Governmental Operations

Authorizes a study on lithium-ion battery fires and prevention to review the severity of lithium-ion battery fires, including what specific components of the battery causes severe fires; examine the effectiveness of lithium fireproof blankets on such fires; examine the current measures of safety implemented by fire departments across New York in relation to lithium-ion battery fires; requires a report to the governor and the legislature; makes related provisions.

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

Permits enrollment in the address confidentiality program for election officers.

Enacts the "Renewable Capitol act"; requires the office of general services, in consultation with the power authority of the state of New York, to ensure that all operations that power, heat or cool the empire state plaza complex shall entirely use renewable energy systems; requires the office of general services to establish an advisory committee to advise the office of general services on the preparation, design and content of a plan for the use of renewable energy systems.

Establishes daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the state and the city of New York.

Designates May ninth as "Opioid Awareness Day".

Relates to requiring a digital equity officer be appointed by the director of the office of information technology services to develop, oversee and assist in providing statewide broadband access.

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for early mail voters, absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

Relates to the provision of regulatory information to small businesses through the establishment of a small business regulatory nexus by certain agencies.

Increases the length of the term of office for members of the legislature from two to four years with no member serving more than sixteen years; imposes term limits on the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller, and attorney-general.

Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project.

Requires local boards and the division of housing and community renewal to submit certain residential housing and zoning information to the department of state annually; requires such information to be published by the department of state on its website.

Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.

Requires entities that submit records to state agencies that are excepted from disclosure under FOIL to periodically re-apply for the exception.

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose their age, date of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose their age, date of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.

Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.

Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.

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.

Requires the definition of "minority" to include "people with disabilities" pursuant to the Human Rights law in order for such people with disabilities to be eligible for state contract set asides.

Requires grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to be awarded equally among the regions of the state with eligible departments.

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.

Relates to law revision commission membership appointment and review of judicial decisions.

Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date.

Replaces the terms father, mother, and filiation to gender neutral language.

Requires the state comptroller, the attorney general and independent certified public accountants to conduct an annual audit of the office of cannabis management.

Enacts the Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act which provides certification to certain immigrant victims of qualifying criminal activity.

Requires the office of victim services to publicize programs offered by the office and to include certain information in annual reports to the governor and the legislature and to make such reports public on the office's website.

Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day".

Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day".

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

Directs the department of economic development to provide certain assistance to municipalities in which a college or university has closed.

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.

Allows a non-resident to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland.

Requires that any penalties for violations of housing standards or building and fire codes be assessed and imposed within fourteen days; increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards.

Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by state agencies, boards, departments and commissions.

Establishes the office of special investigation for work-related fatalities; provides direction for coroners and medical examiners when dealing with such fatalities.

Transfers certain state property owned by the New York state division of military and naval affairs located in the town of Queensbury to the county of Warren provided certain requirements are met.

Relates to requiring that the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development contain information on the annual minority and women-owned business enterprise utilization and expenditure categorized by minority-owned enterprises, women-owned enterprises, and total utilization and expenditure, and be organized by certain industry categories.

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to develop procedures for the use or acceptance of signatures in digital or other electronic form on any declaration, statement, or other document utilized by the department and authorizes the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department of taxation and finance.

Establishes a battery storage fire training program under the purview of the state fire administrator.

Establishes the division of the crime victims' statewide advocate to represent crime victims' and witnesses' legal interests during discovery and trial and assist with victim compensation applications.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation that will benefit residents of New York state by fostering stewardship and conservation of the environment, and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of natural resources as well as acknowledgment of the health benefits of time spent in nature.

Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code within 18 months of the publication of any updated or revised edition of the international and national codes relating thereto, so as to ensure that the state's codes reflect such revisions and updates.

Requires the inclusion of local and municipal animal shelters, any duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and veterinary services when establishing local comprehensive emergency management plans; requires that information to the public include the communication accommodation needs of persons with vision or hearing impairments and information on which temporary housing and other necessary facilities are designated as animal-friendly.

Requires the inclusion of local and municipal animal shelters, any duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and veterinary services when establishing local comprehensive emergency management plans; requires that information to the public include the communication accommodation needs of persons with vision or hearing impairments and information on which temporary housing and other necessary facilities are designated as animal-friendly.

Prohibits confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions from inclusion in contracts pertaining to economic development, entered into by the state or a municipality or any party negotiating on behalf of such governmental entity.

Prohibits confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions from inclusion in contracts pertaining to economic development, entered into by the state or a municipality or any party negotiating on behalf of such governmental entity.

Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code; provides additional definitions; provides remedies for violations of the code; makes conforming technical changes.

Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

Requires venues of public accommodation to maintain accessible parking in accordance with federal law; establishes penalties and enforcement mechanisms for the division of human rights and local governments.

Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

Provides that any system for warning populations who are or may be endangered and for rapid and effective communication for any New York emergency alert notification shall occur within thirty minutes, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Requires the state fire administrator to make available a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program to provide training to individuals responsible for providing emergency response and recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles; defines emergency medical services agency.

Requires the department of criminal justice services to develop, issue, and publish "race-blind charging" guidelines for a process whereby all prosecution agencies that prosecute criminal violations of the law as felonies or misdemeanors, shall implement a process by which an initial review of a case for potential charging is performed based on information, including police reports and criminal histories from the department of justice, from which direct means of identifying the race of the suspect, victim, or witness have been removed.

Establishes the position of member of the legislature as a part-time, volunteer position in the service of the state; provides that state legislators shall receive no salary, or any other compensation or benefit from the state; authorizes the payment of travel expenses and per diem for days the legislature is in session, provides that per diem is limited to 30 days per annum; provides that the legislature shall convene in regular session only on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February; accelerates the state budget process so that the state budget is enacted on or before the last Sunday of February each year.

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor of three terms in such office.

Requires vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor to be filled within certain timeframes and procedures.

Relates to declaring inabilities of the governor, lieutenant-governor and acting governor; creates the committee on gubernatorial inability.

Provides for the recall of a district attorney.

Provides that for members of a public pension or retirement system, accrued benefits shall not be diminished or impaired except as authorized and prescribed by the legislature.

Requires proposed salary increases for members of the legislature to be submitted to the people at the next general election.

Relates to requiring the governor submit in person to oral questions from the legislature for two hours on an annual basis.

Relates to the line of succession for the governor and lieutenant-governor in cases where they are impeached or unable to perform the duties of the office.

