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

S1668Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection
Requires certain labeling information on child safety seats regarding compatibility with automobiles
Provides for certain labeling requirements on child safety seats; requires that no seat intended for use by a child less than four years of age shall be sold if it fails to conspicuously disclose on…
John J. FlanaganConsumer Protection Committee
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S1670Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation
Provides for the establishment of a state eminent domain ombudsman and provides for the powers and duties thereof; enacts the "eminent domain ombudsman act"
Provides for the establishment of a state eminent domain ombudsman and provides for the powers and duties thereof; assists in the development of guidelines and analyzes actions with potential…
John J. FlanaganTransportation Committee

S1673Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Prohibits the charging of a deductible when a motor vehicle, through no fault of the insured, is in an accident with a municipally-owned snow removal vehicle

Prohibits the charging of a deductible when a motor vehicle, through no fault of the insured, is in an accident with a municipally-owned snow removal vehicle.

John J. FlanaganInsurance Committee

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S1681Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Permits BOCES to contract with third party vendors for approved technology activities and services at the request of two or more school districts

Permits BOCES to contract with third party vendors for approved technology activities and services at the request of two or more school districts; allows the commissioner of education to approve…

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

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S1702Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Increases the amount of data the office of children and family services, department of health and department of labor must compile on public assistance recipients

Requires additional information the office of children and family assistance, the office of temporary disability assistance, the department of health and the department of labor are required to…

Martin Malavé DilanSocial Services Committee

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S1777Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force"

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force" to advise the city on issues related to safety in the construction industry in New York city and to propose changes in rules and…

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

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S1780Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"; establishes minimum staffing levels for various health care workers in different health care facilities; requires submission of staffing pans;…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1859Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes an electronic health records and electronic prescribing initiative

Establishes an electronic health records and electronic prescribing program to award incentives to office-based physicians and independent pharmacies who implement such programs.

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S1873Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Provides guidelines and aids in locating sites for community residential facilities

Provides guidelines and aides in locating sites for community residential facilities; requires OMRDD to conduct study on location of proposed sites.

Jeffrey D. KleinMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S1874Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for security and internal risk management procedures to protect patients from sexual misconduct and other crime in hospitals and mental institutions

Provides for security and internal risk management procedures to protect patients from sexual misconduct and other crime in hospitals and mental institutions; applies in cities having a population…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S1875Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for a program of asthma disease management and control within the department of health

Provides for a program of asthma disease management and control within the department of health; program shall provide various services to health care providers, patients, and others; authorizes the…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S2465Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

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,…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2505Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to supervision, coordination and approval of highway routing designations for the transportation of hazardous materials

Provides that the department of transportation shall be responsible for the supervision, coordination and approval of highway routing designations for the transportation of hazardous materials in…

John A. DeFranciscoTransportation Committee

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S2588Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Enacts "Nixzmary's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; repealer

Enacts "Nixzmary's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S2597Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Relates to additional financial disclosure by the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly

Requires additional financial disclosure by the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to outside sources of income for services rendered by such legislative…

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

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S2598Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to apportionment of staff for members in the Senate and Assembly

Relates to apportionment of staff for members in the senate and assembly; requires generally equal staff for member offices and additional moneys for committee chairs.

John J. BonacicInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2620Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Enacts the "taxpayer advocate act" to create the office of taxpayer advocate

Enacts the "taxpayer advocate act" to create the office of taxpayer advocate.

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2634Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to leaving the scene of an incident causing personal injury to another person without reporting

Allows prosecutors to prosecute any person operating a motor vehicle who causes personal injury to another person who fail to report such incident.

Frank PadavanTransportation Committee

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S2636Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

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S2667Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Authorizes optometrists to prescribe certain drugs that may be used for therapeutic purposes and taken orally

Authorizes optometrists certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment or prevention of ocular disease, to also use specified oral pharmaceutical agents in their practices;…

David J. ValeskyHigher Education Committee

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S2696Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree.

Darrel J. AubertineChildren And Families Committee

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S27Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program; repealer

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program and the ignition interlock fund; requires installation of ignition interlock device for all persons convicted of driving while intoxicated.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Transportation Committee

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S2724Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Removes the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed pursuant to the empire state film production credit

Removes the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed pursuant to the empire state film production credit.

