New New York laws taking effect January 1, 2026
12 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
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.
Healthcare (3)
A 430 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Requires certain health insurance policies to cover scalp cooling systems for the preservation of hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment; repealer
How we got this date
This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall apply to any LARGE GROUP policy or contract issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after such date.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
A 443 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to step therapy protocol
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4).
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4: effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
S 760 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to requiring insurance coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors
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 2024 amending the insurance law relating to requiring health insurance plans to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7114-A and A. 6425-A, takes effect.
Taxes (3)
S 10188 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Repeals section 2 of chapter 316 of the laws of 2025 relating to the use of tax funds collected by the county of Orange
How we got this date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2026.
S 683 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Establishes a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law
Signed by the Governor Dec 19, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
S 6977 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by active auxiliary police officers in local law enforcement agencies in certain counties
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
Budget (2)
A 8279 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Permits the Setauket fire district and Stony Brook fire district to enter into contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for property, services, and other consideration
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
Signed by the Governor Nov 21, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
S 8782 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relates to the application period for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty
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 tax law relating to establishing a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683-a and A. 3729, takes effect.
Elections (1)
A 1223 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Relates to the dates to file a designating petition
How we got this date
This act shall take effect January 1, 2026
Other (3)
A 1395 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
Signed by the Governor Nov 21, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
A 29 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Designates the state of New York a purple heart state
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
Signed by the Governor Nov 5, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
A 5345 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Enacts the uniform special deposits act
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
Signed by the Governor Dec 5, 2025 → January 1 next following Jan 1, 2026
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 January 1, 2026 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