Asm. Marianne Buttenschon

Maddy summaryThis bill raises the minimum daily fee for temporary court interpreters from $25 to $110. It requires town and village courts to cover any compensation exceeding $110 per day for these interpreters. The bill also mandates that courts appoint certified interpreters for deaf or hard of hearing individuals in legal proceedings, with temporary appointments allowed only if certified interpreters aren't immediately available. These changes apply to all courts handling legal cases involving deaf or hard of hearing people.

Establishes the "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators of covered platforms to require parental approval of certain activity related to a covered minor's covered platform account.

Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.

Relates to the general powers and duties of the canal corporation; requires the canal corporation to cause the locks and lift bridges of the canal system to be operated May first through November fifteenth annually; requires the canal corporation to maintain and preserve the Erie Canal's historic resources; permits certain usage of the canal system's state drydocks, travel lifts, and other facilities for commercial boat companies.

Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a declared state of emergency or disaster emergency where the declaration or proclamation of emergency includes a finding that unsolicited telemarketing sales calls would impair actions taken to limit, control, or mitigate the emergency; explains the basis of such finding; provides that such prohibition may not extend for a period of more than two weeks, subject to renewal for additional two-week periods by further findings of necessity made at the end of each two-week period.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's stalking law to explicitly include unauthorized Bluetooth tracking as a form of "following" in the crime of stalking in the fourth degree. It directly affects individuals who use Bluetooth technology to secretly track another person's location without permission. The key change adds Bluetooth (along with GPS) to the legal definition of "following," making such unauthorized tracking a punishable offense under existing stalking statutes. Stalking in the fourth degree remains a class B misdemeanor under this updated law.

Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

Maddy summaryThis bill regulates the sale of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (common methamphetamine precursors) by pharmacies and retailers. It sets daily purchase limits (3.6 grams) and 30-day limits (9 grams), requires ID checks and detailed purchase logging at checkout, and mandates real-time electronic tracking to block sales exceeding limits. Retailers must display these products behind counters, and the system includes an override for emergencies while logging all exceptions. Violations incur fines (up to $1,000 per violation), and the law preempts local regulations while exempting prescription purchases and specially certified products.

Relates to increasing possible periods of reincarceration for absconding and the consideration via judicial discretion of reincarceration and possible periods of reincarceration for certain technical violations.

Exempts an employer that is required by contract to provide services to another entity by means of having one or more of its employees work at the facilities of the other entity for the entire daily work period and that must pay an additional employee to provide substitute services in the absence of the original contracted-for employee from the requirement to provide paid sick leave.