We pass many important laws in the state Assembly. Please find highlights attached of legislation signed into law by the governor.
| New Laws Taking Effect – April 2022 | |||
| Effective Date | Chapter | Bill Number | Summary |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 92 of 2021 | A.1248-A | Enacts certain provisions of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act that authorize the sale of cannabis in the state and establish a structure for taxation. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 56 of 2021
Part JJ, Subpart A |
A.3006-C | Requires social services to provide any parent or guardian receiving public assistance with educational materials about adverse childhood experiences, the importance of protective factors and the availability of services for children. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 56 of 2021
Part OO |
A.3006-C | Clarifies the powers of a social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage or lien. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 59 of 2021
Part GG, Sec. 2 |
A.3009-C | Extends the income tax credit for individuals or entities investing in low-income housing. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 527 of 2021 | A.471-C | Makes it illegal to sell, offer for sale, or install
a cut-out, bypass or similar device for the muffler or exhaust system of a motor vehicle or motorcycle. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 781 of 2021 | A.5424-A | Enacts the Make Voting Easy Act, which requires the board of elections to designate early voting polling places and extend the hours polls are open for early voting. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 834 of 2021
Ch. 170 of 2022 |
A.3130 | Establishes the chief disability officer within the executive chamber to advocate on behalf of people with disabilities and ensure they are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of the state of New York. |
| 4/1/2022 | Ch. 117 of 2022 | A.8789 | Changes the process for canvassing absentee, military, special and affidavit ballots in order to obtain the results of an election in a more expedited manner and to assure that every vote is counted. |
| 4/5/2022 | Ch. 434 of 2021 | A.128 | Directs the Office of Addiction Services and Supports to maintain an online directory of distributors of opioid antagonists. |
| 4/6/2022 | Ch. 446 of 2021 | A.3173 | Requires weight loss services or products to provide consumers with a weight loss and dieting information notice, which includes the dangers of rapid weight loss, dieting information, and risks associated with certain medications used with weight loss programs. |
| 4/6/2022 | Ch. 459 of 2021 | A.443 | Requires municipalities to consider the use of renewable energy sources when designing local building and planning regulations. |
| 4/6/2022 | Ch. 465 of 2021 | A.6809 | Updates the education and experience requirements for professional engineers by requiring at least a bachelor’s degree in an engineering program or the substantial equivalent. |
| 4/6/2022 | Ch. 473 of 2021 | A.4950-A | Requires charter buses to have commercial global positioning (GPS) technology. |
| 4/7/2022 | Ch. 593 of 2021 Sec. 4 | A.2382 | Enacts a provision of the Consumer Credit Fairness Act, which reduces the statute of limitations to file a debt collection action from six years to three years. |
| 4/9/2022 | Ch. 672 of 2021 | A.6947 | Reinstates a tax credit and tax exemption for the rehabilitation of historic barns. |
| 4/20/2022 | Ch. 682 of 2021 | A.7192-A | Authorizes the operation of autocycles with either a class D driver’s license or class M motorcyclist’s license. |
| 4/20/2022 | Ch. 688 of 2021 | A.844-A | Requires real estate brokers to receive two hours of training in cultural competency. |
| 4/20/2022 | Ch. 701 of 2021 | A.2300-C | Establishes a dedicated telephone line for housing discrimination complaints. |
| 4/20/2022 | Ch. 705 of 2021
Sec. 2 Ch. 66 of 2022, Sec. 1, 2 |
A.6222 | Requires the Department of Health to translate the Nursing Home Bill of Rights to the 10 most common languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency. Also requires nursing homes to post the nursing home complaint hotline and the contact information of the regional ombudsman where notices are commonly displayed, and ensures this information is provided to staff as well as every patient and their appointed personal representative at the time of admission to the facility. |
| 4/20/2022 | Ch. 153 of 2022
Sec. 1 |
A.9175 | Requires real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers must meet prior to receiving any services. |
| 4/21/2022 | Ch. 745 of 2021 | A.6896-A | Requires every state agency, board, or commission that collects data on ethnic origin for residents of the state of New York to
use separate categories for a number of Asian groups, including but not limited to: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Taiwanese. |
| 4/21/2022 | Ch. 786 of 2021
Part B |
A.3360-A | Requires gas and electric corporations to provide residential customers with a $25 credit on the balance of their bill for each 24-hour period of service outage that occurs for more than 72 consecutive hours after an emergency event, as well as reimburse for medication and food that expires or spoils due to a service outage that lasts longer than 72 consecutive hours after an emergency event, up to $540 for food. |
| 4/23/2022 | Ch. 496 of 2021 | A.96-A | Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles. |
| 4/23/2022 | Ch. 499 of 2021 | A.2202 | Requires contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance before they begin work on a home. |
| 4/26/2022 | Ch. 520 of 2021
Ch. 149 of 2022 |
A.613-A | Enacts the Jose Webster Untraceable Firearms Act, which criminalizes the sale of ghost guns and requires gunsmiths to register and serialize firearms, rifles, shotguns, and unfinished frames or receivers they assemble. |
| 4/26/2022 | Ch. 94 of 2022 | A.8741 | Clarifies that the provisions of the Scott J. Beigel Unfinished Receiver Act, which prohibits the possession and sale of unfinished frames or receivers in New York State, apply to licensed dealers in firearms and to the sale of unserialized frames and receivers. |
| 4/30/2022 | Ch. 831 of 2021 | A.6474-A | Provides that the rate of interest on money judgments in actions involving consumer debt shall be calculated at a rate of two percent. |
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