Bills by

Darrel J. Aubertine

Senator

10,221 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →aubertin@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

10,221 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

A4203Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education
Requires school districts to develop certain new policies
Requires school districts to develop a policy regulating the use of school-owned cell phones, automobiles and credit cards to include, but not be limited to, requiring that they be used only for…
Fred ThieleEducation Committee
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A4342Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments
Increases project size for which separate contracts on public work are required; repealer
Raises the threshold total project cost dollar amount under the Wicks Law (requiring separate contracts for the plumbing, heating and HVAC components of public construction projects) requirements…
Robin SchimmingerLocal Governments Committee

A4365Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Provides for eminent domain reform and creates the "home and property protection act"; appropriation

Provides for eminent domain reform and creates the "home and property protection act"; creates temporary state commission to examine eminent domain laws.

Michael J. FitzpatrickJudiciary Committee

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A4509Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetist

Relates to the certification of registered nurse anesthetists; provides that for such certification an applicant shall file an application, be licensed as a registered professional nurse, have…

Joseph MorelleHigher Education Committee

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A4511Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to notification of rate increases to residents of assisted living residences

Provides for notification of rate increases to residents of residential health care facilities, assisted living facilities and adult care facilities; requires forty-five days notice for any…

Linda RosenthalHealth Committee

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A4559Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Makes numerous modifications to provisions of various laws relating to the family court act and child custody matters; repealer

Makes numerous modifications to provisions of various laws relating to child custody matters; provides for shared parenting custody; for parenting time rather than visitation; mediation and…

Brian KolbJudiciary Committee

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A4930Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Enacts the "corporate disclosure, responsibility, and taxpayer protection act"

Enacts the "corporate disclosure, responsibility, and taxpayer protection act"; establishes principles for corporations receiving state assistance; provides for disclosure of real property tax…

Richard BrodskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A5015Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Requires public work contractors to agree to be subject to provisions providing for the reporting of fraud by employees

Requires public works contractor to agree to be subject to the regulations of the commissioner of labor relating to establishing a procedure for the reporting of fraud by the employees of such…

Peter RiveraLabor Committee

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A5122Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Expands juvenile offender status to include certain sex offenses committed by persons 13, 14 or 15 years of age

Expands juvenile offender status to include rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the second…

Joseph GiglioCodes Committee

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A5139Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Imposes an additional $10 surcharge upon every offense that is related to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

Imposes an additional $10 surcharge upon every offense that is related to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; all such money shall be deposited into the New York state…

Peter RiveraTransportation Committee

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A5181Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires commercial lines insurers to provide notice to consumers when credit information is used in the rating or underwriting of such insurance

Requires commercial lines insurers to provide notice to consumers when credit information is used in the rating or underwriting of such insurance.

Peter RiveraInsurance Committee

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A5219Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Establishes the self-sufficiency program within the New York state urban development corporation act

Establishes the self-sufficiency program within the New York state urban development corporation act to promote economic development; defines terms; authorizes the urban development corporation to…

William MagnarelliEconomic Development Committee

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A5252Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Relates to the physician loan repayment program and medical malpractice rate relief program in designated physican shortage areas

Relates to funds used for the physician loan repayment program and the regents physicians loan foregiveness program for physicians practicing in designated physician shortage areas and creates the…

James BacallesHigher Education Committee

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A5297Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to establishing a credit for employers for wages associated with information technology security employees, and a deduction for businesses for certain expenses

Establishes tax credits for employers for wages associated with information technology security employees, and a deduction for businesses for the expenses of certain other security-related measures…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A530Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Redefines the term "emergency" for purposes of state procurement policy; specifies that an agency's failure to plan in advance does not constitute an emergency

Redefines the term "emergency" for purposes of state procurement policy; specifies that an agency's failure to plan in advance, which results in a situation in which normal practices cannot be…

RoAnn DestitoGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5348Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees

Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees.

David KoonReal Property Taxation Committee

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A5359Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Establishes distinctive "Support Our Troops" number plates for motor vehicles

Establishes distinctive "Support Our Troops" number plates for motor vehicles.

Mike SpanoTransportation Committee

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A5373Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Extends periods of time of placement for juvenile delinquents

Extends maximum periods of time of placement for juvenile delinquents; class A felonies shall not exceed five years, class B felonies shall not exceed three years, class C felonies shall not exceed…

Joseph ErrigoChildren And Families Committee

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A5422Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enacts the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Procedural Reform Act; repealer

Enacts the Juvenile Justice Accountability And Procedural Reform Act; implements procedural reforms that will promote juvenile accountability and parental support; increases severity and diversity…

Joseph ErrigoChildren And Families Committee

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A5519Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Makes information contained in adoption records available to adult adoptees under certain circumstances

Makes information contained in adoption and foster care records available to adoptees aged 18 and over under certain circumstances; provides that such information shall include the adoptee's…

Vito LopezChildren And Families Committee

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A5522Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Creates the New York state housing opportunities zones act

Enacts the "New York state housing opportunity zones act;" authorizes a pilot program to create locally proposed housing opportunity zones, providing for a mixture of locally approved and state…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5588Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Grants excused leave to civil service employees who are volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers during state of emergency

Grants excused leave to civil service employees during states of emergency as declared by the federal, state or a municipal government, when such employees are members of a volunteer fire department…

Robert OaksGovernmental Employees Committee

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A559Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to the preparation of water supply emergency plans

Relates to the preparation of water supply emergency plans; includes certain persons who supply drinking water to fewer than three thousand three hundred people within the definition of a water…

Brian KavanaghHealth Committee

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A5592Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Makes provisions relating to grand jury proceedings and operations

Provides that a person to whom a child witness has initially disclosed evidence concerning a crime and who provides emotional support, including but not limited to, a professional counselor or…

Robert OaksCodes Committee

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A5636Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Enacts the community college and BOCES partnership act

Enacts the community college and BOCES partnership act to create a high technology manufacturing training program; provides grants for job training.

