Bills by

Ellen C. Jaffee

Assembly Member

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2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

11,958 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

A5075Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Increases penalties for the sale of controlled substances at community recreational facilities and youth recreational centers
Applies law prohibiting sale of certain controlled substances in or near school grounds to such sales in or near community recreational facilities and youth recreational centers.
Joseph GiglioCodes Committee
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A5097Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation
Requires persons under the age of 18 to wear helmets while operating a scooter or bicycle
Requires persons under the age of 18 to wear helmets while operating a scooter or bicycle.
James F. BrennanTransportation Committee
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A5100Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

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 BrodskyWays And Means Committee

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A5101Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Creates gift for the hungry fund; creates gift for the hungry fund advisory board to allocate grants for money collected from taxpayers

Provides for gifts by taxpayers to the gift for the hungry fund through tax return check-off; provides funding for such fund from such gifts; creates the gift for the hungry fund advisory board to…

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

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A5102Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy

Enacts the electric power re-regulation act

Enacts the electric power re-regulation act; provides mechanisms whereby electric companies within this state should be equipped to provide sufficient electric service to its customers in an…

Richard BrodskyEnergy Committee

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A5129Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Facilitates the elimination of illegal businesses or trade from residential dwellings

Facilitates the elimination of illegal businesses or trade from residential dwellings by providing that the lease or agreement on premises occupied by an individual using such premises for illegal…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5148Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child

Creates a new class D violent felony offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; the current offense of endangering the welfare of a child is converted to the second degree…

Matthew TitoneCodes Committee

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A5163Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to the safety of funeral processions

Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in a funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces…

Dennis H. GabryszakTransportation Committee

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A5164Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates and defines a new crime; strangulation

Creates and defines a new crime of strangulation and amends certain laws to include strangulation.

Dennis H. GabryszakCodes Committee

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A5175Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Increases penalties for sale of controlled substances if it occurs on park grounds or playgrounds; defines park grounds or playgrounds

Adds "park grounds and playgrounds" to statute currently providing increased penalties for sale of controlled substances to certain persons if occurs on or within 1,000 feet of school grounds;…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A5179Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides for DNA testing, collection and record keeping; indictments by fictitious name in DNA cases, and creating the innocence project program

Provides for DNA testing, collection and record keeping; indictments by fictitious name in DNA cases; and creating the innocence research project program.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A5196Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits the transmission of certain unauthorized or misleading commercial electronic communications mail messages

Prohibits the transmission of certain unauthorized or misleading commercial electronic communications mail messages; requires providing an opt-out mechanism and labeling of such messages; provides…

Richard BrodskyConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5205Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in agriculture

Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2009" and appropriates monies to implement certain provisions thereof

Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2009"; directs the board of regents and the education department to investigate and study undergraduate agricultural programs with the…

Clifford CrouchAgriculture Committee

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A5207Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires the courts to notify a victim or petitioner upon the release from custody of a person accused of committing a family offense

Requires the courts to notify a victim or petitioner upon the release from custody of a person accused of committing a family offense; requires notice to be given within seventy-two hours of the…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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A521Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Starred on calendar

Establishes a crime victim's ombudsman and provides for such ombudsman's functions, powers and duties

Establishes a crime victim's omsbudsman and provides for such ombudsman's functions, powers and duties.

RoAnn DestitoOn the Assembly floor

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A5226Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second basis

Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second; applies to all service providers; authorizes the public service…

Michael GianarisCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A5229Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts and which shall have no more than 5,000 participants.

Peter RiveraSocial Services Committee

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A5237Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Makes manufacturers of guns liable for damages if their guns cause injury or death to a person within the state

Makes manufacturers of guns liable for damages if their guns cause injury or death to a person within the state; makes exceptions for compliance with a stated code of conduct or for weapons disposed…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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A5240Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs for minorities; appropriation

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs of non-public institutions for minorities, as a plan to increase the number of minority students entering and completing educational…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

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A5282AssemblyS5566· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Establishes rent adjustments; repealer

Establishes rent adjustments, and repeals paragraph (5-a) of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York and subdivision (1-a) of section 10 of section 4 of…

George LatimerHousing CommitteeHousing

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A5291Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Enacts the New York state academic collaborative district act

Enacts the New York state academic collaborative district act; establishes criteria for academic collaborative designation and the application for academic collaborative district designation;…

Joseph MorelleEconomic Development Committee

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A5305Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Relates to the granting of higher education degrees by authorized institutions; repealer

Relates to the granting of higher education degrees by authorized institutions; provides that no entity shall confer a degree upon an individual unless it is an authorized institution or all of its…

Joseph MorelleHigher Education Committee

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A531Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to immunity for certain employers providing information relating to a former employee to a prospective employer who is an elder care facility

Provides civil immunity for certain employers who provide information relating to a former employee to a prospective employer, nursing home or elder care facility unless such information is…

RoAnn DestitoGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5341Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Expands the amount of information available about registered sex offenders on the division of criminal justice services website

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders; authorizes any person to register with the division of criminal justice…

Michael GianarisCorrection Committee

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A5342Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Establishes the traffic infraction of interference with a funeral procession

Establishes the traffic infraction of interference with a funeral procession.