Requires that if a member of the legislature shall move their residence out of the senate or assembly district they were elected to serve during the time for which such member was elected they shall immediately vacate their seat in the legislature.

Increases the maximum number of civil departments in the state government to twenty-one; relates to the role of the attorney-general as the head of the department of justice; creates the role of the chief state's attorney as the head of the department of law.

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.

Requires approval by 2/3 vote of membership of the senate and assembly voting separately to increase or decrease any tax rate, impose a new state tax, extend or delete existing state tax.

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.

Relates to the line of succession for the governor and lieutenant-governor in cases where they are impeached or unable to perform the duties of the office.

Requires vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor to be filled within certain timeframes and procedures.

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor of three terms in such office.

Increases the maximum number of civil departments in the state government to twenty-one; relates to the role of the attorney-general as the head of the department of justice; creates the role of the chief state's attorney as the head of the department of law.

Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms.

Requires the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor be done subject to confirmation by a two-thirds vote in the senate and a two-thirds vote in the assembly.

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor of three terms in such office.

Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.

Requires that if a member of the legislature shall move their residence out of the senate or assembly district they were elected to serve during the time for which such member was elected they shall immediately vacate their seat in the legislature.

Provides for the recall power of the electors to remove an elective officer.

Requires the governor and senior state officers to appear before the legislature as requested by the legislature to publicly explain actions and answer questions.

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature; changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.

Provides that for members of a public pension or retirement system, accrued benefits shall not be diminished or impaired except as authorized and prescribed by the legislature.

Increases the length of the term of office of members of the legislature to six years; imposes term limits for members of the legislature.

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.

Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

Designates the fourth Thursday in March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day".

Establishes a publicly accessible online registry for individuals convicted of a second or subsequent domestic violence offense.

Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.

Requires regulating bodies provide businesses with notice of new rules and regulations within sixty days of such rule or regulation being filed with the secretary of state; provides businesses are given one hundred eighty days to comply with any such rules or regulations.

Restricts the use of prediction markets and/or mobile sports wagering platforms by officers or employees of a state agency, members of the legislature or legislative employees when using information acquired by such public officer in the course of their official duties.

Establishes the office of New York state benefits coordination to document and track all benefit programs in the state, and establish a state benefits portal and universal benefits application.

Establishes the office of energy and equity within the department of state to help ensure equitable access to all energy affordability initiatives available in the state by streamlining the administration of energy affordability and access programs, maximizing the support available to each eligible household, and enhancing the transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of energy affordability and access programs; establishes the energy affordability fund.

Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.

Requires the inclusion of local and municipal animal shelters, a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and veterinary services when establishing local comprehensive emergency management plans; requires that information to the public include the communication accommodation needs of persons with vision or hearing impairments and information on which temporary housing and other necessary facilities are designated as animal-friendly.

Requires state agencies to appear biannually in front of the relevant legislative committee; defines state agency.

Expands disclosure requirements for lobbyists to include appropriations, gubernatorial or local executive orders and tribal-state agreements.

Directs the chief information officer conduct a study on the feasibility of utilizing blockchain technology in the state government and provide a report on its findings.

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose their date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.

Prohibits discriminatory advertisement practices in relation to the sale or renting of housing; allows for the division of human rights to investigate such occurrences.

Creates a universal stock fund which provides residents the ability to invest in New York state upon turning eighteen years old or moving into the state.

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of general services, to conduct a study on the use of solid antimicrobial materials for touch surfaces in the construction of public buildings.

Permits assessment of certain fees and costs upon wrongful denial of access to records under the freedom of information law when either the person has substantially prevailed, or if the agency failed to respond within the statutory time.

Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.

Enacts the "New York state healthy and green procurement act".

Enacts the New York state English language empowerment act which deems English the official language of the government of the state of New York.

Establishes the community disaster relief and recovery act which will create an emergency assistance program for undocumented individuals impacted by a natural disaster.

Designates the month of May as "Elder Appreciation Month".

Establishes September tenth as "Charlie Kirk Day for Free Expression and Debate".

Establishes a statewide legal services program for income-eligible domestic violence survivors; requires reporting on the results of such program.

Establishes a weekend child day care assistance program to provide for child day care at a child care provider for New York army and air national guard members on drill weekends.

Requires notification of victims of crime, including sexual offenses, about the address confidentiality program.

Provides that state-funded SUNY programs shall be reimbursed at no less than 26% of the direct costs; allows state agencies to fund SUNY programs where such state agencies determine that such program would produce administrative efficiencies or cost savings.

Requires the attorney general to provide guidance and educational materials to charitable organizations upon registration with the attorney general; requires such materials to include information on continued registration and financial reporting obligations and on additional registration requirements to receive financial assistance or funds from the state.

Relates to the line of succession for the office of governor when the governor is impeached or unable to perform such governor's duties.

Establishes and determines the composition of the committee on gubernatorial inability.

Requires certain large buildings in the city of New York to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems that are compliant with the NY state uniform fire prevention and building code.

Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses in state-funded construction projects; directs the empire state development corporation, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to create rules and regulations for private businesses operating in buildings constructed using state funding to have certain employment goals and living wage requirements, annual minority and women-owned business enterprise, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business, small business and microbusiness utilization goals for maintenance and operations spending, and a community grant program; directs the state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to establish a post-construction compliance review board; provides penalties for noncompliance.

Prohibits discrimination based upon housing status.

Prohibits the naming of state buildings after a public officer during the period in which that person is a public officer or after a public officer who has been convicted of a felony.

Permits enrollment in the address confidentiality program for members of the state legislature.

Requires contracting agencies to contact minority and women-owned business enterprises when such enterprise is listed on a utilization plan and when a contract is awarded; mandates that the prime contractor use such enterprise identified on the utilization plan, unless such enterprise cannot perform or is no longer state certified.

Establishes the office of Native American affairs to act as a centralized office for Native American nations to access information on state programs that are provided to Native Americans.

Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materials on removing an abuser's access to a smart home and the use of other technology for harassment.

Designates the month of May as "Elder Appreciation Month".

Requires all state entities, including local governments, to notify affected individuals in the event of a data breach where information is compromised; defines "cybersecurity incident".

Requires that land formerly used as an armory which was conveyed to the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk by the state in 2011, to be leased to the YMCA of Long Island for the provision of recreational and educational programs.

Establishes the detention support program in the office for new Americans to provide financial assistance to individuals and families of detained persons, including for bond payments to secure release from detention and travel stipends to facilitate visitation with detained individuals; establishes the detention support program fund.