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2743Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to providing for a modification of elementary and secondary school tuition for personal income tax deduction purposes; repealer

Relates to providing for a modification of elementary and secondary school tuition for personal income tax purposes.

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2747Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole

Provides that the sentence for committing murder in the first degree when the victim is a police officer, peace officer or correction officer shall be either death or life imprisonment without parole.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S2749Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that unlawful disclosure of personal information concerning a police officer shall be aggravated harassment in the second degree

Provides that unlawful disclosure of personal information concerning a police officer shall be considered aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S2757SenateA5766· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling

Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education CommitteeEducation

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S2801Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Authorizes triborough bridge and tunnel peace officers the right to temporarily stop and question persons and conduct frisk for weapons

Authorizes Triborough bridge and tunnel peace officers the right to temporarily stop and question persons and conduct frisk for weapons.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S2811Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Directs public utilities to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and the utilities service area

Directs public utilities to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and the service area; describes the various services which must be addressed from the call…

Dale M. VolkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S2845Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Authorizes tuition assistance to be paid to students attending educational institutions for which Pell grants may be awarded

Authorizes tuition assistance to be paid to students attending educational institutions for which Pell grants may be awarded.

Diane J. SavinoHigher Education Committee

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S2863Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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…

David J. ValeskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S2877Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes the qualified solar and fuel cell manufacturer facilities and operations credit

Establishes the qualified solar and fuel cell manufacturer facilities and operations credit.

John J. BonacicInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2887Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Relates to permitted uses for state aid to municipalities in which a video lottery gaming facility is located

Relates to permitting state aid provided to municipalities in which a video lottery gaming facility is located to be used for transportation improvements and highway repairs.

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

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S2906Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to 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;…

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

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S2909Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for the vaccine against human papilloma virus

Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for the vaccine against human papilloma virus.

John J. FlanaganInsurance Committee

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S2910Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires health insurers covering surgery to cover all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions

Requires health insurers covering surgery to cover all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions (self-donated); applies to individual and group policies and to medical…

John J. FlanaganInsurance Committee

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S2915Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

Authorizes villages, towns and counties to enter into shared procurement contracts with state education, local schools and BOCES districts

Authorizes villages, towns and counties to enter into shared procurement contracts to purchase telecommunications and information technology systems with the state education department, local…

John A. DeFranciscoLocal Government Committee

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S2928Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Extends the archery season in the Northern zone for one week beyond the close of rifle season

Extends the archery season for the taking of antlerless deer in the Northern zone for a period of seven days immediately following the close of the regular rifle season.

Joseph A. GriffoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2984Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Exempts receipts from the services provided by a farrier in shoeing a horse

Exempts receipts from the services provided by a farrier in shoeing a horse including reasonable fees for travel and shoeing a horse in a remote location on a farm.

Michael H. RanzenhoferInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2989Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Authorizes local social services districts to choose which state- but not federally-required medicaid services to provide and categories of eligibility to cover

Authorizes local social services to choose which state-required but not federally-required medicaid services to provide to eligible persons and which categories of eligibility to cover; directs the…

Michael H. RanzenhoferHealth Committee

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S3046Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for short term health insurance policies for persons who have lost coverage under a parent's policy and are otherwise not eligible for coverage

Provides for short term health insurance policies, not to exceed two years, for persons who have recently lost coverage under a parent's policy due to graduation from college and are otherwise not…

James L. SewardInsurance Committee

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S3055Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

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.

James L. SewardLocal Government Committee

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S3089Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Creates a driver education fund and provides for its administration

Provides for apportionment of state assistance to school districts conducting driver education courses; establishes a 20% surcharge on traffic infraction fines to be put into a new driver education…

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

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S3090Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of criminal trespass on the field of play of a sports event

Creates the crime of criminal trespass on the field of play; makes it a crime for a fan to enter the field of play of a professional sporting event when such fan does not have permission to be on…

David J. ValeskyCodes Committee

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S3129Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; public ed program; appropriation

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical…

Ruben DiazHigher Education Committee

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S3158Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

Provides for special accidental death benefits for district attorney investigator members

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

Jeffrey D. KleinLocal Government Committee

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