Rep. Phara Souffrant Forrest

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District HD-057
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 105

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Relates to the office of addiction services and supports and tobacco-limited and tobacco-free facilities for treatment. [AB-778] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Relates to the office of addiction services and supports and tobacco-limited and tobacco-free facilities for treatment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Simon Referred To Alcoholism And Drug Abuse on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Authorizes aid for career education to begin in grade nine instead of grade ten; changes the amount per pupil. [AB-868] [Education ]
Authorizes aid for career education to begin in grade nine instead of grade ten; changes the amount per pupil.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrion Aubry Referred To Education on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Includes the right to strike as an employee right. [AB-906] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Includes the right to strike as an employee right.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Philip Ramos Opinion Referred To Judiciary on 01/26/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Enacts the "all-electric building act"; provides that the state energy conservation construction code shall prohibit infrastructure, building systems, or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction statewide no later than December 31, 2023 if the building is less than seven stories and July 1, 2027 if the building is seven stories or more. [AB-920] [Energy ] [Construction ] [Environmental ] [Housing ] [Climate Change ]
Enacts the "all-electric building act"; provides that the state energy conservation construction code shall prohibit infrastructure, building systems, or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction statewide no later than December 31, 2023 if the building is less than seven stories and July 1, 2027 if the building is seven stories or more.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Energy on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement. [AB-709] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Enacting Clause Stricken on 12/16/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Provides a civil action for deprivation of rights which is caused by any person or public entity. [AB-710] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Provides a civil action for deprivation of rights which is caused by any person or public entity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Judiciary on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by the United States food and drug administration, the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human services. [AB-997] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Reproductive Rights ] [Public Health ]
Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by the United States food and drug administration, the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Delivered To Governor on 03/03/2023

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Provides that neither the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, nor aiding or abetting of unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, shall be deemed as the crime of unauthorized practice. [AB-1112] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Provides that neither the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, nor aiding or abetting of unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, shall be deemed as the crime of unauthorized practice.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Simon Referred To Higher Education on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities; requires certain applicants for adult care facilities to provide an opportunity for public comment on the application. [AB-1124] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ]
Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities; requires certain applicants for adult care facilities to provide an opportunity for public comment on the application.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrion Aubry Referred To Health on 01/03/2024

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State (New York)
New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers. [AB-1101] [Energy ] [Climate Change ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Environmental ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Governmental Employees on 01/03/2024

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