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Includes post traumatic stress disorder in the definition of biologically based mental illness for purposes of Timothy's law

Includes post traumatic stress disorder in the definition of biologically based mental illness for purposes of Timothy's law.

Karim CamaraInsurance Committee

Establishes a tax credit for personal property replacement as a result of bedbug infestation

Establishes a tax credit for personal property replacement as a result of bedbug infestation; credit of 15% not to exceed $750; certification determined by commissioner.

Linda RosenthalWays And Means Committee

Relates to line of demarcation of milk tenure

Relates to line of demarcation of milk tenure.

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Restructures the current aid program to encourage full value reassessments

Restructures the current aid program to encourage full value reassessments.

Ann RabbittReal Property Taxation Committee

Creates the crime of theft of rental property or equipment

Creates the crime of theft of rental property or equipment.

Brian KolbCodes Committee

Authorizes the prepayment of estimated tax by installment method; repealer

Authorizes the prepayment of estimated tax by monthly installment method; the local body may repeal such laws and not authorize installment payments; tax notice must be greater than $100; monthly…

Brian KolbReal Property Taxation CommitteeHousing

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program on personal income tax forms

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program fund on personal income tax forms; establishes the gifts to the tuition assistance program fund.

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work.

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle safety and awareness component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle safety and awareness

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle awareness and safety component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle awareness and…

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

Provides a tax deduction from personal income taxes for un-reimbursed expenses paid for veterinary care of companion animals

Provides a tax deduction from personal income taxes for un-reimbursed expenses paid for veterinary care of companion animals.

Micah KellnerWays And Means Committee

Provides for the licensure of reflexology practitioners

Provides for the licensure of reflexology practitioners.

George LatimerHigher Education Committee

Enacts the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act

Enacts the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act; creates offenses of illegal gun trafficking, criminal possession of a weapon by a minor, criminal use of a weapon by a minor, and lost or stolen firearm to…

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle safety and awareness component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle safety and awareness

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle awareness and safety component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle awareness and…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

Provides that notification must be given when there is a release of a hazardous substance

Provides that notification must be given when there is a release of a hazardous substance to property owners and municipalities within 2500 feet of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.

Fred ThieleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Excludes fundraising from consideration in appropriating state aid and reimbursement for services to volunteer ambulance companies

Excludes fund raising from consideration in appropriating state aid and reimbursement for services to volunteer ambulance companies.

Darrel J. AubertineHealth Committee

Enacts the "healthcare rule-making reform act"

Enacts the "healthcare rule-making reform act"; reconstitutes the state hospital review and planning council as the state health systems council; provides for the composition and certain duties…

Rory LancmanHealth Committee

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program; provides New York state companies with technical assistance with research projects and with the application for federal…

Dennis H. GabryszakHigher Education CommitteeEducation

Authorizes state colleges with an approved equine science program to conduct equine drug testing at race meetings

Authorizes state colleges with an approved equine science program to conduct equine drug testing at race meetings.

Eric AdamsOn the Senate floor

Prohibits the operation of motorized scooters in this state

Prohibits the operation of motorized scooters in this state.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Transportation Committee

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry.

Darrel J. AubertineGovernmental Operations Committee

Changes the eligibility dates for a military service recognition scholarship to include certain conflicts

Changes the eligibility dates for a military service recognition scholarship to include cetain conflicts.

Susan JohnHigher Education CommitteeEducation

Enacts provisions relating to advanced written consent and directives concerning transfer, use, disposition of cryopreserved embryos or gametes

Enacts provisions relating to the execution of written forms, prior to assisted reproductive technology services, for consent and directives for the transfer, use, and disposition of cryopreserved…

Robert SweeneyJudiciary Committee

Provides for the submission of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns to the state police pistol and revolver ballistic identification electronic databank

Provides for the submission by state and local law enforcement authorities of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns, found or otherwise coming into their possession, to the state police…

David KoonOn the Assembly floor

Relates to making permanent certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school district

Makes permanent certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school districts.