Designates the colors blue and yellow as the official colors of the state of New York.

Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights for all people.

Provides that any system for warning populations who are or may be endangered and for rapid and effective communication for any New York emergency alert notification shall occur within thirty minutes, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence to conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community with a focus on Black transgender women.

Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of financial services to ensure the agency is meeting its responsibility to evaluate and assess insurer compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.

Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of health and other agencies to ensure that the agency meets its responsibilities to review and assess Medicaid managed care organizations for compliance with federal and state requirements to maintain adequate health care providers within network, and to meet mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.

Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.

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.

Relates to the reuse of building construction, deconstruction, and demolition materials, including requiring local deconstruction ordinances and reporting requirements for local political subdivisions awarded grants for construction, deconstruction and demolition projects; establishes a construction, deconstruction, and demolition waste prevention and reduction grant and technical support program; establishes deconstruction contractor certification requirements.

Requires all state entities, including local governments, to notify affected individuals in the event of a data breach where information is compromised; defines "cybersecurity incident".

Relates to the content of rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of State with respect to minimum staffing levels for agencies enforcing the minimum standards under the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act.

Designates April eighth as "Co-Occurring Disorders Awareness Day".

Relates to reducing the embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials; provides that construction permitted under the state building code shall achieve a 15 percent reduction in embodied carbon emissions by 2030; provides three options for compliance.

Requires certain individuals to file financial disclosure forms.

Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.

Requires that any penalties for violations of housing standards or building and fire codes be assessed and imposed within fourteen days; increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards.

Establishes the Freedman's asset recovery agency to aid Transatlantic Slave victims and their heirs to seek a just and orderly return of assets to their original owners or such original owner's heirs.

Permits political subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set the residency requirements for public officer positions.

Designates certain entities relating to the decommissioning of Indian Point state agencies for the purposes of MWBE participation including the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board and the Indian Point Closure Task Force.

Establishes a task force to study how to incentivize individuals in the state of New York to become pilots; looks at retirement trends, the effect of high-stress scheduling, and the cost among other things.

Establishes the New York Data Protection Act; requires government entities and contractors to disclose certain personal information collected about individuals.

Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.

Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.

Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop rules and regulations relating to truck rental security; requires any person or organization in the business of renting trucks, vans or trailers to the public to be registered with the state.

Protects the rights of persons with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog in a place of public accommodation or housing accommodation; imposes a misdemeanor penalty for violations; requires the division of human rights to conduct a public awareness and education campaign.

Establishes the commission to investigate foreign influence on governmental employees and elections.

Provides for accessing records under the freedom of information law including notification procedures and the release of names of natural persons and residential addresses.

Authorizes the town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town, so long as such person resides in Allegany county.

Requires detailed fiscal impact notes on certain legislation stating the estimated annual cost to the political subdivision affected and the source of such estimate; provides that bills will be invalidated if the funding source is not provided or the fiscal impact results in an annual net additional cost in excess of $10,000.

Establishes the commission on public officer investigation; provides for an independent commission to review matters concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice and the alleged commission of an indictable offense by certain public officials; provides that after such review, if the commission has found a substantial basis to conclude that a violation of the law has occurred, the commission shall authorize a full investigation by the attorney general.

Prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals based on such individual's status as a caregiver.

Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.

Relates to providing minimum standards governing maternity policy for institutions employing police officers and correctional officers including uniform and/or equipment modifications, exemption from firearm qualification requirements, and ensuring there is no discrimination or poor treatment of pregnant individuals.

Establishes a commission to study the European Union's general protection data regulation and the current state of cyber security in the state.

Provides that the "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide; directs the commissioner of general services to establish a protocol for the flying of such flag.

Establishes September twenty-second of each year as a day of commemoration known as Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day.

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

Requires members of a public body to complete a minimum of two hours of training, with one hour on the state's open meetings law and one hour on freedom of information law; requires certain local, city, county, town and village public body members to complete such training as well.

Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.

Requires defense and indemnification of public officers and employees in certain cities; repeals provisions relating to the right of security against unreasonable search and seizure.

Defines noncompliant state agency; provides for timelines and procedures for state agency contracts involving not-for-profit corporations.

Establishes certain contract requirements involving glazing work; provides that certain contracts over one million and five million dollars that include glazing work to be performed outside of a city with a population of one million or more shall require such work be performed by North American Contractor Certification ("NACC") certified companies; defines glazing work.

Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.

Exempts from disclosure, under the freedom of information law, the issuance of pistol permits to active and retired police officers, peace officers and correction officers.

Permits unvented attics and unvented enclosed rafter assemblies to be sealed with air-impermeable insulation in order to help attain building decarbonization goals.

Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement.

Relates to providing increased and uniform training requirements including implicit bias, use of force, first aid and firearm training, and outreach for law enforcement; establishes law enforcement peer support through the office of mental health.

Imposes limitations on the use of drones within the state.

Authorizes localities to remove citizenship requirements for police and firefighters in their jurisdictions.

Provides for reimbursement of expenses for childcare and dependent care for volunteer members of public bodies.

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices based upon delays in reporting workplace sexual harassment.

Requires that certain contracts let by the office of general services be reserved for small businesses, including minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises.

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; requires quarterly reports from contracting agencies; addresses consequences if contracting agency fails to comply with reporting requirements; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending.

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies.

Relates to requiring state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public during law enforcement activities.

Prohibits any governmental entity from outsourcing any function which can be performed by such entity except where specifically authorized by law.

Relates to payment by public owners to contractors and subcontractors.

Requires the state comptroller to prepare and release an annual report grading each state agency on its spending with minority- and women-owned business.

Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all contracts and funds appropriated for humanitarian aid, including short term shelter services, for migrants entering short term shelters on or after April 1, 2022 in New York city.

Relates to establishing the New York state federal relations office in Washington, DC; makes an appropriation therefor.

Designates the second Monday in July each year as a public holiday, to be known as Abolition Commemoration Day.

Expands eligibility for minority-owned business enterprise participation for state contracts to include businesses with employee stock ownership plans.

Prohibits the use of the term "sex work" and certain variations of such term in the law or any rule, regulation or resolution.

Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on the public safety implications of the electrification of buildings and transportation in the context of emergency response and to issue a report on the findings and recommendations as a result of such study; exempts emergency services vehicles and heavy equipment from the requirements of the climate leadership and community protection act of 2019; prohibits the use of battery packs which contain cobalt mined components for primary propulsion of emergency services vehicles.

