STATE LEGISLATION

New York bills.

Active bills in New York's current legislative session, mirrored from public legislative records.

ACTIVE BILLS

Current legislation.

Lists include only active bills from the current session. Latest reported stage, body, and action come from mirrored public records and may not reflect real-time changes.

Active bill stages

20,485 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

18,547Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
156In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
1,782Floor or other chamber: On a chamber floor or moving between chambers.
0Enrolled or executive: Enrolled for signature or awaiting executive action.
0Terminal outcomes: Became law, vetoed, or failed. Active directories list only open bills.
0Unspecified stage: Latest action could not be mapped to a precise stage. These bills are still active, not closed.

A05558
Prohibits the use of red dye 3 as a food additive or food color additive and the sale of food products containing red dye 3 beginning January 1, 2027; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to agriculture
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05559
Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals to assist and enhance the field of direct care support.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to ways and means
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05560
Requires training in developmental disability awareness and sensitivity and cultural competency, sensitivity and implicit bias for child protective services workers.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to children and families
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05561
Relates to service retirement benefits for certain members of the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that for New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members of the New York city employees' retirement system, the service retirement benefit shall not be reduced by the primary social security retirement benefit commencing at age sixty-two.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to governmental employees
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05562
Prohibits a pharmacist from substituting any anti-epileptic drug for the prescribed anti-epileptic drug without notification of and the informed consent of the prescriber and patient or such patient's parent, guardian or spouse.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to higher education
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05563
Relates to the development of a public anti-stigma mental health education program targeting the general public and underserved populations.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to ways and means
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05564
Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and prosecute the alleged commission of any criminal offense or offenses committed by police officers in connection with the performance of their regular duties.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to codes
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05565
Relates to the execution of a warrant of arrest; authorizes the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to establish a system to record and monitor the issuance and execution of search warrants; authorizes the chief administrator of the court system to establish educational programs for judicial personnel on the law of searches, arrests and seizures.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to codes
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05566
Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to health
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05568
Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to cities
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05570
Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to ways and means
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05571
Relates to family leave; includes being called to active duty within the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or any other U.S. territory.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to labor
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05573
Relates to civil actions brought by employees for violations of an employer violating safety and health standards or workplace violence.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to labor
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05575
Imposes certain governance and reporting requirements on the New York city housing authority; requires the establishment of a training program for board members of NYCHA; makes related provisions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to housing
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05576
Defines the term crossbow as a bow and string, either compound or recurve, that launches a bolt or arrow, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that holds the string and limbs under tension until released which shall have at least six inches of limb width.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to environmental conservation
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05579
Creates an automatic class E felony on the first offense for committing an act of domestic violence in the presence of children.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to codes
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05580
Increases the amount of money a public retirement system retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2025 and thereafter to $100,000.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to governmental employees
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05581
Creates esophageal cancer educational pamphlets; requires esophageal cancer testing and treatments be covered by certain insurance plans.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to health
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05583
Develops protocols that designated hotline centers play calming music while callers are on hold, regular "comfort" messages, and if necessary, the hotline center shall provide additional messaging to encourage the caller to stay on the line.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to mental health
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A05584
Removes ammunition and ammunition sales from the requirements of background checks; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto; repeals the background check fund.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
referred to codes
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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New York bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals to assist and enhance the field of direct care support.

Requires training in developmental disability awareness and sensitivity and cultural competency, sensitivity and implicit bias for child protective services workers.

Prohibits a pharmacist from substituting any anti-epileptic drug for the prescribed anti-epileptic drug without notification of and the informed consent of the prescriber and patient or such patient's parent, guardian or spouse.

Relates to the development of a public anti-stigma mental health education program targeting the general public and underserved populations.

Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and prosecute the alleged commission of any criminal offense or offenses committed by police officers in connection with the performance of their regular duties.

Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.

Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.

Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.

Relates to family leave; includes being called to active duty within the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or any other U.S. territory.

Relates to civil actions brought by employees for violations of an employer violating safety and health standards or workplace violence.

Imposes certain governance and reporting requirements on the New York city housing authority; requires the establishment of a training program for board members of NYCHA; makes related provisions.

Defines the term crossbow as a bow and string, either compound or recurve, that launches a bolt or arrow, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that holds the string and limbs under tension until released which shall have at least six inches of limb width.

Creates an automatic class E felony on the first offense for committing an act of domestic violence in the presence of children.

Increases the amount of money a public retirement system retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2025 and thereafter to $100,000.

Creates esophageal cancer educational pamphlets; requires esophageal cancer testing and treatments be covered by certain insurance plans.

Develops protocols that designated hotline centers play calming music while callers are on hold, regular "comfort" messages, and if necessary, the hotline center shall provide additional messaging to encourage the caller to stay on the line.

Removes ammunition and ammunition sales from the requirements of background checks; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto; repeals the background check fund.