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Equality Legislation Tracker

Equality Legislation Tracker organizes records from LegiScan Pull and Bulk APIs into a static table for transparent comparison. It preserves official source links and dates, marks missing enrichment, and adds deterministic grouping, change, recency, trend, or significance fields only where the documented inputs support them, without recommendations or unsupported claims.

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01/03/2025–09/01/2026
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial.05/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged467.530
Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.06/27/2025unclassifiedunchanged428.530
Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act01/16/2025unclassifiedunchanged590.530
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 202501/16/2025unclassifiedunchanged590.530
Whole-Home Repairs Act of 202501/16/2025unclassifiedunchanged590.530
Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged; provides that a prevailing defendant in an action brought against such defendant for making a communication that is privileged shall be entitled to attorney's fees and costs for such defense.01/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged589.530
Prohibiting public school entities from engaging in certain communications and actions involving prohibited indoctrination; and providing for requirements for public contractors and for enforcement.01/22/2025unclassifiedunchanged584.530
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.05/04/2026unclassifiedunchanged117.530
Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof.01/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged589.530
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE-VETERANS04/24/2026unclassifiedunchanged127.530
Education expense subtraction and credit provisions modifications01/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged585.530
Establishes the civil rights restoration act; amends provisions regarding firearm licenses and destruction of firearms; exempts certain individuals from providing photographs in order to obtain a firearm license; expands the definition of immediate family.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged234.530
Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to limited English proficient individuals in connection with services provided through the department of labor, department of family assistance or department of health.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged234.530
Prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement officers; provides a right of action for violations of such prohibition.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged234.530
Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a peace officer or police officer for knowingly reporting false or baseless information relating to wrongdoing by a police or peace officer to a law enforcement agency; creates a private right of action for damages.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged234.530
Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.01/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged229.530
Simplifying condominium construction statutes.05/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged479.530
Child Fatality Review Committee Jenny Epstein Confirmation Resolution of 202501/24/2025unclassifiedunchanged582.530
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 202501/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged589.530
Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.01/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged586.530
Concerning protection order hope cards.05/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged474.530
Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.05/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged469.530
Visitors in a guardianship proceeding and appointment of successor guardians.05/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged484.530
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.01/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged586.530
Commemorating the observance of the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 20, 202501/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged585.530
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.04/29/2026unclassifiedunchanged122.530
Commemorating the observance of the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 20, 202501/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged585.530
Establishes an independent inspector general in each county to oversee police activity and investigate allegations of police misconduct.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged234.530
Provides additional protections for sensitive health information; requires all health information networks, electronic health record systems, and health care providers to provide patients with a right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information; defines terms; provides for exceptions.04/30/2026unclassifiedunchanged121.530
Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation.04/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged138.530
Establishes a pilot program to provide grants to local education providers to implement high-impact tutoring programs prioritizing low-income or underserved students to address student learning loss or unfinished learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.04/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged141.530
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".05/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged103.530
Concerning legal financial obligations.01/12/2026unclassifiedunchanged229.530
Concerning charter school contracts.02/26/2026unclassifiedunchanged184.530
Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 202501/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged228.530
Eliminate the Division of Parole Supervision and the position of Director of Supervision and Services, transfer powers and duties to the Department of Correctional Services, and change provisions relating to correctional system overcrowding emergencies06/06/2025unclassifiedunchanged449.530
Require the State Board of Education to develop a model policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, require school boards to adopt a policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, and provide for Title VI coordinators04/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged134.530
Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses04/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged134.530
Protecting Students on Campus Act of 202504/30/2025unclassifiedunchanged486.530
