The New York State Legislature has concluded the 2025 legislative session. As a reminder, this is the first year of a two-year session, meaning some bills that passed in only one house or only moved out of committee will still be primed and in a good position come 2026.

Given the delayed budget process, there were hundreds of pieces of legislation that members of the Assembly and Senate were pushing to get done. In the rush that is the waning days of session, both houses passed over 630 bills before the Senate ended on June 12th, and the Assembly ended on June 18th.

Below is a list of bills that WBASNY has issued position statements or supported during Lobby Week. As set forth above, those bills that are noted to have passed only one house, or moved in only one house, will be in a better position in 2026. For those bills that are noted to have passed both houses, their next step is to be sent to Governor Hochul for signature or veto on or before December 31st of this year.

• 136 (Paulin)/S.138 (Hoylman-Sigal), Medical Aid in Dying: This Legislation has passed both houses.
• 2311-A (Zaccaro)/S.1807-A (Fernadez), Legislation Prohibiting the Charges for the Issuance of Certificate of Still Birth or Fetal Death: This legislation has passed both houses.
• 6063 (Lunsford)/S.4423 (Hoylman-Sigal), The Grieving Families Act: This bill has been a priority for WBASNY in the past several sessions and has been vetoed by Governor Hochul on now three occasions. Both the Assembly and Senate passed this bill, which will once again go before Governor Hochul who maintains the same concerns she has previously held.
• 65-A (Hevesi)/S.3938 (Hoylman-Sigal), Legislation Establishing a Statewide Supervised Visitation Initiative: This bill passed the Assembly, but did not move in the Senate, though conversations regarding this issue will continue in a budget context.
• 101-A (Dinowitz)/S.54-A (Fernandez), Legislation Prohibiting the Use of Intoxication of the Victim as a Defense in Sex Crimes: This bill passed the Senate. It was reported from the Assembly Codes Committee to the Assembly Rules Committee, but did not move to the Floor.
• 944 (Rivera)/S.1816 (Fernandez), Legislation Relating to the Definition of Blood Lead Levels: This bill passed the Senate. It was reported from the Assembly Health Committee to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, but did not move to the Floor.
• 2575 (Dinowitz)/S.116 (Cleare), Legislation Relating to Statute of Limitations of Actions Related to Sex Trafficking Offenses: This bill passed the Senate but did not move in the Assembly.
• 7683 (Lavine) / S.6910 (Hoylman-Sigal), Legislation Limiting Record Keeping and Reporting Duties of Public Notaries: This bill passed the Assembly, but did not move in the Senate.
• 1502 (L. Rosenthal)/ S.1548 (Fernandez), Legislation restricting substances in Menstrual Products: This legislation, which passed both the Assembly and Senate in March, has not yet been sent to the Governor.
• 2141 (L. Rosenthal)/S.929 (Krueger), Legislation Providing for the Protection of Health Information: This bill, which passed the Assembly and Senate in January, has not yet been sent to the Governor.

The following pieces of legislation that WBASNY supported either during this year’s Lobby Week or through the issuance of a Position Statement did not pass both houses.

• A.270 (Cruz)/S.141 (Hoylman-Sigal), Legislation Establishing the Right to Legal Counsel in Immigration Court Proceedings. This bill did not see movement in either the Assembly or Senate this session
• A.5379 (Bores)/S.3888 (Fernandez), the P.R.I.C.E.D. Act: This bill did move out of all committees in the Senate, though did not get a Floor vote. It has been returned to the Senate Rules Committee for next year.
• A.8376 (Dinowitz)/S.498 (Fernandez), Legislation Requiring Human Trafficking Recognition Training for Transportation Sector Employees: While this bill did not move in either the Assembly or Senate, it’s important to note that it only received an Assembly sponsor – after several years of being a “one house bill” – after WBASNY’s Lobby Week.

Finally,  A.5898 (Tapia)/S.5083 (Sepulveda), Legislation Providing for an In-Service Death Benefit for Judges, passed both houses. This issue was included in the Senate’s One House Budget Bill and WBASNY supported it in the FY ’26 Budget Letter, however, it was ultimately not included in the final FY ’26 budget.

Over the next few months, the Legislation Committee Co-Chairs will continue to advocate for legislation supported by WBASNY.  If you have any questions about any of the legislation, please contact the Legislation Committee Co-Chairs.