Sponsored bills

Makes certain technical corrections

Chapter amendment making certain technical corrections amending the education law in relation to contracts for excellence.

Ways And Means Committee

Enacts provisions relating to interim multiple dwellings and the tax law relating to video lottery gaming

Enacts provisions relating to interim multiple dwellings and the tax law relating to video lottery gaming.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to notice to proposed rate adjustments for individual and small group health insurance policies

Relates to notice to proposed rate adjustments for individual and small group health insurance policies.

Neil D. BreslinInsurance Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation.

Velmanette MontgomeryGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the "city of Newburgh fiscal recovery act" to authorize such city to issue bonds to liquidate certain deficits, and impose certain budgetary requirements

Enacts the " city of Newburgh fiscal recovery act" to authorize such city to issue bonds to liquidate certain deficits, and imposes certain budgetary requirements upon the city to restore fiscal…

Frank SkartadosOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; repealer

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; requires permits for interbasin diversions of water and approval of modification to existing systems; increases fees for water…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to tax credits provided for solar energy system equipment

Relates to tax credits provided for solar energy system equipment; provides credit for the lease of solar energy equipment and the purchase of power generated by solar equipment.

Antoine M. ThompsonWays And Means Committee

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until May 15, 2011; suspends the issuance of new permits for such drilling.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the power authority of the state of New York, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the New York Power Authority, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive services

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive services.

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers.

Darrel J. AubertineEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district

Authorizes the commissioner of general services convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district.

Owen H. JohnsonGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires actual consent to participation in franchise programs

Requires actual consent to participate in franchise programs for motor vehicle dealers.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Assembly floor

Relates to administrative hearings and processes for pet dealers

Relates to administrative hearings and processes as they apply to pet dealers.

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the duties of the commissioner

Relates to the duties of the commissioner of education with regard to early childhood education from birth through age five.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

Authorizes Chemung county to impose an additional mortgage recording tax and authorizes such county to expend existing mortgage recoding tax on county services

Authorizes the county of Chemung to impose an additional mortgage recording tax and authorizes such county to expend the existing mortgage recoding tax on county services.

Thomas F. O'MaraRules Committee

Establishes the wage theft prevention act

Establishes the wage theft prevention act.

Carl HeastieRules Committee

Relates to increasing participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises

Relates to increasing participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Crystal Peoples-StokesOn the Assembly floor

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions.

Jonathan BingOn the Assembly floor

Requires a study and report on methods to modernize information collection, retention and dissemination in the state

Requires a study and report on methods to modernize information collection, retention and dissemination in the state.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of and transfer certain parklands in furtherance of a development plan for Coney Island

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of and transfer certain parklands in exchange for other lands to be utilized for park purposes in furtherance of a development plan for Coney Island.

Alec Brook-KrasnyRules Committee

Enacts Ian's Law, which provides enhanced consumer protections in the event of an insurer's discontinuance of coverage

Enacts Ian's Law, which provides enhanced consumer protections in the event of an insurer's discontinuance of coverage, including requiring approval of the superintendent and notice to policyholders.

Daniel O'DonnellOn the Assembly floor

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities

Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Micah KellnerRules Committee

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a 10 year statute of limitations to enforce violations of rules and regulations of Adirondack park agency committed within the Adirondack park

Establishes a ten year statute of limitations to enforce violations of rules and regulations of Adirondack park agency committed within the Adirondack park.

Betty LittleOn the Assembly floor

Relates to prescription prices and pharmacies for injured employees; repealer

Relates to prescription prices and pharmacies for injured employees.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides that ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter; applies to all elections, including school elections; directs…

Darrel J. AubertineFinance Committee

Commemorating Thomas Paine Day, January 29, 2011, in the State of New York

Deborah GlickCalendar Committee

Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the Palatine Immigration

Marcus MolinaroAdopted

Adopted

Commending Paul Levine and Carmen Collado upon the occasion of working to solve the issue of the social worker shortage in the State of New York

Peter RiveraAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 2010

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for certain felony offenses

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for violent felony offenses.

Martin J. GoldenRules Committee

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm where such offenses occur at the residence of a child under age of fourteen.

Martin J. GoldenRules Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim October 1-7, 2010, as Pharmacists Week in the State of New York

Michael H. RanzenhoferAdopted

Adopted

Relates to an appropriation for reimbursements to parochial and non-public elementary and secondary schools for payments made pursuant to article 23 of the tax law

Relates to an appropriation for reimbursements to parochial and non-public elementary and secondary schools for payments made pursuant to article 23 of the tax law.

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Relates to the number of reverse vending machines required for mandatory acceptance of empty beverage containers

Relates to the number of reverse vending machines required for mandatory acceptance of empty beverage containers.

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the definition of an independent worker for purposes of the health insurance demonstration program for independent workers

Enacts a chapter amendment relating to the definition of an independent worker for purposes of the health insurance demonstration program for independent workers.

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

Establishes the nodal metering initiative demonstration project

Establishes the nodal metering initiative demonstration project.

Suzi OppenheimerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for the certification of and qualifications for dentists practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery

Provides for the certification of and qualifications for dentists practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery; includes such dentist within provisions of law regulating office-based surgery; provides…

Jeffrey D. KleinHigher Education Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Relates to inmate labor for non-profit organizations

Relates to inmate labor for non-profit organizations.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Relates to the definition of alternate energy production facilities

Adds lithium ion energy batteries to the definition of alternate energy production facilities.

Darrel J. AubertineEnergy Committee

Allows a permanent resident of the United States to serve as public health director of Tompkins county while pursuing citizenship

Allows a permanent resident of the United States to serve as public health director of Tompkins county while pursuing citizenship.

George WinnerOn the Senate floor

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees; makes additional penal provisions.

William T. StachowskiCodes Committee

Directs the commissioner of health to solicit competitive bids for a transportation manager for the provision of transportation under the medical assistance program

Directs the commissioner of health to solicit competitive bids for a transportation manager for the provision of transportation under the medical assistance program.

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

Expands eligibility for the shock incarceration program

Expands eligibility for the shock incarceration program.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonGovernmental Operations Committee