2019-2020 session: change session
Legal bills
Bills that change the Penal Law, the Criminal Procedure Law, civil practice, the courts and legislative ethics. This topic covers the Codes, Judiciary, Ethics and Rules committees. Rules is where many bills land late in session before a floor vote.
Highest impact
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
- A8126Assembly
Create Rail Gateway Commission
This bill creates the Gateway Development Commission, a bi-state agency to oversee, fund, and manage major rail infrastructure projects between New York and New Jersey.
Impact 10 · Transformational·Signed into law
Impact10/10TransformationalOutcomeSigned into law - S2574Senate
Create Police Misconduct Unit
This bill creates an Office of Special Investigation within the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute police- and peace officer-involved deaths.
Impact 9 · Transformational·Signed into law
Impact9/10TransformationalOutcomeSigned into law - A1601Assembly
Create Police Misconduct Investigators
This bill creates an Office of Special Investigation within the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute certain deaths involving police or peace officers.
Impact 9 · Transformational·0% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage0% - A3276Assembly
Create Maternal Mortality Boards
This bill establishes a state maternal mortality review board and an advisory council to investigate and prevent maternal deaths and complications in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A5841Assembly
Make Loft Law Permanent
This bill expands eligibility and protections for residential loft tenants in New York City and extends related deadlines and enforcement provisions.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A7463Assembly
End Debt-Based License Suspensions
This bill ends license suspensions for failure to pay or appear for most traffic violations, requires installment payment plans, and mandates notification reforms.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A8421Assembly
Expand Worker Harassment Protections
This bill expands and strengthens protections against workplace discrimination and harassment in New York, including broader coverage, higher penalties, and stricter employer obligations.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A8977Assembly
Regulate Hemp and CBD
This bill establishes a regulatory framework for the growth, processing, sale, and labeling of hemp and cannabinoid hemp products in New York State.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S456Senate
Ensure Fair Employee Pay
This bill amends civil service law to require a fair, non-biased pay structure for public employees, prohibiting compensation discrimination based on protected class status and providing legal…
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6184Senate
Regulate Hemp and Extracts
This bill establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for the cultivation, processing, extraction, and sale of industrial hemp and hemp extract products in New York State.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
- A8126Assembly
Create Rail Gateway Commission
This bill creates the Gateway Development Commission, a bi-state agency to oversee, fund, and manage major rail infrastructure projects between New York and New Jersey.
Impact 10 · Transformational·Signed into law
Impact10/10TransformationalOutcomeSigned into law - S2574Senate
Create Police Misconduct Unit
This bill creates an Office of Special Investigation within the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute police- and peace officer-involved deaths.
Impact 9 · Transformational·Signed into law
Impact9/10TransformationalOutcomeSigned into law - A3276Assembly
Create Maternal Mortality Boards
This bill establishes a state maternal mortality review board and an advisory council to investigate and prevent maternal deaths and complications in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A5841Assembly
Make Loft Law Permanent
This bill expands eligibility and protections for residential loft tenants in New York City and extends related deadlines and enforcement provisions.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A7463Assembly
End Debt-Based License Suspensions
This bill ends license suspensions for failure to pay or appear for most traffic violations, requires installment payment plans, and mandates notification reforms.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A8421Assembly
Expand Worker Harassment Protections
This bill expands and strengthens protections against workplace discrimination and harassment in New York, including broader coverage, higher penalties, and stricter employer obligations.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A8977Assembly
Regulate Hemp and CBD
This bill establishes a regulatory framework for the growth, processing, sale, and labeling of hemp and cannabinoid hemp products in New York State.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S456Senate
Ensure Fair Employee Pay
This bill amends civil service law to require a fair, non-biased pay structure for public employees, prohibiting compensation discrimination based on protected class status and providing legal…
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law
Recently signed or vetoed
- A7463Assembly
End Debt-Based License Suspensions
This bill ends license suspensions for failure to pay or appear for most traffic violations, requires installment payment plans, and mandates notification reforms.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S9114Senate
Pause Evictions and Foreclosures
This bill temporarily halts most COVID-19-related residential evictions, foreclosures, and tax lien sales in New York until May 1, 2021.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S4717Senate
Let Port Jervis Tax Hotels
This bill allows Port Jervis to impose a local occupancy tax of up to 3% on hotel and motel stays for up to three years.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A4398Assembly
Supermarkets Must Donate Extra Food
This bill requires supermarkets to make excess edible food available to nonprofits that feed the needy, aiming to reduce food waste and hunger.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A8091Assembly
Expand Mixed-Use Tax Breaks
This bill revises New York's residential-commercial urban property tax exemption program, adding stricter eligibility, use, and reporting requirements for mixed-use developments.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact5/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - S8064Senate
Allow Wallkill Hotel Tax
This bill authorizes the Town of Wallkill to impose a hotel or motel occupancy tax of up to 5% for up to three years.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S8437Senate
Lower Insurance for Taxi Fleets
This bill requires insurers to offer group fleet insurance policies for for-hire vehicles seating eight or more passengers, with premium reductions for multiple vehicles.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - S8828Senate
Track Construction Deaths Statewide
This bill requires New York to create and maintain a public registry tracking all construction industry workplace fatalities with detailed reporting requirements.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law