Rep. John McDonald

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District HD-108
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 495

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

Establishes a program enabling counties to opt-in to allow county jails to operate jail-based competency restoration services for incarcerated individuals deemed unfit for trial due to mental incapacity. [AB-2322] [Mental Health ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a program enabling counties to opt-in to allow county jails to operate jail-based competency restoration services for incarcerated individuals deemed unfit for trial due to mental incapacity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Amend And Recommit To Codes on 03/24/2025

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

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one. [AB-2340] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Reported Referred To Rules on 06/09/2025

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

Requires providers to share electronic health records with plans for purposes of improving patient care and reducing administrative delays. [AB-2348] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Insurance ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Health ]
Requires providers to share electronic health records with plans for purposes of improving patient care and reducing administrative delays.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David McDonough Referred To Health on 01/16/2025

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

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies. [AB-2329] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ]
Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John McDonald Referred To Governmental Operations on 01/16/2025

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

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government. [AB-2330] [Ethics ]
Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John McDonald Referred To Governmental Operations on 01/16/2025

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

Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives. [AB-2321] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Elections ] [Ethics ]
Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Simon Passed Assembly on 03/17/2025

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

Establishes the shovel-ready housing program under which certain municipalities, at their option, may pre-authorize parcels of property for the construction of housing; establishes a shovel-ready community tax rebate for taxpayers residing in municipalities that opt-in to the shovel-ready housing program; provides for annual apportionment to municipalities that have certified participation in the shovel-ready housing program. [AB-2325] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Property Tax ]
Establishes the shovel-ready housing program under which certain municipalities, at their option, may pre-authorize parcels of property for the construction of housing; establishes a shovel-ready community tax rebate for taxpayers residing in municipalities that opt-in to the shovel-ready housing program; provides for annual apportionment to municipalities that have certified participation in the shovel-ready housing program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Housing on 01/16/2025

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

Requires insurers and health plans to grant automatic preauthorization approvals to eligible health care professionals in certain circumstances. [AB-2352] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ]
Requires insurers and health plans to grant automatic preauthorization approvals to eligible health care professionals in certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Steck Referred To Insurance on 01/16/2025

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

Raises the exclusion of certain indebtedness of school districts other than school districts in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more according to the latest federal census. [AB-2318] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Raises the exclusion of certain indebtedness of school districts other than school districts in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more according to the latest federal census.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Otis Reported on 05/21/2025

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

Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication. [AB-1172] [Reproductive Rights ] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Weprin Amend And Recommit To Higher Education on 03/14/2025

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