Sen. Patrick Gallivan

Maddy summaryThis bill allows school districts to create policies enabling homeschooled students to try out for and join their district's interscholastic sports teams. It requires these students to meet the same academic, health, and behavioral standards as enrolled public school students - including annual academic checks, health exams, and age requirements - and limits participation to their district of residence. Parents must provide transportation, and districts may set additional academic eligibility rules. The policy is optional for school boards, not mandatory.

Ensures privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime scene including ambulance services or advanced life support first response services, certified first responders, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians, who are employed by or enrolled members of any such service.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows licensed physician assistants in New York to use fluoroscopy (real-time x-ray imaging) during medical procedures, such as guiding injections or minimally invasive treatments. To do so, physician assistants must complete a 40-hour didactic course, 40 hours of clinical training, and pass a department-approved competency exam. The law defines fluoroscopy as an x-ray technique providing continuous imaging to track instruments or body parts during procedures. It takes effect 180 days after enactment, with immediate rulemaking authority to implement requirements. The bill directly affects physician assistants and their scope of practice in diagnostic and therapeutic settings.

Maddy summaryS 7299 creates a new class E felony offense for tampering with electronic monitoring equipment, such as ankle monitors used as a condition of pretrial release. The bill defines this as intentionally damaging, altering, or interfering with such devices without legal authority, directly affecting individuals under court-ordered electronic monitoring. It amends multiple sections of the criminal procedure law to include "tampering with electronic monitoring equipment" as a qualifying offense that may prevent release on recognizance or require bail. This policy change specifically targets interference with monitoring devices used to track defendants' compliance with release conditions. The law takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 1278) prohibits individuals convicted of animal cruelty from working at animal shelters, pounds, or humane societies. It directly affects people with prior animal cruelty convictions who seek positions as employees, paid volunteers, or animal control officers at these facilities. The law bans such individuals from accepting or keeping these roles after the bill's effective date, with violations classified as a class A misdemeanor. It specifically excludes court-ordered community service volunteers from the "volunteer" definition. The bill amends existing sections of New York’s Agriculture and Markets Law to implement this employment restriction.

Maddy summaryS 60 clarifies that employers may pay wages using payroll cards only with an employee's voluntary written or electronic consent, and it directly affects workers who choose this payment method. The bill prohibits employers from requiring payroll cards as a condition of hire or employment, bans fees for basic transactions (like withdrawals at in-network ATMs), and mandates free access to account balances and transaction histories. Employers must also continue offering traditional payment options like checks and direct deposit, and payroll cards must be insured like regular bank accounts. The law ensures workers using payroll cards retain full control over their wages without hidden costs or forced financial products.

Grants free access and parking at state parks for active-duty military members and veterans upon showing an active-duty military or veteran's ID card.

Maddy summaryS 4681 would repeal Section 581-d of New York's Labor Law, which required an interest assessment surcharge. This surcharge was a fee added to interest payments under labor law enforcement, likely affecting employers or workers involved in cases involving unpaid wages or penalties. The bill eliminates this specific fee from the law, removing a financial obligation previously applied to certain interest assessments. The repeal would directly impact entities subject to labor law interest assessments where this surcharge was enforced.

Extends eligibility for the farm employer overtime tax credit to certain professional employer organizations that are in a contractual relationship with an eligible farm employer.

Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities; provides that enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita basis, based on population.