Asm. Harry Bronson

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a sales tax exemption for specific school supplies purchased during a defined back-to-school period from late August to early September. The exemption applies to items such as computers under $3,000, art materials, and common classroom essentials like backpacks, notebooks, and pens. It directly benefits students, parents, and schools by reducing the cost of these necessary items when bought within the specified timeframe. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates New York State laws to ensure that anyone ordering an HIV test must first inform the person being tested that the test is voluntary and that they have the right to refuse it. Healthcare providers must provide clear, accessible information about HIV transmission, available treatments, confidentiality protections, and prevention options like PrEP and PEP before conducting the test. The legislation also mandates that positive test results be accompanied by counseling and referrals for medical care, while negative results include information on preventing future infection. These requirements apply to most testing situations but include specific exceptions for medical research, deceased individuals, and certain occupational exposure scenarios.

Clarifies that the New York state health insurance program remains subject to certain provisions of the financial services law and coverage for usual and customary costs for out-of-network health care service.

Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2024; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes new rules for contracts involving the creation and use of digital replicas, which are defined as digital simulations of a person's voice or likeness that are indistinguishable from the real thing. It declares certain contract provisions void if they allow a company to use a digital replica to replace an individual's actual performance without a specific description of how the replica will be used. Additionally, the law protects individuals who were not represented by legal counsel or a labor union when signing these agreements, requiring clear and conspicuous terms in such cases. These requirements apply only to contracts entered into or modified on or after January 1, 2025, and do not affect other parts of existing agreements.

Extends eligibility for the farm employer overtime tax credit to certain professional employer organizations that are in a contractual relationship with an eligible farm employer.

Establishes the warehouse worker injury reduction program; requires employers to establish an injury reduction program designed to identify and minimize the risks of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders among workers involved in performing manual materials handling tasks.

Provides that receipts from other services and other business receipts, taxpayers, and combined groups including members, engaged in providing professional employer organization services shall include with such receipts amounts received with respect to wages, benefits, and other employee expenses disbursed to or for the benefit of a client's worksite employees and the related employment taxes if the amounts received are included in the calculation of the business income base or the combined business income base, respectively.

Relates to enacting the "safe landings for youth leaving foster care act" or "safe landings act", which provides protections for youth transitioning out of foster care who bring certain legal proceedings.

Establishes the climate change adaptation cost recovery program to require companies that have contributed significantly to the buildup of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to bear a share of the costs of needed infrastructure investments to adapt to climate change; mandates that projects funded by the program require compliance with prevailing wage requirements; requires that contracts for funded projects contain a provision that the structural iron and structural steel used or supplied in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territories or possessions; makes additional provisions; establishes the climate change adaptation fund.