1,674 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
This bill allows the attorney general and consumers to sue for damages and attorney's fees for violations involving unordered goods.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires municipalities to reimburse the state if they recover costs from polluters after receiving state funds for water contamination projects, and prevents courts from reducing polluter…
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill establishes a "blue alert system" in New York to rapidly notify the public about suspects who kill or seriously injure law enforcement officers.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill increases penalties for operating a vessel while intoxicated with a child 15 or younger onboard and mandates reporting to child protective services.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill allows New York City to grant rent increase exemptions and tax abatements for certain regulated housing units, with retroactive eligibility to May 31, 2022.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill extends SCRIE, DRIE, SCHE, and DHE property tax exemptions to Battery Park City residents and extends the Battery Park City Authority's lease with New York City until 2119.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows officers to return licensed, non-dangerous dogs directly to their owners without following standard seizure procedures.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill prohibits insurers from limiting or reducing homeowners' insurance coverage based solely on the breed of dog owned.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows owners of affordable housing with regulatory agreements and rental assistance to charge rents above legal regulated amounts, but sets rules for returning to regulated rents when…
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill allows New York City to give tax abatements to properties with regulated affordable housing that were formerly under Article II housing.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill creates uniform standards and licensing requirements for animal shelters in New York, including improved care, facility, and transport regulations.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill prohibits the sale of cosmetics tested on animals in New York, with specific exemptions and penalties for violations.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill requires veterinarians to provide animal owners with specific information about drugs dispensed to their animals.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill allows tenants outside New York City and certain counties to seek court-ordered rent deposits to fix dangerous housing conditions.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill prohibits retail pet shops in New York from selling, leasing, or transferring ownership of dogs, cats, or rabbits.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill prohibits insurance companies from penalizing individuals or certain nonprofits for claims resulting from hate crimes.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows all New York local governments to grant property tax exemptions to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill replaces the terms "alien" and "illegal alien" with "noncitizen" and "undocumented noncitizen" in New York state laws.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill prohibits the Public Service Commission from interfering with collective bargaining agreements regarding pole attachment work by utility and telecom companies.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires commuter rail employers to provide light duty work for pregnant employees, preserving their pay and benefits.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill establishes the New York State firefighter bill of rights, requiring independent hearing officers for firefighter disciplinary hearings and expanding collective bargaining rights over…
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill regulates immigration bail businesses in New York, capping fees, banning unauthorized providers, and imposing transparency and consumer protection requirements.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill prohibits health plan contracts from including most-favored-nation clauses or restricting disclosure of certain pricing and quality information.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows residents of assisted living programs in New York to receive hospice services while remaining in their facilities.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill expands and strengthens workplace rights for nursing employees to express breast milk, including requirements for private spaces, refrigeration, and clear employer policies.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill extends salary protection to provisional and temporary government employees, not just permanent ones, when positions are reclassified.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill prohibits political parties in New York from using certain names like "Independence" or "Independent" and requires non-compliant parties to change their names or emblems by January 1, 2023.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires all electric space heaters sold in New York to have a thermostat, automatic shut-off, and OSHA-approved certification.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows residential customers to obtain emergency propane deliveries from alternate suppliers during emergencies and requires a propane consumer bill of rights.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires residential health care facilities to promptly notify families of infections and to establish infectious disease cohort areas.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires telemarketers to offer consumers the option to join the do-not-call list at the start of calls.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill allows affidavit ballots cast at the wrong polling place but within the correct county and assembly district to be counted for eligible offices.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill adds Putnam County to the list of counties requiring alternate power sources at gas stations, contingent on available funding and program services.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires state contractors and vendors to make their websites comply with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires funds from renewable energy projects on viable agricultural lands to be used for farmland protection programs in New York.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill exempts hot tubs and spas with compliant safety covers from certain pool safety regulations in New York State.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill ensures Medicaid covers non-invasive prenatal testing regardless of patient age unless professional guidelines say otherwise.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows India Pentecostal Assembly, Inc. to apply for a retroactive property tax exemption for certain past tax years in Nassau County.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill allows India Pentecostal Assembly, Inc. to apply retroactively for a real property tax exemption for specified tax years.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires health insurers to cover county-authorized rabies postexposure treatment and sets reimbursement rates for providers, clarifying financial responsibilities.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill allows municipalities to increase ambulance service award program credit from 40 to 50 years with voter approval.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires written in-person or electronic notifications, when possible, for individuals registering in New York's Donate Life organ donor registry.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill prohibits property liens on primary residences and wage garnishments for medical debt judgments from hospitals or health care professionals.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill expands the definition of aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree to include acts involving victims under 13 by offenders 18 or older, and adds insertion of a finger as an offense.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill, known as "Elizabeth's Law," requires annual distribution of cytomegalovirus informational materials to child care providers, physicians, and midwives.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
This bill requires the commissioner to provide monthly public reports on community investments and their impact on psychiatric inpatient census.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
This bill establishes the New York State Council on Food Policy to promote local food, farms, healthy eating, and job creation.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
This bill requires election district maps to be posted online and made available as downloadable Shapefiles by boards of elections.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
This bill lowers the membership threshold for health clubs required to have an AED from 500 to 50, with improved accessibility.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
This bill requires the New York State Public Employment Relations Board to implement electronic filing, publicly accessible decision indexes, and multilingual informational materials for employees…
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
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