Asm. Steve Stern

Maddy summaryThis bill requires health departments to send monthly records of deceased voters to local election boards. Specifically, it mandates that health departments provide each election board with lists containing the name, address, birth date, and county of residence for every person of voting age whose death certificate was issued. These records must be sent in a mutually agreed format and organized by county. The law directly affects election boards and health departments by adding a new administrative step to update voter rolls. It does not change voting rules or eligibility but aims to improve the accuracy of voter registration lists by removing deceased individuals.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows companies or entities performing cleanup of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination to seek cost-sharing from other parties legally responsible for the pollution. It creates a new legal right under New York's General Obligations Law, specifically exempting PFAS cleanup providers from certain restrictions that previously limited their ability to pursue contribution claims. The law applies immediately to all PFAS-related cleanup efforts and directly affects cleanup contractors and the responsible parties (like manufacturers or polluters) who caused the contamination. This is a substantive policy change that clarifies cost allocation for PFAS remediation.

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.

Relates to defining veteran; includes national guard members who have served for at least twenty years, part of which was during any war or period of hostilities.

Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Establishes a tax credit for food service establishment donations to food pantries, in the amount of fifty percent of the marketed value of each of the taxpayer's qualified donations up to six dollars per qualified donation, beginning with the 2027 tax year.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates September 22 as "Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day" in New York State. It adds this date to an existing list of official commemorative days in the executive law, such as Holocaust Remembrance Day and Juneteenth. The bill creates no new programs or funding but formally recognizes this day for awareness and remembrance purposes. It directly affects the state's official calendar of observances, not specific individuals or groups. The designation takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires medical assistance programs to cover implantable infusion pumps for chronic non-cancer pain management as a standard benefit. It adds these pumps - devices that deliver pain medication directly to the spinal cord - to the list of mandatory covered treatments under social services law. The change would directly affect medical assistance recipients with qualifying chronic pain conditions who currently lack guaranteed access to this treatment option. The law would take effect on July 1, 2025, if passed.

Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.