Sen. James Skoufis

Maddy summaryThis bill adds W-18 (a specific synthetic compound) to Schedule I of the public health law, classifying it as a controlled substance. It directly affects anyone possessing, distributing, or manufacturing W-18, as it would now be subject to the same legal restrictions as other Schedule I drugs. The key mechanism is a technical amendment to Schedule I, inserting W-18's chemical name as a new listed substance under the law. This is a procedural change to the controlled substances schedule with no new penalties or enforcement mechanisms.

Provides that entities soliciting a recurring contribution to a political campaign, political committee, party committee, or not-for-profit or for-profit entity shall receive the affirmative consent of the contributor at the time of arrangement of the recurring contribution; provides for refund of recurring contributions; provides penalties for violations.

Removes the $250 economic harm requirement from the felony commercial bribery statutes; expands the crime of larceny to include theft of personal identifying information, computer data, computer programs, and services, to adapt to modern technological realities; provides state jurisdiction and county venue over cases involving larceny of personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs, where the victim is located in the state or the county.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 6245) requires villages to hold their general elections on the same day as November general elections in even-numbered years, instead of the current March date. It applies to villages that currently schedule elections on November election days or choose to adopt this change through a resolution approved by the board of trustees and, if requested, voters. Villages adopting this change must follow specific procedures for resolution approval and publication, with elections taking effect six months after adoption. The bill does not change election timing for villages not adopting this alignment.

Reinstates a bank tax based on the highest of four bases: a tax on allocated entire net income, a tax on allocated alternative entire net income, a tax on allocated taxable assets, or a fixed dollar minimum tax; prohibits banks from segregating their income and capital into business and investment varieties.

Enacts the affordable waste reduction act"; defines terms; provides for registration of producer responsibility organizations and service providers; establishes the producer responsibility advisory board; provides for department of environmental conservation responsibilities; provides for producer responsibility advisory board, organization, producer and service provider responsibilities; creates a recyclable or compostable covered materials lists and exempt materials list; establishes producer fees; provides for service provider reimbursement; makes related provisions.

Requires bus drivers complete a human trafficking recognition training program which includes the nature of human trafficking; how human trafficking is defined in law; how to identify someone who is human trafficking; how to identify someone who is a human trafficking victim; and entities to whom a driver may report suspected activity that might constitute human trafficking.

Relates to requiring CPR and AED training by youth league coaches; requires youth league coaches to be trained in adult and child CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator; provides current coaches have one year from the effective date of the law to receive such training; provides that a person who is unable to complete a training due to a physical disability may coach as long as a person who has completed a training is present at all times.

Creates the criminal justice infrastructure investment grant program which provides grants to municipalities, courts, sheriffs' offices and district attorneys' offices to provide software and hardware to assist with discovery, speedy trial and bail processes.

Maddy summaryS 5687 caps annual profit margins for public gas and electric corporations, as well as municipal utility companies, at 4% of their equity investment. The bill defines "profit margin" as the return on equity (calculated based on the commission-approved rate structure), directly limiting how much these utilities can earn from their operations. This policy change requires utilities to adjust their pricing or operations to stay within the 4% cap starting January 1st after the bill takes effect. The measure applies specifically to publicly regulated utilities, not private companies.