Rep. Michaelle Solages

Maddy summaryThis bill extends the expiration date for specific rules governing installment loans and related financial obligations from September 30, 2026, to September 30, 2029. The legislation directly impacts lenders, borrowers, and local governments by keeping existing regulations in place for an additional three years. Its primary mechanism is a simple amendment to current state law that updates the effective period without changing the underlying requirements for these loans. Once the new deadline passes, the extended provisions will automatically end unless further action is taken.

Maddy summaryThis bill extends the expiration date for statutory installment bonds from September 30, 2026, to September 30, 2029. It directly affects local governments and financial institutions that issue these bonds, which allow borrowers to repay debts in regular installments. The amendment updates the existing law by changing the end date in the relevant section of the local finance law. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage and remains in force until the new expiration date.

Extends provisions of law relating to providing local governments greater contract flexibility and cost savings by permitting certain shared purchasing among political subdivisions from June 30, 2026 until June 30, 2027.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes base pilotage tariff rates for vessels entering or leaving Sandy Hook, Sands Point, and Execution Rocks for the years 2028 through 2032. It directly affects commercial shipping companies and maritime operators who must pay these fees for pilotage services at these locations. The legislation provides a detailed rate table that adjusts fees based on the number of pilotage units, with higher rates applied to larger vessels and increasing costs over the six-year period. These changes will take effect immediately upon passage, updating the pricing structure that maritime operators have used in previous years.

Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology, and surveillance pricing in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties.

Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.

Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety.

Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution.

Directs NYSERDA to issue a request for proposals to identify cities, towns, or villages that are interested in participating in municipal-level energy efficiency and weatherization pilot projects to help decrease residential energy usage and reduce future capital costs for utilities; directs NYSERDA to identify three pilot areas focusing on the ability to replicate projects elsewhere and the costs and benefits to ratepayers both in the affected area and in the rest of the utility service territory.

Maddy summaryThis bill changes the supervision rules for athletic trainers by allowing physicians to oversee up to six trainers instead of the current limit of four. The law requires a written agreement between the doctor and the trainer to outline their duties, which must be reviewed annually. This increase in the supervision cap applies to most settings but does not affect athletic trainers working in secondary schools or colleges under a medical director. The changes take effect immediately upon becoming law.