New York Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest

NY - Aging (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Consumer Affairs and Protection (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Health (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Higher Education (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Insurance (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Social Services (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Intergenerational Care (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Legislative Women's Caucus (Assembly)

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Member

NY - New Americans (Assembly)

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Member

NY - Women's Issues (Assembly)

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Member

NY - A4142 Relates to requiring at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses

NY - A4141 Caps cost sharing for insulin

NY - A997 Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by certain federal agencies

NY - A4942 Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees

NY - A1124 Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities

NY - A1263 Relates to judicial diversion programs; repealer

NY - A4893 Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history

NY - A5728 Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax

NY - A4836 Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act"

NY - A4781 Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant

NY - A4815 Establishes the universal child care act; repealer; appropriation

NY - A1710 Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; appropriation

NY - A4821 Establishes an unemployment bridge program; establishes digital ad tax act; appropriation

NY - A4819 Relates to establishing the professional practice of certified midwifery

NY - A1907 Relates to physical needs assessments for public housing authorities

NY - A5018 Updates value capture mechanisms for NYC and the MTA

NY - A4920 Prohibits geofencing by digital advertisers at health care facilities

NY - A1920 Relates to the establishment of a state university-based center for employee ownership; repealer

NY - A1955 Creates the district long-term care ombudsman council program

NY - A4060 Requires menstrual products in public colleges and universities

NY - A2576 Imposes an additional tax on income attributable to long-term capital gain

NY - A2418 Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection; repealer

NY - A786 Provides for the return of surplus proceeds from tax lien foreclosures to a former owner

NY - A275 Relates to establishing a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles

NY - A338 Relates to the enactment of the Safer Consumption Services Act

NY - A109 Prohibits drug or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns

NY - A46 Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien

NY - A149 Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations

NY - A361 Enacts the reproductive freedom and equity grant program

NY - A103 Enacts the "School aid equity act"

NY - A49 Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling

NY - A282 Provides course work and training in HIV and STI testing

NY - A279 Implements the "New York State Build Public Renewables Act"

NY - A155 Establishes application processing and review requirements for reprieves, commutations and pardons

NY - A67 Enacts the "education funding census update act"

NY - A412 Authorizes voting by incarcerated people

NY - A531 Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction

NY - A522 Relates to establishing the "pollution justice act of 2023"

NY - A535 Requires all insurance policies to provide a certain amount of coverage for hearing aids

NY - A456 Establishes the education equity act which provides language assistance to parents/guardians who have children enrolled in public school and who do not speak English

NY - A709 Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"

NY - A681 Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer

NY - A3292 Relates to the amount of matchable contributions under the public campaign financing program

NY - A778 Relates to the office of addiction services and supports and tobacco-limited and tobacco-free facilities for treatment

NY - A868 Relates to aid for career education

NY - A906 Includes the right to strike as an employee right

NY - A895 Enacts the manufacturer disclosure and transparency act

NY - A920 Enacts the "all-electric building act"

NY - A710 Relates to providing a civil action for deprivation of rights

NY - A2105 Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds

NY - A5100 Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits

NY - A1101 Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act

NY - A1128 Establishes the "earned time act"

NY - A1112 Relates to the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy

NY - A1279 Establishes the child victims act fund; appropriation

NY - A1280 Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles

NY - A1075 Establishes a program to address the legalization of specified basements and cellars and the conversion of other specified basements and cellars in a city with a population of one million or more

NY - A1243 Provides for the appointment and removal of commissioners of election; repealer

NY - A995 Relates to the medical aid in dying act

NY - A1014 Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system

NY - K11 Commemorating the observance of the 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 16, 2023

NY - A1345 Relates to the enactment of the student journalist free speech act

NY - A1411 Relates to enacting the "New York state teleworking expansion act"

NY - A1502 Relates to incorporating arts and music education into the public school curriculum

NY - A1438 Prevents nonresident race horse owners from avoiding use tax in certain situations; repealer

NY - A1435 Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"

NY - A1492 Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement against biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody

NY - A1568 Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness and increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients

NY - A1607 Creates the office of expungement

NY - A1645 Requires a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for certain incarcerated individuals

NY - A2035 Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five

NY - A1727 Relates to investment income

NY - A1734 Establishes differential payment rates for child care services provided by licensed, registered or enrolled child care providers

NY - A1718 Establishes an indirect source review for certain warehouse operations

NY - A2131 Relates to mortgage loan servicers

NY - A2033 Provides for licensure of school psychologists

NY - A1929 Eliminates certain services from the class A misdemeanor of theft of services and allows for community service in lieu of a civil penalty for certain thefts of transit services

NY - A2011 Authorizes and directs the state board of elections to create an online petitioning system for designating petitions

NY - A2102 Provides for restructuring unsustainable sovereign and subnational debt

NY - A2164 Provides voice communication service to incarcerated people at no cost

NY - A2177 Requires degree-granting institutions of higher education to make certain biennial disclosures

NY - A4592 Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; and repeals certain provisions of the public service law relating to gas service and sale

NY - A1699 Relates to the releasing of individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness; repeal

NY - A5180 Establishes a school voter registration access program

NY - A1926 Requires the department of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on a quarterly basis

NY - A1973 Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly and increases the required number of water closets for women

NY - A5191 Provides for the employment of mental health professionals by school districts

NY - A1941 Relates to providing universal school meals to students

NY - A1633 Relates to the closure of hospitals or emergency or maternity departments

