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

20,484 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

18,546Introduced: 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.

S02025
Waives Unemployment Pandemic Benefits repayments in whole or in part if the payment of such pandemic unemployment assistance was without fault on the part of the claimant and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.
- 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
S02026
Establishes the Hudson Valley power authority to own and operate electricity service and to create or acquire one or more wholly owned subsidiaries or membership interests in subsidiaries; establishes energy observatory corporations for studying and enabling effective community governance of power authorities; makes related provisions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02029
Enacts the "New York Stock Act"; prohibits public officers and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02030
Requires the department of transportation to determine which entrances to parkways in the state are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02031
Provides that in certain instances the school district budget will be approved if the majority of the votes cast are in the affirmative and if the budget, without the separate proposition or propositions, does not exceed the tax levy limit.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02034
Provides that $1,600,000 of any funds from gaming devices located within the county of Niagara shall be transferred to the Niagara county industrial development agency for use to fund downtown economic development initiatives within the city of Niagara Falls.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO FINANCE
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02035
Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02036
Provides that expenditures for school safety and security shall be eligible for building aid.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02037
Provides free use of state parks and campsites for volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance service.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02038
Provides that the use or storage of manure may not be deemed a public nuisance under local laws restricting farming operations within an agricultural district.
- 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
S02039
Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02042
Provides that people arrested in connection with certain felonies must submit a DNA sample.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02043
Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02044
Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02045
Relates to the notification of county boards of elections of an individual's death and the subsequent removal of such voter's name from the applicable registration roll.
- 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
S02047
Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02048
Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines or routes and rights of way.
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02049
Enacts "new deal for SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY who are enrolled in academic coursework and are on track to graduate; establishes the state university tuition fund to reimburse the state university of New York for the cost of tuition for students who are eligible for free tuition.
- 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
S02052
Relates to school district unexpended surplus funds; provides that for the 2027--2028 school year and thereafter, surplus funds shall mean any operating funds in excess of six percent of the current school year budget, and shall not include funds properly retained under other sections of law.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S02053
Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.
- 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

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New York bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Waives Unemployment Pandemic Benefits repayments in whole or in part if the payment of such pandemic unemployment assistance was without fault on the part of the claimant and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.

Enacts the "New York Stock Act"; prohibits public officers and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit.

Requires the department of transportation to determine which entrances to parkways in the state are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.

Provides that in certain instances the school district budget will be approved if the majority of the votes cast are in the affirmative and if the budget, without the separate proposition or propositions, does not exceed the tax levy limit.

Provides that $1,600,000 of any funds from gaming devices located within the county of Niagara shall be transferred to the Niagara county industrial development agency for use to fund downtown economic development initiatives within the city of Niagara Falls.

Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.

Provides that expenditures for school safety and security shall be eligible for building aid.

Provides free use of state parks and campsites for volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance service.

Provides that the use or storage of manure may not be deemed a public nuisance under local laws restricting farming operations within an agricultural district.

Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Provides that people arrested in connection with certain felonies must submit a DNA sample.

Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.

Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Relates to the notification of county boards of elections of an individual's death and the subsequent removal of such voter's name from the applicable registration roll.

Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines or routes and rights of way.

Relates to school district unexpended surplus funds; provides that for the 2027--2028 school year and thereafter, surplus funds shall mean any operating funds in excess of six percent of the current school year budget, and shall not include funds properly retained under other sections of law.