James ConteHigher Education CommitteeEducation

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A5637Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2009; appropriation

Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2009; creates the crime of gang solicitation, recruitment or retention; creates the crime of gang solicitation, recruitment or retention of minors;…

James ConteCodes Committee

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A5673Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides that landlord's request for information regarding request to sublet shall be on forms prepared by housing agency

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when…

Linda RosenthalHousing Committee

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A5682Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Expands eligibility of the tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens

Expands eligibility of the tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens by permitting an exemption for rent increases above one-quarter of the combined…

James F. BrennanAging Committee

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A5701Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires a risk analysis for diabetes and if necessary a test for diabetes for all children admitted to public schools and periodically, thereafter

Requires a risk analysis for diabetes and if necessary a test for diabetes for all children admitted to public schools and periodically, thereafter.

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A5703Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides a comprehensive plan for the protection of confidential personal information

Provides a comprehensive plan for the protection of confidential personal information; includes definitions, penalties and civil liability.

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5729Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a budget within seventy-two hours from the beginning of the state fiscal year a default budget shall take effect

Reforms the state budget process to provide that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a state budget within sixty days from the beginning of the state fiscal year, a default budget shall take…

James HayesWays And Means Committee

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A5744Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Links rent control to the consumer price index; allows for cost of living increases

Provides that the maximum rent as used or an order of decontrol under NYC rent control laws shall be adjusted annually, increased by the percentage difference between the consumer price index for…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5757Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires that used oil filters be source-separated and recycled

Requires that used oil filters be source-separated and recycled; extends the authority of the commissioner of environmental conservation to regulate generators, transporters, and processors thereof;…

J. Gary PretlowEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5758Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Includes certain rehabilitation hospitals within the definition of inpatient care services for purposes of providing child health insurance plan coverage

Includes certain facilities treated as excluded physical medicine rehabilitation hospitals within the definition of inpatient care services for purposes of providing child health insurance plan…

J. Gary PretlowHealth Committee

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A5763Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans' affairs

Establishes real property tax exemption for persons in armed forces serving in hostile areas

Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of a member of the armed forces engaging in hazardous service; the state shall compensate municipalities for lost tax revenue…

J. Gary PretlowVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A5801Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides a preference for New York state contractors for purposes of public works contracts

Provides a preference for New York state contractors for purposes of public works contracts; authorizes the commissioner of economic development and the commissioner of labor to promulgate necessary…

Thomas McKevittGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5815Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Makes the retail sale of new and used hybrid and certain high-efficiency vehicles exempt from state sales and compensating use taxes

Makes the retail sale of new and used hybrid and certain high-efficiency vehicles exempt from state sales and compensating use taxes; grants counties and cities the option to provide such exemption;…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

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A5820Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in local governments

Expands the provisions of the urban development action area act

Expands the provisions of the urban development action area act by amending the definition of municipality and eligible area to include any city instead of specifically applying to a city with one…

Michael J. FitzpatrickLocal Governments Committee

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A5827Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Establishes the regents high-tech graduate loan forgiveness program and appropriates twenty-five million dollars therefor

Establishes the regents high-tech graduate loan foregiveness program to provide annual loan payments of up to $10,000 a year to high-tech college graduates who are residents of the state, attended a…

Thomas McKevittEducation Committee

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A585Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization,…

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

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A5876Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Makes technical corrections to the conservation easement tax credit

Makes technical corrections to the conservation easement tax credit.

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

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A5964Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to requiring disclosure of types of replacement parts used in automobile collision repairs

Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose types of replacements parts used in automobile collision repairs and provides a disclosure form to be signed by the owner consenting to the use of any…

Matthew TitoneTransportation Committee

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A5983Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Limits contributions to political parties or constituted committees for housekeeping purposes to $1000 per year per contributor; repealer

Limits contributions to political parties or constituted committees for the maintenance of permanent headquarters and staff and carrying on of ordinary activities not promoting the candidacy of a…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A6052Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Authorizes Alexander A. Restaino to apply for and receive retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes Alexander A. Restaino to apply for and receive retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Employees Committee

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A6112Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires motor vehicle repair shops to give fair and legal estimates

Requires motor vehicle repair shops to give fair and legal estimates; provides a civil penalty of not more than three hundred dollars.

Earlene HooperConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6123Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires school districts and BOCES to recognize and credit teachers with transfer credit on a uniform basis

Provides that the school authorities of each school district and each board of cooperative educational services shall recognize and credit each teacher with transfer credit on a uniform and…

Earlene HooperEducation Committee

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A6166Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires that the owner shall have fifteen days from the approximate or estimated completion date specified in the contract for inspection of contracted home improvements

Requires that the owner shall have fifteen days from the approximate or estimated completion date specified in the contract for inspection of contracted home improvements prior to final payment…

Earlene HooperConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6171Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Grants home security personal income tax deductions

Permits a state income tax deduction for home security devices, including but not limited to exterior lighting, burglar and fire alarms, installed by the owner occupant of a one, two or three family…

Earlene HooperWays And Means Committee

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A6172Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Allows board of education to provide certain children transportation to school for a lesser distance than two miles

Allows board of education to provide transportation to school for a child living a lesser distance than two miles from school if the parent or guardian of the child is nonambulatory and unable to…

Earlene HooperEducation Committee

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