Phara Souffrant Forrest

Representative · New York

Party

Democratic

State

New York

Chamber

Representative

District

HD-057

Years active

2021–2026

Bills sponsored

26 bills

Bills sponsored

• NY-A11581-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Makes certain terms gender neutral in provisions regarding the right to breast feed.
• NY-A118-2026 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-A1466-2026 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-A4921-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Enacts the college student suicide prevention act to provide for policies, procedures and guidelines on suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for every higher education institution.
• NY-A5416-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Relates to enacting the "books save lives act"; requires public school libraries receiving state aid to maintain a collection of diverse books.
• NY-A5478-2026 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-A8841-2026 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-A8884-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Regulates the development and use of certain artificial intelligence systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination; requires independent audits of high risk AI systems; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.
• NY-A9396-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology, and surveillance pricing in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties.
• NY-A5480-2025 failed · 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-A1263-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
• NY-A282-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires every physician, physician assistant, specialist assistant, registered nurse and licensed practical nurse to complete course work or training regarding human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infe…
• NY-A4060-2024 enacted · co-sponsor
  Requires menstrual products in all public college and university buildings.
• NY-A4576-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
• NY-A4604-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality ed…
• NY-A709-2024 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-A7452-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration i…
• NY-A7897-2024 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-A8833-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  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 for all health care providers i…
• NY-A372-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and people living with HIV long-term care facility residents' bill of rights; prohibits a long-term care facility or facility staff from discriminating against any…
• NY-A691-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person…
• NY-A7001-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional f…
• NY-A7807-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender long-term care facility residents' bill of rights.
• NY-A840-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
• NY-A9418-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Establishes the transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program; establishes a fund for such program.
• NY-K221-2021 enacted · primary sponsor
  Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 31, 2021, as Transgender Day of Visibility in the State of New York