Housing: landlord and tenants; prohibition against tenants right to repair; disallow in truth and renting act. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.633 & 554.634). TIE BAR WITH: SB 19'25, SB 20'2506/17/2025unclassifiedunchanged438.530
Commemorating the opening of the Rabbi Samuel Karff Memorial Bridge in Houston.04/09/2025unclassifiedunchanged507.530
Education: curriculum; requirement for schools to provide instruction on African-American history; provide for, and create the commission to update African-American history in K to 12 instruction. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1164.01/23/2025unclassifiedunchanged583.530
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, incarcerated individual work release, furlough and leave, certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, taxes, expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee, the ignition interlock device program, the merit provisions, prisoner litigation reform and the incarcerated individual filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and incarcerated individual property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter, the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence, the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, the counties, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, the custody by the department of correctional services of incarcerated individual serving definite sentences, custody of federal prisoners, the closing of certain correctional facilities, military funds of the organized militia, providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the city of New York (Part A); expands eligibility for who may hold correction and police officer positions (Part C); expands support services for victims of financial abuse and homicide (Part G); expands protections and services to survivors of sexual assault for itemized charges related to exams for such survivors (Part H); improves access to public assistance for survivors of gender-based violence; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part I); requires certain employers to implement a model gender-based violence and the workplace policy (Part J); prohibits artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material (Part L); extends provisions of law relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part Q); increases the bond limit for the New York city transitional finance authority (Part R); modifies the industrial and commercial abatement program (Part S); extends the civil service examination fee waiver for certain persons (Part V); provides for an optional payment election for certain employees (Part W); authorizes construction manager as constructor contracts as an alternative delivery method for authorized projects; defines construction manager as constructor contracts (Part Y); allows certain residents or fellows to render medical care in cases of workers' compensation injuries (Part AA); provides for temporary payment of compensation for medical treatment and care, including prescription drugs (Part CC); establishes a body-worn cameras program within the department of corrections and community supervision to increase accountability (Part GG); relates to the functions, powers and duties of the state commission on correction (Part HH); extends the time the New York State community commission on reparations remedies has to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor (Part JJ); establishes the "Oak Orchard wastewater project design-build act" for the wastewater treatment plant in the town of Clay, county of Onondaga (Part KK); increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system (Part LL); establishes the New York state office of gun violence prevention (Part MM); provides for ten additional judges for the New York city civil court and five additional judges for the court of claims (Part NN); relates to public campaign financing; changes certain thresholds and procedures; repeals certain provisions of chapter 58 of 2020 relating to severability (Part OO); delays implementing certain restrictions on outside earned income by members of the legislature until January 1, 2027 (Part PP); requires that candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are designated jointly; provides that ballots shall reflect that that offices of governor and lieutenant governor are voted for jointly (Part QQ); relates to civil enforcement actions initiated by the attorney-general (Part RR); restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers (Part SS); establishes a twenty-five year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs (Part TT); removes eligibility or receipt of primary social security disability benefits as a condition for ordinary disability retirement for New York city enhanced plan members in active service who are not eligible for a normal retirement benefit and have completed five years or more of service (Part UU); extends the retiree earnings limitation waiver for school employees until June 30, 2027 (Part VV); authorizes courts to dispense with the personal appearance of a party or the defendant and conduct such appearance electronically; repeals provisions relating to appearances in court; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part WW); relates to promotions of police detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposes (Part XX); establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for certain law enforcement members or officers; provides for accidental disability retirement allowance for certain members (Part YY); lowers the minimum hiring age for correction officers to eighteen (Part ZZ); extends provisions related to the operation and administration of the legislature (Part AAA); relates to authorizing the department of corrections and community supervision to close up to three correctional facilities in the 2025--2026 state fiscal year; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part BBB).05/07/2025unclassifiedunchanged479.530
Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Operations Budget.05/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged466.530
Prohibit discrimination based on military or veteran status04/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged134.530
HEALTH FACILITY-OUTDOOR ACCESS03/21/2025unclassifiedunchanged526.530
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid to Localities Budget.05/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged478.530
INC TX-R AND D CREDIT06/02/2025unclassifiedunchanged453.530
Provide for medical conscience-based objections04/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged134.530
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp01/20/2026unclassifiedunchanged221.530