks; provides that each board of elections be required to fill vacancies by appointing individuals that appear on the additional inspector list.
Co-Sponsor of Legislation
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03835
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Creates an educational pamphlet regarding the importance of prostate-specific antigen testing.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03935
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03981
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03775
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03842
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Establishes the insure our communities act to implement climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers; identifies and protects such communities; relates to affordability of insurance rates; assesses covered insurance companies' record of performance at meeting insurance needs; requires covered insurance companies to file statistical reports, including information on insurance coverage in specific assessment areas and disadvantaged communities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03925
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03760
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
1/7/26
Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03780
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03858
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Report Pass
5/20/25
Refer
5/20/25
Report Pass
5/21/25
Increases the fines imposed on a corporation for an offense defined within the penal law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03876
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Refer
1/7/26
Increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York Assembly Bill A03127
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Refer
1/7/26
Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.