Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.
Enacts the "just energy transition act"; requires a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase-out, replacement and redevelopment of New York state's oldest and most-polluting fossil fueled generation facilities and their sites by the year 2030.
Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology, and surveillance pricing in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties.
Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.
Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows camp operators and staff to give children over-the-counter or prescription medications during emergencies like asthma attacks, anaphylaxis, or seizures. It directly affects children at overnight, summer day, or traveling summer camps, as well as the camp staff who may administer care. The key provision requires parent or guardian authorization and compliance with health department rules, ensuring staff act under parental direction during medical emergencies. It amends public health and education laws to clarify this authority without creating new requirements for camps.
Maddy summaryThis bill ceremonially designates a specific highway route across multiple New York counties as the "Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway" for historical recognition. It defines the exact segments - spanning from Auburn through Geneva, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls - using existing state and county routes. The bill requires signage bearing the byway name but clarifies this is purely ceremonial, with no change to the roads' official names or impact on transportation operations.
Requires each board of education to adopt a written policy for reconsideration of school library materials and make such policy available on its website; requires such policies to include provisions for the creation of a reconsideration committee to review complaints regarding school library materials; requires the commissioner of education to develop one or more model policies for school districts.
Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and, in a city with a population of one million or more, the use of low carbon intensity building components.
Maddy summaryThis bill, the "Protecting Libraries' Independence Act," directly affects public libraries, their librarians, and patrons. It requires public libraries to make reasonable efforts to provide requested library materials (like books, databases, or media) to residents served by the library, within professional standards. Crucially, it shields librarians and library staff from civil or criminal lawsuits for good-faith decisions about selecting, curating, or removing materials under this law. The measure aims to protect library independence by reducing legal risks for staff handling material choices.
