Phara Souffrant Forrest
New York
Record ID: NY-Assembly-57-FORREST-P
- LOB 731, Albany, NY 12248
- 518-455-5325
- souffrantforrestp@nyassembly.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| A 10699 | Establishes procedures to be followed when the body scan of an incarcerated individual, employee or visitor to a correctional facility displays alleged abnormalities | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1428 | Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10644 | Relates to increasing fines for the late filing of rent registration statements | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10646 | Provides voice communication service to incarcerated people at no cost; repealer | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10565 | Directs the chair of the board of trustees of the city university of New York shall conduct an audit of such university's participation in retirement systems | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10451 | Establishes a bill of rights for the unhoused | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10045 | Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 10053 | Relates to nursing employees | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3998 | Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 6560 | Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5470 | Establishes the rapid employment assistance and counseling hub (REACH) program to dispatch a mobile unit to provide information, assistance and other services concerning unemployment compensation insurance | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 890 | Enacts "SUNY for all: the New York State higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 892 | Requires employers to provide paid vacation time | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 895 | Requires insurance to cover a car seat to be provided upon discharge of a newborn from a hospital | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 4018 | Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act to require hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3842 | Establishes the insure our communities act | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5635 | Relates to requiring telephones capable of making local and long-distance telephone calls be in every nursing home patient's room | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5830 | Requires health insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of fibroids | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5831 | Relates to providing for taxpayer gifts for uterine fibroids education and establishes the uterine fibroids education fund | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1119 | Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5485 | Provides that local state of emergency orders issued by a chief executive of a county, city, town or village shall not violate section 291 of the executive law providing equality of opportunity of a civil right | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 911 | Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 6606 | Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8049 | Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8757 | Establishes the "SNAP for students act" | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1430 | Prohibits the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5889 | Relates to enacting the worker healthcare protection act | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 7953 | Provides for coverage of screenings for elevated lead levels | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2100 | Grants public access to employer lactation rooms under certain circumstances | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5913 | Clarifies the meaning of actively seeking work for purposes of unemployment benefits | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2108 | Exempts baby bottles and bottle nipples from sales and compensating use tax | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2111 | Requires suicide prevention hotline centers to meet certain requirements for individuals who are in the perinatal period | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5537 | Relates to licensing consumer debt collectors | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5549 | Doubles the empire state child credit for young children | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5553 | Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8435 | Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8861 | Establishes the community accompaniment and post-release support program in the office for new Americans to provide grants to community-based organizations to offer services after immigration detention | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 4666 | Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance no later than thirty days after the date of the application; repealer | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8862 | Establishes the immigrant in-home child care training pilot program in the office for new Americans to help immigrants establish licensed in-home daycare services | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 9103 | Enacts the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act" | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 820 | Relates to crimes committed during periods of post-release supervision | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 821 | Relates to the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5361 | Relates to access to and signage for lactation rooms in public buildings | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2147 | Exempts breast pumps and breast pump kits from sales and compensating use taxes | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2148 | Exempts infant car seats from sales and compensating use tax | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1603 | Relates to succession rights for rent stabilized housing | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 829 | Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 832 | Relates to requiring at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1394 | Creates a joint committee to provide oversight on unemployment insurance | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8855 | Establishes the detention support program in the office for new Americans to provide financial assistance to individuals and families of detained persons | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 2692 | Establishes a working group to create a pilot program for an alternative system to a credit score | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1399 | Increase the amount of family leave time that may be taken in a year | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3926 | Relates to enacting the medical civil rights act | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3251 | Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades" relating to the decriminalization of sex work; repealer | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 8953 | Enacts the "fair share act" | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 4715 | Establishes the nurse loan repayment program | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3962 | Requires the commissioner of health to conduct a study considering banning private equity ownership in hospice care | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5416 | Relates to enacting the "books save lives act" | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5420 | Requires menstrual products to be provided in drop-in centers, intake shelters and emergency congregate housing | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 7015 | Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3974 | Creates the office of the ombudsperson for behavioral health access | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5423 | Establishes a four-day workweek pilot program for state employees | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 861 | Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 864 | Establishes an immigrant integration advisory board for each economic development region | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 1261 | Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 865 | Requires the appointment of an independent fiduciary upon the dissolution of a charter school | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3983 | Establishes the freedom to rally and engage equitably (FREE) act | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5452 | Prohibits imprisonment for sleeping or camping in public spaces | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 4869 | Relates to judicial diversion programs; repealer | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 5454 | Establishes the New York smart work week pilot program to promote, incentivize and support the use of a four-day work week by qualifying employers and to study the benefits and impacts of such work arrangements | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3989 | Requires state agencies to develop plans for new Americans | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3991 | Establishes requirements for the use of artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools in utilization review and management | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 3993 | Prohibits discrimination through the use of clinical algorithms | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| A 875 | Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history | in_committee | 2025-2026 |
| K 667 | Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 20, 2025, as World Refugee Day in the State of New York | passed_lower | 2025-2026 |
| A 2698 | Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause | in_committee | 2025-2026 |