New York Bills

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 1018: Relates to education transportation contracts

S 1018 requires school districts in cities with at least one million residents (like New York City) to include specific worker protections in all contracts for transporting K-12 students. The bill mandates that these contracts must preserve wages, health benefits, retirement plans, seniority, and hiring preferences for school bus workers who were employed as of June 30, 2023, and became unemployed due to contract loss or service reductions. It applies directly to contractors and subcontractors providing school bus services, ensuring continuity of employment terms for affected workers. The law does not change existing bidding requirements for contracts but adds these labor protections as a condition for contract approval. This bill affects school districts, transportation contractors, and approximately 100,000 school bus workers in large urban areas.

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · New York · Assembly Jun 5, 2026

A 8814: Relates to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings

Requires school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists; requires the department of health to provide such opioid antagonists to such entities upon request.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 104: Relates to requiring the chair of the state liquor authority to make certain quarterly reports

Requires the chair of the state liquor authority to make quarterly reports to the governor and the legislature of the authority's enforcement activities for the preceding quarter.

died · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 1186: Relates to providing notice to school districts and nonpublic schools located in N.Y. City of certain construction projects

Relates to providing notice to school districts and nonpublic schools located in New York city of certain construction projects; requires the New York city department of transportation to provide written notice to such school districts and nonpublic schools of certain construction projects undertaken within three hundred feet of a building of such school districts or nonpublic schools.

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 4469: Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections due to a religious commitment

Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections due to a religious commitment or following such applicant's religious teaching or tenet that forbids secular activity on that day.

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 8491: Relates to denials of increased utility rates and charges

Provides that whenever the public service commission denies a request by a utility for a major change in rates or charges, the schedule, rate, charge, form of contract or agreement, rule, regulation, general privilege, facility, or service immediately in effect prior to such request shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the commission approves a new rate, charge.

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 5208: Relates to notice and inspection requirements for battery energy storage systems in a city with a population with one million or more

Requires community boards to provide public notice of any planned siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and to provide for annual inspections of such battery energy storage systems; defines "battery energy storage systems"; requires operators of such battery energy storage systems to submit to the requirements of community boards regarding notice and inspection requirements.

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 5763: Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

Robert Jackson (D) · 18 co-sponsors

died · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 1510: Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents

Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents.

passed both · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 7204: Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members

Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., within the town of Central Square, Oswego county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members.

in committee · New York · Assembly Jun 5, 2026

A 4007: Authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2024 assessment roll and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes.

Topics ✗ Budget & Taxes

in committee · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 6375: Removes the requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services must occur after such services are administered

Removes the requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services must occur after such services are administered; requires the superintendent of financial services and the commissioner of health to develop a uniform form for consent for payment; provides that any non-conforming form shall be prohibited and unenforceable.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

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