Asm. Jo Anne Simon

Co-sponsor A 7768

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday

Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.

Signed into law Sep 9, 2023 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 514

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity

Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.

Signed into law Sep 7, 2023 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 68

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession

Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.

Signed into law Sep 6, 2023 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 1283

Passed · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to equal protection

Provides that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof; provides no person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed, religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, reproductive healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in their civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.

Passed Aug 4, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 462

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to the payment of arrears for certain taxes

Modifies certain eligibility requirements and extends the time period for the payment of arrears for certain taxes.

In committee Jul 24, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 745

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman and authorizes the residential unit fee

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; authorizes the residential unit tax and establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund.

In committee Jul 24, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 3736

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

In committee Jul 24, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 3744

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Imposes criminal liability for the failure to obtain medical care for a person in custody displaying medical distress

Imposes criminal liability for the failure to obtain medical care for a person in custody displaying medical distress.

In committee Jul 24, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 4517

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Promotes voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; repealer

Relates to promoting inmate voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to distribute a voter information guide and hold voter information and registration clinics for incarcerated people every other year.

In committee Jul 24, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 2861

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of certain prescription drugs

Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.

In committee Jul 17, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track