Establishes the general aviation task force to study measures that may be implemented to improve general aviation operations in the state of New York.

Establishes standards for the reuse of deconstructed building materials; requires the uniform building code to set standards for the use of solid-sawn lumber in construction and for the grading of used solid-sawn lumber; requires the secretary of state to develop a program for grading reclaimed wood for structural purposes.

Directs the office for the prevention of domestic violence to facilitate the establishment of five crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state to help individuals who have experienced violent crime, including individuals who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed, free of charge.

Relates to the public posting of certain contracts subject to prior approval of the comptroller and how such contracts shall be posted.

Establishes October 7th as October 7th remembrance day to honor the victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks; declares October seventh as a holiday for students in the public schools of the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the New York city school district to provide instruction of awareness of the October seventh remembrance day to students and professional development training to teachers; requires the division of human rights to establish a statewide campaign for antisemistism prevention; makes related provisions.

Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government; prohibits participation in the 1033 federal excess property program; provides exceptions.

Expands the authority of the attorney general to investigate violations of the public officers law.

Requires the state police to have a local liaison within the New York state intelligence center who alerts municipalities of certain suspected domestic extremism threats and receives information from local law enforcement regarding domestic extremism.

Relates to racial and ethnic impact statements on bills.

Requires public hearings to be conducted by the senate education committee and the assembly education committee jointly or separately in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond counties a minimum of thirty days prior to any vote to extend mayoral control of New York city schools.

Commemorates the second Saturday in February to be known as "International Snowmobile Ride Day".

Requires all new residential and commercial construction that has dedicated off-street parking to implement electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure in conformance with the requirements of the current edition of the national electrical code.

Authorizes the governor to appoint a lieutenant-governor subject to confirmation by the legislature.

Removes citizenship as a qualification for holding public office in this state unless required by law.

Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day".

Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.

Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults; provides that local law enforcement agencies notify the division of criminal justice services about missing adults; provides that such division shall issue an alert about such missing adult.

Requires all state agencies to provide paper copies of the forms they utilize to individuals and commercial entities required to file such forms.

Provides language translation services to accommodate census self-reporting.

Requires the establishment of a legislative child care facility for use of members and staff of the legislature to be located in a part of the empire state plaza complex that has legislative offices and to be contracted by a private child care provider; makes an appropriation therefor.

Establishes the office of census counts and provides for its powers and duties and the New York state census counts commission and provides for its powers and duties; establishes the offense of impersonation of a census enumerator; makes an appropriation therefor.

Requires employers contracted for work on state-funded public works projects verify employment eligibility of employees.

Requires state agencies to prepare an active intelligent speed assistance system plan for the equipment of all state agency vehicles with active intelligent speed assistance systems, and to equip state agency vehicles with such systems by certain dates.

Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission to be appointed by the governor and serve as a non-voting member.

Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date.

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to adopt uniform fire prevention and building code standards requiring buildings have their address numbers, building numbers, or approved building identification placed at least three feet above ground level where plainly visible and legible from the street or road fronting the property.

Establishes the "secure our data act"; relates to cybersecurity protection by state entities; requires the office of information technology services to develop standards for data protection of state entity-maintained information.

Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a review and analysis of security measures at rail yards and to issue related reports and recommendations.

Increases the number of persons from three hundred to five hundred to be considered a small business for the purposes of MWBE.

Increases the monetary penalties for the crimes of aggravated harassment in the first or second degrees or for discrimination; provides that such penalty shall be not less than five hundred dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars for the first violation and not less than twenty-five hundred dollars nor more than twelve thousand five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.

Restructures the not-for-profit contracting advisory committee; provides for the issuance of additional reports.

Creates a transparency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations; provides such database will include those that are in the process of being approved for contracts, that have received certificates of approval, are approved for contracts, have received renewal contracts, or have been the recipient of fully-executed contracts with the state of New York.

Relates to causing New York to observe Atlantic time.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to check the wanted felon status and probation or parole violator status of people applying for public assistance.

Provides for reimbursement for certain insurance premiums for certain members of the naval militia.

Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth to review regulatory processes and permit requirements in order to facilitate economic growth; imposes a two-for-one rule reduction requirement.

Requires agencies and public employers to provide notice and a review period to employees whose personnel records have been provided pursuant to the state's freedom of information law.

Requires the governor to prepare an annual preliminary management report of the state and a final management report of the state which includes an assessment of performance goals and measures and other information pertaining to the actions of state agencies.

Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materials on removing an abuser's access to a smart home and the use of other technology for harassment.

Requires legislative fiscal impact notes to include objective calculations of anticipated economic impacts for next three years on state or political subdivisions.

Requires certain buildings display domestic violence signs developed by the office for the prevention of domestic violence in their bathrooms.

Relates to access to lactation rooms in public buildings; requires signage for lactation rooms in public buildings.

Authorizes certain business enterprise subcontractors who seek to do work with not-for-profit corporations to receive MWBE certification if certain criteria is met; imposes a $50,001 limit on the provision of such services or work; makes related provisions.

Permits assistant district attorneys to live anywhere within the state.

Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.

Removes the phrase E pluribus unum from the arms of the state and the state flag.

Relates to guidance to facilities and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with Federal immigration authorities.

Requires every department, bureau, board, commission, authority, or any other agency or instrumentality of the state, when relying on statistics in planning, policy enforcement and reporting, to base such planning, policy enforcement and reporting on the worst-case scenario.

Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code; provides additional definitions; provides remedies for violations of the code; makes conforming technical changes.

Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.

Establishes the housing for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act to prohibit housing discrimination on the basis of criminal legal system involvement; defines criminal legal system involvement.

Requires the use of verified accounts and multi-factor authorization before state funds can be distributed digitally.

Establishes a separate states working group to conduct a study on Long Island statehood which includes a cost benefit analysis on Long Island statehood.

Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.

Establishes January 30th of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution".

Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.

Relates to the sale or transfer of certain real property by the state or public authorities; requires mandatory review by the attorney general and comptroller of the sale of certain real property; requires notice to members of the legislature and county executives in districts and counties in which land subject to transfer is located of the proposed transfer of state property between state departments, divisions, bureaus, agencies, state agencies, or to a public authority or public benefit corporation.

Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.

Enacts the "New York state Palestinian refugee relocation prevention act"; provides that no state or local agency, authority, or official shall cooperate with, or provide any assistance to, the federal government in the relocation or resettlement of Palestinian refugees within the state of New York; requires that federal funds allocated for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in New York shall be rejected and returned to the federal government; imposes a temporary moratorium on the admission to any institution of higher education in this state of Palestinian students and scholars; makes related provisions.

