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passed · New York · Senate Jun 3, 2026

S 247: Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists

This bill establishes a licensing system for two specific professions: orientation and mobility specialists (who help visually impaired people navigate safely) and vision rehabilitation therapists (who provide training for daily living skills). It defines these roles, sets education and training requirements for licenses, and creates a state board with representation from both professionals and the visually impaired community. Only licensed individuals may use these titles or provide these services, and the law explicitly states these specialists cannot prescribe optical devices. The bill directly affects visually impaired residents (including those legally blind or partially sighted) who seek these services and the professionals working in this field.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes licensing for vision rehabilitation therapists and orientation specialists, directly advancing healthcare professional standards and patient access to specialized vision care services.92% confidence
Roxanne Persaud (D) · 6 co-sponsors
passed · New York · Assembly Jun 3, 2026

A 3556: Relates to requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to issue a residential request list and placement report

This bill requires New York's Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to submit updated waitlist and placement reports twice yearly (every six months) to the Senate and Assembly leadership. The reports must include detailed data on individuals awaiting residential placement (broken down by age, medical needs, and placement type), actual placements made, costs, funding sources, and projections for future needs over five years. It specifically mandates information on individuals in inadequate living situations, failed placements, and plans to address gaps in service. The goal is to provide legislators with transparent, data-driven insights into the state's developmental disability service system.
Angelo Santabarbara (D) · 6 co-sponsors
passed both · New York · Assembly Jun 3, 2026

A 1541: Establishes the cesarean births review board

Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements.
Amy Paulin (D) · 18 co-sponsors
passed · New York · Senate Jun 3, 2026

S 7951: Establishes the native/pollinator planting fund, the pollinator highway program and creates a distinctive license plate relating thereto

Establishes the native/pollinator planting fund and the pollinator highway program; creates a distinctive native plant and pollinator license plate with the goal of promoting the cultivation and maintenance of native flowering plants, grasses and shrubs on land bordering state highways and on other public lands.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill creates fund and program to promote native plants/pollinators on public lands, directly advancing habitat conservation and biodiversity protection as environmental goals.95% confidence
Shelley Mayer (D)
passed both · New York · Assembly Jun 3, 2026

A 8091: Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who complies with certain standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder

Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires 'valued workforce' as a procurement criterion, advancing labor standards in contract awards85% confidence
Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) · 34 co-sponsors
passed · New York · Senate Jun 3, 2026

S 6319: Relates to motions to vacate judgment; repealer

Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeAuthorizes vacating convictions for decriminalized offenses, correcting past injustices and reducing unnecessary convictions.90% confidence
Zellnor Myrie (D) · 15 co-sponsors
passed · New York · Senate Jun 3, 2026

S 8541: Requires medical assistance to include medical care, services or supplies to monitor blood pressure that have been validated for accuracy and are furnished without prior authorization to eligible pregnant women

Requires medical assistance to include medical care, services or supplies to monitor blood pressure that have been validated for accuracy and are furnished without prior authorization to eligible pregnant women.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates inclusion of validated blood pressure monitoring for pregnant women in medical assistance without prior authorization, expanding coverage and improving access to prenatal care.95% confidence
Lea Webb (D)
passed both · New York · Assembly Jun 3, 2026

A 8840: Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a visitor to such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating, wearing a menstrual product or has a contraceptive device

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProtects visitor rights in correctional facilities by prohibiting discrimination based on menstruation or contraceptive use, aligning with civil rights protections in criminal justice reform.85% confidence
Larinda Hooks (D) · 10 co-sponsors
passed · New York · Senate Jun 3, 2026

S 6845: Requires third-party food delivery services to verify limited-use motorcycles and motor vehicles operated by workers in the course of making deliveries for such third-party delivery service are legally registered

Requires third-party food delivery services to verify that limited-use motorcycles and motor vehicles operated by workers in the course of making deliveries for such third-party delivery service are legally registered; requires that a third-party food delivery service shall not sell, share, or allow access to such information.
Liz Krueger (D)
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