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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
Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when requesting additional information from a tenant who has made a request to sublet.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
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.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the employee status of an individual; establishes criteria for determining whether labor or services performed for remuneration qualify as employment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to prohibiting contract provisions that waive certain substantive and procedural rights relating to a claim of discrimination, non-payment of wages or benefits, retaliation, harassment or violation of public policy in employment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides that allocation of funds from the clean water state revolving fund and the drinking water revolving fund by the environmental facilities corporation shall be proportional according to population of municipalities and shall not be subject to dollar limitations.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish the safer communities grant program making grants available to investigative or prosecutorial entities involved with cases of homicides, rapes, sexual assaults, kidnappings, and non-fatal shootings; requires a report to the legislature; makes an appropriation therefor.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.02/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged555.080
Relates to the termination of subsidies provided to adoptive parents for disabled or hard to place children; replaces references of "assistance" with "subsidy"; changes the effective date to 90 days.01/22/2025unclassifiedunchanged585.080
Relates to hospitalization, care coordination, and assisted outpatient treatment for persons with mental illness.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to enacting the Justice for Nursing Home Victims act; creates a nursing home resident COVID-19 compensation program to provide full compensation to any nursing home resident or their statutory beneficiary when COVID-19 caused or contributed to such resident's death; provides the responsibilities of a nursing home during a pandemic; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash information.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.01/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged599.080
Prohibits the state's participation in artificial pheasant propagation activities; closes any state-owned or operated pheasant production facility.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for the conveyance or lease of sewer system properties located in the county of Westchester's New Rochelle sanitary sewer district and related management responsibilities to the county by municipalities in such district when determined to be in the public interest.06/13/2025unclassifiedunchanged443.080
Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, delivery, sale, and research of medical cannabis for medical use by patients with certain medical conditions and the licensing of medical cannabis organizations; authorizing a fee.02/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged569.080
Establishes the "protect our privacy (POP) act" to impose limitations on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes; prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement at concerts, protests, demonstrations, or other actions protected by the first amendment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the imposition of penalties and remedies in suits brought for the vindication of civil rights or human rights; provides for reasonable attorney's fee and reasonable expert fees.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Regulates buyout agreements within rent regulated apartments between a landlord and current tenant; provides penalties for harassment by a landlord.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Artificial intelligence models: large developers.09/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged335.080
Property taxation: disabled veterans’ exemption: household income.07/15/2025unclassifiedunchanged411.080
Establishes a rent increase exemption for certain nonprofit organizations; provides a tax abatement for limiting rent increases on nonprofit organizations in a city of one million or more persons.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits the discrimination of persons based on their religious attire in recreational water parks, including, but not limited to, beaches, lakes, pools and other water facilities operated on land or water for recreational use.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the "protect our privacy (POP) act" to impose limitations on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes; prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement at concerts, protests, demonstrations, or other actions protected by the first amendment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to establishing the banking bill of rights; includes due process requirements regarding applications for or closure of credit and deposit accounts and penalties for noncompliance.01/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged237.080
Establishes civil liability for anyone subjecting another person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured by law; establishes that the supreme court shall have jurisdiction over such matters and that the prevailing party shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees as part of the costs; provides that the state waives sovereign immunity for violations of such law.01/15/2026unclassifiedunchanged227.080
Establishes workplace readiness week to educate minors in relation to their workplace rights; requires eleventh and twelfth graders to receive education on workplace rights; requires a document on workplace rights to be provided to any minor seeking working papers.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes protection for senior citizens against unwarranted eviction; requires plaintiff/landlord to file an affidavit determining whether or not the respondent is a senior citizen and sets forth guidelines and procedures for a default eviction against a senior citizen, including representation of counsel; defines senior citizen as persons aged 62 or over for purposes of the real property actions and proceedings law.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to establishing the banking bill of rights; includes due process requirements regarding applications for or closure of credit and deposit accounts and penalties for noncompliance.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential real property if certain conditions are met.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.06/09/2025unclassifiedunchanged447.080
Requires the commissioner of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports and relevant stakeholders as determined by such commissioner in addition to the office of mental health to publish guidance for incorporating maternal depression screenings into routine prenatal care; changes the effective date to eighteen months.02/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged562.080
Establishes the New York long term care trust program to provide long term care benefits for eligible residents who have paid the required premium contributions and are in need of assistance with at least two activities of daily living as determined by the department of health.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "automobile insurance consumer information act"; provides for automobile insurance consumer information and complaint ranking; creates office of public insurance consumer advocate and powers and duties therefor; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration into the community and not for the purpose of earnings or cost-savings which inure to the benefit the state or any private individual or corporation; prohibits the department of corrections and community supervision from unfairly attaching, garnishing or disbursing the funds of incarcerated individuals where such individuals have not requested disbursement; requires that all interest accumulated on incarcerated individuals' funds be credited to such individual's accounts; eliminates the preferred status of the department of corrections and community supervision regarding commodities and services furnished by the correctional industries program; repeals certain provisions of the state finance law relating to such preferred status.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Ensures privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime scene including ambulance services or advanced life support first response services, certified first responders, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians, who are employed by or enrolled members of any such service.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported.06/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged446.080
Enacts provisions governing the transition of control of certain homeowners' associations; requires owner election of board members upon the occurrence of certain events, including the conveyance of title to 90% of the parcels in the community.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the rejection by voting machines of ballots that contain a vote for a candidate who previously withdrew from an election.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for the regulation of motorized scooters including registration, safety and equipment, prohibitions on unsafe operation and insurance requirements.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.05/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged473.080
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.02/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged569.080
Budget Acts of 2023 and 2024.04/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged503.080
Budget Act of 2025.06/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged439.080
Budget Act of 2025.06/27/2025unclassifiedunchanged429.080
Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, and 2024.07/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged424.080
Budget Act of 2025.07/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged397.080