Sen. Steve Rhoads

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, such defendant intentionally causes the death of such person.

Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is appropriate and necessary conditions that should be imposed as part of such release; repeals provisions of law relating to qualifying offenses and allows a court to set bail or remand a principal where based on the risk assessment instrument, where the principal poses a safety risk or risk of flight; makes related provisions.

Requires all secondary high schools to include the legal and social consequences of disseminating sexually explicit messages, imagery or video and cyberbullying in interpersonal violence prevention education in health classes.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates a specific pedestrian bridge in Seaford as the "Abbey Gate Memorial Bridge" to honor the victims of the Abbey Gate attack. The legislation requires the Department of Transportation to install and maintain official signs for the bridge, which currently spans New York State Route 135 between Seaford and Wantagh. By amending the highway law, the bill ensures the bridge will be officially known by this new name starting immediately.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York State's General Municipal Law to require cities to keep records of defect notices for ten years instead of five. It directly affects municipal governments by changing how long they must preserve documentation regarding reported issues in public infrastructure. The law specifies that these records must be maintained by designated city officials, such as the commissioner of public works, and must remain accessible as public records. By extending the retention period, the bill ensures that historical data on property defects is available for a longer timeframe for potential legal or administrative review.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits hotels, motels, and other lodging facilities from offering room rates for less than six hours. It directly affects businesses that provide temporary accommodations to transient guests by setting a minimum duration for any hourly pricing options. The key provision requires that any hourly rate offered for a room with sleeping accommodations must cover a period of at least six hours. This change aims to standardize pricing structures for short-term stays across the lodging industry.

Requires the office of fire prevention and control to establish a state database of every fire hydrant latitude and longitude coordinates; requires every municipal corporation or private entity to provide such coordinates to the office.

Establishes the research literacy enhancement program to make grants to academic institutions within the state which seek to conduct research on literacy; creates the research literacy enhancement fund.

Establishes a committee to examine the state industrial code and recommend any changes that need to be made; requires a report to be sent to the governor, the commissioner, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader and assembly minority leader on any changes that need to be made to the state industrial code.