Representative • Democrat
Emerita Torres
New York • District HD-085
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
29
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 2
Other: 4
Yea: 251
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Sponsored Bills
NY A06490•Introduced
Requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students; requires school districts to ensure that appropriately certified teachers are providing such education; authorizes rules and regulations consistent with such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00073•Introduced
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07977•Introduced
Strengthens protections against discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on actual or perceived immigration status, and to improve implementation and oversight under the Dignity for All Students Act.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07952•Introduced
Requires judges or justices in a court that exercises criminal jurisdiction, including town and village justices, family court judges, and justices of the supreme court who regularly handle matrimonial matters, and court clerks of such courts to attend a program approved by the chief administrator of the courts addressing issues relating to domestic violence totaling at least ten hours every two years; requires law enforcement officers to complete ten hours of domestic violence training every two years.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07467•Introduced
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07828•Introduced
Creates an affordable housing insurance relief fund program to provide grants to eligible projects for housing insurance premiums.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07855•Introduced
Establishes the crimes of unlawful dissemination or publication of intimate images in the first, second, and third degree; defines terms and clarifies application of provisions relating to such crimes; extends the statute of limitations for such crimes; repeals provisions relating thereto.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07770•Introduced
Requires the commissioner of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost of living, poverty rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05448•Introduced
Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.
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NY A06545•Introduced
Imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05835•Introduced
Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.
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NY A04632•Introduced
Encourages farmers' markets in state parks by posting related information, identifying opportunities and coordinating with other state agencies.
Co-Sponsor
NY A04040•Introduced
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.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00514•Introduced
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00127•Introduced
Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.
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NY A07601•Introduced
Extends the expiration date of free one day admission to the zoological park to December 31, 2030.
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NY A07544•Introduced
Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00472•Introduced
Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2025; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07339•Introduced
Requires certain insurance policies to provide coverage for fertility preservation services, including anticipated iatrogenic infertility.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06765•Introduced
Enacts the preventing algorithmic pricing discrimination act; requires the disclosure of algorithmically set prices.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07082•Introduced
Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07062•Introduced
Prohibits transportation network companies from enacting surge pricing during declared federal, state and local emergencies; subjects violators to a two hundred fifty dollar fine.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07079•Introduced
Increases transparency in ticket reselling marketplaces by requiring ticket resellers have accounts which show their name and a photo of them.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07086•Introduced
Requires the New York state thruway authority to submit biannual reports to the legislature of all fiscal transactions, receipts and expenditures, with each report covering activity from the prior six months.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06874•Introduced
Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act which establishes an artificial intelligence literacy in the digital equity competitive grant program.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06877•Introduced
Requires any student graduating from a high school in New York state be provided with a voter registration form.
Primary Sponsor
NY A01172•Introduced
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06772•Introduced
Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.
Co-Sponsor
NY A04631•Introduced
Requires fashion sellers to carry out environmental due diligence for the portions of their business related to wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags, including wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags produced as a private label; establishes a fashion remediation fund.
Co-Sponsor
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