We pass many laws in the state Legislature during session; however, some enacted laws have delayed effective dates. Please see below for the new laws that take effect this month.
| New Laws Taking Effect – July 2025 | ||
| Effective Date | Chapter | Summary |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 311 of 2024 | Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 312 of 2024 | Requires colleges and universities to include the national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8, and the crisis text line on student identification cards. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 353 of 2024 | Requires the Department of Health pamphlet regarding sewage disposal systems and septic system operation and maintenance to be included on property condition disclosure statements. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 563 of 2024 | Lowers the period of probable usefulness of zero-emission school buses from 12 years to eight years. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 650 of 2024 | Enacts the Schools Impacted by Gross Highways (SIGH) Act, prohibiting the construction of new schools within 500 feet of a controlled highway unless no other options exist. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 4 of 2025 | Includes the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets on the state Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 75 of 2025 | Expands the Veterans Tuition Award Program to include veterans who served at least four years on active duty or those who served in combat or the combat theaters of Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, or Afghanistan. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 96 of 2025 | Prohibits AI systems that utilize automated decision-making tools for employment decisions from affecting the rights, benefits, and privileges of existing employees of state agencies. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 55 of 2025
Part YY |
Establishes 20/25-year retirement plans for environmental conservation officers, forest rangers, state park police and state university peace officers. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 56 of 2025
Part A §1 §§1-10-e, 12-15, 17, 21, 25 |
Enacts various provisions of the education law related to: contracts for excellence, the calculation of state aid to school districts, extensions to comply with zero-emission bus requirements, maximum class sizes for special education and aid for magnet schools. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 56 of 2025
Part B |
Establishes a universal free school meals program providing all students with free breakfast and lunch at every school that participates in the National School Lunch Program. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 59 of 2025
Part N |
Provides for the electronic filing of tax warrants and warrant-related records. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 59 of 2025
Part VV |
Clarifies the rates and distribution of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 129 of 2025 | Requires Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) to remit unclaimed funds to the State Comptroller in the same manner that utilities are currently required to do. |
| 7/1/2025 | Ch. 171 of 2025 | Extends the Relocation and Employment Assistance
Program (REAP) for five years and provides tax credits to businesses that relocate to New York City from outside of New York State. |
| 7/8/2025 | Ch. 55 of 2025
Part L |
Includes AI generated and altered material under the definitions of promoting/possessing an obscene performance of a child. |
| 7/8/2025 | Ch. 55 of 2025
Part GG |
Establishes a body-worn cameras program within the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and requires body cameras to be worn by correction officers and security supervisors at all times while on duty. |
| 7/8/2025 | Ch. 55 of 2025
Part WW |
Clarifies the process for conducting electronic court appearances. |
| 7/8/2025 | Ch. 58 of 2025
Part X |
Requires disclosure of algorithmically set prices for goods and services. |
| 7/11/2025 | Ch.196 of 2024 | Requires accident reports to include information indicating whether accidents involved electric scooters or bicycles with electric assist. |
| 7/26/2025 | Ch. 177 of 2025 | Requires municipal corporations to report cybersecurity incidents and demands of ransom payments to the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and requires cybersecurity incident reviews. |
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