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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
Last changed
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Coverage
12/02/2024–08/28/2026
Method
Methodology
RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Relates to appeals made by employers or insurance carriers for modification, rescission or review of an award or decision.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to the administration of, contributions to, and benefits under retirement systems for firefighters in certain municipalities.06/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged436.080
Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority for the purpose of maintaining customer privacy; provides certain exceptions when such data can be disclosed.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Allows property owners to petition for city community improvement projects involving local improvements to shared driveways and sewer systems.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Directs the independent developmental disability ombudsperson program to establish a service delivery structure based in New York state that includes a toll-free telephone hotline, an interactive website, and availability of in-person, telephone and email access to ombudsperson program staff or volunteers; to provide assistance for navigating and completing processes; to assist individuals in filing and preparing appeals; to assist individuals with any problems encountered; and to educate individuals on their rights and responsibilities with respect to access to services provided by the office for people with developmental disabilities and care coordination provided by health homes serving individuals with developmental disabilities or services provided by other providers.05/11/2026unclassifiedunchanged111.080
Authorizes Melissa Baker to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the village of Blasdell Police Department.01/21/2026unclassifiedunchanged221.080
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
Enacts the HOPE pilot program; allows households to apply for multiple food and anti-poverty benefits simultaneously online; enables families to work with nonprofit and government agencies to enact action plans to boost their long-term self-sufficiency.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the New York Data Protection Act; requires government entities and contractors to disclose certain personal information collected about individuals.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for voluntary certification of certified recovery community centers.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a bill of rights for the unhoused; provides that no person shall be denied certain rights because of a state of homelessness nor shall such persons be harassed, cited, fined, or arrested by law enforcement, security personnel, public employees, or private citizens for the exercise of certain rights; describes rights; provides for a bill of benefits of the unhoused for the free provision of a postal address and the right to juridical services to ensure protection from the violation of their protected rights; requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to create a pamphlet of such rights; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to certificates of number and certificates of title issued by and records kept by the Parks and Wildlife Department; creating a criminal offense.05/27/2025unclassifiedunchanged460.080
Relating to civil actions related to groundwater conservation districts.04/09/2025unclassifiedunchanged508.080
Prohibits immigration enforcement in school settings; prohibits all public and charter schools from allowing law enforcement officials inside school property to access a student, except to address an imminent safety situation or if they have an appropriate judicial warrant or judicial order.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "anti-waiver of employment rights act" to invalidate any express or implied contractual provision waiving or otherwise limiting any employee's substantive or procedural rights, remedies, or claim.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Relating to the collection of reproductive health information; imposing a civil penalty.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relating to protection of the rights of conscience of persons from providing and health care facilities from offering certain health care services; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Pupil instruction: transgender concepts: opt out.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
Redistricting: congressional districts.08/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged374.080
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.05/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged467.080
Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.10/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged324.080
Power facilities: emergency response and action plans.01/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged220.080
Deepfake pornography.10/13/2025unclassifiedunchanged321.080
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act.10/06/2025unclassifiedunchanged328.080
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.01/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged220.080
Juveniles: dependency: incarcerated parent.10/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged331.080
Account cancellation.10/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged326.080
Data brokers: data collection and deletion.10/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged326.080
Mental health.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies.10/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged324.080
Wildfire prevention activities: Endangered Species Act: California Environmental Quality Act: California Coastal Act of 1973.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
Rosie the Riveter Day.05/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged458.080
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Prohibits imposing imprisonment or other penalties or fines for sleeping or camping in public spaces; prohibits involuntary admission to a hospital for observation, care and treatment or deeming a person as posing a substantial risk of physical harm to themself for failing to provide their own essential needs solely due to the fact that such person is sleeping in or upon publicly-owned property which is open to the public at such time.04/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged139.080
Relates to granting local law enforcement agencies the authority to enforce federal immigration law under the 287(g) program in order to enhance the enforcement of federal immigration laws regarding individuals engaged in criminal activity.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits single-agent dual agency; requires representation agreements; allows broker's fee negotiations; prohibits mandatory broker's fees in residential real property transactions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for a paid leave of absence for public officers and certain other employees to volunteer as a poll worker.05/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged103.080
Provides that a policy of this state should be to increase housing options and opportunities, including but not limited to affordable, and workforce and senior housing.09/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged356.080
Establishes the incentive evaluation act; creates the incentive evaluation commission to at least once every four years evaluate each incentive provided by the state and report to the governor and the legislature on their effectiveness and provide recommendations relating thereto.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Expands the authority of hearing officers regarding judgments about an employee's inability to perform their duties due to a disability to be provided to the employee and the authorized representative of such employee.01/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged214.080
Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.05/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged458.080
Relates to the creation of an innovative housing initiative for persons with a developmental disability who wish and are able to safely reside in such a setting; directs the division of housing and community renewal to establish guidelines for the dissemination of disclosure materials for the offer and sale of interests in residential environments formed under the innovative housing initiative; creates an exemption from certain filing requirements for residential environments that are formed as cooperative interests in realty for persons receiving services under the innovative housing initiative.03/31/2026unclassifiedunchanged152.080
Establishes an ombudsperson for local correctional facilities to receive, investigate and propose resolutions for complaints and grievances concerning the conditions of confinement for individuals currently or formerly incarcerated in local correctional facilities located outside of a city with a population of one million or more.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a statewide person-centered mental health services work group to improve statewide mental health planning and outcomes to achieve a person-centered, prevention-first integrated and tiered system of care for holistic health and wellness.01/21/2026unclassifiedunchanged221.080
Relates to preventing discrimination and increasing awareness of rights for employees with menstrual-related conditions, perimenopausal-related conditions and menopausal-related conditions; requires employers to provide employees with an informational pamphlet on any regulations relating to the rights of employees.01/28/2026unclassifiedunchanged214.080
Establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; requires the development of policies for removal of materials; establishes protections for school library media specialists and librarians against harassment and discrimination in employment related to the refusal to remove library materials.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the registration and operation of high-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to filing timely notices of participation in World Trade Center rescue efforts for the purposes of receiving World Trade Center benefits.06/16/2025unclassifiedunchanged440.080