Catalina CruzDemocrat, Working Families · State Assembly, District 39
Overview
Catalina Cruz is a Colombian-American attorney and politician. She has served as a member of the New York State Assembly since 2019 representing the 39th district, which encompasses Corona, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights, Queens.
Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.
Wrote
184 bills
Became law
11 became law. Another 44 passed the House or Senate but didn't.
Introduced Jan 6, 2026A 9467: Prohibits unfair residential real estate service agreements
Became law
Introduced Apr 15, 2025A 7928: Relates to the effectiveness of the New York black car operators' injury compensation fund, inc.
Became law
Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 6950: Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"
Became law
Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2739: Relates to discharge of a mortgage
Became law
Introduced Jan 16, 2025A 2435: Relates to the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program
Became law
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 203: Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program
Became law
Introduced Apr 3, 2024A 9761: Extends provisions of law relating to directing the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations limiting the engines of school vehicles to remain idling while parked or standing on school grounds
Became law
Introduced Jan 18, 2024A 8837: Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program
Became law
Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3340: Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer
Became law
Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 2201: Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate a list of prescription drugs for which an emergency thirty-day supply cannot be obtained
Became law
Introduced Jan 13, 2023A 1029: Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions
Became law
Introduced May 16, 2025A 8482: Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market
Passed both chambers
Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1392: Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids
Passed both chambers
Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1422: Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions
Passed both chambers
Introduced Feb 7, 2024A 9123: Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids
Vetoed
Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3403: Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program
Vetoed
Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3057: Requires notice of risk of deportation of non-citizens, prior to accepting a plea
Vetoed
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 152: Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern
Vetoed
Introduced Jan 14, 2026A 9556: Relates to establishing school-based food pantries in schools in the city school district of the city of New York
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Apr 15, 2025A 7929: Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Apr 11, 2025A 7900: Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Mar 25, 2025A 7319: Establishes an internationally trained physician licensure pathway program
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Feb 24, 2025A 5886: Prohibits unfair residential real estate service agreements
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Feb 13, 2025A 5373: Relates to protecting students, faculty, and staff from immigration enforcement while attending or participating in school activities
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1260: Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 206: Relates to failure to complete a program for time allowances due to circumstances beyond an individual's control
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 204: Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 673: Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 180: Relates to available transportation for correction facility visitation
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 182: Relates to homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 342: Establishes the end toxic home flipping act
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 675: Relates to enacting the empire state licensing act; repealer
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 649: Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 176: Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 318: Prohibits speech-based defenses to actions brought against an individual for the unlawful dissemination of publication of an intimate image
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9444: Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Feb 7, 2024A 9117: Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Dec 13, 2023A 8347: Requires September eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Sep 29, 2023A 8083: Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jun 15, 2023A 7810: Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of MWBEs with respect to state contracts and subcontracts
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jun 2, 2023A 7678: Relates to the Nourish New York program
Passed the Assembly
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6872: Criminalizes the harassment of a child; and establishes a private right of action for harassment of a child
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Apr 4, 2023A 6321: Relates to a study on the economic impact of the establishment of kitchen incubators
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6192: Removes labor market attachment requirements for certain disability cases
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 13, 2023A 1023: Establishes the end toxic home flipping act
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 480: Enacts the "community financial services access and modernization act of 2024"
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 474: Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 364: Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 148: Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees and legal defense funds for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 170: Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 145: Enacts the "New York state phoenix act"
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 154: Relates to wage theft
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 125: Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 132: Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 136: Relates to homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses
Passed the Assembly
Introduced Apr 24, 2026A 11116: Increases the mileage fees in the city of New York for services provided by sheriffs
Introduced
Introduced Apr 14, 2026A 10951: Makes technical corrections to the clean slate law to correct issues relating to multicategory conviction dockets and the conviction-specific supervision prohibitor
Introduced
Introduced Apr 8, 2026A 10870: Removes minimum year requirements for attendance at a New York high school when determining eligibility for certain student loans
Introduced
Introduced Apr 8, 2026A 10877: Relates to eligibility of a person who is not a lawful permanent resident to be a fiduciary
Introduced
Introduced Mar 6, 2026A 10477: Establishes a statewide advance care planning public awareness campaign and a community based advance care planning outreach grant program; appropriation
Introduced
Introduced Mar 3, 2026A 10404: Enacts the voices of immigrant communities empowering survivors (VOICES) act; repealer
Introduced
