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Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 97)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00999

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Adds fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability.
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New York Assembly Bill A00697

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.
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New York Assembly Bill A00559

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.
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New York Assembly Bill A00733

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Repeals provisions relating to persons knowing themselves to be infected with venereal disease.
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New York Assembly Bill A01253

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Requires employers to annually report to the division of human rights the number of settlements with employees and other individuals performing services in the workplace regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex, including verbal and physical sexual harassment; requires the division of human rights to provide an annual report to the governor and the legislature; makes conforming technical changes.
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New York Assembly Bill A01006

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
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New York Assembly Bill A01049

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00536

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Relates to summaries of readable and understandable insurance policies which shall include the limits of insurance, the term of the policy, the amount of premium and the amount of deductibles and a statement.
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New York Assembly Bill K01283

Introduced
5/5/26  
Refer
5/5/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026, as Hepatitis C Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K01297

Introduced
5/6/26  
Refer
5/6/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 8, 2026, as STEAM Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K01294

Introduced
5/6/26  
Refer
5/6/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 3-9, 2026, as Compost Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01296

Introduced
5/6/26  
Refer
5/6/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 2026, as Polish American Heritage Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01292

Introduced
5/6/26  
Refer
5/6/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 8, 2026, as Provider Appreciation Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08603

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Enacts the "forensic rehabilitation act" relating to the custody of individuals following a verdict or plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.
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New York Assembly Bill A08600

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health services provided to individuals under the age of twenty-one; directs that funds in the healthcare stability fund can be used for the funding of children's behavioral health outpatient rate increases.