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The 2025 Who’s Who in Government Relations:
May 05, 2025
Please join us in congratulating Albany veteran Michele O’Connor for her recognition by City & State in their esteemed 2025 Who’s Who in Government Relations!
New York Capital Brief:
June 12, 2026
Greetings from Albany, NY
In this edition, we provide a recap of the end of the NYS Legislative Session and a brief overview of the upcoming primary elections on June 23.
Scheduled Session Has Ended
The NYS Legislature has officially concluded its regular session, with the Senate adjourning at 1:30 a.m. last Friday morning and the Assembly following at 8:20 p.m. last Friday night. Although legislators could be called back to Albany for a Special Session, the evening of Friday, June 5th marked the close of the 2025-2026 Legislative Session!
With more than 22,000 bills introduced in this legislative session, there was a plethora of issues that could have been taken up and debated by the Legislature. The extended budget process delayed action on non-budget legislation for much of the session, leaving only six scheduled days for lawmakers to consider and advance the remaining legislative priorities after the budget was enacted. By the final week of session, there was a noticeable sense of frustration throughout the Capitol as members, staff, advocates, and stakeholders worked through a significant volume of legislation on a highly compressed timeline. Many issues that would normally be debated and negotiated over several weeks were ultimately resolved in a matter of days.
Among the session’s most significant legislation that passed both houses this year were constitutional amendments to modify the State’s redistricting process; a one-year moratorium on the construction of new AI data centers; a five-year moratorium on the sale of toys incorporating AI powered chatbots; the Health Information Privacy Act which would protect digital healthcare information by adding additional rights and protections related to the sale and use of consumers’ health information; and a ban on surveillance pricing, which would prohibit companies from using consumers’ personal data to set individual real-time prices.
Several closely watched proposals, including the 340B Prescription Drug Anti-Discrimination Act and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, did not advance before adjournment.
By the Numbers
In total, 759 bills were passed by both houses this year ...