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Jabari Brisport

Democrat, Working FamiliesHas the job now

Overview

Jabari Brisport is an American politician, activist, and former public school teacher.

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How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

151 bills

Became law

8 became law. Another 45 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Jan 8, 2026S 8778: Relates to information required to be provided in certain calls made to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025S 3781: Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 789: Relates to findings in child abuse or neglect proceedings
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 550: Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 5, 2024S 8010: Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 11, 2023S 1353: Exempts certain income and resources provided to persons enrolled in certain pilot programs in determining eligibility for public assistance benefits
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2023S 830: Relates to window coverings required in child day care centers
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2023S 832: Excludes certain runaway youths from being able to consent to certain medical, dental health and hospital services
    Became law
  • Introduced May 20, 2025S 8197: Relates to the right to counsel in certain family court proceedings
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2025S 6983: Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024S 8152: Relates to child care assistance under the child care block grant
    Vetoed
  • Introduced May 5, 2023S 6720: Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023S 5327: Relates to child care assistance under the child care block grant
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Apr 22, 2026S 10000: Authorizes children who will be 18 or older on the date of a permanency hearing to apply to dispense with the provision of notice and copy of the hearing report
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2026S 9421: Allows a person a second hearing to seal their child protective services records
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2026S 9309: Enacts the "deed protection act"
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2026S 9310: Establishes a publicly available database of business entities in the state that enter into procurement contracts with procuring entities in the state
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Oct 1, 2025S 8517: Requires the state to participate in the United Nations for certain purposes
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jun 5, 2025S 8371: Relates to the release of student education records to juvenile detention facilities
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 27, 2025S 8253: Relates to interest on unclaimed child and spousal support payments
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 21, 2025S 8205: Relates to access of certain information by the New York city department of investigation
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 21, 2025S 8204: Relates to the definition of the term prospective relative guardian
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 1, 2025S 7721: Establishes a private right of action for deed theft
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Apr 17, 2025S 7491: Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations, and grants trial preference to such actions
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 21, 2025S 6753: Limits the number of cases a foster care worker may have under their supervision at any one time to 16 cases
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 17, 2025S 6550: Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025S 6380: Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025S 5240: Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2025S 4260: Relates to allowing unaccompanied children in custody to petition the family court
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025S 3415: Establishes the universal child care act; repealer; appropriation
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025S 3046: Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 21, 2025S 2505: Establishes a task force on educator diversity in New York state
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025S 2001: Relates to child care assistance under the child care block grant
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025S 1615: Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 605: Prohibits the recording of conveyances suspected of being fraudulent
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jun 2, 2024S 9824: Relates to the focus of the child care availability task force and extends the effectiveness of such task force
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 21, 2024S 9695: Relates to representation of adults and children in family court proceedings
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 21, 2024S 9696: Relates to the right to counsel in certain family court proceedings
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024S 8153: Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 19, 2023S 7287: Requires higher education research facilities to provide information to the department of education regarding dogs or cats available for adoption
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 19, 2023S 7353: Relates to the release of student education records to juvenile detention facilities
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 16, 2023S 6992: Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Apr 13, 2023S 6315: Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Apr 13, 2023S 6314: Prohibits the production, sale and use of adhesive-based animal traps
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5905: Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023S 5355: Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4082: Increases the per student rate of empire state after school program and advantage after school program grants
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023S 3385: Establishes a task force on educator diversity in New York state
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3103: Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3104: Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 18, 2023S 2038: Increases from $300 to $725 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023S 902: Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023S 901: Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced May 22, 2026S 10562: Relates to the placement of children in the care of a non-respondent parent during the pendency of a child protective proceeding
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 5, 2026S 10192: Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 30, 2026S 10122: Relates to requiring social services districts to develop family assessment and services tracks to address certain types of cases
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 30, 2026S 10121: Establishes a former foster youth priority program that reserves a proportion of units in applicable housing lotteries for eligible former foster youth
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 6, 2026S 9814: Relates to requiring delivery network company workers have access to paid sick leave
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 6, 2026S 9813: Relates to workers' compensation benefits for delivery network company workers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2026S 9424: Removes research restrictions from certain unfounded reports of alleged abuse or maltreatment
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2026S 9425: Enacts the family protection act; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2026S 9354: Relates to orders of protection where the respondent is a minor who resides with a parent or other legally responsible person or other party
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2026S 9210: Prohibits requiring certain municipalities to contribute local shares of eligible expenditures in order to receive funding associated with raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction above fifteen years of age
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026S 9090: Establishes the "winter moratorium evictions act"
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026S 9042: Relates to incorporating the cost of living adjustment into subsequent maximum state aid rates for providing care to foster children
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2026S 8791: Requires local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 5, 2025S 8372: Relates to expenses in matrimonial actions
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 27, 2025S 8254: Relates to extending the provisions of the interstate compact for juveniles
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 20, 2025S 8198: Relates to requiring certain records checks in child custody proceedings; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 6, 2025S 7778: Requires commissioners of local social services districts to screen, apply for, and use and conserve federal benefits on behalf of children placed in foster care
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025S 7732: Prohibits title insurance corporations from paying certain claims for fraudulent conveyances
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 1, 2025S 7715: Authorizes the New York city council to remove the mayor from office
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 25, 2025S 7647: Requires a statement of the full sales price of real property being conveyed and proof of such sales price to be submitted to the recording officer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 10, 2025S 7318: Relates to the caseloads of child protective services workers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 10, 2025S 7330: Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 9, 2025S 7292: Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York city municipal public office or party position
