Asm. Keith Brown

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a $500 tax credit for state residents and businesses that purchase and install qualifying water filtration or purification systems in their homes or business locations within the state. The credit applies per residence or business and requires systems to remove impurities using physical barriers, chemical processes, or biological methods installed by a professional. Taxpayers can claim one credit per eligible location for new installations. The credit becomes available for tax years beginning January 1, 2025, and applies to systems installed after that date.

Establishes the nutrient inactivant application permit to allow for the use of products used for controlling phosphorus levels in lakes or ponds to prevent and inhibit harmful algal blooms.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York State election law to require all appointed election commissioners to be U.S. citizens. It directly affects individuals seeking or holding election commissioner positions by adding citizenship as a mandatory qualification. The key provision updates Section 3-200 of the election law to explicitly prohibit non-citizens from serving in this role, alongside existing requirements like being a registered voter and not holding other public offices. The change applies immediately upon enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires schools to accept a standardized medical immunization exemption form signed by a licensed healthcare provider. It directly affects students who cannot receive certain vaccines due to health reasons and the schools they attend. The form must include parent/guardian details, child information, the specific medical reason, and the provider's license details, covering diseases like measles, polio, and influenza. The bill eliminates additional state requirements for these exemptions, ensuring the form alone satisfies school admission policies under existing law.

Directs the commissioner of education to develop and maintain a publicly accessible statewide attendance and absenteeism dashboard to be posted publicly on the state education department's website.

Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal.

Creates the crime of stalking a police officer or peace officer when a person intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific police officer, peace officer or a person who they know or reasonably should know is a member of such officer's immediate family, and knows or reasonably should know that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable fear of material harm to the physical health, safety or property of such officer or member of such officer's immediate family; makes stalking a police officer or peace officer a class E felony; requires the posting of bail; makes related provisions.

Requires practitioners to provide counselling to patients about the potential addictive properties of opioids prior to prescribing such medications; requires pharmacists to provide counselling to patients about the potential addictive properties of opioids at the time a prescription for opioids is filled.

Regulates the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of therapy or psychotherapy services by prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence to assist in providing supplementary support where the session is recorded or transcribed unless the patient is informed of the specific purpose of such use and consents of such use; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions; excludes religious counseling, peer-support, and self-help materials and educational resources from such provisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires registered sex offenders in New York to report changes to their employment address to the Division of Criminal Justice Services within 10 days, in addition to existing registration requirements. It mandates that law enforcement agencies notify specific vulnerable organizations (like schools, libraries, daycares, and nursing homes) about moderate-risk offenders (Level 2), including their workplace address and other relevant details. Offenders must pay a $10 fee each time they register a change to their address or employment status. The law applies directly to sex offenders required to register under New York's correction law, with the goal of improving public safety information sharing.