Michael GianarisTransportation Committee

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A5344Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Creates the empire state internship program

Creates the empire state internship program for secondary students who may be interested in specific careers; program provides exposure to advanced technologies and equipment not available in the…

David KoonHigher Education Committee

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A542Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Prohibits oil or natural gas drilling operations or pipelines on the lands under the waters of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie

Prohibits oil or natural gas drilling operations or pipelines on or beneath the lands under the waters of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, the connecting bays and harbors of such lakes, the connecting…

Sam HoytEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5479Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Establishes the cooperative corporation deconversion rent and occupancy rights act

Enacts the cooperative corporation deconversion rent and occupancy rights act establishing occupancy rights and legal stabilized rents for cooperatives upon deconversion; provides that upon…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5509Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to the New York state school energy efficiency fund

Relates to the New York state school energy efficiency fund; directs the commissioner of education to administer an application based grant program and distribute funds to schools during the…

Joseph ErrigoEducation Committee

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A5552Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to study fair hearing process utilized by local districts

Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to study the fair hearing process utilized by local social services districts in administering the public assistance program and to report…

Vito LopezSocial Services Committee

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A5580Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to the flying of September 11th remembrance flags

Provides for the flying of September 11th remembrance flags at the buildings housing local legislative bodies on all days on which the flag of the United States of America is displayed.

Robert OaksGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5605Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for a personal income tax credit for resident taxpayers who invest in minority-owned or women owned businesses

Provides for a personal income tax credit for resident taxpayers who invest in minority-owned or women owned businesses; credit shall be thirty percent of the first thirty thousand dollars invested…

William BoylandWays And Means Committee

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A5609Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires students enrolled in the undergraduate psychology program within the SUNY/CUNY systems to complete 12 hours of volunteer service with certain programs

Requires students enrolled in the undergraduate psychology program within the SUNY and CUNY systems to complete 12 hours of documented volunteer service with certain places or programs.

William ColtonHigher Education Committee

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A5665Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to granting a tax credit to business firms for contributions to neighborhood assistance programs

Grants a tax credit against corporate franchise taxes to business firms for contributions to neighborhood assistance programs in economically distressed areas; provides limitations on amount of…

Vito LopezWays And Means Committee

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A5697Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enacts the child protection reform act; repealer

Enacts the child protection reform act; redefines "abused" and "neglected child;" authorizes the family court in each county to appoint a local probation service to serve as an adjustment agency for…

Vito LopezChildren And Families Committee

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A5713Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to financial disclosure of certain political contributions for certain elected officials

Requires financial disclosure of certain political contributions by statewide elected officials, members of the legislature, New York city citywide elected officials, members of the New York city…

James F. BrennanGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5750Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Mandates suspension and revocation of certain professional licenses upon conviction of certain drug-related offenses

Mandates the suspension or revocation of certain professional licenses, including teaching certificates and attorney licenses, upon conviction of any offense involving a controlled substance other…

Vito LopezHigher Education Committee

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A5776Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for supplemental indigent care payments to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers

Provides for supplemental indigent care payments to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers; established criteria for eligibility and allocations; sets amounts for time periods.

Richard BrodskyHealth Committee

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A5784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes an empire state film post production tax credit

Establishes an Empire state film post production tax credit against personal and corporate franchise taxes for a portion of qualified post production costs attributable to the use of tangible…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

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A5795Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Mandates that more than one manager administer the college choice savings program

Mandates that more than one manager administer the college choice savings program.

James HayesHigher Education Committee

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A5803Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers

Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers to provide funds of twenty-five thousand dollars in the affordable housing development account for new construction of…

J. Gary PretlowHousing Committee

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A5804Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides alternative sentence of impounding the vehicle person operated upon conviction of driving while ability impaired by alcohol or drugs

Grants the court an additional sentencing option of impoundment of the vehicle operated by a person convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving while ability impaired (DWAI), for…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A5817Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Includes moderate rehabilitation within projects eligible for assistance under the low income housing trust fund program

Includes moderate rehabilitation within the definition of project for the purposes of the low income housing trust fund program; defines moderate rehabilitation project as any occupied residential…

Michael J. FitzpatrickHousing Committee

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A5821Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Repeals the highway use tax, also known as the ton-mile tax; repealer

Repeals the highway use tax, also known as the ton-mile tax.

James HayesWays And Means Committee

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A5837Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to sanctions and penalties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; repealer

Relates to sanctions and penalties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; creates new offenses of criminal intoxication and aggravated criminal intoxication; provides…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A5910Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Establishes a competitive process for negotiated bond offerings for every state agency and public authority that issues bonds

Establishes a competitive process for negotiated bond offerings for every state agency and public authority that issues bonds.

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

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A5911Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to reporting of drivers who pass stopped school buses; provides for a procedure and form for reporting

Relates to reporting of drivers who pass stopped school buses; provides for a procedure and form for school bus drivers and individuals to report to local law enforcement any driver of a motor…

Darryl TownsTransportation Committee

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A5947Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Includes "alien status" (defined) in list of grounds determining commission of unlawful discriminatory practice and state civil rights violation; excepts credit

Outlaws discrimination because of alien status; includes alien status as a grounds for determining a commission of an unlawful discriminatory practice or a state civil rights violation; provides…

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Operations Committee

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