Michael Benedetto

Bills sponsored

31 bills prime-sponsored in the 2025 session, newest first.

• A11057Requires the department of education to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes to be made available to schools for distribution to parents and guardians of studentsPassed Senate
• A6559Establishes a veterans' bill of rightsPassed Senate
• A10894Extends provisions related to certified school psychologists and special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditionsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A10768Relates to elections involving board members, by-law amendments, or dissolution, reconstitution or conversion of mutual housing companiesIn Assembly Committee
• A10799Relates to the recovery of attorneys fees in certain summary proceedings between a cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occupant of such corporationIn Assembly Committee
• A10798Relates to the recovery of attorneys fees in the event of certain default judgments where a tenant is a dwelling unit owner or shareholder of a cooperative housing corporationIn Assembly Committee
• A10617Extends the amount of time for the board of regents to approve and issue a charter that has been resubmitted by a charter entityIn Assembly Committee
• C978Provides for the election of two Regents of the University of the State of New YorkAdopted
• A8622Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Richard J. Vogt, IIIIn Assembly Committee
• A6131Authorizes city board councils, city-wide councils, community councils and school based management teams to conduct meetings via videoconferencingIn Assembly Committee
• A6882Relates to applications for charter schoolsIn Assembly Committee
• A7586Relates to the completion of and information contained in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems assessments as part of building condition surveys for purposes of grant eligibilityIn Assembly Committee
• A6059Establishes the New York baby opportunity fundIn Assembly Committee
• A6884Relates to charter schoolsIn Assembly Committee
• A5474Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to certain studentsIn Assembly Committee
• A8094Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus driver's assistantsIn Assembly Committee
• A6113Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening databaseIn Assembly Committee
• A6115Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school busesIn Assembly Committee
• A6547Requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools to establish cellphone policies and proceduresIn Assembly Committee
• A7031Decreases the percentage of votes needed for the election of board members in mutual housing companies with twelve thousand or more unitsIn Assembly Committee
• A8607Includes assault upon a school bus operator, monitor, or attendant as assault in the second degreeIn Assembly Committee
• A8826Relates to purchase contracts of the New York city school construction authorityIn Assembly Committee
• A6112Provides the Board of Regents with final approval authority over all proposed and renewed charter schoolsIn Assembly Committee
• A6175Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle footballIn Assembly Committee
• A8895Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting rangesIn Assembly Committee
• A6891Relates to revisions to charter schoolsIn Assembly Committee
• A8842Relates to bus operation-related traffic regulationsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A7514Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the BronxAssembly Floor Calendar
• K567Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 3, 2025, as Social Emotional Learning Day in the State of New YorkAdopted
• C151Provides for the election of eight Regents of the University of the State of New YorkAdopted
• A814Relates to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention; repealerSigned by Governor

Bills co-sponsored

155 bills co-sponsored in the 2025 session, newest first.

