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

A1698Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to children and families
Requires the adoption of integrated pest management techniques at day care and child care facilities
Requires the adoption of integrated pest management techniques, environmental health and safety measures and methods for limiting exposure to toxic substances at day care and child care facilities;…
Steven EnglebrightChildren And Families Committee
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A216Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to codes
Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality
Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality.
Audrey PhefferCodes Committee

A1475Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to health

Directs the office of minority health to establish a program of data collection for the assessment of health and health care of minorities in N.Y. state

Directs the office of minority health to establish a program of data collection for the assessment of disparities in health and the delivery of health care to minorities in New York state.

Keith L.T. WrightHealth Committee

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A1547Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to social services

Limits confidentiality of information given certified collective bargaining representative by public employer of work experience program to participant identity

Limits the confidentiality required of information given a certified collective bargaining representative by a public employer running a work experience program to participant identifying information.

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

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A4058Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides for funding of early intervention services

Provides for state grant funding to municipalities for early intervention services for toddlers with disabilities and their families.

Amy PaulinWays And Means Committee

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A5248Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Prohibits the shading of solar energy devices on adjacent property by landscaping

Prohibits the shading of solar energy devices on adjacent property by landscaping.

Grace MengCodes Committee

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A1300Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state.

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A733Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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A7413Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Requires the commissioner to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit

Requires the commissioner to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable…

Sandy GalefEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A1139Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Increases the penalties a town board may impose for a violation of its zoning and planning laws

Increases the penalties a town board may impose for a violation of its zoning and planning laws.

Aileen GuntherCodes Committee

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A1365Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to aging

Prohibits rescinding certain real property tax exemptions on real property owned by siblings

Provides for a real property tax exemption on real property owned by siblings, one of whom is over 65, once granted, shall not be rescinded solely because of the death of the older sibling as long…

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

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A4319Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program.

Harvey WeisenbergWays And Means Committee

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A467Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Prohibits the use of wireless telecommunications facilities on school property

Prohibits the use of wireless telecommunications facilities on school property; defines "wireless telecommunications facility".

Hakeem JeffriesWays And Means Committee

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A5394Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Amend and recommit to governmental employees

Relates to retirement credits for ambulance medical technicians who performed services for the Nassau County Medical center prior to September 1999

Provides credit for service for retirement of members who perform ambulance medical technician related services in the county of Nassau for the Nassau County Medical center prior to September…

Thomas McKevittGovernmental Employees Committee

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A1492Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to local government

Provides that in proceedings to review real property assessments in N.Y. city assessing method, capitalization rate, etc. must be disclosed

Provides that in judicial proceedings to review real property assessments in cities of one million or more inhabitants, the assessing method, capitalization rate, and other data or formula used to…

Keith L.T. WrightLocal Government Committee

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A3531Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Increases the veteran's real property tax exemption from $5000 to $7500

Increases the real property tax exemption a veteran may receive on real property purchased with eligible funds from $5,000 to $7,500 of the assessed value of such property.

Michael GianarisWays And Means Committee

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A5247Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes a small business tax credit for Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranty fees paid by a taxpayer

Establishes a small business tax credit for SBA guaranty fees paid by a taxpayer in connection with obtaining financing from the U.S. small business administration.

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A1203Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain an inventory and audit of every state-owned real property or unappropriated state land that has been sold

Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain an inventory and audit of every state-owned real property or unappropriated state land that has been sold, transferred, conveyed or…

RoAnn DestitoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5205Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor, subject to confirmation by majority vote of the legislature…

Neil D. BreslinJudiciary Committee

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S5284Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Requires no budget bill shall be passed unless it shall have been upon the desks of the members for at least ten days

Requires no budget bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, for at least ten calendar legislative days prior to…

Daniel L. SquadronJudiciary Committee

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S6060Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall; empowers the electors with the ability to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution, to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes;…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S5988Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Substituted by a4015a

Provides that an affidavit ballot shall also constitute an application to register to vote

Provides that an affidavit ballot submitted on election day at a polling place shall also constitute an application to register to vote.

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

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A1557Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval; provides such plans shall set forth training and planning for…

Michael GianarisEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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A1313Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes a closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act

Establishes a public authority closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act, a state highway closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act and a…

Richard BrodskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A7448Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Limits the withholding of payment to a medical assistance program provider subject to a pending audit

Limits the withholding of payment to a medical assistance program provider subject to a pending audit.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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S5624Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Relates to the powers and duties of the lieutenant-governor and creating a temporary commission on state administrative reorganization

Creates a commission of five members appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to make recommendations on reorganizing the executive department; provides that the duty of acting as governor…

Neil D. BreslinJudiciary Committee

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A7158Assembly· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English

Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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S5811Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Substituted by a8395

Changes the composition of the board of directors of the Executive Mansion Trust

Changes the composition of the board of directors of the Executive Mansion Trust.

