Bills by

Owen H. Johnson

Senator

20,524 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →ojohnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

20,524 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

A3018Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes
Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state the interest rate and the total cost of loan in a dollar amount
Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in…
Michael BenjaminCodes Committee
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A3515Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to codes
Relates to voluntary discontinuances when responsive pleadings are not required
Extends the time period in which a voluntary discontinuance of a civil action may be obtained without the need for a court order or stipulation of settlement; gives flexibility to parties who may…
Michael GianarisCodes CommitteeLegal

A3724Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for defense and indemnification of parents serving in certain authorized positions in N.Y. city community school districts in suits by school officials

Provides for defense and indemnification of a duly elected officer of a parents' association in New York City community school districts in suits by community board members or superintendents or…

Jeffrion AubryEducation Committee

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A494Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential under existing zoning, planning and other land use laws.

Sam HoytWays And Means Committee

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A5810Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires the MTA to submit annual reports on attacks, injuries, or deaths reported to or otherwise known to it in connection with its facilities and premises

Requires the MTA to submit annual reports on assaults, including sexual assaults, attacks, injuries or deaths reported to or otherwise known to it in connection with its facilities and premises;…

Richard BrodskyTransportation Committee

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A3074Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to the abatement of lead poisoning conditions

Increases the penalty for the failure to comply with a notice and demand for the discontinuance of a paint condition conducive to lead poisoning from two thousand five hundred to five thousand…

Barbara ClarkHealth CommitteeHealth

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A3725Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's Communities Initiative

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's communities initiative; requires municipalities and businesses that receive awards under the program to give priority in hiring to…

Jeffrion AubryCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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A4820Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Provides for binding arbitration in negotiations for certain members of the security services collective bargaining unit

Provides for binding arbitration in negotiations for certain members of the security services collective bargaining unit who are safety and security officers within the office of mental health, the…

Donna LupardoCodes Committee

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A2654Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners of intention to develop in wetland areas

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.

Michael CusickEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A2723Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to higher education

Makes provisions with respect to student awards, loans and tuition assistance programs

Requires the higher education services corporation to make a determination of financial eligibility of a student for financial aid, awards and loans within 60 days from the day of the receipt of the…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

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A3302Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires persons offering weight loss services to provide notice of certain weight loss and dieting information

Requires persons selling or offering to sell weight loss services or weight loss products to provide consumers with a weight loss and dieting information notice; sets forth such notice which…

Vivian CookConsumer Protection Committee

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A3325Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to local government

Relates to the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner

Provides that if it appears that a death may have resulted from the commission of a crime, the coroner or medical examiner in any county with geographic jurisdiction over the crime shall have…

J. Gary PretlowLocal Government Committee

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A6419Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Enacts the "computer spyware protection act"

Enacts the "computer spyware protection act"; prohibits the installation, transmission and use of computer software that collects personally identifiable information; authorizes the attorney general…

Darryl TownsCodes Committee

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A728Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for notification of an external appeal to an enrollee's designee and the enrollee's health care provider; repealer

Provides for notification of an external appeal to an enrollee's designee and the enrollee's health care provider; provides further for notification to such persons once an appeal determination is…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A8061Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Eliminates the power of the state police to execute warrants issued by magistrates throughout the state without indorsement

Eliminates the power of the state police to execute warrants issued by magistrates throughout the state without indorsement.

Rory LancmanCodes Committee

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A1248Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the…

Rory LancmanWays And Means Committee

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A1804Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides for cost allowances for investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs

Provides for cost allowances for strategic capital investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs.

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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A1843AssemblyS2207· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means CommitteeFinance

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A2707Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health; such task force shall review issues related to the disposition or transference of…

David GanttHealth Committee

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A3645Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enacts the "SAFETY act" to prevent harassment and discrimination

Enacts the "SAFETY Act"; authorizes the office of children and family services to establish policies and procedures affording all children in OCFS facilities an environment free of harassment and…

William ScarboroughChildren And Families Committee

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A379Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from charging exorbitant rates for unfueled vehicles returned by customers

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from charging exorbitant rates for unfueled vehicles returned by customers; provides that any refueling charge imposed as part of a rental agreement shall be no…

Hakeem JeffriesCodes Committee

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A5315Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Authorizes the eight New York state public retirement systems to increase their asset investments in real property to ten percent

Increases to ten percent the amount of assets in the New York state teachers' retirement system which may be invested in real estate.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A6408Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Finances the transportation and distribution of New York state farm grown products to food service markets especially in underserved communities

Finances the transportation and distribution of New York state farm grown products to food service markets, including restaurants, schools, colleges, and others, especially in underserved urban and…

Felix OrtizAgriculture Committee

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A783Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Amend and recommit to governmental operations

Establishes the emergency preparedness month act and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items

Establishes the "emergency preparedness month act" and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items from sales tax during specified time periods.

