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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.

Records
5,000
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Coverage
12/02/2024–08/28/2026
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Alcoholic beverages: beer price posting and marketing regulations: definitions.10/06/2025unclassifiedunchanged328.080
Pupil instruction: animal dissection.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Relating to the creation of a specialty court for individuals who commit family violence; imposing fees for participation.03/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged534.080
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
Provides for the formation of mutual holding companies by certain domestic mutual property/casualty insurers and the reorganization in connection therewith of a domestic mutual property/casualty insurer into a domestic stock property/casualty insurer.03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits a court from granting custody of a minor to anyone who has been convicted of any of the enumerated sex crimes except where a court finds there is no significant risk to the child.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Imposing private civil liability on anyone who causes or contributes to the social transitioning of a minor.03/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged534.080
Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080
Relates to unlawful strikes by public employees; provides for the settlement of certain disputes relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain transit and transportation authorities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Includes sporting events within the definition of places of public entertainment and amusement for purposes of wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection from places of public entertainment and amusement.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080
Provides an owner or lessee access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs for certain circumstances.12/05/2025unclassifiedunchanged268.080
Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the sale of non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages by licensees and wholesalers; defines non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages.05/14/2026unclassifiedunchanged108.080
Establishes the manufactured home community preservation act to provide financial and technical assistance, within funds available to counties, municipalities, rural preservation companies, and other non-profit housing organizations for their housing preservation efforts; provides that funds in the mortgage insurance fund can be used to provide financial support to local governments and eligible non-profit housing organizations.04/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged130.080
Enacts the "Livable New York act" to fight back against climate change, provide additional affordable housing and provide employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals; makes a three billion dollar appropriation therefor.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the Native American and Other Historically Marginalized Groups Discrimination and Injustice Commission which shall complete a study and submit a report regarding discrimination and injustices historically and currently faced by indigenous people and other historically marginalized groups living within the state.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080
Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.06/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged444.080
Enacts the HOPE pilot program; allows households to apply for multiple food and anti-poverty benefits simultaneously online and enable families to work with nonprofit and government agencies to enact action plans to boost their long-term self-sufficiency.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080
Relating to the rights of the owner of the surface of the land on which certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas are located in connection with the performance of certain tests on the well.03/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged534.080
Relates to the determination of damages in a civil action arising from personal injury or wrongful death; provides that damages shall not be reduced because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic violence; provides that damages shall not be based on statistical tables unless agreed to by all parties.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam Region, the New York Region and the Montauk Region; provides regional governors and regional legislators; provides only for a state sales tax; divides various departments and agencies; provides for separate court systems and prison systems.01/30/2026unclassifiedunchanged212.080
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
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.05/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged104.080
Relating to the creation of a commission to review and make recommendations regarding certain penal laws of this state and to certain criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code; increasing criminal penalties; imposing a civil penalty.03/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged534.080
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
Requires instruction on the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. capitol and its aftermath in all schools in the state.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Updates the membership, powers, duties and procedures of the commission on forensic science; establishes the scientific advisory committee, the social justice, ethics, and equity assessment committee and the forensic analyst license advisory committee; makes conforming changes.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Regulates the use of artificial intelligence in aiding decisions on rental housing and loans; requires a study on the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on housing discrimination and redlining.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits discriminatory advertisement practices in relation to the sale or renting of housing; allows for the division of human rights to investigate such occurrences.01/09/2026unclassifiedunchanged233.080
Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for the distribution of proceeds from a tax foreclosure sale; requires notice to a former property owner of the existence of a surplus.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to enacting the cosmetology licensure compact, which establishes requirements and administrative procedures for multistate licensing for the practice of cosmetology.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the medical civil rights act; provides that persons in the custody or control of a law enforcement officer, police officer, peace officer, correctional officer, or other law enforcement representative or entity who are experiencing an emergency medical condition or is medically unstable have the right to be provided with emergency medical services and that such officers, representatives, and entities have a duty to provide such services; provides an exception to such duty to provide emergency medical services.04/14/2026unclassifiedunchanged138.080
Prohibits the disclosure and publication of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active or retired judge or prosecutor.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Makes technical changes to provisions providing for certification for service as a retired judge of the court of appeals or a retired justice of the supreme court.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits the enforcement of mandatory arbitration agreements clauses and joint-action waivers with respect to workplace disputes; clarifies that section 7515 of the civil practice laws and rules applies retroactively to nullify pre-existing illegal mandatory arbitration clauses.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080
Requires age verification for internet pornography websites; imposes a $50,000 penalty per day for violations; provides exemptions for news organizations.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires a mandatory settlement conference in cooperative apartment unit foreclosure actions; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Adopts the interstate nurse licensure compact (Part A); adopts the advanced practice registered nurse compact (Part B).01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.06/09/2025unclassifiedunchanged447.080
Ensures free speech on all college and university campuses within the state; creates a cause of action for those who have their freedom of speech infringed upon by a college or university.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the child custody reform act to provide uniform statewide standards for the litigation and mediation of child custody disputes; provides for an initial planning conference between the judge and all parties to attempt a settlement; provides for mediation unless the court finds mediation is inappropriate; requires the chief administrator of the courts to establish plans for the conduct of administration of the mediation and preparation of evaluation reports.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the designation of an independent consumer assistance program to assist consumers with the filing of complaints and appeals, track problems, educate consumers, assist uninsured, insured, or underinsured consumers in accessing appropriate health care services, assist with enrollment and provide other health insurance assistance.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a marketing program to solicit corporate sponsorships for naming rights of transit facilities owned by the authority; directs revenues to be placed in the metropolitan transportation authority finance fund.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to alternative project delivery contracts for certain construction projects by housing authorities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Creates the office of emerging technology; provides for its functions and duties; requires the office to submit a report to the governor and the legislature.01/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged577.080