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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
Grants David M. Sturtz retroactive retirement service credit.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.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a waiver program allowing a domestic violence residential program to apply to the office of children and family services for a waiver enabling a victim of domestic violence to remain at the program's shelter for a period exceeding one hundred and eighty days.05/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged110.080
Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property.06/11/2025unclassifiedunchanged445.080
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.05/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged110.080
Relates to the purchase of community land mortgages; defines a community land mortgage as a mortgage that is secured by a first lien on a leasehold estate in real property that is improved by a residential structure wherein title to the real property is retained by a not-for-profit housing company or housing development fund company; authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase community land mortgages from banks within the state; ensures not-for-profit housing remains as affordable housing.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the preventing algorithmic pricing discrimination act; requires the disclosure of algorithmically set prices.04/15/2026unclassifiedunchanged137.080
Requires state agencies and courts to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition and contemporary examples of antisemitism when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any non-criminal or criminal law, rule, or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Public Utilities Commission.10/01/2025unclassifiedunchanged333.080
California Holocaust Memorial Day.05/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged467.080
Relative to the Armenian Genocide.04/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged496.080
Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer at the Monroe county sheriff's office jail bureau.06/11/2025unclassifiedunchanged445.080
Defines antisemitism for purposes of certain reviews of practices by the department of education.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.05/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged475.080
Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.04/04/2025unclassifiedunchanged513.080
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Raymond Ruckel.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Raymond Ruckel.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts.05/28/2025unclassifiedunchanged459.080
Expands coverage for developmentally disabled persons past twenty-six years of age; prohibits insurance companies from wrongfully terminating contracts of developmentally disabled persons; requires recertification of such developmentally disabled person's condition once every five years.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to actions upon a subordinate bond or note; provides a statute of limitations for such actions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Recognizing April 4, 2025, as Texas HBCU Day.04/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged514.080
Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and an option election form on behalf of her deceased husband with the New York state and local employees' retirement system.04/21/2026unclassifiedunchanged131.080
Authorizes the commissioner of education to appoint a monitor to oversee the Mount Vernon city school district; establishes the powers and duties of such monitor.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes Liliana Fernandez-Clemente, the widow of Daniel Clemente, to file a new service retirement application and option election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on behalf of such deceased member.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents and response times, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.04/21/2026unclassifiedunchanged131.080
Directs CHIPS funds to be used for the purpose of constructing or maintaining bicycle paths, Greenway trails, and other multi-use trails.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Authorizes state assistance to municipalities containing exempt privately owned forest lands; expands categories of lands eligible for certain property tax exemptions as forest lands; authorizes tax exemptions for certain conservation easement tracts; provides for violations of certain provisions relating to filing for tax exemptions of forest lands.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Congratulating The Daily Texan on its 125th anniversary.04/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged510.080
Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property.12/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged261.080
Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.05/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged110.080
Authorizes the New York convention center operating corporation to establish a subsidiary for the purposes of forming a pure captive insurance company.04/01/2025unclassifiedunchanged516.080
California Nonprofits Day.06/25/2025unclassifiedunchanged431.080
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.05/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged475.080
Relating to the creation of La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.05/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged458.080
Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan.06/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged436.080
National Military Appreciation Month.07/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged423.080
Dolores Huerta Day.05/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged485.080
Congratulating Curtis King on his receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.04/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged496.080
Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to child witnesses.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Commemorating Tejano Day 2025.04/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged496.080
Establishes a private right of action for milk price gouging.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. upon the occasion of its Annual Delta Day at the Capitol in Albany, New York, on May 13, 202504/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged509.080
Authorizes Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the Seneca Falls Police Department.02/25/2026unclassifiedunchanged186.080
Enacts the tropical rainforest economic & environmental sustainability act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim August 15, 2025, as Indian Independence Day in the State of New York04/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged510.080
Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
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