Bills by

Craig M. Johnson

Senator

16,516 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →johnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

16,516 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

A1841Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation
Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while operating a bicycle; repealer
Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while operating a bicycle upon a public highway, bicycle lane or roadway; provides an exception for emergency calls and hands-free mobile telephones; further…
Jeffrey DinowitzTransportation Committee
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A1862Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education
Establishes standards, procedures and protocol for the use of restraints in schools
Establishes standards, procedures and protocol for the use of restraints in schools; requires reporting to parents and persons in parental relations of restraint incidents; requires training of…
Catherine NolanEducation Committee

A1869Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful possession of an identity scanning device

Establishes the crime of unlawful possession of an identity scanning device; defines "identity scanning device" as a device that can access a person's financial services account number or code and…

Audrey PhefferCodes Committee

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A1876Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates a commission to evaluate and recommend candidates for US senate to the governor for appointment

Creates a commission to evaluate and recommand candidates for US senate to the governor for appointment.

Michael BenjaminGovernmental Operations Committee

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A1883Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Limits the amount which may be awarded for noneconomic damages

Defines "noneconomic damages" and limits such damages in personal injury actions to the greater of $250,000, or the amount awarded in economic damages, or projected earnings as a function of the…

Nancy CalhounJudiciary Committee

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A1894Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Creates the New York state broadband development authority

Creates the New York state broadband development authority; details the purposes and powers of the authority; determines the make-up of the members of the board for the authority; authorizes the…

Joseph MorelleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A1910Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Directs school districts to returning moneys in certain reserve funds to the residents of the school district in the form of property tax relief

Directs school districts to return moneys in certain reserve funds where there is a surplus to the residents of the school district in the form of property tax relief.

Fred ThieleEducation Committee

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A1912Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides limited liability on owners of areas used by skateboarders

Provides limited liability on owners, lessees or occupants of areas used by skateboarders; such owners, lessees and occupants shall not be responsible for giving warning of any hazardous condition…

Fred ThieleJudiciary Committee

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A1913Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides that employers shall not require veterans to work on Veterans' day and that veterans shall be entitled to receive wages for such day

Provides that employers shall not require veterans to work on Veterans' Day and that veterans shall be entitled to receive wages for such day.

Fred ThieleJudiciary Committee

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A1914Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that offers to plead guilty or pleas of guilty, later withdrawn are inadmissible in civil trials

Provides that offers to plead guilty or pleas of guilty, later withdrawn are inadmissible in civil trials; evidence of statements made in connection with such pleas or offers is inadmissible.

Keith L.T. WrightCodes CommitteeLegal

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A1921Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Authorizes industrial development agencies created for the benefit of a town to provide scholarships to certain institutions offering business studies

Authorizes industrial development agencies created for the benefit of a town to provide scholarships and/or intern support to certain students in a business related field of study leading to an…

Steven EnglebrightLocal Governments Committee

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A1930Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires owners of certain motor vehicles to maintain liability insurance as failure to do so is an E felony

Requires owners of trailers, semi-trailers and tractors, other than tractors used exclusively for agriculture, to maintain liability insurance as failure to do so is an E felony; provides strict…

Michael BenjaminTransportation Committee

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A1936Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Permits persons eleven years of age to possess a rifle under certain circumstances

Authorizes the possession and use of a single shot .22 caliber rifle by a person eleven years of age on a rifle range while supervised at an indoor or outdoor shooting range.

William ParmentCodes Committee

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A1942Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Requires security and personnel safeguards in the use of electronic voting systems and software

Requires security and personnel safeguards in the use of electronic voting systems and software.

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A1947Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that the spouse, widow, or widower may be entitled to receive a distinctive United States Naval Armed Guard license plate

Provides that the spouse, widow, or widower may be entitled to receive a distinctive United States Naval Armed Guard license plate.

Joseph MorelleTransportation Committee

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A1964Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in agriculture

Establishes an interagency task force to be known as the Hudson valley white-tail deer mitigation task force

Directs the departments of environmental conservation, agriculture and markets, insurance, transportation, and health and the office of temporary and disability assistance to establish and implement…

Nancy CalhounAgriculture Committee

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A1965Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in election law

Requires board of elections to provide voter identification cards

Requires board of elections to provide voter registration identification cards; mandates that citizens shall not be permitted to vote unless such identification card is presented.

