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Rights Legislation Tracker

Rights Legislation Tracker organizes records from LegiScan Pull and Bulk APIs into a static table for transparent comparison. It preserves official source links and dates, marks missing enrichment, and adds deterministic grouping, change, recency, trend, or significance fields only where the documented inputs support them, without recommendations or unsupported claims.

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12/02/2024–08/28/2026
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Establishes the office of census counts and provides for its powers and duties and the New York state census counts commission and provides for its powers and duties; establishes the offense of impersonation of a census enumerator; makes an appropriation therefor.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Provides for securities fraud whistleblower incentives and protections; defines terms; grants whistleblower awards for one or more whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information to the attorney general that was the basis for a successful covered enforcement action; protects whistleblowers from retaliation; authorizes the attorney general to adopt any necessary rules and regulations; makes related provisions.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Regulates the development and use of certain artificial intelligence systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination; requires independent audits of high risk AI systems; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Enacts the "climate accountability and loss recovery act"; provides that the attorney general may bring a civil action against a covered entity for recovery of certain costs and assessments arising from a climate disaster.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Enacts the "CR clean water and sewer authority act" in relation to creating the CR clean water and sewer authority in the county of Rockland.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires the registration of data brokers; imposes regulations upon data brokers; establishes a data deletion mechanism for consumers; imposes penalties upon data brokers for violations of the law.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Establishes the New York State grid reliability and energy affordability transition (GREAT) act; establishes the virtual power plant program to help reduce energy costs and grid reliability risks; provides incentives to participants for supporting the grid by investing in distributed energy resources and reducing net energy costs.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Provides that the New York labor law shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes, regardless of whether similarly-worded provisions of federal laws or regulations have been or continue to be construed otherwise.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Provides that the New York labor law shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes, regardless of whether similarly-worded provisions of federal laws or regulations have been or continue to be construed otherwise.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Establishes the New York State grid reliability and energy affordability transition (GREAT) act; establishes the virtual power plant program to help reduce energy costs and grid reliability risks; provides incentives to participants for supporting the grid by investing in distributed energy resources and reducing net energy costs.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires timely public advertising or marketing of listed residential properties on platforms accessible to the general public; permits non-public marketing only where the seller gives informed, written direction after receiving a standardized state disclosure that clearly explains the risks and tradeoffs of withholding a listing from public marketing.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Relates to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings by the media; allows the judge or justice presiding over a proceeding to exercise discretion to prohibit or limit filming or photographing of particular participants; defines terms; provides limitations on audio-visual coverage.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Enacts the "Nassau future protectors act" to provide additional credits to the Nassau county law enforcement explorers in competitive civil service examinations.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires covered lenders to report to the department of financial services certain information on covered loans; requires the superintendent of financial services to collect and maintain such data and to annually publish a report containing aggregated information regarding covered loans; requires the superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations to implement such provisions.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Requires timely public advertising or marketing of listed residential properties on platforms accessible to the general public; permits non-public marketing only where the seller gives informed, written direction after receiving a standardized state disclosure that clearly explains the risks and tradeoffs of withholding a listing from public marketing.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Relates to use of accrued sick time, compensation time or vacation time.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Celebrating Senator Michael N. Gianaris upon the occasion of his designation as the recipient of the President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader s Legislative Legacy Award06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Amends the definition of "racially polarized voting" for purposes of the John R. Lewis voting rights act of New York; relates to prohibitions on voter disenfranchisement; relates to preclearance by the civil rights bureau of certain policies related to voting; provides that a plaintiff that commences an action under the John R. Lewis voting rights act of New York shall send a copy of the complaint to the civil rights bureau within ten days of the commencement of such action.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Enacts the safe access to care act requiring certain healthcare facilities to adopt and make public a statement of patient rights and healthcare facility obligations with regards to immigration enforcement; includes unlawful or non-judicially authorized immigration enforcement actions at a healthcare facility as a workplace threat or hazard for purposes of the violence prevention program.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Commemorating the 50th Annual Juneteenth Day celebration in Buffalo, New York06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Joshua David Olsen, a current tier VI member who is employed by the NYS office for people with developmental disabilities.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Establishes the New York reinvests in student educational supports program to provide eligible students with access to responsible, affordable educational loans to supplement available federal student aid and assist with the cost of attendance and available financial assistance; defines terms; makes related provisions; repeals the New York higher education loan program.06/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged90.089.921
Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.05/30/2026unclassifiedunchanged92.087.921
Enacts the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protections established under the human rights law and the equal rights amendment to the state constitution.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Restricts the use by an employer or an employment agency of electronic monitoring or an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision unless such tool has been the subject of an impact assessment within the last year; requires notice to employment candidates of the use of such tools; provides remedies for violations.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Enacts the "climate accountability and loss recovery act"; provides that the attorney general may bring a civil action against a covered entity for recovery of certain costs and assessments arising from a climate disaster.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Provides that a landlord shall provide a prospective tenant a written disclosure of the tenant screening criteria used to evaluate rental applications prior to accepting any fee, deposit, or screening information from such prospective tenant.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee for making monthly, semi-monthly, and biweekly payments or for changing the frequency of mortgage payments.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Crime Victims’ Rights Week.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend of a nominal fee for responses to calls and for certain standby services; includes volunteer firefighters within the labor law definition of "employee" of a federal, state or municipal government of political subdivision thereof; establishes the volunteer fire service nominal compensation assistance fund.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee for making monthly, semi-monthly, and biweekly payments or for changing the frequency of mortgage payments.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Provides for the registration and regulation of crypto kiosks and exchanges and licensing of cashier crypto exchange operators.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof.05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the We Dream in Black initiative of the National Domestic Workers Alliance05/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged93.086.921
Establishes protections for minors who are featured in compensated video content that generate earnings from being shared on social media or other video-sharing websites.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
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.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Expands the geographic area of employment of state university police officers; centralizes the state university police by appointing a commissioner of state university police; provides for the hiring of state university police officers.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Requires inspections of child day care homes, programs and facilities include the full premises; requires providers of a family day care home or group family day care home to disclose to the office of children and family services all persons who reside in the home where child day care is being provided; requires all providers of child day care to receive training for, provide and maintain onsite opioid antagonists for use during emergencies.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Authorizes the Department of Veterans' Services to consult and collaborate with relevant offices in the federal department of veterans affairs, the department of health, the state office for the aging and other HCBS experts to develop educational materials for veterans and their families about the accessibility to home and community-based services.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Authorizes the Department of Veterans' Services to consult and collaborate with relevant offices in the federal department of veterans affairs, the department of health, the state office for the aging and other HCBS experts to develop educational materials for veterans and their families about the accessibility to home and community-based services.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921
Exempts certain people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from a polling place.05/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged94.085.921