Requires the state to pay for late fees or fines incurred by state employees when the legislature and the governor fail to pass a timely state budget and make a provision for state employees to be paid.

Requires state employees who use a computer to complete at least twenty-five percent of such employees' required duties to undergo annual cyber security training.

Relates to purchasing restrictions and persons boycotting American allies.

Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.

Designates black dirt as the state soil; designates the black dirt region as home to the most fertile soil.

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

Requires the director of information technology services to undertake a detailed study of the comparative qualities of cloud computing services and state data center operations.

Relates to rental discrimination based upon consumer credit history; prohibits a person from refusing to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons housing accommodations because of the consumer credit history of such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation is not available for rental or lease when in fact it is so available; defines consumer credit history.

Permits and encourages state owned parking facilities to install solar canopies in any parking garage, open parking lot or other parking facility owned and/or operated by the state of New York, that offers parking spaces for the purposes of public use, state employee use or pay-per-usage constructed prior to January 1, 2030; requires such installation after January 1, 2030.

Establishes November first of each year as a day of commemoration known as Military Opportunities Day.

Creates the legislative office of fiscal transparency; requires fiscal notes on proposed rules and executive orders affecting political subdivisions; requires legislative committee approval of certain proposed rules; requires the comptroller to make monthly reports to the legislative office of fiscal transparency.

Requires employers to engage in a good faith cooperative dialogue with employees who request accommodation due to a religious practice or observance.

Eliminates daylight savings time.

Includes correctional facilities and local correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights; defines correctional facilities and local correctional facilities.

Requires proportionally equivalent appointees of both the majority and minority houses of the legislature in all legislatively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, councils, advisory boards, committees and any other legislatively enacted and appointed groups or workgroups; requires that the number of appointees by the legislature shall be proportionally equivalent to the number of appointees by the governor.

Enacts the New York state legislative sunset act which establishes the legislative sunset advisory commission.

Requires the filling of vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller be done by a two-thirds majority of each house.

Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses and the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment and infrastructure; requires public utilities to have infrastructure, capacity, facilities, and transmission and distribution systems needed to supply power for the charging of zero-emission buses and provides a tariff for charging of electric buses.

Entitles each member of the legislature to bring one statewide piece of legislation of the member's choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.

Prohibits the state from purchasing any product that was made with child labor or which contains components or parts manufactured or procured using child labor.

Provides for funding for emergency management services for certain counties with non-operational nuclear power plants.

Provides that members of the assembly and senate of New York shall not serve more than six two-year terms in either house.

Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to four consecutive two year terms.

Establishes the department of oversight and investigation, providing for its powers, duties and functions (Part A); relates to repealing provisions relating to the commission on ethics and lobbying in government; relates to repealing provisions relating to the office of the state inspector general (Part B); provides for the transfer of the functions, powers and duties of the commission on ethics and lobbying in government, the office of the state inspector general and the former temporary state commission of investigation to the department of oversight and investigation (Part C); relates to the commission on ethics and lobbying; relates to membership on the franchise oversight board; relates to the state inspector general; relates to the former temporary state commission of investigation; relates to the commission on ethics and lobbying in government and the legislative ethics commission; relates to the office of the state inspector general; creates a temporary state commission of investigation (Part D).

Requires the director of the division of minority and women's business development in the department of economic development to give additional time for a business enterprise to cure defects in its application for certification or correct defects when a certification is revoked.

Requires certain state police vehicles to carry jumper cables; requires officers operating such vehicles offer to use such jumper cables on disabled vehicles.

Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

Establishes the fire station construction grant program and the fire station construction fund; makes an appropriation therefor.

Requires all commercial buildings be retrofitted with motion detectors for controlling lighting.

Relates to police officer and peace officer hiring and transfers; requires police agencies review any possible internal files of police misconduct and complaints as well as pending criminal charges before hiring or allowing for a transfer.

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.

Authorizes the public to participate in public meetings in person or remotely through the use of a telephone conference, a video conference, and/or other similar technology.

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States.

Requires sign language interpreters during live broadcast press conferences during a declared state of emergency.

Prohibits the disclosure and publication of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active or retired judge or prosecutor.

Removes residency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys.

Provides that contributions made by any person, firm, association or corporation to a member of the state legislature which are intended to be used by such member or on behalf of such member for the payment of legal services and other charges in connection with the legal defense of such member in any past or pending civil or criminal action shall be subject to similar monetary limitations and disclosure requirements set forth in the election law pertaining to campaign contributions.

Requires state agencies to develop plans for new Americans that incorporates effective training and resources, ensures culturally and linguistically competent and appropriate services, and includes administrative practices that reach out to and reflect the needs of immigrant populations and populations with limited English proficiency.

Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.

Changes the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indigenous People's day.

Relates to granting the attorney-general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct.

Provides that no law enforcement agency shall use a chemical incapacitant except for pepper spray; defines terms.

Prohibits sharing or selling personal data to third parties by government entities and contractors.

Relates to a training course and curriculum on the handling, investigation and response procedures concerning reports of domestic violence; requires law enforcement and judicial employees to participate in such training; makes related provisions.

Establishes a twenty-four hour, toll-free hotline and website for runaway and homeless youth that provides immediate support, referrals, resource lists and other information to such youth.

Establishes four mental health coordinators to provide mental health support and education for members of law enforcement; establishes that coordinators shall provide training, assistance, reporting and set standards for continuing mental health education.

Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

Requires contracting agencies to contact minority and women-owned business enterprises when such enterprise is listed on a utilization plan and when a contract is awarded; mandates that the prime contractor use such enterprise identified on the utilization plan, unless such enterprise cannot perform or is no longer state certified.

Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a police agency, prosecutorial agency or other law enforcement agency of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

Authorizes the carrying of service-issued firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers while on duty.

Requires the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment.

Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day"; requires the flag to be flown at half-staff on such date.

Prohibits any employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency, or employees or agents thereof, to seek high school, college or graduate program graduation dates from a prospective employee for an interview or as a condition for employment.

Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.

Relates to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to from two dollars to five dollars.

Permits enrollment in the address confidentiality program for election officers.

Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Enacts the feathered lives also count act directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities; requires the commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature.

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act; provides for sanctions against the financial and energy sectors of Iran unless a duly executed treaty is approved by two-thirds of the United States Senate.