Introduced Feb 12, 2026A 10236: Relates to enhanced customer service standards and compliance framework for utility customer assistance operations
Introduced
Introduced Jan 23, 2026A 10021: Prohibits children from being denied access to a free public education due to citizenship or immigration status
Introduced
Introduced Jan 21, 2026A 9606: Enacts the New York state food security purchase and processing act; appropriation
Introduced
Introduced Jan 14, 2026A 9546: Relates to conditional release for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs
Introduced
Introduced Jan 6, 2026A 9447: Relates to the discharge of a mortgage
Introduced
Introduced Sep 5, 2025A 9062: Prohibits access to video and audio recordings from smart surveillance devices without a warrant and voids contractual provisions permitting such access
Introduced
Introduced Jul 16, 2025A 8910: Requires buyer broker agreements for certain real estate services
Introduced
Introduced Jun 2, 2025A 8761: Directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct an analysis of the financial stability of the check cashing industry and review the current system of licensing for such industry
Introduced
Introduced Jun 2, 2025A 8760: Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary
Introduced
Introduced May 20, 2025A 8519: Relates to certain civil actions
Introduced
Introduced May 20, 2025A 8516: Relates to the "driver's license access and privacy act"
Introduced
Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 6971: Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons
Introduced
Introduced Feb 13, 2025A 5366: Relates to schemes to defraud and establishing the crime of harassment of a legal services client; repealer
Introduced
Introduced Feb 4, 2025A 4608: Relates to expanding the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys
Introduced
Introduced Feb 4, 2025A 4602: Relates to the right of defendants in misdemeanor or felony cases to have such matter appear before a judge or justice admitted to practice law in New York
Introduced
Introduced Feb 4, 2025A 4606: Relates to sealing of dismissals and violations that are more than twenty years old
Introduced
Introduced Jan 30, 2025A 3971: Prohibits persons from holding civil office when convicted of certain felonies
Introduced
Introduced Jan 30, 2025A 4028: Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer
Introduced
Introduced Jan 23, 2025A 3118: Prohibits the handcuffing or forcible restraint of certain juveniles in certain circumstances; limits warrantless arrests of juveniles except where the arrest is necessary for public safety
Introduced
Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2745: Relates to protections for victims of real property theft
Introduced
Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2689: Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act
Introduced
Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2449: Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas
Introduced
Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2445: Relates to authorizing courts to reduce or modify sentences for certain individuals when such sentence is deemed excessive
Introduced
Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2451: Relates to factoring domestic violence convictions into certain family court decisions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2579: Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations
Introduced
Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2448: Relates to the use of risk and needs principles in parole decisions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1330: Relates to a study on the economic impact of the establishment of kitchen incubators
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 178: Prohibits using possession of reproductive or sexual health devices as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 89: Relates to residency requirements for police officers in N.Y. city
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 191: Removes labor market attachment requirements for certain disability cases
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 163: Enacts the "community financial services access and modernization act of 2024"
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 278: Relates to enacting the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act"
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 187: Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 177: Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 164: Provides for legal assistance for military families
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 296: Enacts the "New York state phoenix act"
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 228: Designates March twenty-first as Down Syndrome Awareness Day
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 284: Relates to affidavits of the lawful immigration status of certain students; repealer
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 227: Relates to supplemental uninsured/underinsured insurance; and extends certain provisions of the insurance law relating thereto
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 275: Relates to certain actions against law enforcement officers
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 352: Withholds funding from certain entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 317: Relates to prohibiting certain discriminatory peremptory challenges to prospective jurors
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 300: Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for certain residents of New York
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 320: Provides for interest to be recovered upon a sum awarded in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 333: Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of MWBEs with respect to state contracts and subcontracts
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 304: Requires pharmacies to stock emergency contraception
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 305: Increases the maximum civil penalty
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 343: Establishes a temporary state assistance fund to provide legal counsel in certain bankruptcy proceedings and providing for the administration thereof
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 338: Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 319: Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 328: Requires the prosecution to disclose to the defendant certain information relating to jailhouse informants; requires prosecutors to notify victims of the informant's crimes in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 124: Establishes the office of urban agriculture
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 293: Relates to the resolution of certain claims by certain employees
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 334: Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 292: Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 322: Enables appellate review of the fairness and appropriateness of an imposed criminal sentence
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 122: Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 123: Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 694: Requires notice of risk of deportation of non-citizens, prior to accepting a plea
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 298: Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees and legal defense funds for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 365: Relates to regulating employers to keep their employees safe from exposure to extreme heat
