1,146 bills · signed into law. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.
Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score
The bill allows domestic partners to be eligible for crime victims' compensation and counseling benefits, expanding current law.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill prohibits commercial leases from including clauses that waive a tenant's right to bring a declaratory judgment action.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill changes the composition of the Belmont racetrack facility's local advisory board to specify detailed local representation.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill authorizes Lockport to increase its hotel occupancy tax by 1% to fund the Discover Niagara Shuttle.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill increases the hotel or motel occupancy tax rate in Schenectady County from 4% to 5%.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill increases Niagara County's hotel occupancy tax from 4% to 5%, dedicating the extra revenue to the Discover Niagara shuttle.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill allows New York municipalities to expedite foreclosure by reducing the tax lien redemption period to one year for residential vacant and abandoned properties placed on a local registry.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows every school district in New York State to require five-year-olds to attend kindergarten, with certain exceptions.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires boards of elections to count ballots if voters substantially comply with requirements or are identifiable in the statewide registration list, even with certain errors.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill, "Jillian's Law," allows either spouse to change their middle name upon marriage or divorce in New York.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill expands eligibility for limited credit time allowances to inmates earning associate's, bachelor's, or master's degrees.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill removes the rule that filing a whistleblower lawsuit waives an employee's rights to pursue other legal remedies.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for cosmetology professionals and makes such courses available online.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill creates a tax credit for New York film and TV production companies that hire women and minority writers and directors.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill lets local governments require mortgage holders to either quickly foreclose or release mortgages on abandoned properties.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill expands access to full HIV post-exposure prophylaxis and related services for sexual assault victims, improving reimbursement and payment assistance procedures.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill prohibits telemarketers from making unsolicited sales calls to people in areas under a declared state or disaster emergency in New York.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill updates fire inspection procedures and reporting requirements for New York public and private schools, expanding who may conduct inspections and strengthening compliance measures.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill updates qualifications and training requirements for fire chiefs in New York departments with six or more paid firefighters.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
The bill clarifies which licensed professionals appraisal management companies may hire for appraisals, property inspections, evaluations, and broker price opinions.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires an annual public report on New York appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and projected energy and utility bill savings.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill strengthens oversight and transparency of residential health care facilities by expanding reporting requirements, financial disclosures, corrective action monitoring, and public access to…
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill directs NYSERDA to study, report on, and recommend improvements to New York's electric vehicle inventory and infrastructure.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill allows county jails to detain individuals awaiting arraignment during off-hours court sessions established by the courts.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill raises the monetary limit for small claims cases in New York City civil court from $5,000 to $10,000.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill updates and simplifies the written notice given to domestic violence victims in criminal and family court, expanding required languages and clarifying victims' rights and available services.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires child day care providers in New York to receive training on adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and resiliency.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires New York to develop and share best-practice recommendations for treating, preventing, and managing Asian longhorned ticks on livestock and farm properties.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires hospitals to adopt and follow standardized protocols for managing obstetric hemorrhage, including reporting and use of state guidance.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill establishes a marine mammal and sea turtle protection area around Plum Island, Great Gull Island, and Little Gull Island, and creates an advisory committee for its management.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill establishes a statewide postconsumer paint collection program in New York, requiring paint producers to manage collection, recycling, and reporting of leftover architectural paint.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill updates New York State laws to replace outdated references to "mental retardation" with "office for people with developmental disabilities."
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill prohibits the sale of children's jewelry with certain levels of lead unless labeled with a warning and establishes penalties for violations.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires state agencies to study and report on barriers to re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals, including recommendations for reform.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill directs the MTA to rename two Brooklyn subway stations to include "Medgar Evers College" in their names.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill requires that informed consent must still be obtained for medical procedures or exams done for educational or training purposes.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill expands Medicaid coverage for lactation counseling by defining qualified providers and removing certain referral requirements.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows taxpayers to voluntarily contribute to a new fund supporting home-delivered meals for seniors via tax forms.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill expands mental hygiene legal services to include certain residents of residential healthcare facilities with serious mental illness.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires that reports on inmate deaths by the correction medical review board be shared more broadly and only minimally redacted to protect confidential medical and behavioral health…
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill grants immunity from civil liability for sharing information about banking or insurance violations with the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill increases the amount of beer restaurant-brewers in New York can sell at retail and removes the supplemental license requirement.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows campground owners in New York to remove disruptive guests with law enforcement assistance and sets procedures for guest removal and property storage.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill directs the New York Office of Information Technology Services to study and report on 5G and future wireless technology implementation.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill requires the New York City Housing Authority to publicly report service disruptions and meet with stakeholders to review website updates.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill designates certain wildlife species, including giraffes, as "vulnerable," prohibiting the sale of products made from them except by permit.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows special districts in New York to grant property tax exemptions for residential improvements that increase accessibility for physically disabled owners.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill establishes a commission to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Africans' arrival in America and recognize African-American contributions.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires hospitals, birth centers, and pediatricians to provide parents with information on window blind safety to prevent child strangulation.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill sets maximum mercury content limits for mercury-added lamps in New York and outlines related enforcement and exemptions.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
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