Asm. William Colton

Maddy summaryThis bill requires police officers to include each party's insurance information in official traffic accident reports. It directly affects drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians involved in accidents reported to law enforcement. The key change amends existing reporting rules to mandate that insurance policy details be documented alongside other accident data like vehicle types and injury information. This does not alter insurance laws but ensures this information is systematically collected in police records for all reported accidents.

Relates to unlawful strikes by public employees; provides for the settlement of certain disputes relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain transit and transportation authorities.

Relates to creating the health emergency response data system, which collects information and statistical data relating to public health emergencies in order to assist the department of health, other government entities, health care providers, and the public in understanding and responding to public health emergencies.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a tax credit of up to $250 per pet for individual taxpayers who adopt dogs, cats, or other companion animals from qualifying animal shelters. The credit covers the actual adoption cost or $250, whichever is lower, and applies to tax years beginning January 1, 2027. To claim it, taxpayers must provide an adoption agreement from a shelter meeting specific criteria (e.g., dedicated facilities, not residential locations). The credit is available for each pet adopted in a tax year, with eligibility requiring proof of adoption from a qualifying shelter.

Enacts CJ's Law--oil and gas drilling workplace safety act; requires the enactment of rules and regulations for enhanced workplace safety and employee training for all oil and gas drilling operations in the state; provides that new permit holders should utilize union laborers or laborers with specific training; provides that employers shall report workplace accidents and the commissioner of the department of labor must publish a quarterly report on workplace accidents.

Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.

Requires that internet providers who provide service in a municipality provide basic internet service to each residential dwelling or residential dwelling unit in that municipality at no cost.

Provides for certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; establishes duties to investigate; relates to examinations of the child in a suspected case of child abuse.

Enacts the interstate medical licensure compact; provides a streamlined pathway for medical professionals who are licensed in multiple states to obtain medical licensure in New York.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates strict liability for manufacturers and dealers of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices (such as magazines holding more than 5 rounds for rifles/shotguns or 15 for pistols) if those devices are used in an illegal firearm discharge causing injury or death. Victims or their families can seek compensation without proving fault or defect, but the law excludes cases where the injured person was committing a crime, or the device was sold to authorized law enforcement/military personnel, or the shooter was such personnel. The bill does not limit other legal claims available to victims and applies to causes of action accruing after its effective date.