Explore New York state bills from the 2025–2026 legislative session, with plain-language summaries, nonpartisan impact analysis, current status, and official sources.
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Explore 100 New York state bills from the 2025–2026 legislative session, with plain-language summaries, nonpartisan impact analysis, current status, and official sources.
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This law updates state rules to make it easier to build taller buildings out of "mass timber"—a strong, fire-resistant type of engineered wood. It also requires New York City to start the process of adding these same safety rules to the city's building code.
This law makes sure that people getting mental health care can meet with their doctors or therapists over the phone or video, no matter where they live in the state.
This bill acknowledges that postpartum psychosis is a different, separate condition from postpartum depression. It requires the state to create clear guidelines for screening mothers and to provide doctors with better training on how to spot and treat it.
First-time home buyers can now get a tax break on older houses, not just brand-new ones.
This new law updates how schools handle head injuries with three main changes: * **Better rules:** Schools will have updated procedures for managing concussions. * **School comes first:** Before a student can play sports again, they must be back to their full class schedule without needing any extra academic help. * **More options:** Physician assistants are now allowed to check students for concussions and clear them to return to sports.
The Senate is currently voting to officially honor the life and achievements of Gloria Steinem, a famous writer and leader in the fight for women’s rights. *** *Note: As of now, Gloria Steinem is still alive, so this legislative action would be an honorary recognition of her career and impact.*
This law gives you the right to see your official work file. If your employer adds something negative to it, they must tell you so you can look it over. You are also allowed to add your own notes to the file to give your side of the story.
Enacts the "compulsory artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act" in relation to requiring any member of the senate or assembly that rises to speak, read a statement, or enter comments into the official legislative record to verbally state a standard disclosure prior to delivering such remarks if such remarks were drafted in whole or in part by artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence.
Prohibits falsely impersonating an employee organization or an employee representative with the intent to deceive the recipient and thereby cause harm to such recipient or employee organization by the use of fraud, misrepresentation, material omission, or other deception in making and disseminating a verbal, written or electronic communication; provides that the attorney general may bring an action or proceeding to enjoin such unlawful acts or practices.
This law says that if a utility company receives a refund, they must pass that money back to their customers. They can do this by giving you a credit on your bill, sending you a refund, or lowering your future rates.
If you are a construction worker and your boss tells you to show up for a shift, they must pay you for at least four hours of work—even if they send you home early or have no work for you to do.
New York state soldiers now have four more years to qualify for financial help if they got sick or were hurt working at the World Trade Center site.