• A11645Enacts the "just energy transition act"In Assembly Committee
• A11539Relates to extending the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitantsSigned by Governor
• A6194Establishes "Kyra's Law"Assembly Floor Calendar
• A9396Establishes the "protecting consumers and jobs from discriminatory pricing act"Assembly Floor Calendar
• A5882Relates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmaciesAssembly Floor Calendar
• A4619Relates to the taxation of vapor productsPassed Senate
• A6744Enacts the psychology interjurisdictional compactPassed Senate
• A1962Enacts "Francesco's law"; repealerPassed Senate
• A6219Relates to enacting the "traveling with dignity act"Assembly Floor Calendar
• A11345Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on chronic absenteeism at public schools in the state of New YorkIn Senate Committee
• A4603Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individualsPassed Senate
• A10630Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call responseIn Assembly Committee
• A4879Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents of children and their childrenIn Assembly Committee
• A6270Relates to residential solar and energy storage permittingIn Assembly Committee
• A5098Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first homeIn Assembly Committee
• A1745Provides for licensure of school psychology practitionersIn Assembly Committee
• A9321Relates to supervision by certain marriage and family therapists and mental health counselorsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A1425Relates to electronic appearances for parking violationsIn Assembly Committee
• A9571Relates to increasing short-term disability benefitsIn Assembly Committee
• A11362Relates to retail premises of lithium-ion batteries, bicycles with electric assist, micromobility devices, and limited use motorcyclesIn Assembly Committee
• A73Relates to labeling requirements for gas stovesAssembly Floor Calendar
• A8048Relates to add-on payment for pediatric practices that implement the HealthySteps modelIn Assembly Committee
• A1749Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act"Assembly Floor Calendar
• A4639Protects the health insurance benefits of retirees of public employers and contributions of Medicare-eligible retirees of public employersStricken
• A10926Relates to coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1In Assembly Committee
• A1067Relates to prohibiting the exclusion of coverage for losses or damages caused by exposure to lead-based paintIn Senate Committee
• A4642Requires certain state owned and operated parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehiclesIn Assembly Committee
• A2054Enacts the "beauty justice act"In Assembly Committee
• A10524Relates to motor vehicle insurance fairness; repealerIn Assembly Committee
• A1529Requires the disclosure of lead-based paint test reports in real estate transactionsIn Senate Committee
• A10281Establishes a tax on video streaming services; and establishes the media arts technology and education fundIn Assembly Committee
• A8642Enacts the "NYS health care tax reform act"In Assembly Committee
• A472Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"In Assembly Committee
• A8082Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency serviceIn Assembly Committee
• A10381Relates to the treatment of prior service with certain agencies by the New York city police pension fundIn Assembly Committee
• A8758Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) actIn Assembly Committee
• A3506Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; repealerIn Assembly Committee
• A4282Establishes the climate corporate data accountability actIn Assembly Committee
• A964Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city within the same assembly district, county, or adjoining county as the court such justice serves; establishes educational requirementsIn Assembly Committee
• A2588Authorizes certain licensed health service professionals to form limited liability companiesIn Assembly Committee
• A8009Grants the legislature to have an equal role with the governor in the budget processIn Assembly Committee
• A10100Relates to enacting the climate and community investment actIn Assembly Committee
• A1100Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial districtIn Assembly Committee
• A86Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control and rent stabilizationAssembly Floor Calendar
• A84Relates to increasing short-term disability benefitsStricken
• A9548Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocateIn Assembly Committee
• A2018Relates to long term care options for medicaid recipients; repealerIn Assembly Committee
• A6192Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolidsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A7873Ends involuntary servitude in correctional facilities in New York stateIn Assembly Committee
• A1805Raises the income eligibility for senior citizens and disabled residentsIn Assembly Committee
• A808Establishes a drug checking programIn Assembly Committee
• A2570Relates to the criminal impersonation in the second degree and establishing a stolen valor feeIn Assembly Committee
• A1655Clarifies the definition of floor areaIn Assembly Committee
• A1726Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least two meetings a year in the city of New YorkIn Assembly Committee
• A186Prohibits tail docking of cattleIn Assembly Committee
• A1910Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilitiesIn Assembly Committee
• A1409Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilotIn Assembly Committee
• A1412Relates to exceptions from registration requirements for nonresident pharmacies in certain casesIn Assembly Committee
• A2526Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plansIn Assembly Committee
• A2596Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generationIn Assembly Committee
• A389Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district interscholastic sportsIn Assembly Committee
• A6082Relates to indoor air quality in ice skating rinksIn Assembly Committee
• A6506Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation creditIn Assembly Committee
• A2119Expands who may visit local correctional facilitiesAssembly Floor Calendar
• A7967Relates to rights of persons with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dogIn Assembly Committee
• A1704Relates to establishing the housing access voucher programIn Assembly Committee
• A2047Relates to establishing an abatement and exemption from real property taxes for capital improvements to reduce carbon emissionsIn Assembly Committee
• A3968Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officersIn Assembly Committee
• A4164Relates to safety and quality labels on certain foods and beveragesIn Assembly Committee
• A6719Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application and absentee ballotIn Assembly Committee
• A7592Relates to excluding the five New York state veterans homes from certain assessmentsIn Assembly Committee
• A951Creates a distinctive license plate for veterans honoring BorinqueneersIn Assembly Committee
• A7830Relates to the rental assistance payment standard pilot programIn Assembly Committee
• A6489Enacts the "bucks for boilers act"In Assembly Committee
• A1466Provides for establishment of the New York Health planIn Assembly Committee
• A1699Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first and second degreesIn Assembly Committee
• A3147Enacts the wireless facility siting actIn Assembly Committee
• A183Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counselingIn Assembly Committee
• A1494Repeals the rebates for stock transfer tax paid; dedicates funds of the stock transfer tax fund and stock transfer incentive fund to various fundsIn Assembly Committee
• A1966Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisionsIn Assembly Committee