Requires disclosure in human rights claims of government funding by the respondent; requires disclosure to government agencies of settlements notwithstanding nondisclosure agreements.

Relates to creating a company climate report system to assess the workplace environment of companies doing business in New York with a focus on sexual harassment and discrimination policies and the frequency and handling of claims, settlements and cases by such companies.

Creates a "purple alert system" for missing victims of domestic violence.

Provides for priority for applications and expedited determination of claims for a human trafficking victim who wishes to remove permanent marks that were part of the trafficking of such victim, including but not limited to, tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or insignia.

Creates special proceedings for freedom of information law and open meetings law reviews; directs the chief administrator of the courts to establish a freedom of information law and open meetings law review program in the supreme court, whereby individuals may file a petition for review of a freedom of information law request or open meetings law claim.

Includes middle Eastern and North African persons in the definition of "minority group member" for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts.

Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.

Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.

Prohibits a public officer or member of the legislature from have a building or space named after themself while holding public office based on the fact that such person was responsible for securing public funds for the person or entity involved in naming the building or for securing public funds for the person's or entity's cause or agenda.

Relates to electronic financial disclosures of members and candidates of the legislature; requires creation of electronic version of disclosure statement; directs the commission on ethics and lobbying in government shall make available an editable, electronic, readable and searchable version of the annual statement of financial disclosure by January 1, 2026.

Directs the superintendent of the New York State Police to prepare a visor card for the deaf or hard of hearing to enable police to respond to traffic stops involving the deaf or hard of hearing and avoid conflict and escalation because of difficulty communicating.

Prohibits a statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legislative employee to use state aircraft for political purposes; provides a violation of such restriction constitutes a class A misdemeanor.

Requires state agencies, public authorities and public benefit corporations to provide annual reports including information on outstanding total debt for each entity, total annual debt service for each entity, annual debt issuance for each entity, and annual debt to be retired for each entity.

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures including meetings and notarizations utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies.

Relates to withholding the governor's salary after the April first budget deadline until a state budget has been passed.

Requires certain meetings between the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to the state budget to be open to the general public; to provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen to, and observe such meetings; and to broadcast and maintain records of such meetings on each party's website.

Relates to certain discriminatory practices; relates to the qualification of professionals in education; provides for the tolling of certain statutes of limitations; provides a private cause of action for a person who is qualified for a public contract who has been deprived of equal opportunity to such public contract.

Directs the department of social services to establish a refugee resettlement program with the goals of achieving economic and social self-sufficiency, assisting victims of human trafficking, and assuring proper foster care for unaccompanied refugees.

Allows for online publication of public notices.

Prohibits the governor from preventing or inhibiting state agency cooperation with the federal government for the purposes of immigration enforcement; prohibits state agencies from preventing or inhibiting collaboration with federal agencies for the purposes of federal immigration enforcement.

Requires withholding the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs.

Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of mental health.

Provides for the sealing of unfounded, exonerated, and pending claims made against law enforcement officers; requires such claims to be redacted from disciplinary records.

Requires that all temporary and permanent dwellings in the state shall install an operable combustible gas detector that wirelessly connects to the gas company; requires gas companies to release an annual report of the frequency of gas leaks by county.

Establishes the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission to conduct a study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the repeal of such commission upon the completion of the commission's final report.

Designates September eleventh as a public holiday, known as 9/11 Remembrance day.

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.

Relates to ensuring access to emergency services via telephone.

Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a review and analysis of the security measures taken at the transportation facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries; requires such director to issue confidential reports of their findings and recommendations.

Renames the NYS office for the prevention of domestic violence to the NYS office to end domestic and gender-based violence; makes necessary technical changes.

Enacts the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act"; imposes vicarious liability on a person for unlawful discriminatory practices related to the sale, rental, or lease of certain property by such person's agent.

Requires the approval of the legislature for certain proposed rule changes relating to civil or criminal penalties, fiscal liability or responsibility, costs due by state residents, and changes to education curriculum.

Relates to requiring third party oversight over the state's contracting agency's procurement procedure specific to the use of minority- and women-owned businesses.

Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, the NYC police department, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and the division of homeland security and emergency services; directs the office for new Americans to conduct background screenings of all refugees who register; requires refugee resettlement agencies to submit quarterly reports to the bureau of refugee and immigrant assistance on the refugees to whom it provides assistance, and to monitor the activities of such refugees for a certain period of time; directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance by refugee resettlement agencies.

Enacts the Protecting Religious Assembly in States of Emergency (PRAISE) Act; prohibits any governmental entity from discriminating against and closing a place of worship during an emergency.

Relates to the disclosure and consideration of gender wage disparity in the awarding of state contracts; requires all offerors to provide the percentage of gender wage disparity by job title for all state contracts; requires agencies to compile data received on gender wage disparity and provide data to the office of general services for publication on its website; requires agencies to provide extra credit or weight to offerors with a gender wage disparity of ten percent or less.

Requires the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly to provide each member of their respective chamber with any reports issued to them.

Allows members of a public body who cannot physically attend a meeting due to a disability to be counted as present for quorum purposes at meetings attended remotely.

Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.

Requires a defendant who causes the death of a person with children due to driving while intoxicated or impaired to pay for child support of such children until they reach the age of 18 years old.

Designates September 11th as a public holiday to be known as September 11th Memorial and Remembrance Day.

Requires counties to maintain a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

Grants the legislature the authority to direct the attorney-general by concurrent resolution to inquire into matters concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice.

Relates to obligations with respect to contracts with business enterprises which employ individuals with disabilities; defines qualified business enterprise as any business concern which employs a workforce consisting of at least fifteen percent employees with disabilities and has been certified under this section; sets goal of five percent of state contracts going to qualified business enterprises; establishes an office of statewide advocate, certification process, and enforcement mechanism.

Requires employers to annually report to the division of human rights the number of settlements with employees and other individuals performing services in the workplace regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex, including verbal and physical sexual harassment; requires the division of human rights to provide an annual report to the governor and the legislature; makes conforming technical changes.

Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for certain children and adults; establishes a program where local law enforcement agencies shall provide electronic monitoring devices to parents or guardians to be worn by children or adults with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disability, Alzheimer's disease or other dementia, or any other cognitive disorder; provides such devices shall be used by law enforcement agencies to locate missing children or adults.