José M. SerranoOn the Senate floor

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S5771Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for an election to fill vacancy in the offices of state comptroller and attorney-general

Provides for an election to fill vacancy in the offices of state comptroller and attorney-general where such vacancy occurs one hundred twenty days or more before a general election of the…

Ruben DiazJudiciary Committee

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S4571Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; also provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S1078Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to codes

Provides for notification to the state when a foster home is decertified, not renewed or a child is removed; requires evaluation to determine if home be re-opened

Provides for notification to the state when a foster home is decertified, not renewed or a child is removed; requires evaluation to determine if certificate should be issued and the home be…

Martin Malavé DilanCodes Committee

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S3080Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Creates a program to provide hi-tech working capital loan guarantees

Creates a program within the New York state urban development corporation to provide high-technology working capital loan guarantees to eligible high-technology businesses developing or offering a…

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

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S3471Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for implementation of a "current services budget" as the state budget in the event a budget is not passed by the legislature in a timely manner

Proposes amendments to various provisions of articles 3, 4 and 7 of the state constitution, and adds a new section 3-a to article 7 thereof, requiring that the legislature shall pass a budget…

Thomas P. MorahanJudiciary Committee

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S4503Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for continuing austerity contingency budget in the event of a budget stalemate

Provides that where the legislature has not passed a budget by the start of the fiscal year the budget bills for the previous year shall remain in effect with a five percent reduction in all…

Carl KrugerJudiciary Committee

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S1547Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Requires police accident reports to indicate whether a mobile phone was in use at the time of such vehicle accident

Requires police accident reports to indicate whether a mobile phone was in use at the time of such vehicle accident.

Toby Ann StaviskyOn the Senate floor

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S2763Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Requires the commissioner to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

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S3525Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Proposes an amendment to the constitution providing the electors with the power of initiative, indirect initiative and referendum

Proposes an amendment to the constitution providing the electors with the power of initiative, indirect initiative and referendum.

Michael H. RanzenhoferJudiciary Committee

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S3605Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Provides for determining the amount of an award under the tuition assistance program for certain people returning to full-time undergraduate study

Provides that for purposes of the amount of an award under the tuition assistance program, any student who received an award for not more than two semesters prior to the 1989-1990 academic year and…

Toby Ann StaviskyFinance Committee

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S3949Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Requires that the governor's article 7 appropriation bills be specifically itemized to assure accountability

Requires that the governor's appropriation and reappropriation budget bills be specifically itemized to assure accountability; provides that the purpose of such appropriations shall be specified in…

Suzi OppenheimerJudiciary Committee

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S3972Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for making budget expenditure estimates available to the public, open hearings thereon, and for the use of conference committees

Requires the budget expenditure estimates of the departments of the executive branch be made available to the public; requires the governor to hold open hearings thereon; requires the use of joint…

Suzi OppenheimerJudiciary Committee

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S4597Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Creates a private right of action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater

Creates a private right to action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater, or both, in addition to right of action granted to…

Hiram MonserrateFinance Committee

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S4939Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Re-establishes the state superfund management board as the state remedial program oversight board; repealer

Re-establishes the state superfund management board as the state remedial program oversight board; provides for appointment of board members and for the functions, powers, and duties of the board.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

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S1883Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Exempts veterans organizations in New York city from city sewer and water charges

Exempts veterans organizations in New York city, as defined in section 452 of the real property tax law, from payment of city sewer and water charges.

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

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S3765Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to codes

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period.

Hiram MonserrateCodes Committee

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S2794Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Allows any family member working on a family farm to build a home on such land

Provides that in an agricultural district with a working family farm, any producer, as defined in subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-two of this chapter, shall have the authority to…

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

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S3740Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…

Thomas K. DuaneFinance Committee

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S3776Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Requires local government officials, school district superintendent and landowners to be notified of a petroleum discharge

Provides that upon notification of a petroleum discharge, the department of environmental conservation shall notify county and municipal executive officers, school district superintendent,…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

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S4143Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Establishes a mentoring program within the office of children and family services

Establishes a mentoring program within the office of children and family services to assist juveniles released from juvenile facilities in the development of life skills in the city of New York;…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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