Helene WeinsteinStricken

Relates to posting of advisories for particular bodies of water

Requires copies of fish and wildlife law be made available to public anywhere fishing licenses are sold and requires posting of advisories on restrictions on fishing in particular bodies of water at…

Vivian CookEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that the commissioner of health may exempt certain brand name drugs so that they fall under medical assistance umbrella

Provides that the commissioner of health may exempt certain brand name drugs so that they fall under medical assistance umbrella.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Permits towns to increase from $125 to $300 the annual appropriation to defray the costs of rooms for patriotic organizations in an adjoining town

Permits towns to increase from $125 to $300 the annual appropriation to defray the costs of rooms for patriotic organizations in an adjoining town when the town has not a post within its boundaries;…

Darryl TownsLocal Government CommitteeLocal Government

Relates to the employment credit for qualified emerging technology companies

Relates to the employment credit for qualified emerging technology companies.

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

Relates to the qualified emerging technology company capital tax credit; repealer

Relates to the qualified emerging technology company capital tax credit.

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

Authorizes an additional thirty days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

Authorizes sixty days or fifty-two working days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty.

Darryl TownsVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Makes provision with respect to the composition and the powers and duties of the minority health council

Makes provision with respect to the composition and the powers and duties of the minority health council; provides that the minority health council shall consist of seventeen members; alters the…

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

Provides that every procurement contract entered into by a state agency shall contain a statement from the contractor that no forced labor was used

Provides that every contract entered into by a state agency for the procurement of equipment, materials or supplies shall contain a statement in which the contractor attests that no foreign made…

Susan JohnCodes Committee

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases; makes limited exceptions.

Sandy GalefTransportation Committee

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.

Steven EnglebrightLabor Committee

Provides for the payment of interest on prejudgment arrears child support and combined child and spousal support pursuant to a court order

Provides for the payment of interest on prejudgment arrears child support and combined child and spousal support pursuant to a court order.

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Provides for validity of service of process in certain circumstances

Provides that when two certain acts of service have been attempted and one of the two acts has been validly effected, it shall be sufficient to sustain the service if it is shown that the defendant…

James F. BrennanCodes Committee

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on…

Steven EnglebrightCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Provides for notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings

Provides for notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings.

Micah KellnerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Enacts the clean water/clean air/green jobs bond acts of 2009

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to food banks

Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to food banks; establishes the gifts to food banks fund; authorizes and directs the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate rules and…

William MageeInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the NYS and local employees' retirement system and the NYS and local police and fire retirement system

Relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the NYS and local employees' retirement system and the NYS and local police and fire retirement system; creates an employer contribution…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Authorizes the office of general services to sell certain state-owned land to the Montefiore Medical Center

Authorizes the office of general services to sell certain state-owned land to the Montefiore Medical Center.

Jeffrey D. KleinGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the disqualification of tax delinquent bidders with some exceptions

Relates to the disqualification of tax delinquent bidders with some exceptions; provides that no agency shall be permitted to enter into a contract with a bidder or subcontractor who has an…

Brian KavanaghFinance Committee

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"; provides that each public authority with twenty-five or more employees shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of…

Rory LancmanOn the Assembly floor

Provides for corporate franchise tax and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes diabetes fund

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund.

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Retention of motor vehicle records

Provides for the retention of motor vehicle records; allows for the destruction of certain records.

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

Authorizes an additional ten days military leave for state correction officers who are absent on military duty

Authorizes forty days or thirty working days of military leave for state correction officers who are absent on military duty; such leave to be in addition to any leave authorized for such correction…

Eric AdamsGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires state agencies to identify and remedy impediments to their prompt processing and payment of bills

Requires the division of the budget and state agencies of the executive branch to identify and remedy impediments to their prompt processing and payment of bills; directs the director of the budget…

Darrel J. AubertineWays And Means Committee