Directs the department of state to establish and maintain a statewide registry of mental hygiene and child supervision residential facilities which shall include residential facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision subject to the supervision of the office of children and family services, for the mentally ill subject to the supervision of the office of mental health, for the developmentally disabled subject to the supervision of the office for people with developmental disabilities, and for the chemically dependent subject to the supervision of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Establishes July sixteenth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day".

Relates to establishing and funding the universal basic income pilot program; requires the comptroller to establish a universal basic income pilot program to provide 10,000 participants with income of $7,200 for individuals or $14,400 for couples per year for two years; establishes participant criteria; requires a study on the program one year after its conclusion; makes an appropriation therefor.

Establishes a temporary commission to study the environmental and health effects of evolving 5G technology.

Requires certain bills which establish a commission, task force, board, council or any similar body shall have not less than one position appointed by each of the legislative leaders.

Enacts the "access for all act" removing the requirement for in person attendance at public meetings by community boards in a city with a population of over one million.

Prohibits persons who are or have ever been foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions; defines "foreign agent".

Mandates that all state employees attend bystander intervention training for sexual harassment prevention annually.

Relates to establishing unlawful discriminatory practices relating to models; requires models to be informed of what constitutes an unlawful discriminatory practice and how to file a complaint; requires modeling entities to provide adult models with educational materials regarding nutrition and eating disorders.

Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund; provides that funds and payments shall not be used for any other purpose other than as stated in section 97-v of the state finance law.

Requires standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch.

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide new e-bikes at reduced or no cost in exchange for used unsafe e-bikes to certain delivery service workers; provides eligibility requirements to receive a reduced or no-cost e-bike under such program; requires e-bikes provided pursuant to such program be certified for compliance with certain safety standards; requires NYSERDA to collaborate with relevant agencies to inform eligible individuals about such program; and requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

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.

Requires the state to pass enabling legislation before entering into any compact, program or other legal agreement with any other state.

Establishes the New York COVID-19 children's fund program to provide assistance to children whose parent, custodian, legal guardian, or related adult household member died as a result of contracting COVID-19, regardless of immigration status of such children.

Requires that all female-designated and gender-neutral bathrooms in the state of New York provide menstrual products at no cost.

Authorizes recoupment by the state or any political subdivision of financial incentives such as awards, loans, grants or tax abatements, awarded businesses for purposes of job training, job creation or retention, or the development of business operations, upon recipient's failure to complete the terms of the incentive.

Prohibits public bodies from conducting an executive session where the subject to be considered relates to the appointment of an elected member or officer to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such public body, including interviews of prospective appointees and related discussions.

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

Establishes unpaid leave of absence as a reasonable accommodation under the state's human rights law.

Relates to the annual statement of financial disclosure and the posting of financial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide elected office or candidates for a member of the legislature.

Enacts the New York religious land use and religious exercise act prohibiting unreasonable restriction on regulations affecting religious land use or affecting religious exercise of institutionalized persons.

Relates to the imposition of penalties and remedies in suits brought for the vindication of civil rights or human rights.

Establishes the climate relocation planning and preparation act to prepare state government and regional planning councils for the possibility of increased in-migration to New York state due to climate change.

Makes permanent provisions relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons.

Directs the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the legislature to be completed.

Establishes the canine officer health monitoring fund which allows for applicants to request reimbursement from the division of criminal justice services for health costs related to regular health or injury associated with canine officers.

Establishes a fire prevention and emergency task force to develop a plan for training requirements and standards for fire prevention and emergency response services in rural areas and to examine the necessity of having uniform standards across the state.

Prohibits confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions from inclusion in contracts pertaining to economic development, entered into by the state or a municipality or any party negotiating on behalf of such governmental entity.

Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill.

Provides that FOIL appeals are to be heard by the committee on open government.

Requires public bodies to make reasonable efforts to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individuals in person and via broadcast and to provide audio visual equipment as necessary.

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement.

Provides for the establishment of a method for determining the lowest responsible bidder when negotiating state contracts that would incorporate quantifiable fiscal benefits.

Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.

Establishes a task force to study the impact of a state-issued cryptocurrency on the state of New York.

Establishes a cause of action against any person who gives publicity to a matter concerning the private life of a person where the matter publicized is of a kind that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and is not of legitimate concern to the public.

Exempts small business enterprises that manufacture metal or vinyl windows and doors from certain employee limits and personal net worth limits for purposes of certification of a minority-owned business enterprise.

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.

Requires police officers to report the misconduct of a police officer; requires the division of criminal justice to establish a protocol to be followed by police agencies when handling and recording mandatory reports of misconduct by a police officer; establishes the crime of failure to report misconduct by a police officer.

Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities; requires the office of New Americans to establish a program to deliver comprehensive case management services to immigrants residing in certain shelters.

Prohibits the discrimination of persons based on their religious attire in recreational water parks, including, but not limited to, beaches, lakes, pools and other water facilities operated on land or water for recreational use.

Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the adjutant general and the chair of the board of trustees of the New York interest on lawyer account fund, establish a military pro bono program to provide legal assistance without charge to those in active military service of the United States and those military personnel who have been deployed for active duty other than training, and their family members domiciled or stationed in the state; makes related provisions.

Requires the superintendent of the state police to establish uniform investigatory standards when there is a shooting of a civilian by a police officer.

Authorizes the city of Rochester to adopt a local law requiring a member of the police force in such city to be a resident of Rochester subsequent to the effective date of such local law.

Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development; requires the number of new certifications and recertifications including the basis for any denials be included in the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development.

Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect.

Enacts the "keep police radio public act"; ensures that, except for sensitive information, all radio communications are accessible to emergency services organizations and professional journalists.

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of minority- and women-owned businesses with respect to state contracts and subcontracts which includes an analyses of the use of discretionary buying.

Directs state agencies to adopt an embodied carbon decarbonization program; requires the office of general services to issue operational directives and guidance for common construction materials to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in such materials.

Prohibits the inclusion of confidential clauses in contracts entered into for the purchase of services or commodities by the state.

Relates to the publication of information on public meetings; requires the office of information technology services to develop a mobile application and website to publish information on every public meeting held by a state or local public body; requires public bodies to report such meetings to the office of information technology services.

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition.

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.

Provides that the transfer of certain state lands to KIPP: Albany Community Public Charter Schools shall be made after the submission of the application to the office of general services for such transfer, and prior to the expiration of provisions authorizing such transfer; extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county including assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant county attorney.

Requires each public body to live stream and post video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings; requires each public body to post such recordings for a period of not less than five years.

Prohibits discriminatory practices by real estate appraisers; furthers fair housing compliance.

