Rep. Jo Simon

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District HD-052
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 575

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials. [AB-4859] [Libraries ] [Education ] [Arts and Culture ] [Funding ]
Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Simon Referred To Libraries And Education Technology on 02/06/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Prohibits the declawing and descenting of ferrets except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose and performed by a licensed veterinarian. [AB-796] [Animals ] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits the declawing and descenting of ferrets except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose and performed by a licensed veterinarian.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Rosenthal Reported Referred To Rules on 05/28/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Provides additional credits to children and siblings of New York city sanitation members who died in the performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. [AB-2123] [Children and Youth ] [Disaster Relief ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Veterans ]
Provides additional credits to children and siblings of New York city sanitation members who died in the performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Substituted For S1165a on 05/13/2025

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New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025, as Black History Month in the State of New York [AR-96] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025, as Black History Month in the State of New York

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Adopted on 02/10/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions. [AB-4876] [Climate Change ] [Education ] [Environmental ] [Science ] [Public Health ] [Energy ]
Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Education on 02/07/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities. [AB-4879] [Healthcare ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ]
Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Amend And Recommit To Correction on 05/22/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021. [AB-4639] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Governmental Employees on 02/04/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 3, 2025, as Canadian Heritage Day in the State of New York [AR-68] [Arts and Culture ] [Human Rights ] [International ]
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 3, 2025, as Canadian Heritage Day in the State of New York

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Adopted on 02/03/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Provides that members of a retirement system who retire from such system and later rejoin the retirement system are reinstated with the same rights, benefits and privileges they had prior to retirement. [AB-5005] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Provides that members of a retirement system who retire from such system and later rejoin the retirement system are reinstated with the same rights, benefits and privileges they had prior to retirement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Colton Referred To Governmental Employees on 02/10/2025

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State (New York)
New York 2025-2026 General Assembly

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program fund on personal income tax forms; establishes the gifts to the tuition assistance program fund. [AB-4913] [Taxes ] [Education ] [Funding ]
Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program fund on personal income tax forms; establishes the gifts to the tuition assistance program fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Colton Referred To Ways And Means on 02/10/2025

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