NYS Bill Watch

Bill Number: Senate Bill S.3008

Sponsor: No Sponsor (Governor's Budget Request)

Relates to:

• Expands photo enforcement for speed violations in work zones, including Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority areas, with automated ticketing.

• Permits disclosure of personal tax data to environmental agencies to implement climate policies, bypassing traditional privacy protections.

• Permits the state to seek federal approval for an MCO tax to fund healthcare investments, generating revenue over multiple years.

• Enhances the Waterfront Commission’s authority to regulate occupations like longshore workers and security officers, including licensing and oversight, to stabilize the Port of New York district.

• Enacts the Stretch Limousine Passenger Safety Act, imposing new safety standards, inspections, and penalties on limousine operators.

• Authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund healthcare, with revenue generation spanning multiple years.

• Mandates schools accept safety grants with conditions like increased surveillance, tied to a whopping $370 million in crime prevention funds.

Senate Status: Amended (t) and Recommitted to Senate Finance Committee on 3/10/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3008/amendment/A

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.2498 / Senate Bill S.6893

Sponsor: Assemblyman Edward Ra (R) / Senator Mark Walczyk (R)

Relates to: Proposes increasing the earned income tax credit, providing greater financial relief to low- and moderate-income individuals and families.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Ways and Means Committee on 1/17/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Budget and Revenue Committee on 3/25/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2498

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6839

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.1971 / Senate Bill S.953

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Anna Kelles (D) / Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D)

Relates to: Raises the tax rate on corporate income; increases the state conformity to federal taxation of corporate profit shifting; and imposes an additional tax on individual business income

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Ways and Means Committee on 1/14/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Budget And Revenue Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1971

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S953

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.3807

Sponsor: Assemblyman David DiPietro (R)

Relates to: Relates to prohibiting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and enacts a vaccine bill of rights

Status: Sent to Assembly Health Committee on 1/30/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3807

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.300

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D)

Relates to: Providing medical/financial assistance to illegal aliens residing in New York.

Status: Sent to Assembly Health Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A300

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.2613 / Senate Bill S.1633

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Jen Lunsford (D) / Senator Iwen Chu (D)

Relates to: Requires health information systems to segregate sensitive data and allows patients to restrict disclosures. The reasoning behind this bill might be to bolster protections for abortions.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Health Committee on 1/21/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Health Committee on 1/14/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2613

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1633

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.360 / Senate Bill S.3981

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Chantel Jackson (D) / Senator Kevin S. Parker (D)

Relates to: Proposes stringent requirements for purchasing firearms, shotguns, or rifles. It mandates applicants to obtain a hunting license before purchasing a shotgun or rifle and introduces additional prerequisites for all firearms, including completing a five-hour gun safety course and exam, achieving 90% accuracy on a shooting range test, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, showing proof of purchase of safe storage depositories for firearms and ammunition, and passing a criminal background check.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/8/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Codes Committee on 1/31/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A360

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3981

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.1210

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D)

Relates to: Establishes a ten business day waiting period from contact of the New York State National Instant Background Check System (NYS NICS) before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/9/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1210

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.346

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D)

Relates to: Establishes the offense of unlawful possession of firearms by persons under twenty-one.

Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A346

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.439 / Senate Bill S.745

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D) / Senator Zellnor Myrie (D)

Relates to: Removes dealers of ammunition from certain provisions regarding the use of certain merchant category-codes by payment card networks. While this only impacts a small area of ammunition sales, it is indeed a step towards removing unnecessary firearm laws.

Assembly Status: Delivered to Governor on 3/31/25

Senate Status: Delivered to Governor on 3/31/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A439

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S745

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.198 / Senate Bill S.1026

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D) / Senator Brian Kavanagh (D)

Relates to: Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Governmental Operations Committee on 1/8/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Finance Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A198

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1026

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.4163 / Senate Bill S.2021

Sponsor: Assemblyman Scott Gray (R) / Senator Mark Walczyk (R)

Relates to: Allows certain firearm licensees to open carry. While we support entirely abolishing restrictions to exercise our Second Amendment right, this bill pushes us in the right direction and will give New Yorkers with CCW permits more freedom.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/31/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Codes Committee on 1/14/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4163

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2021

Bill Number: Senate Bill S.533

Sponsor: Senator Jack Martins (R)

Relates to: Repeals congestion pricing; directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority.

Senate Status: Notice of Committee Consideration - Requested on 3/17/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S533

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.2299 / Senate Bill S.4045

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher (D) / Senator Andrew Gounardes

Relates to: This bill mandates the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices for drivers who accumulate 11 or more points on their driving record within an 24-month period or receive six speed camera or red light camera tickets within a 12-month period.

Assembly Status: Amended and recommitted to Assembly Transportation Committee on 3/6/25

Senate Status: Amended and recommitted to Senate Transportation Committee on 2/27/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2299

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4045

Bill Number: Senate Bill S.2504

Sponsor: Senator Andrew Gounardes (D)

Relates to: This legislation proposes escalating fines for repeat speed camera violations in New York City. Speed cameras should not exist, so anything pertaining to the program, besides reduction in cameras/fines or abolition of the program, is opposed by Save Long Island.

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Transportation Committee on 1/21/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2504

Bill Number: Senate Bill S.65

Sponsor: Senator Patrick Gallivan (R)

Relates to: Allows colleges to offer new programs/degrees without NYSED approval if accredited and operating for 10+ years, takes steps toward removing bureaucratic barriers to better education.

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Higher Education Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S65

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.5457 / Senate Bill S.3458

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D) / Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D)

Relates to: Phases out mandatory university fees for certain SUNY/CUNY graduate assistants starting 2026-2027, fully eliminating them by 2027-2028 (except student activity fees).

Assembly Status: Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee on 2/14/25

Senate Status: Reported and committed to Senate Finance Committee on 3/4/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5457

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3458

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.2326 / Senate Bill S.199

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner (D) / Senator Monica Martinez (D)

Relates to: Recognizes homeschooling as equal to public schooling, but puts stringent requirements on parents to report their child's educational curriculum to the state for evaluation, which could be deemed insufficient depending on state standards. SLI believes parents should be in complete control of their child's education.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Education Committee on 1/16/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Education Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: MONITOR

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2326

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S199

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A. 407 / Senate Bill S. 404

Sponsor: Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages (D) / Senator Zellnor Myrie (D)

Relates to: Prohibits the use of reverse location and reverse keyword searches as a form of mass surveillance.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/8/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Codes Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A407

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S404

Bill Number: Senate Bill S.1079

Sponsor: Senator Cordell Cleare (D)

Relates to: Requires every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional facility to intervene in incidents of violence involving incarcerated individuals. This would uphold law and order within the jail system and prevent riots, potentially stopping harm to peaceable people who are incarcerated.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Corrections Committee on 2/26/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Codes Committee on 1/8/25

SLI Position: SUPPORT

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6090

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1079

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.3265

Sponsor: Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D)

Relates to: Expanding government control over AI and automated systems, forcing businesses to comply with vague "equity" mandates and burdensome regulations. It gives bureaucrats the power to interfere in private innovation, driving up costs and stifling free enterprise.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Science and Technology Committee on 1/27/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3265

Bill Number: Assembly Bill A.399 / Senate Bill S.3133

Sponsors: Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D) / Senator Jeremy Cooney (D)

Relates to: Prohibits robots and uncrewed aircraft equipped or mounted with weapons.

Assembly Status: Sent to Assembly Codes Committee on 1/8/25

Senate Status: Sent to Senate Consumer Protection Committee on 1/23/25

SLI Position: OPPOSE

Link to Assembly Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A399

Link to Senate Bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3133