Jonathan BingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A1745Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Requires the department of health to monitor the lead levels in candy, soft vinyl lunch boxes and bibs

Requires the department of health to monitor the lead levels in candy and to prohibit the sale or distribution of candy with lead in it; prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and offering…

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

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A1314Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature; provides for additional oversight of higher education research foundations.

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

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A3685Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Extends the definition of the term "correctional facilities medical care personnel" to include certain personnel at local correctional facilities

Extends the definition of the term "correctional facilities medical care personnel" to include personnel engaged in providing health care at local correctional facilities.

Jeffrion AubryHealth Committee

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A4729Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Creates the intellectual property asset management advisory council

Creates the office of intellectual property asset management which authorizes an appointed commissioner to head an advisory council to establish policy; defines terms; requires reports to the…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A556Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to facilities of refuge

Relates to facilities of refuge; defines terms; exempts any facility of refuge that is registered with the state emergency management office from payment of any exit fee or any lost revenue…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

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A7058Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson and special districts therein for state land operated by the department of environmental conservation

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson, in the county of Allegany, and to the special districts in such town on account of state lands therein subject to the jurisdiction of…

Daniel BurlingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A725Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities

Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A7300Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes senior citizen alcoholism demonstration programs

Directs the director of the state office for the aging, in consultation with the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, to develop elderly alcoholism prevention, education and…

Vivian CookWays And Means Committee

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A1195Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Prohibits the sale and purchase of urine with the intent to defraud drug screening tests

Prohibits the sale and purchase of urine with the intent to defraud drug screening tests; further provides penalties for violations under this section.

RoAnn DestitoCodes Committee

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A2664Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Creates a mechanism for taxpayers to contribute on their tax return to the homeless housing and assistance fund

Establishes the "gift to the homeless housing and assistance fund"; provides that effective on or after January 1, 2010 an individual may contribute to the homeless housing and assistance fund for…

David GanttInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A3072Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to banks

Increases number of withdrawal transactions from basic banking accounts for account holders over sixty years of age to twelve from eight

Increases the minimum number of authorized withdrawal transactions at no charge from basic banking accounts for account holders sixty-five years of age or older from eight to twelve.

Barbara ClarkBanks Committee

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A3660Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to children and families

Requires social services districts to maintain a waiting list of families who have applied for child care assistance and data regarding the income of such families

Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; further requires the local districts to report such list to the…

William ScarboroughChildren And Families Committee

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A4985Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to codes

Prohibits disclosure of highway, bridge, tunnel and other thoroughfare toll and transit records, with exceptions

Prohibits the disclosure of highway, bridge, tunnel and other thoroughfare toll records, and commuter railroad and transit records to protect privacy, unless necessary to perform law enforcement…

Richard BrodskyCodes Committee

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A792Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Regulates the scope, manner and performance of review of claims by utilization review agents

Regulates the scope, manner and performance of review of claims by utilization review agents; provides that denial of coverage for emergency services is not based solely on final diagnosis.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A8442Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Relates to the protection of underground facilities used in gas production and pipeline systems

Relates to the protection of underground facilities used in gas production and pipeline systems and penalties for safety violations.

Timothy P. GordonCodes Committee

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A3765Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Authorizes district attorney to petition for posting of security when animal is impounded as result of abuse

Authorizes the district attorney bringing animal abuse charges to petition for the posting of security for the care of the abused animal on behalf of the impounding organization; authorizes all such…

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

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S5185Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with certain services

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with services provided through the department of labor, department of family…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

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S5307Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes commissioner of economic development to grant matching funds to eligible applicants to implement Hudson Valley regional agricultural marketing program

Authorizes commissioner of economic development to grant matching funds to eligible applicants to implement the Hudson Valley agricultural regional marketing program, defined as the use of media…

Thomas P. MorahanFinance Committee

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S5693Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Substituted by a2575

Establishes criteria for notice to be filed and served when done by electronic means in N.Y. city

Establishes criteria for notice to be filed and served when done by electronic means in a city having a population of more than one million; provides for an application for leave to serve a late…

John L. SampsonOn the Senate floor

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A9053Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Prohibits the reservation, making or facilitating of tee times on public golf courses in exchange for financial compensation

Prohibits the reservation, making or facilitating of tee times on public golf courses in exchange for financial compensation.

Kenneth ZebrowskiCodes Committee

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A764Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans

Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans by authorizing the commissioner and superintendent of insurance to adopt regulations for the renewal of credentialing and…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A4105Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides for special accidental death benefits for district attorney investigator members

Provides for special accidental death benefits for district attorney investigator members.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A5313Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Relates to right of vested members of the New York state teachers' retirement system to withdraw from such system

Permits certain eligible vested members of the NYS teachers' in tiers 3 and 4 who have ceased teaching to withdraw from such system and to transfer such credits to another state's retirement system;…

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A2713Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to higher education

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income.

Deborah GlickHigher Education Committee

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