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S 10454 NY

Relates to the continuation of the empire state stem cell board

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Introduced May 15, 2026

Latest action (May 15, 2026) REFERRED TO HEALTH

Summary

This New York bill continues the Empire State Stem Cell Board by making permanent the provisions that were previously set to expire on December 31, 2025. The board, comprised of funding and ethics committees chaired by the commissioner, administers the Empire State Stem Cell Trust Fund and makes grants to support stem cell research and development activities. The bill removes a previous restriction that prohibited the board from making grants after April 1, 2021, allowing it to continue funding stem cell research going forward. The bill takes effect immediately and is deemed to have been in full force and effect as of December 30, 2025.

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Relates to the continuation of the empire state stem cell board; makes such provisions of law permanent.

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  1. May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO HEALTH · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10454 Summary: BILL NO S10454 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR SKOUFIS &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §265-a, Pub Health L; amd Part H §4, Chap 58 of 2007 &nbsp Relates to the continuation of the empire state stem cell board; makes such provisions of law permanent.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10454

IN SENATE

May 15, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law and part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007 amending the public health law, the public officers law and the state finance law relating to establishing the empire state stem cell board, in relation to the continuation of the empire state stem cell board

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 265-a of the public health law, as 2 amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. The empire state stem cell board ("board"), comprised of a funding 5 committee and an ethics committee, both of which shall be chaired by the 6 commissioner, is hereby created within the department for the purpose of 7 administering the empire state stem cell trust fund ("fund"), created 8 pursuant to section ninety-nine-p of the state finance law. The board is 9 hereby empowered, subject to annual appropriations and other funding 10 authorized or made available, to make grants to basic, applied, transla- 11 tional or other research and development activities that will advance 12 scientific discoveries in fields related to stem cell biology[ ; 13 provided, however, that the board shall not make any grants on or after 14 April first, two thousand twenty-one ]. 15 § 2. Section 4 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007 amending 16 the public health law, the public officers law and the state finance law 17 relating to establishing the empire state stem cell board, as amended by 18 section 2 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, is amended to 19 read as follows: 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 21 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2007 [ and shall 22 expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2025 ]. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 24 have been in full force and effect on and after December 30, 2025. 25 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 5 of the general construction

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00987-02-6

S. 10454 2

1 law, the provisions of paragraph (u) of subdivision 1 of section 17 of 2 the public officers law, section 99-p of the state finance law and the 3 provisions of title 5-A of article 2 of the public health law, as 4 amended by section one of this act, are hereby revived and shall contin- 5 ue in full force and effect as such provisions existed on December 30, 6 2025.

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