Peter Harckham

Senator · New York

Party

Democratic

State

New York

Chamber

Senator

District

SD-040

Years active

2019–2026

Bills sponsored

24 bills

Bills sponsored

• NY-J2164-2026 enacted · co-sponsor
  Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
• NY-S1049-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local corr…
• NY-S134-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Relates to school climate and codes of conduct on school property and disciplinary action following violation of such codes of conduct; makes conforming amendments.
• NY-S1633-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Provides additional protections for sensitive health information; requires all health information networks, electronic health record systems, and health care providers to provide patients with a right to restrict the di…
• NY-S3425-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board…
• NY-S7924-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes a gender-affirming care access program to provide support and increase access to gender-affirming care including certain medical and surgical care.
• NY-S9275-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance cov…
• NY-S3486-2025 vetoed · co-sponsor
  Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish s…
• NY-S4914-2025 enacted · co-sponsor
  Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdic…
• NY-S7443-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.
• NY-J2649-2024 enacted · co-sponsor
  Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
• NY-S1250-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.
• NY-S1976-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
• NY-S2860-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local corr…
• NY-S3305-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.
• NY-S7506-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Declares that a law authorizing a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care is against the public policy of this state; relat…
• NY-S7590-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board…
• NY-S7879-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires the commissioner of health to establish rules and regulations requiring that all health information systems or electronic health record systems segregate certain patient information related to reproductive heal…
• NY-J874-2023 enacted · co-sponsor
  Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2, 2023, as Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Day in the State of New York
• NY-S4402-2021 enacted · co-sponsor
  Enacts the "Gender Recognition Act"; repeals certain provisions relating to driver's licenses.
• NY-S5168-2020 failed · co-sponsor
  Relates to court recognition of a change of gender, adds gender to procedures regarding change of name.
• NY-S1046-2019 enacted · co-sponsor
  Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age.
• NY-S1047-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression; defines "gender identity or expression" as having or being perceived as having a gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or expression whether o…
• NY-S2987-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Limits the extreme emotional disturbance affirmative defense by removing the discovery, knowledge or disclosure of the victim's sexual orientation, sex, gender or sex assigned at birth from the defense.