• A2359Relates to modifications and exceptions to case payment reimbursement rates for neoplastic disease care hospitalsIn Assembly Committee
• A1427Establishes the uniform debt-management services actIn Assembly Committee
• A3087Relates to establishing the online consumer protection actIn Assembly Committee
• A548Provides for accountability in state assessments to determine graduation, grade promotion or adequate yearly progressIn Assembly Committee
• A6327Authorizes existing building projects to continue when the fossil fuel ban takes effectIn Assembly Committee
• A4669Establishes the New York state office of civil representation to provide access to legal services in eviction proceedingsIn Assembly Committee
• A6765Enacts the preventing algorithmic pricing discrimination actAssembly Floor Calendar
• A2514Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive useIn Assembly Committee
• A259Increases the tax exemption for pensions and annuities for persons age fifty-nine and one-half or greaterIn Assembly Committee
• A2181Provides lead service line identification for certain water systemsIn Assembly Committee
• A1044Imposes an additional tax surcharge on certain non-primary residence class one and class two properties in N.Y. cityIn Assembly Committee
• A116Establishes an electric scooter operator's safety manual, licensing requirement and insurance requirementIn Assembly Committee
• A1885Promotes understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crimes laws; repealerIn Assembly Committee
• A196Enacts the "dialogue and decorum act" which establishes the crime of disruption or disturbance of a lawful assemblyIn Assembly Committee
• A4329Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight serviceIn Assembly Committee
• A6305Creates the health insurance guaranty fundIn Assembly Committee
• A95Relates to a half fare rate program in the MTA for veteransIn Assembly Committee
• A3426Authorizes physicians and pharmacists to enter into collaborative practice medication adherence protocols for their patientsIn Assembly Committee
• A1077Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principlesIn Assembly Committee
• A1227Relates to actions for illegal and improper practices of commercial towing companiesIn Assembly Committee
• A846Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupationsIn Assembly Committee
• A252Requires the use of a fire-resistant blanket, bag or container when charging a bicycle with electric assist or an electric scooterIn Assembly Committee
• A7663Relates to establishing the New York state innovation voucher programIn Assembly Committee
• A3589Protects library access to electronic literary materialsIn Assembly Committee
• A5870Relates to agreements between multichannel video programming distributors and video programmersIn Assembly Committee
• A665Relates to the creation of crime database of all convictions of animal crueltyIn Assembly Committee
• A8908Prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their dutiesIn Assembly Committee
• A6546Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managersIn Assembly Committee
• A3596Enacts "the prison wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individualsIn Assembly Committee
• A3654Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefitsIn Assembly Committee
• A127Relates to findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on paroleIn Assembly Committee
• A4631Requires fashion sellers to be accountable to standardized environmental and social due diligence policies, and establishes a fashion remediation fundIn Assembly Committee
• A1668Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of certain public employee retireesIn Assembly Committee
• A2190Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialistsIn Assembly Committee
• A1311Directs the division of housing and community renewal to study non-rental fees charged by landlordsIn Assembly Committee
• A239Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratoriesIn Assembly Committee
• A281Establishes a ride clean rebate program for bicycles with electric assist and electric scootersIn Assembly Committee
• A3225Relates to consumer litigation fundingIn Assembly Committee
• A5376Relates to promotions of police detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposesIn Assembly Committee
• A101Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimesIn Assembly Committee
• A6588Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officersIn Assembly Committee
• A3100Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unitIn Assembly Committee
• A5068Restricts electioneering on the polling place propertyIn Assembly Committee
• A635Provides a tax credit for qualified caregiving expensesIn Assembly Committee
• A7760Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature, newborn infantsIn Assembly Committee
• A8422Updates the fee collected by county clerks for deposit into the cultural education accountIn Assembly Committee
• A887Provides that in New York city, the rent following the dissolution date shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwellingIn Assembly Committee
• A971Provides that a business entity may not alter caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass a third party or the recipient of the callIn Assembly Committee
• A4916Relates to the enactment of the Safer Consumption Services ActIn Assembly Committee
• A7308Establishes a sustainable aviation fuel tax creditIn Assembly Committee
• A4278Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection ActIn Assembly Committee
• A1903Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workersIn Assembly Committee
• A7363Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilitiesAssembly Floor Calendar
• A1681Relates to on duty auxiliary police officersIn Assembly Committee
• A6708Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to construction projects performed under private contract; repealerIn Assembly Committee
• A9335Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or religious worshipIn Assembly Committee
• A514Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or olderIn Assembly Committee
• A4039Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readersIn Assembly Committee
• A8536Improves transparency in the insurance claims processIn Assembly Committee
• A6772Provides for automatic voter registration and preregistration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid enrolleesIn Assembly Committee
• A3655Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"In Assembly Committee
• A1702Relates to the adjudication of parking infractionsIn Assembly Committee
• A4938Provides protections for telecommunications tower techniciansSigned by Governor
• A2468Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocateVetoed
• A2520Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providersVetoed
• A8676Relates to relocation and employment assistance creditsSigned by Governor
• A74Establishes a real property tax exemption for veterans with a 100 percent service connected disabilityAssembly Floor Calendar
• A6887Relates to contracted network pharmacy useAssembly Floor Calendar
• A4404Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insuranceAssembly Floor Calendar
• A4641Relates to rechargeable battery recyclingAssembly Floor Calendar
• A7544Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and qualityAssembly Floor Calendar
• A2747Relates to the inclusion of certain off-site custom fabrication as public work for the purposes of payment of prevailing wageAssembly Floor Calendar
• A6314Relates to ensuring continued access to backup devices for patients with cochlear implantsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A1502Provides for the restriction of substances in menstrual productsAssembly Floor Calendar
• A841Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverStricken

