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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 downstate New York power authority to own and operate electricity service and acquire the distribution facilities formerly owned by any downstate utility corporation.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
California Water Resiliency Act.03/25/2025unclassifiedunchanged523.080
World Autism Awareness Day.04/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged488.080
American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.05/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged458.080
California Holocaust Memorial Day.07/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged423.080
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of Independence.05/13/2025unclassifiedunchanged474.080
Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal.06/04/2025unclassifiedunchanged452.080
Relates to enacting the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights"; requires the department of buildings to develop a bulletin known as the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights" advising homeowners who are adjacent to a property under development or construction of their rights and available resources and post such bulletin on the department's website.05/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged103.080
Establishes the "New York individuals with dyslexia education act"; implements a plan to identify and support students with characteristics of dyslexia; requires annual screening in grades K-5; directs intervention and notification; directs education department to develop a handbook providing guidance to parents and teachers.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law and the hate crimes statute.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Expands the right of publicity to seventy years following the death of a deceased personality; makes the provisions of such section granting a right of publicity applicable to all deceased persons until the end of such 70 year period.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Karen Siegel.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Requires sexual and domestic violence awareness posters in cosmetology establishments.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Enacts "Peanut's law: humane animal protection act" to provide humane treatment, safeguard animal welfare and strengthen the rights of animal sanctuaries and responsible owners in retaining custody, implementing due process safeguards, and guaranteeing public safety while an appeal is pending; requires an administrative hearing before the seizure or euthanization of an animal under the care of a wildlife sanctuary, unless there is documented evidence that the animal presents an immediate threat to public safety; further provides that any animal seized by the department of environmental conservation for testing or public concerns is subject to a 72-hour waiting period prior to euthanization; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the Black history preservation commission to ensure the documentation and preservation of Black history in New York state within the state university of New York.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.12/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged265.080
Relates to waiving the state's eleventh amendment sovereign immunity for certain violations of federal civil rights law.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to acquire the mineral interests under all land acquired or received by the state for the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, unless the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation finds that the land is of great significance and importance to the state.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.04/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged130.080
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Karen Siegel.04/20/2026unclassifiedunchanged132.080
Housing omnibus.10/01/2025unclassifiedunchanged333.080
250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.05/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged473.080
Commemorating the 98th anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez on March 31, 2025.04/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged496.080
Honoring Nicolette Pellegrino for her exemplary service to her community and the State of New York04/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged515.080
Enacts the beekeeping rights act to prohibit homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an apiary.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of state police and salary schedules for members of such unit; relates to the employee benefit fund for members of such unit; provides for the payment of overtime pursuant to the terms of any agreement (Part A); relates to the terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the division of state police and salary schedules for members of such unit; relates to the employee benefit fund for members of such unit (Part B).05/23/2025unclassifiedunchanged464.080
Requires automatic continuous enrollment in medical assistance and child health plus for previously eligible children through age five.03/26/2025unclassifiedunchanged522.080
Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.03/26/2025unclassifiedunchanged522.080
Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering the authority to issue bonds.04/23/2025unclassifiedunchanged494.080
Prohibits the state university of New York from contracting out to the ground lessee or any subsidiary of the ground lessee or the research foundation for the state university of New York for any services or privatize any services currently being performed by employees in the unclassified service at the state university of New York at Albany.11/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged282.080
California Disaster Assistance Act.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Special education funding: protection.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Relative to birthright citizenship.07/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged416.080
Commemorating Uzbeki Heritage Day on August 31, 2025, and honoring the history, resilience, and cultural contributions of the Uzbek community03/27/2025unclassifiedunchanged521.080
Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models; defines terms; establishes remedies for violations.12/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged254.080
Includes the Sandy Ground community, the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States, in the education curriculum.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Restricts the disclosure of personal information by businesses; provides that a business that retains a customer's personal information shall make available to the customer free of charge access to, or copies of, all of the customer's personal information retained by the business.03/27/2025unclassifiedunchanged521.080
Enacts the New York fair housing act to require municipalities to take affirmative steps to address the creation and maintenance of affordable housing.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 6-12, 2025, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in the State of New York04/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged515.080
Relates to actions upon a subordinate bond or note; provides a statute of limitations for such actions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Amends early voting provisions; provides that an application for an absentee ballot that does not provide a reason that the applicant is entitled to such a ballot shall be processed as an application for an early mail ballot.05/20/2026unclassifiedunchanged102.080
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.04/09/2025unclassifiedunchanged508.080
Relating to the creation of the Craver Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power of eminent domain.06/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged436.080
Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act"; reforms the competitive cable service; promotes the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access; increases the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area; ensures the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the establishment of a public library revolving loan fund to provide loans to municipalities for local public library projects at an interest rate two points below the prime rate.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts "Peanut's law: humane animal protection act" to provide humane treatment, safeguard animal welfare and strengthen the rights of animal sanctuaries and responsible owners in retaining custody, implementing due process safeguards, and guaranteeing public safety while an appeal is pending; requires an administrative hearing before the seizure or euthanization of an animal under the care of a wildlife sanctuary, unless there is documented evidence that the animal presents an immediate threat to public safety; further provides that any animal seized by the department of environmental conservation for testing or public concerns is subject to a 72-hour waiting period prior to euthanization; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.05/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged117.080
Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase rehabilitation 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
Establishes provisions for real property tax lien transfers to assist homeowners facing foreclosure based on unpaid taxes; repeals existing provisions relating to acceptance of taxes from certain loan corporations.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080