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NY A 295

in committee

Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 295 pass?

Not yet. NY A 295 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 295 about?

Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved by the state legislature.

Who sponsors NY A 295?

Christopher Friend is the primary sponsor of NY A 295, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Description

Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved by the state legislature.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Christopher Friendprimary
  • Kenneth Blankenbushcosponsor
  • Stephen Hawleycosponsor
  • Philip Palmesanocosponsor
  • Edward Racosponsor
  • Brian Manktelowcosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Angelo J. Morinellocosponsor
  • David DiPietrocosponsor
  • Mary Beth Walshcosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor
  • Chris Taguecosponsor
  • Joseph Sempolinskicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-27

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    failure

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6208not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5206not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4721not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6131not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5637not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A295?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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