Voting record

2,779 floor votes in the 2025–2026 session · 2,650 Aye, 3 Nay, 126 Absent · showing the 20 most recent.

• S9997Changes the definition of continuous supervision in relation to physical therapist assistants in both the home care setting and school setting by eliminating the joint visit requirement with the patient by the supervising licensed phaye
• S9990Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026.aye
• S9989Authorizes the Tovas Dovid Community Kollel, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school taxes.aye
• S9983Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer with the village of Allegany.aye
• S9982Authorizes Kurt Nolan to receive certain credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law for prior employment with the New York state university police.aye
• S9977Relates to the Islip Terrace Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association; makes technical amendments to the chapter incorporating such association.aye
• S9971Authorizes the Congregation Atzei Chaim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023 and 2024 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes.aye
• S9969Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.aye
• S9968Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association; provides for eligibility of membership, purpose, powers and duties, organization meeting and by-laws, the control and disposal of funds and property and the paye
• S9947Updates provisions regarding the collection and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association.aye
• S9934Prohibits the deployment of a stealth crawler in a manner that would damage, impair or burden the operation of a covered news source or otherwise cause a news source economic harm.aye
• S9878Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on Cleveland Drive crossing interstate route 90 in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie, to PFC Travis C. Krege.aye
• S9862Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax at a rate of five percent.aye
• S9855Relates to requirements associated with contracts between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including an advance payment of 25% of the total award to cover expenses incurred in the first quarter.aye
• S9820Authorizes the city of Oleans assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from OWH Properties, Inc. (Operation Warm Hearts) for all of the 2025-2026 school taxes and all of the 2025 general taxes.aye
• S9761Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts.aye
• S9729Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Donald Roy McAnn located on state route 941-A in the town of Greece, county of Monroe.aye
• S9617Authorizes funding to local government entities from the urban development corporation through the electric generation facility cessation mitigation fund for an additional five years.aye
• S9586Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board except where it is currently permissible.aye
• S9528Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Ithaca; repeals authorization of such program on December 31, 2030.aye

Assembly floor votes via LegiScan, 2025–2026 session.