Requires the state fire administrator to make available a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program to provide training to individuals responsible for providing emergency response and recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles; defines emergency medical services agency.

Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person experiencing an emotional crisis".

Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.

Establishes the office of Native American affairs to act as a centralized office for Native American nations to access information on state programs that are provided to Native Americans.

Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain state land to the Syosset Central School District for the purpose of building new and expanding current facilities at Berry Hill Elementary School; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts and advance payments and interest for such contracts; repeals provisions relating to interest payments.

Relates to the maximum allowable time frames to respond to requests for records under the freedom of information act.

Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in public buildings owned or leased by the state that are determined to be opened to the public; requires reporting.

Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the county of Putnam.

Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.

Requires events held by the state or on state property which include alcohol to include alcohol produced within the state.

Directs state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan.

Authorizes the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department of taxation and finance and the New York city department of finance.

Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.

Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of health and other agencies to ensure that the agency meets its responsibilities to review and assess Medicaid managed care organizations for compliance with federal and state requirements to maintain adequate health care providers within network, and to meet mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.

Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.

Directs the state energy conservation construction code to set standards for electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle ready parking spaces in certain new buildings.

Clarifies the definition of lithium-ion battery in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving such batteries.

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in residential buildings with common spaces shared between three or more dwelling units and that such smoke detectors can be heard in such common spaces.

Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.

Requires consideration as a quantitative factor whether the commodities or services were manufactured or will be performed by a labor union with respect to the awarding of certain procurement contracts.

Requires the public posting of certain emergency and exempted contracts which are otherwise subject to the approval of the state comptroller.

Provides additional crime victims' rights; requires certain notifications.

Authorizes the commissioner of general services, subject to the consent of the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, to transfer and convey certain state land to the Livingston County Water & Sewer Authority.

Exempts persons holding the office of code enforcement officer of the city of Auburn from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.

Relates to the application of New York state's human rights law to employees who work outside of the state of New York, if their employer maintains a physical address within New York state.

Extends provisions of law relating to requiring certain agencies to submit regulatory agendas for publication in the state register from December 31, 2024 until December 31, 2028.

Establishes a cause of action against any person who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or their private affairs or concerns if such intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.

Enacts the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act"; imposes vicarious liability on a person for unlawful discriminatory practices related to the sale, rental, or lease of certain property by such person's agent.

Requires state employees who use a computer to complete at least twenty-five percent of such employees' required duties to undergo annual cyber security training.

Provides for reimbursement for certain insurance premiums for certain members of the naval militia.

Authorizes the director of the division of minority and women's business development and the mayor of the city of New York to enter into a memorandum of understanding to allow reciprocity between the state and New York City for businesses that are certified as minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund; provides that funds and payments shall not be used for any other purpose other than as stated in section 97-v of the state finance law.

Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code; provides additional definitions; provides remedies for violations of the code; makes conforming technical changes.

Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.

Authorizes the establishment of permanent COVID-19 memorials; establishes a COVID-19 permanent memorial fund.

Directs the department of state, in cooperation with other departments, to provide technical assistance to any municipality, upon request, that has had a college or university close within such municipality.

Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.

Enacts the feathered lives also count act directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities; requires the commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature.

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.

Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program.

Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program.

Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms.

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.

Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees, or legal defense funds, for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee.

Requires local boards and the division of housing and community renewal to submit certain residential housing and zoning information to the department of state annually; requires such information to be published by the department of state on its website.

Requires entities that submit records to state agencies that are excepted from disclosure under FOIL to periodically re-apply for the exception.

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; provides that such committee may refer bills and resolutions to sub-committees for disposition; provides for appointment of a non-partisan counsel to make referrals to such standing committee on similar bills and resolutions.

Limits the power of the legislature to amend a redistricting plan submitted by the independent redistricting commission where it affects more than two percent of the population of any district contained in such plan.

Requires a manufacturer that produced, sold, or distributed a class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS to recall all of the product within two years.

Exempts small business enterprises that manufacture metal or vinyl windows and doors from certain employee limits and personal net worth limits for purposes of certification of a minority-owned business enterprise.

Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.

Limits the power of the legislature to amend a redistricting plan submitted by the independent redistricting commission where it affects more than two percent of the population of any district contained in such plan.

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; provides that such committee may refer bills and resolutions to sub-committees for disposition; provides for appointment of a non-partisan counsel to make referrals to such standing committee on similar bills and resolutions.

Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as the official state flag for recognizing armed service members who have died as a result of serving the United States in any war or conflict the nation has been involved in since its inception.

Relates to the calculation of past service credit for members in the title of deputy sheriff who provided police protection or correction officer service transferring between the New York state and local employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement.

Provides for bidding protest procedures for state agencies and public authorities.

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement.

Provides for bidding protest procedures for state agencies and public authorities.

Designates March twenty-first as a day of commemoration to be known as "Down Syndrome Awareness Day".

Increases the discretionary buying threshold for state agencies purchasing commodities from small business concerns, certified minority and women-owned businesses and certified veteran companies.

Establishes central depository databases at the state and county levels for governmental real property transaction records and data.

Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code by counties.

Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund; provides that funds and payments shall not be used for any other purpose other than as stated in section 97-v of the state finance law.

Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.

Establishes January 30th of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution".

Requires the state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop and implement a training program to educate first responders on effective communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations.

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature and changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.

Requires electronic filing of all financial disclosure statements with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

Relates to posting the names of individuals who are authorized to sign state contracts; eliminates unfavorable terms in state contracts.

Designates the state of New York a purple heart state.

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature and changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature and changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.

Requires an "X" gender marker to be included in documents that request that a person identify their gender or sex utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities.

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.

Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of minority- and women-owned businesses with respect to state contracts and subcontracts which includes an analyses of the use of discretionary buying.

Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement.

Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of minority- and women-owned businesses with respect to state contracts and subcontracts which includes an analyses of the use of discretionary buying.

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.

Permits the adoption of rules and regulations by state and local government entities prior to the effective date of an act of the legislature which necessitates such rules, regulations or actions.

Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

Enacts the "MWBE equality act" to add ethno-religious groups as minority group members for the purposes of MWBE; defines ethno-religious persons as unified by a common religious and ethnic background.

Prohibits the state from purchasing any product that was made with child labor or which contains components or parts manufactured or procured using child labor.

Commissions a disparity study to determine the level of participation of women and minority businesses in state contracting; requires establishment of programs and goals based on the results of such study.

Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".