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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
International Day of Peace.09/22/2025unclassifiedunchanged342.080
Enacts the Protecting Religious Assembly in States of Emergency (PRAISE) Act; prohibits any governmental entity from discriminating against and closing a place of worship during an emergency.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to creating a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act, preventing homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscaping.10/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged317.080
Prohibits speech-based defenses to actions brought against an individual for the unlawful dissemination of publication of an intimate image.05/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged100.080
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
Authorizes the awarding of punitive damages to persons aggrieved by sexual harassment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides an exemption for certain fiber optic cable assessments in Erie county.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices based upon delays in reporting workplace sexual harassment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Precludes inadmissible statements made by defendants because of false facts about evidence or because of a statement that undermines the reliability of the defendant's statement; requires data collection and analysis by the division of criminal justice services of recorded interrogations.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Promotes understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crimes laws.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the city of New York and its executive management; provides for equal representation among certain employees of the board of elections; relates to qualification and removal of certain employees of the board of elections.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes gambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges at betting facilities located at thoroughbred and harness racetracks operating in this state, in simulcast theaters operated by off-track betting corporations and in any constitutionally authorized casino facility; provides that the proceeds of such gambling be applied exclusively to or in aid or support of education.01/30/2026unclassifiedunchanged212.080
Provides for certain presumptions for reckless driving and the implementation of a reckless driving and vehicular violence awareness component of the pre-licensing course for driver's licenses.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Exempts veterans organizations in New York city, as defined in section 452 of the real property tax law, from payment of city sewer and water charges.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for internet access and access to internet-enabled devices to recipients of public assistance and to adults and children in shelters, domestic violence residence programs, and other adult and children residence facilities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the upstate New York assessment relief act, in relation to authorizing the provision of assessment and tax relief to owners of certain real property which lost fifty percent or more of its value as a result of damage caused by the storm occurring across upstate New York on October 31, 2019.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the "Interstate insurance product regulation compact" to regulate certain insurance products among member states and to promote and protect the interest of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income and long-term care insurance products.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase construction mortgages from banks within the state during periods when there is an inadequate supply of credit available for new residential mortgages or available for such loans at carrying charges within the financial means of persons and families of low and moderate income.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Incorporates the 2022 Uniform Law Commission recommended amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code to provide for emerging technologies; addresses emerging technologies, providing updated rules for commercial transactions involving virtual currencies, distributed ledger technologies (including blockchain), artificial intelligence, and other technological developments.06/11/2025unclassifiedunchanged445.080
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.03/09/2026unclassifiedunchanged174.080
Establishes a pregnant persons' bill of rights; requires posting and disclosing such bill of rights; establishes a penalty for failure to post or disclose such bill of rights.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a pilot program to provide grants to local education providers to implement high-impact tutoring programs prioritizing low-income or underserved students to address student learning loss or unfinished learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.04/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged145.080
Commemorating the 111th Anniversary of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and honoring its legacy of Brotherhood, Scholarship, and Service01/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged593.080
Relates to limited-profit housing companies; authorizes certain companies to pay dividends or interest in excess of six percent per annum; relates to the dissolution of certain rental housing companies.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence consumer protection act", in relation to preventing the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to discriminate against protected classes.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Expands the list of those able to commence proceedings alleging that a child is a destitute child to include the child in question, if over 14 years of age, and other persons on the court's direction; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires parental notice prior to the performance of an abortion upon an unemancipated minor; defines unemancipated minor as person less than eighteen years of age; allows for waiver of such notice in limited instances; establishes circumstances and procedures for proceedings to obtain an order waiving such parental notification.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to protections and rights afforded to delivery network company (DNC) workers; requires DNCs to create internal procedures for workers to challenge deactivations; provides certain notice and other rights to workers to challenge deactivation both internally in a DNC and externally; allows the Department of Labor to investigate unwarranted deactivation of workers; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to financial assistance to small businesses for the purpose of pollution prevention, control and compliance.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Renames the NYS office for the prevention of domestic violence to the NYS office to end domestic and gender-based violence; makes necessary technical changes.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the creation of the "No Hate NY" license plate and the "No Hate NY fund" to support hate crime awareness and prevention programs.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits qualified immunity for public officials; authorizes attorney general enforcement; provides that statutory immunities and statutory limitations on liability, damages or attorney fees do not apply to such claims.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Repeals managed long term care provisions for Medicaid recipients; establishes provisions for fully integrated plans for long term care including PACE and MAP plans.01/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged230.080
Authorizes school districts to submit an opt-out waiver to the commissioner of education authorizing such districts to opt-out of certain zero-emission school bus requirements.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the interstate medical licensure compact; provides a streamlined pathway for medical professionals who are licensed in multiple states to obtain medical licensure in New York.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
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.04/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged503.080
Relates to certain prostitution offenses and fines relating thereto; relates to motions to vacate judgment and motions for new sentencing; relates to investigation into acts alleged to be the unauthorized practice of massage therapy by potential victims of human trafficking; prohibits the possession of reproductive or sexual health devices from being permitted in specified criminal or civil proceedings as evidence of prostitution; relates to services for exploited individuals, services for victims of human trafficking and the interagency task force on human trafficking; establishes the victims of sexual exploitation fund; makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to prostitution, prostitution in a school zone, defense against patronizing a person for prostitution and a motion to dismiss information, simplified information, prosecutor's information or misdemeanor complaint.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires certain notices, procedures and approvals prior to the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility; requires extensive health screening of all employees contractors and subcontractors working at such plant, requires a retraining program for affected employees of mass layoffs.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides a right of reemployment for persons who reside in another state who are ordered to military service within New York state, if the state of residence provides a like protection.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires employers and employment agencies to notify candidates for employment if machine learning technology is used to make hiring decisions prior to the use of such technology.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.06/13/2025unclassifiedunchanged443.080
Relates to collective bargaining rights for college athletes; authorizes the public employment relations board to exercise jurisdiction over institutions of higher education and college student athlete employees of such institutions in relation to all collective bargaining matters.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080