{"id":3897,"date":"2026-01-01T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:25:03","slug":"new-laws-taking-effect-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/new-laws-taking-effect-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Laws Taking Effect – January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT \u2013 JANUARY 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Effective Date<\/strong><\/td>\nChapter<\/strong><\/td>\nSummary<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 56 of 2023<\/p>\n

S4006C\/A3006C<\/a><\/td>\n

Raises the hourly minimum wage by 50 cents to $17 an hour in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island and $16 an hour for the rest of New York State.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 772 of 2023<\/p>\n

S995B\/A3484A<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ch. 102 of 2024 \u00a7\u00a71-9<\/p>\n

S8059\/A8544<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires limited liability companies (LLCs) to file disclosures with the Department of State identifying beneficial owners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 424 of 2024<\/p>\n

S2465C\/A1696C<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for additional screenings for breast cancer when the provider deems screening is necessary according to nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 553 of 2024<\/p>\n

S7114A\/A6425A<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ch. 81 of 2025<\/p>\n

S760\/A2443<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ch. 502 of 2025 \u00a7\u00a7 9-11<\/p>\n

S7807A\/A5392B<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices (EpiPens) and caps out-of-pocket costs at $100 per year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 595 of 2024<\/p>\n

S2063A\/A38A<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ch. 14 of 2025<\/p>\n

S774\/A430<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires large group health insurance policies to cover scalp cooling systems for the preservation of hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 641 of 2024<\/p>\n

S1267A\/A901A<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ch. 20 of 2025<\/p>\n

S2676\/A443<\/a><\/td>\n

Prevents step therapy protocols from requiring an insured to try and fail on more than two drugs used to treat the<\/p>\n

same medical condition or disease.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 55 of 2025 Part TT<\/p>\n

S3005C\/A3005C<\/a><\/td>\n

Establishes a 25-year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the Division of Military and Naval Affairs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 56 of 2025 Part T<\/p>\n

S3006C\/A3006C<\/a><\/td>\n

Expands the Healthy Terminals Act to include part-time workers at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International and LaGuardia airports as covered workers ensuring they receive fair pay and benefits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 59 of 2025 Part O<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a72, 3, 5-8, 11, 12<\/p>\n

S3009C\/A3009C<\/a><\/td>\n

Provides for eligible seniors who receive the Basic STAR exemption to be automatically upgraded to the Enhanced STAR exemption without having to submit a new application to their local assessor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 59 of 2025 Part KK<\/p>\n

S3009C\/A3009C<\/a><\/td>\n

Enacts the NY Farm Employer Overtime Credit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 418 of 2025<\/p>\n

S7287A\/A7906<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires insurance policies to provide space on enrollment, renewal or initial online portal forms to register or decline registration in the Donate Life registry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 489 of 2025<\/p>\n

S1889\/A29<\/a><\/td>\n

Designates the state of New York a purple heart state to honor combat veterans for their service and sacrifice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 506 of 2025<\/p>\n

S3360\/A1395<\/a><\/td>\n

Permits a close friend to make decisions regarding anatomical gifts on behalf of deceased individuals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/1\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 670 of 2025<\/p>\n

S683-A\/A3729<\/a><\/td>\n

Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/2\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 677 of 2025<\/p>\n

S2068-A\/A6579<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/14\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 478 of 2025<\/p>\n

S6413\/A7845<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires the Department of Health to establish a registry for the collection of information on the incidence and prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and motor neuron disease (MND) in the state and provides a method for patients to opt out of the collection of data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/14\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 479 of 2025<\/p>\n

S598B\/A1985C<\/a><\/td>\n

Establishes a state frontotemporal degeneration registry, requires certain information to be confidential and provides a method for patients to opt out of the collection of data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/20\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 189 of 2025<\/p>\n

S5539A\/A785A<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires school safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergencies on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/20\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 535 of 2025<\/p>\n

S8270\/A8299<\/a><\/td>\n

Requires parties in a divorce to notify each other within 10 days of legal or financial events that could impact the marital estate, such as foreclosure or bankruptcy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/20\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 540 of 2025<\/p>\n

S1314\/A4575<\/a><\/td>\n

Establishes that any communication simulating a document authorized, issued or approved by any court, official, agency of a state or another state or official government entity, that creates a false impression that the document is from that official source is false advertising.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/20\/2026<\/td>\nCh. 570 of 2025<\/p>\n

S8373\/A8300<\/a><\/td>\n

Sets guidelines regarding the computation and allocation of commissions for trustees of charitable trusts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 \u2013 JANUARY 2026 \u00a0 Effective Date Chapter Summary \u00a0 1\/1\/2026 Ch. 56 of 2023 S4006C\/A3006C Raises the hourly minimum wage by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/mcdonald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}