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This legislation addresses many of the shortcomings in our laws that have allowed the outrageous crime of deed theft to occur all too frequently, and that prevented these cases from being resolved in a just manner.

Senator Brian Kavanagh
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Brian Kavanagh

(D)

27th District

2025-S6383

Authorizes covered agencies and authorities to use weigh-in-motion technology to automatically enforce vehicle weight limits on their facilities

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

March 12, 2025

In Senate Committee Transportation

2025-S6240

Relates to applications for registration and enrollment of voters

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

March 07, 2025

In Senate Committee Elections

2025-S5663

Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 26, 2025

In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation

2025-S5662

Relates to authorizing a reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 26, 2025

In Senate Committee Cities 1

2025-S5624

Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 26, 2025

In Senate Committee Health

2025-S5605

Requires all washing machines be sold with a microfiber filtration system and proper notice of such system

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 25, 2025

In Senate Committee Consumer Protection

2025-S5506

Relates to qualified energy storage systems

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 24, 2025

In Senate Committee Energy and Telecommunications

2025-S5502

Relates to determining when a dwelling is abandoned

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 21, 2025

In Senate Committee Judiciary

2025-S5501

Relates to creating a new acquisition fund for community land trusts located in New York state

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 21, 2025

In Senate Committee Finance

2025-S5195

Relates to the composition of boards of elections

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 19, 2025

In Senate Committee Judiciary

2025-S5194

Requires each town, village, and city to develop a "housing action plan for everyone"

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 19, 2025

In Senate Committee Local Government

2025-S5193

Expands tax fraud acts to include certain acts of fraud under title two of article four of the real property tax law

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

February 19, 2025

In Senate Committee Investigations and Government Operations

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