New New York laws taking effect December 5, 2025
27 laws take effect December 5, 2025.
Of the 1,083 bills enacted since 2025, 1,062 have an effective date and 21 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 4, 2026 at 8:23 p.m. EST.
Crime (4)
A 3343 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to fines for false alarms by an alarm system
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 5935 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Prohibits online sweepstakes games and revenue from illegal markets
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 8408 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to prohibited unlicensed activities
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 946 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Taxes (4)
A 3698 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to exemptions from real property taxes for senior citizens
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
A 7348 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Increases the tax on deeds in the city of Mount Vernon
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
A 7651 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the purpose of such corporation and the use of certain tax monies received by the Rescue Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association Inc. in the town of Cheektowaga, Erie county
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
S 688 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Elections (3)
S 1842 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 4274 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 4483 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Housing (2)
A 7312 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 7685 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to increasing the amount of the childcare center tax abatement for certain properties in a city having a population of one million or more
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Education (1)
A 8620 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the time of transfer of certain state lands to KIPP: Albany Community Public Charter Schools, and to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Healthcare (1)
S 3355 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Includes digital health care service platforms in the definition of temporary health care services agency
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Wages (1)
S 3398 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to enacting the reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Other (11)
A 291 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Includes the space force as being members of the armed forces or veterans eligible for certain credits and benefits
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
A 3939 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
A 7563 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
A 8067 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to an exemption from the licensing requirements for servicers of student loans
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
A 9484 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the elder law relating to publishing a guide to actions when someone close dies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4351-A and A. 3939-A, takes effect.
S 279 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 3799 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 7223 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain city owned property to the Bedford-Stuyvesant volunteer ambulance corps
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
S 8761 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the real property actions and proceedings law relating to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3799-C and A. 357-B, takes effect.
S 8762 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the criminal procedure law relating to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8312 and A. 7563, takes effect.
S 982 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Adds Fishkill Creek to the definition of inland waterways
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → takes effect on that day Dec 5, 2025
Enacted, but not yet dated (21)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect December 5, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- A 1021UnresolvedEstablishes when services for traumatic brain injuries granted pursuant to a waiver shall begina chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services law, as proposed in legislative bill number 7369 isn't in the record
- A 10344UnresolvedExtends certain provisions relating to supermarkets providing excess edible food to food relief organizationschapter 352 of the laws of 2020 isn't in the record
- A 11368UnresolvedExtends certain provisions relating to physical therapy assistantstwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 11547ContingentRelates to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporationCompletion of the transfer of all grants from Health Research, Inc. to Roswell Park Cancer Research Corporation
- A 1676UnresolvedRelates to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for correctional facilitiesS 7781's own effective date isn't resolved
- A 2432UnresolvedRelates to reducing work related musculoskeletal disorderstwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 3002UnresolvedDEBT SERVICE FUND--GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDno enacted text on file
- A 329ContingentRelates to setting integrated behavioral health servicesRates of reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services approved and certified by OMH and OASAS, or the regulations under MHL 36.06(d) become effective, whichever is later
- A 7906UnresolvedClarifies the provision of donate life registration to certain insured personschapter 758 of the laws of 2022, as amended by chapter 159 of the laws of 2024 isn't in the record
- A 8432UnresolvedExtends provisions of law relating to enforcement and support obligations through the suspension of driving privilegestwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 8433UnresolvedExtends current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programstwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 8661UnresolvedExtends provisions of law related to youth pheasant hunting on long islandtwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 927UnresolvedIncludes information on congenital heart defect births as part of the department of health's health care and wellness education and outreach program; repealerS 9283's own effective date isn't resolved
- A 9438UnresolvedRelates to price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companiestwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- A 9514UnresolvedRelates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to excluding certain food donations from sales taxS 2279's own effective date isn't resolved
- S 2279ContingentExcludes certain food donations from sales taxFirst day of a sales tax quarterly period (Tax Law 1136(b)) beginning at least 90 days after the act becomes law
- S 3497UnresolvedExtends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Yatestwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- S 753UnresolvedRelates to the definition of medical debtS 8373's own effective date isn't resolved
- S 789UnresolvedRelates to findings in child abuse or neglect proceedingsS 7348's own effective date isn't resolved
- S 8047UnresolvedRelates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex CountyCONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution, in relation to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County isn't in the record
- S 8273ContingentRelates to property used by the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District number 12 and authorizes such school district to affiliate with Rising Ground, Inc.; repealerEarlier of July 1, 2025 or the expiration of the lease agreement for property at 623 Blooming Grove Turnpike, town of New Windsor, Orange county