NY - K58 Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2023, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York

NY - A2036 Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences; repealer

NY - A2880 Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth

NY - A2230 Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students

NY - A2346 Increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system

NY - A2367 Establishes the cesarean births review board

NY - A1283 Relates to equal protection

NY - A806 Requires certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language

NY - A2454 Eliminates rent for homeless shelters; repealer

NY - A1570 Prohibits fees for any service rendered through a bank relating to the use of an electronic benefit transfer card issued by the state or certain departments or agencies thereof

NY - A2464 Relates to the calculation of the empire state child credit

NY - A2655 Establishes energy efficiency measures by the public service commission and NYSERDA

NY - A2645 Establishes the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"

NY - A2647 Relates to enacting the Educational Rights Transparency for New York Families Act

NY - A742 Relates to conferring youthful offender status upon conviction of an eligible youth for a misdemeanor

NY - K148 Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2023, as Women's History Month in the State of New York

NY - A503 Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in multiple languages

NY - A749 Relates to eligibility of community colleges for state aid

NY - A2878 Relates to motions to vacate judgment; repealer

NY - A2934 Relates to establishing the "pollution justice act"

NY - A2746 Includes correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights

NY - A162 Relates to findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole

NY - A2882 Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers

NY - A3115 Imposes a progressive income tax structure; repealer

NY - A3241 Provides a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies course

NY - A3271 Provides for support and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status

NY - A3314 Relates to requiring liability insurance for owners of firearms, rifles and shotguns

NY - A3076 Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education and allows for a portion of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience

NY - A3306 Prohibits the use of reverse location and reverse keyword searches

NY - A3352 Establishes the "New York public banking act"

NY - A5470 Repeals section 3 of article 16 relating to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein

NY - A3353 Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"

NY - A3155 Relates to protections for private education loan borrowers and cosigners

NY - A3193 Establishes separate taxes on inheritance income and on gift income

NY - A3484 Relates to the disclosure of beneficial owners of limited liability companies

NY - A3020 Provides for coverage for health care services under the basic health program for individuals whose immigration status renders him or her ineligible for federal financial participation

NY - A3581 Relates to medical use of psilocybin; appropriation

NY - A3575 Relates to the regulation of street vendors in N.Y. city; repealer

NY - A2204 Increases the minimum wage annually; repealer

NY - A3412 Relates to the abolition of slavery for persons convicted of crimes

NY - A3504 Establishes a clean and resilient energy program

NY - A3609 Requires police officers to report the misconduct of a police officer

NY - A3643 Requires the superintendent of the state police to establish uniform investigatory standards when there is a shooting of a civilian by a police officer

NY - A1709 Relates to providing protections to health service providers who perform legally protected health activities

NY - A1493 Establishes the New York state office of civil representation to provide access to legal services in eviction proceedings

NY - A1395 Provides access to medication abortion prescription drugs at SUNY and CUNY campuses

NY - A1162 Relates to the investment of funds wagered on video lottery gaming for certain horse races; repealer

NY - K83 Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2023, as Black History Month in the State of New York

NY - A2970 Relates to recoverability of sovereign debt

NY - A4013 Relates to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine

NY - A3722 Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs

NY - A114 Legalizes adult possession and use of certain natural plant or fungus-based hallucinogens

NY - A3992 Relates to construction of voting machines and systems

NY - A3750 Grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court

NY - A3729 Authorizes retail clinics to provide certain services

NY - K101 Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 8, 2023, as Students with Disabilities Advocacy Day in the State of New York

NY - A3781 Prohibits the imposition of different premium rates for disability insurance based on gender

NY - A4019 Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff

NY - A4021 Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program

NY - A1029 Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions

NY - A170 Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof

NY - A4122 Relates to spending by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

NY - A4035 Expedites MTA capital project construction by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such construction

NY - A4115 Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund; appropriation

NY - A4183 Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer

NY - A2653 Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; and repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto

NY - A4425 Enacts The New Deal for CUNY

NY - A4333 Requires fashion sellers to be accountable to standardized environmental and social due diligence policies, and establishes a fashion remediation fund

NY - A4346 Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind

NY - A4576 Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students

NY - A4517 Promotes voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; repealer

NY - A1644 Requires human service providers that contract with the state to pay their employees a certain minimum wage

NY - A4604 Relates to comprehensive sexuality education in schools

NY - A4454 Prohibits eviction without good cause

NY - A3690 Raises the tax rate on corporate income; increases the state conformity to federal taxation of corporate profit shifting; and imposes an additional tax on individual business income

NY - A5485 Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities

NY - A5372 Relates to increasing monetary penalties for public health law violations

NY - A5370 Relates to creating the health emergency response data system

NY - A5911 Relates to pharmacy services provided by managed care providers; repealer

NY - A5608 Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"

NY - A5686 Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; repealer

NY - A5691 Relates to school climate and codes of conduct on school property and disciplinary action following violation of such codes of conduct; and makes conforming amendments

NY - A5875 Exempts income earned by persons from certain job training or adult education programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs

NY - A5577 Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit

NY - A5588 Relates to the protection and promotion of the mental health of the residents of New York state

NY - A4354 Enacts the "Dignity Not Detention" act

NY - A5709 Increases the number of members on the state commission of correction

NY - A5745 Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work

NY - A5294 Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting eight to twenty-four passengers for hire and establishes a commuter van trust fund

NY - A6027 Modifies the distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool; repealer