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 9, 2025S 7293: Relates to training of day care center employees in the administration of opioid antagonists
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 8, 2025S 7291: Establishes the universal basic income for transition-age youth pilot program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 8, 2025S 7289: Establishes the New York state fast food franchisor accountability act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 8, 2025S 7290: Requires class action compromise or settlement payments to be available to class members as a direct deposit into a bank account of a class member
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 7, 2025S 7259: Relates to educational materials pertaining to sexual health to individuals enrolled in Medicaid
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 17, 2025S 6567: Prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement officers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 17, 2025S 6534: Relates to the timeframe for filing pre-trial motions in criminal cases
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 17, 2025S 6530: Prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing or authorizing any permits to new or expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025S 6431: Establishes the child and family well-being program and fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025S 6381: Requires the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025S 5533: Establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund and provides for the distribution thereof; appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025S 5242: Relates to collecting data regarding alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial risk of maltreatment
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025S 3048: Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025S 3047: Repeals section 3 of article 16 relating to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025S 3049: Prohibits the use of robots by police agencies
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025S 1614: Relates to violations by licensed or registered child care providers; sanctions and penalties for such violations; and administrative appeal of such sanctions and penalties
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2025S 1555: Relates to establishing reporting duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to police misconduct allegations and outcomes
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 937: Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning and other certain punishments
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 571: Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 606: Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 938: Relates to the right of public employees and employee organizations to strike; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 954: Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 914: Establishes separate taxes on inheritance income and on gift income
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025S 551: Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 20, 2024S 9949: Relates to collecting data regarding alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial risk of maltreatment
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 5, 2024S 9853: Establishes a universal child care pilot program to provide child care at twenty locations throughout the state
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 28, 2024S 9745: Relates to notices given to respondents in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 16, 2024S 9656: Requires the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2024S 8399: Prohibits the recording of conveyances suspected of being fraudulent
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024S 8375: 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
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 5, 2024S 8084: Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2023S 7743: Relates to violations by licensed or registered child care providers; sanctions and penalties for such violations; and administrative appeal of such sanctions and penalties
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 5, 2023S 7535: Relates to expiration dates of orders of protection and the duration of temporary orders of protection in juvenile delinquency cases
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 26, 2023S 7444: Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 26, 2023S 7448: Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5901: Requires certain entities with sports facilities that receive money from the state or local government to only contract with companies that pay their employees the minimum wage
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5904: Relates to affidavits of the lawful immigration status of certain students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5898: Prohibits the administration of psychoactive drugs to an animal in a zoo in certain situations
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5902: Requires proof of liability insurance prior to issuing a license to carry a firearm
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5897: Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5899: Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5903: Requires social services districts to distribute educational materials pertaining to sexual health to individuals enrolled in Medicaid
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 22, 2023S 5900: Establishes a task force to identify evidence-based and evidence informed solutions to reduce children's exposure to adverse childhood experience
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 17, 2023S 5825: Prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement officers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023S 5569: Relates to the timeframe for filing pre-trial motions in criminal cases
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023S 5326: Increases the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023S 5030: Relates to reimbursement of costs associated with capture and return rehabilitation of animals escaped from slaughterhouses
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023S 5033: Provides that an action on a money judgment shall be commenced within three years; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023S 5031: Limits the number of cases a foster care worker may have under his or her supervision at any one time to 16 cases
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023S 5032: Requires class action compromise or settlement payments to be available to class members as a direct deposit into a bank account of a class member
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023S 5029: Establishes alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial risk of abuse
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023S 4522: Provides that the state shall make reasonable efforts to obtain federal funding for child care expenses and prohibits limiting authorized child care services based on proof of immigration status
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4084: Establishes a tort cause of action for the wrongful injury or death of a companion animal
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4077: Relates to the caseloads of child protective services workers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4080: Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York city municipal public office or party position
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4078: Relates to differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4083: Repeals section 3218 of the civil practice law and rules relating to judgments by confession; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4081: Relates to state assistance for food and vet expenses for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs of individuals qualifying for social services; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023S 4079: Establishes differential payment rates for child care services provided by licensed, registered or enrolled child care providers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023S 3155: Establishes the New York state fast food franchisor accountability act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023S 3279: Relates to prohibitions on fur products
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023S 3245: Establishes the universal child care act; repealer; appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3097: Prohibits the use of robots by police agencies
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3096: Relates to the ownership of a professional sports team by a local or state government
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3101: Increases salaries for foster care direct care workers; appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3102: Establishes the universal basic income for transition-age youth pilot program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023S 3095: Relates to establishing reporting duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to police misconduct allegations and outcomes
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023S 2955: Relates to establishing the "pollution justice act"
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023S 2893: Repeals section 3 of article 16 relating to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2023S 2783: Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2023S 2782: Establishes separate taxes on inheritance income and on gift income
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 20, 2023S 2416: Establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023S 903: Includes the right to strike as an employee right
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023S 900: Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning and other certain punishments
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023S 899: Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the New York legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