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 134: Establishes the New York children's COVID-19 fund program
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 672: Reconvenes the New York state sea level rise task force
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 133: Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 712: Prohibits the imposition of limits on the length of stay at homeless shelters and emergency congregate housing
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 695: Relates to permitting certain claims for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 670: Authorizes the establishment of permanent Covid-19 memorials and establishes a Covid-19 permanent memorial fund
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 226: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 270: Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof
Introduced
Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 126: Provides final discipline authority over civilian complaints to the civilian complaint review board
Introduced
Introduced Apr 26, 2024A 9950: Requires notice of risk of deportation of non-citizens, prior to accepting a plea
Introduced
Introduced Apr 9, 2024A 9804: Relates to permitting certain claims for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher
Introduced
Introduced Apr 9, 2024A 9815: Authorizes the establishment of permanent Covid-19 memorials and establishes a Covid-19 permanent memorial fund
Introduced
Introduced Feb 8, 2024A 9129: Prohibits the imposition of limits on the length of stay at homeless shelters and emergency congregate housing
Introduced
Introduced Feb 7, 2024A 9122: Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions
Introduced
Introduced Feb 2, 2024A 9015: Reconvenes the New York state sea level rise task force
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2024A 8558: Relates to certain sex offenses
Introduced
Introduced Dec 13, 2023A 8407: Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody
Introduced
Introduced Nov 15, 2023A 8263: Relates to enacting the empire state licensing act; repealer
Introduced
Introduced Sep 13, 2023A 8021: Relates to enacting the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act"
Introduced
Introduced Jun 15, 2023A 7815: Relates to supplemental uninsured/underinsured insurance; and extends certain provisions of the insurance law relating thereto
Introduced
Introduced May 23, 2023A 7457: Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program
Introduced
Introduced May 16, 2023A 7267: Designates March twenty-first as Down Syndrome Awareness Day
Introduced
Introduced May 11, 2023A 7134: Establishes the New York children's COVID-19 fund program
Introduced
Introduced May 10, 2023A 6991: Relates to affidavits of the lawful immigration status of certain students; repealer
Introduced
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6847: Requires the prosecution to disclose to the defendant certain information relating to jailhouse informants; requires prosecutors to notify victims of the informant's crimes in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6878: Relates to certain actions against law enforcement officers
Introduced
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6823: Withholds funding from certain entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy
Introduced
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6870: Relates to prohibiting certain discriminatory peremptory challenges to prospective jurors
Introduced
Introduced May 8, 2023A 6874: Prohibits speech-based defenses to actions brought against an individual for the unlawful dissemination of publication of an intimate image
Introduced
Introduced Apr 25, 2023A 6632: Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for certain residents of New York
Introduced
Introduced Apr 24, 2023A 6613: Establishes the office of urban agriculture
Introduced
Introduced Mar 30, 2023A 6009: Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids
Introduced
Introduced Mar 23, 2023A 5827: Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court
Introduced
Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3308: Enacts the "digital fairness act"
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Introduced Feb 1, 2023A 2913: Relates to residency requirements for police officers in N.Y. city
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Introduced Jan 24, 2023A 2205: Relates to certain prohibited insurance contract provisions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 18, 2023A 1708: Relates to the Lorena Borjas transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program fund act
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Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 392: Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to less than twenty-five miles per hour in areas designated for senior citizens
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Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 393: Increases the maximum civil penalty
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 436: Provides for interest to be recovered upon a sum awarded in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 549: Provides for legal assistance for military families
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 478: Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 475: Requires pharmacies to stock emergency contraception
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 476: Relates to prohibiting retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 548: Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals
Introduced
Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 379: Expands eligibility for the low interest rate program of the state of New York mortgage agency
Introduced
Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 346: Relates to regulating employers to keep their employees safe from exposure to extreme heat
Introduced
Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 368: Establishes a temporary state assistance fund to provide legal counsel in certain bankruptcy proceedings and providing for the administration thereof
Introduced
Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 370: Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 376: Provides final discipline authority over civilian complaints to the civilian complaint review board
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 116: Relates to failure to complete a program for time allowances due to circumstances beyond an individual's control
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 122: Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 140: Establishes the community disaster relief and recovery act of 2023
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 151: Prohibits using possession of reproductive or sexual health devices as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 153: Enables appellate review of the fairness and appropriateness of an imposed criminal sentence
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 131: Relates to available transportation for correction facility visitation
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 264: Provides for the licensing of nail salons
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 129: Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 306: Relates to the resolution of certain claims by certain employees
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 160: Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 127: Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding
Introduced
Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 134: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages