Bills by

Craig M. Johnson

Senator

16,516 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →johnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

16,516 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

A10254Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Referred to codes
Prohibits sex offenders from residing within a child day care center
Prohibits sex offenders from residing within a child day care center; violation of such prohibition shall be a class E felony upon the first conviction thereof and a class D felony upon a second or…
Robert SweeneyCodes Committee
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A10245Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Referred to energy
Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch
Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch, so long as such equipment complies with the interconnection…
Steven EnglebrightEnergy Committee

A10246Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Referred to libraries and education technology

Enacts the "New York state comprehensive information system act"

Enacts the "New York state comprehensive information system act"; authorizes the state library and office for technology to coordinate the purchase of electronic databases or other information…

Peter LopezLibraries And Education Technology Committee

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A10243Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes the lease of lands adjacent to state, public authority and local highways for operation of wind or solar electric generating systems

Authorizes the lease of lands adjacent to state, county and town highways for operation of wind or solar electric generating systems; authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority to enter…

Steven EnglebrightTransportation Committee

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A5626Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to election law

Provides for absentee voting for municipalities, school and fire districts on local elections

Provides for absentee voting for municipalities, school and fire districts on local elections.

Marcus MolinaroElection Law Committee

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A9015Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Changes tax provisions to allow little cigars to be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes

Changes tax provisions to allow little cigars to be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes.

Barbara LiftonWays And Means Committee

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A6787Assembly· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to higher education

Authorizes a new type of professional service corporation to be known as a professional service corporation

Permits the incorporation of design professional service corporations (engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying, or any combination thereof) in which non-professionals may…

Ronald CanestrariHigher Education Committee

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S3226Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to design professional corporations

Permits the incorporation of design professional service corporations (engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying, or any combination thereof) in which non-professionals may…

Kenneth P. LaValleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A10236Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to social services

Establishes citizen review panel for the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester

Establishes citizen review panel for the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester.

Harvey WeisenbergSocial Services Committee

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A10240Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to transportation

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus; allows permissive suspension of a driver's license for up to six months for such violation, and creates the crime of…

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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A10232Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to alternative institutional support programs for school districts

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts.

Charles LavineEducation Committee

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A10230Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to libraries and education technology

Exempts library districts from consolidation or dissolution

Exempts library districts from consolidation or dissolution.

Dennis H. GabryszakLibraries And Education Technology Committee

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A10231Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides that insurance policies that cover annual physicals and well care visits shall allow one visit per calendar year

Provides that insurance policies that cover annual physicals and well care visits shall allow one visit per calendar year.

Aileen GuntherInsurance Committee

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S7095Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available technology by the state

Relates to the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available technology by the state.

James L. SewardEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A10224Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Expands new car lemon law protection to include motor vehicles used for commercial or business purposes

Expands new car lemon law protection to include motor vehicles used for commercial or business purposes.

Ann RabbittConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A10228AssemblyS6962· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Reference changed to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to the recovery of governmental costs from industrial development agencies; repealer

Relates to the recovery of governmental costs from industrial development agencies.

Robin SchimmingerLocal Governments CommitteeLocal Government

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A10223Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Held for consideration in agriculture

Authorizes municipalities to set license fees for unspayed or unneutered dogs

Authorizes municipalities to set license fees for unspayed or unneutered dogs.

Ann RabbittAgriculture CommitteeEconomy

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A10225Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires bills to contain fiscal impact notes listing estimated costs to an affected entity; requires fiscal impact notes to be displayed on the digital board of the assembly chamber during deliberation of bills

Requires that legislative bills contain fiscal impact statements listing estimated costs to an affected entity; requires fiscal impact statements to be displayed on the digital board of the assembly…

Ann RabbittGovernmental Operations Committee

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A10217Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to election law

Relates to allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election

Relates to allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election.

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A10215Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to claims against certain schools and the governing body of school districts; repealer

Relates to claims against certain schools and the governing body of school districts.

Robert ReillyEducation Committee

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A10206Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to education

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; "dating violence"…

Michael CusickEducation Committee

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A10209Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to health

Authorizes a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan

Authorizes and directs the New York state department of health, to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A10207Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Reference changed to codes

Requires volunteers of youth sports organizations to be screened through use of the statewide sex offender registry

Provides for regulation of volunteers of youth sports organizations; requires volunteers to be screened through use of the statewide sex offender registry; requires notice and disqualification of…

Francine DelMonteHealth CommitteeHealth

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A10211AssemblyS1473· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for submission of applications of charter schools to be made to the board of education of the local school district and to the chancellor, where appropriate

Provides for submission of applications of charter schools to be made to the board of education of the local school district and to the chancellor, where appropriate.

David KoonEducation CommitteeEducation

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A10208Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that sex offender registrants may not receive a commercial driver's license

Provides that sex offender registrants may not receive a commercial driver's license.

Francine DelMonteTransportation Committee

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A10199Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of members of the New York state police

Creates a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of member of the New York State police; commission shall consist of 9 members…

Hakeem JeffriesGovernmental Operations Committee

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A10204AssemblyS2119· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

George AmedoreCodes CommitteeLegal

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A10202Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Classifies cleaned or processed dredged sediment as a beneficial use material rather than solid waste

Classifies cleaned or processed dredged sediment as a beneficial use material rather than solid waste.

Alec Brook-KrasnyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S7085Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to finance

Creates a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of members of the New York state police

Creates a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of member of the New York State police; commission shall consist of 9 members…

Eric AdamsFinance Committee

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A10173Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to state environmental purchasing and intergovernmental agreements; repealer

Relates to state environmental purchasing and intergovernmental agreements.

Robert CastelliEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A10087Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Advanced to third reading cal.730

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance to provide for the payment of refunds within 30 days of the receipt of a tax return

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance to provide for the payment by the department of taxation and finance of tax refunds within 30 days of the receipt of a taxpayer's tax return, unless…

Richard BrodskyOn the Assembly floor

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S6962Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

Repeals section 2975-a of the public authorities law

Relates to the recovery of governmental costs from industrial development agencies.

David J. ValeskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A9222Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Amend and recommit to codes

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.

Rory LancmanCodes Committee

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A720Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Advanced to third reading cal.718

Requires motorcycle user to wear helmets that meet the requirements of the US department of transportation

Requires motorcycle users to wear helmets that meet the federal motor vehicle safety standards and which have been impact-tested by the U.S. department of transportation, the commissioner of motor…

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

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A7843AssemblyS4867· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to health

Requires the provision of transportation services to recipients of medical assistance to a safe location during pest control procedures at their residences

Requires the provision of transportation services to Medicaid recipients for the purpose of transporting eligible Medicaid recipients from their residences to a safe location during the provision of…

Micah KellnerHealth CommitteeHealth

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A608Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Amended on third reading 608a

Voids agreements exempting parties, their agents, servants or employees, from liability for damages caused by their negligence, as against public policy

Voids agreements exempting parties, their agents, servants or employees, from liability for damages caused by their negligence, as against public policy unless state statute, federal or…

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

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A7672AssemblyS5074· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from state sales and compensating use taxes; grants localities option to exempt

Exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment, when the installer employs workers who are residents of this state, from sales and compensating use taxes; grants…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means CommitteeFinance

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A974Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Enacting clause stricken

Provides an exemption to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance upon the possession of residual amounts of such in a hypodermic syringe or needle

Provides an exemption to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance upon the possession of residual amounts of a controlled substance in a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle…

Richard GottfriedStricken

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A1801Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Amended on third reading 1801a

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs to distinguish such service from the service provided by volunteers.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

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A9035Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to streamlining planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services

Relates to streamlining planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

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S5991Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Substituted by a8558

Creates an exemption from certain special assessments, fees and surcharges on hazardous waste generated by or at an elementary or secondary school

Creates an exemption from certain special assessments, fees and surcharges on hazardous waste generated by or at an elementary or secondary school.

Antoine M. ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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A8916Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Directs NYSERDA to undertake a statewide study of consumer behaviors with respect to energy efficiency and clean energy technology

Directs NYS energy research and development authority to undertake a statewide study of consumer behaviors with respect to energy efficiency and clean energy technology programs.

Andrew HevesiEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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A8526Assembly· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to elections

Provides for the inclusion of telephone number and email address on statewide voter registration application forms

Provides for the inclusion of telephone number and e-mail address on statewide voter registration application forms.

Timothy P. GordonElections Committee

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