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

Prohibits eviction without good cause; sets forth grounds for removal of tenants. [AB-4454] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits eviction without good cause; sets forth grounds for removal of tenants.

  

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

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

Relates to promoting inmate voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to distribute a voter information guide and hold voter information and registration clinics for incarcerated people every other year. [AB-4517] [Voting Rights ] [Crime ] [Elections ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relates to promoting inmate voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to distribute a voter information guide and hold voter information and registration clinics for incarcerated people every other year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Simon Enacting Clause Stricken on 07/24/2023

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

Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students. [AB-4576] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ]
Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Fahy Referred To Education on 01/03/2024

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

Requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards. [AB-4604] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
Requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.

  

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

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New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B). [AB-4821] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Unemployment ] [Media and Advertising ]
Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Referred To Labor on 01/03/2024

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

Establishes the universal child care act to provide for the establishment and funding of universal child care in the state of New York; relates to the effectiveness of the child care availability taskforce; makes an appropriation therefor. [AB-4815] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Establishes the universal child care act to provide for the establishment and funding of universal child care in the state of New York; relates to the effectiveness of the child care availability taskforce; makes an appropriation therefor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Children And Families on 01/03/2024

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New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant. [AB-4781] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Ordered To Third Reading Cal.134 on 01/03/2024

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New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice. [AB-4819] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Fahy Referred To Higher Education on 01/03/2024

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New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state. [AB-4836] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Colton Referred To Governmental Operations on 01/03/2024

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New York 2023-2024 General Assembly

Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually. [AB-4893] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Referred To Correction on 01/03/2024

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