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

20,481 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

18,536Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
157In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
1,788Floor 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.

S08497
Enacts the "in-route safety inspection for motor coach vehicles act"; establishes a framework for mandatory in-route inspections for motor coach vehicles carrying 16 or more passengers to reduce the risk of accidents and enhance operational oversight.
- 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
S08498
Requires menstrual products to be provided in drop-in centers, intake shelters and emergency congregate housing.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08501
Allows school districts to opt out of observing any state-designated cultural or religious holiday when less than ten percent of the school population observes such state-designated cultural or religious holiday.
- 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
S08502
Enacts the "fast fashion waste responsibility act" in relation to extended producer responsibility for textile products.
- 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
S08503
Relates to permits granted in coastal erosion hazard areas; provides that as a condition of any permit issued in a coastal erosion hazard area, the department of environmental conservation shall require green infrastructure to help reduce stormwater runoff and mitigate coastal erosion.
- 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
S08505
Prohibits line-item appropriations, grants, or disbursements from lump sum appropriations to be directed to organizations engaged in political activities.
- 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
S08506
Provides for fines and/or imprisonment for a person who knowingly sells, offers to sell, buys, or offers to buy a false, fraudulent, or stolen license, identification card, certificate of registration, or number plate.
- 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
S08508
Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a family fare ticket policy for minors aged twelve through seventeen.
- 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
S08509
Establishes a distinctive plate honoring recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25.
- 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
S08510
Provides for the licensing, inspection and regulation of animal boarding kennels; authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to license, inspect and regulate animal boarding kennels.
- 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
S08511
Authorizes any prospective employer of a volunteer firefighter or paid firefighter to perform a background check on such applicant.
- 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
S08514
Provides that no person shall be eligible for appointment as a police officer who was previously employed as a police officer and who: was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such person's fitness to serve as a police officer; or resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct; defines terms; makes related provisions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08515
Enacts the "consumer utility meter choice protection act"; allows customers to decline the installation of smart meters without being liable for fees.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08518
Imposes an excise tax on any taxpayer engaged in the trade or business of digital asset mining; provides that taxes, interest, and penalties collected or received from such taxes shall be used for prompt assistance to utility customers enrolled in energy affordability programs.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08519
Relates to transparency and other requirements for applications submitted to ORES for siting of major renewable energy and major electric transmission facilities.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08520
Relates to the definition of drug-related paraphernalia; clarifies that drug-related paraphernalia shall not impact substances that are not considered controlled substances.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Jan 7, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S08521
Provides that if legislative passage of the budget has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year, the bi-weekly salary installment payments of the governor and members of the legislature to be paid on or after such day shall be withheld and forfeited in perpetuity until such legislative passage of the budget has occurred.
- 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
S08523
Protects New Yorkers from unnecessary inquiry into immigration status by state agencies, employees, or departments and restricts the access of federal immigration authorities' to state buildings.
- 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
S08524
Enacts the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.
- 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
S08525
Designates the colors blue and yellow as the official colors of the state of New York.
- 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

18,741–18,760 of 20,481

New York bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Enacts the "in-route safety inspection for motor coach vehicles act"; establishes a framework for mandatory in-route inspections for motor coach vehicles carrying 16 or more passengers to reduce the risk of accidents and enhance operational oversight.

Requires menstrual products to be provided in drop-in centers, intake shelters and emergency congregate housing.

Allows school districts to opt out of observing any state-designated cultural or religious holiday when less than ten percent of the school population observes such state-designated cultural or religious holiday.

Enacts the "fast fashion waste responsibility act" in relation to extended producer responsibility for textile products.

Relates to permits granted in coastal erosion hazard areas; provides that as a condition of any permit issued in a coastal erosion hazard area, the department of environmental conservation shall require green infrastructure to help reduce stormwater runoff and mitigate coastal erosion.

Prohibits line-item appropriations, grants, or disbursements from lump sum appropriations to be directed to organizations engaged in political activities.

Provides for fines and/or imprisonment for a person who knowingly sells, offers to sell, buys, or offers to buy a false, fraudulent, or stolen license, identification card, certificate of registration, or number plate.

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a family fare ticket policy for minors aged twelve through seventeen.

Establishes a distinctive plate honoring recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25.

Provides for the licensing, inspection and regulation of animal boarding kennels; authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to license, inspect and regulate animal boarding kennels.

Authorizes any prospective employer of a volunteer firefighter or paid firefighter to perform a background check on such applicant.

Enacts the "consumer utility meter choice protection act"; allows customers to decline the installation of smart meters without being liable for fees.

Imposes an excise tax on any taxpayer engaged in the trade or business of digital asset mining; provides that taxes, interest, and penalties collected or received from such taxes shall be used for prompt assistance to utility customers enrolled in energy affordability programs.

Relates to transparency and other requirements for applications submitted to ORES for siting of major renewable energy and major electric transmission facilities.

Relates to the definition of drug-related paraphernalia; clarifies that drug-related paraphernalia shall not impact substances that are not considered controlled substances.

Protects New Yorkers from unnecessary inquiry into immigration status by state agencies, employees, or departments and restricts the access of federal immigration authorities' to state buildings.

Enacts the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.

Designates the colors blue and yellow as the official colors of the state of New York.