6,933 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 10 of 6,933 votes (less than 1%). They had permission to be away (excused) for all of them.

By topic
Aging74 votes
    Agriculture120 votes
      Alcoholism and Drug Abuse3 votes
        Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders50 votes
          Banks87 votes
            Budget and Revenue43 votes
              Children and Families88 votes
                Cities35 votes
                  Cities 152 votes
                    Cities 210 votes
                      Civil Service and Pensions173 votes
                        Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business42 votes
                          Consumer Affairs and Protection68 votes
                            Consumer Protection148 votes
                              Corporations, Authorities and Commissions210 votes
                                Correction23 votes
                                  Crime Victims, Crime and Correction106 votes
                                    Criminal Law (Codes)325 votes
                                      Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation65 votes
                                        Disabilities43 votes
                                          Economic Development56 votes
                                            Education176 votes
                                              Election Law24 votes
                                                Elections149 votes
                                                  Energy32 votes
                                                    Energy and Telecommunications199 votes
                                                      Environmental Conservation353 votes
                                                        Ethics and Internal Governance23 votes
                                                          Finance164 votes
                                                            Governmental Employees89 votes
                                                              Governmental Operations122 votes
                                                                Health507 votes
                                                                  Higher Education241 votes
                                                                    Housing34 votes
                                                                      Housing, Construction and Community Development183 votes
                                                                        Insurance234 votes
                                                                          Internet and Technology60 votes
                                                                            Investigations and Government Operations339 votes
                                                                              Judiciary323 votes
                                                                                Labor206 votes
                                                                                  Libraries23 votes
                                                                                    Libraries and Education Technology5 votes
                                                                                      Local Government346 votes
                                                                                        Local Governments98 votes
                                                                                          Mental Health41 votes
                                                                                            New York City Education11 votes
                                                                                              People With Disabilities12 votes
                                                                                                Procurement and Contracts60 votes
                                                                                                  Racing and Wagering12 votes
                                                                                                    Racing, Gaming and Wagering31 votes
                                                                                                      Real Property Taxation66 votes
                                                                                                        Rules1 vote
                                                                                                          Science and Technology11 votes
                                                                                                            Small Business6 votes
                                                                                                              Social Services85 votes
                                                                                                                Taxes and Budget (Ways and Means)249 votes
                                                                                                                  Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development20 votes
                                                                                                                    Transportation395 votes
                                                                                                                      Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs88 votes
                                                                                                                        Veterans' Affairs34 votes
                                                                                                                          Women'S Issues60 votes

                                                                                                                            Source: Open States, New York State Senate and Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.