Nancy CalhounElection Law Committee

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A197Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes a replacement tire energy efficiency program for passenger cars and light-duty trucks

Establishes a replacement tire energy efficiency program for passenger cars and light-duty trucks; requires the department to establish rules and regulations for replacement tire fuel efficiency…

Andrew HevesiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A1988Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in real property taxation

Subjects certain lands in the town of Arkwright, county of Chautauqua, to real property taxation

Provides that all lands in the town of Arkwright, county of Chautauqua, acquired for a public use by the state, exclusive of the improvements erected thereon by the state, shall be subject to real…

William ParmentReal Property Taxation Committee

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A1990Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to the practice of sustainable forestry

Enacts provisions to promote the practice of sustainable forestry; provides real property tax exemptions for eligible tracts; requires forest plan to be submitted and approved by the department of…

William ParmentEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A2018Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the writing, sending or reading of text-based communications using at least one hand on a mobile telephone while driving by persons age 24 or younger

Prohibits the writing, sending or reading of text-based communication on a mobile telephone while driving by persons age twenty-four years or younger.

Susan JohnTransportation Committee

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A2019Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Requires private hospital security officers to receive forty hours of comprehensive training and authorizes the commissioner to develop such training

Requires private hospital security officers to receive forty hours of comprehensive training in fire prevention, basic criminal law, first aid, use of restraint and any other training deemed…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A2026Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires public notice and hearing prior to any planned substantial change in service

Requires public notice and hearing prior to any planned substantial change in service; defines "substantial change in service" to mean any change in frequency of service or change in route or…

Susan JohnCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2032Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Facilitates absentee voting in local jails and designates several agencies as assisting agencies for voter registration purposes

Facilitates absentee voting in local correctional facilities and designates the division of probation, the department of correctional services, and the division of parole as assisting agencies for…

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A2035Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree

Creates the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree, a class E felony, wherein a person operates a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered…

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

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A2039Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to the responsibility of bidders

Provides guidelines for the responsibility of bidders; defines terms; further provides certain guidelines contracting agencies shall follow when giving due consideration to the bidder's expertise etc.

Nancy CalhounGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2044Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Removes provisions relating to income and duration of the STAR exemption for eligible senior citizens; repealer

Removes provisions relating to income eligibility threshold and duration of the STAR exemption for eligible senior citizens.

Nancy CalhounReal Property Taxation Committee

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A2045Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires a school bus to have identification numbers printed on the roof of such vehicle

Requires a school bus to have identification numbers printed on the roof of such vehicle; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles, in conjunction with the commissioner of education, to promulgate…

Nancy CalhounTransportation Committee

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A2050Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Establishes committee on university boards of trustees nominations to nominate candidates for boards of trustees of state university, city university and college of environmental science and forestry

Establishes the committee on university boards of trustees nominations to recommend candidates who must be considered for appointment to fill vacancies on the board of trustees of the state…

Barbara LiftonHigher Education Committee

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A2068Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for review by the department of health of policies and practices regarding HIV and AIDS at correctional facilities

Authorizes and directs the department of health to review any policy or practice instituted in facilities operated by the department of correctional services and in local correctional facilities…

Michael BenjaminHealth Committee

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A2100Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens.

Fred ThieleInsurance Committee

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A2110Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Changes the deadline for absentee voter applications and expands the form of requests for ballots that may be considered by the board of elections

Changes the deadline for absentee voter applications to be received by the board to day before election, and expands the form of requests for ballots that may be considered by the board of elections…

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A2120Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Prohibits retaliatory action against an employee who reasonably believes his employer is in violation of a law, rule or regulation

Prohibits retaliatory action against an employee who reasonably believes his employer is in violation of a law, rule or regulation; prohibits retaliatory action against an employee who discloses a…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A2142Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Increases moneys available for the purpose of spaying, neutering and animal cruelty prevention

Increases the moneys made available for the purposes of spaying, neutering and animal cruelty prevention by increasing the annual dog license fee for a spayed or neutered dog from $2.50 to $3.50,…

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

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A2148Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Prohibits possession of a gun or non-folding knife at a governmental chamber or public hearing of the state or any political subdivision

Prohibits the possession of a gun or non-folding knife while upon the premises of a governmental chamber or at a public hearing of the state or any political subdivision thereof; such violation…

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

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A2165Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in agriculture

Allows livestock owners to directly purchase killed rabies vaccine for the purpose of vaccinating livestock owned by such livestock owner

Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of…

John McEnenyAgriculture Committee

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A2168Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Increases rates and benefits for building services employees; provides penalties for certain violations thereof

Increases rates and benefits for building services employees; does not allow agencies to extend contracts beyond the contract years in effect for the bid; contractors shall provide regular reports…

John McEnenyLabor CommitteeEconomy

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A2181Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Repeals a New York city charter section that is inconsistent with the repeal of the city earnings tax on nonresidents; provides for reimbursement; repealer

Repeals a New York city charter section that is inconsistent with the repeal of the city earnings tax on nonresidents and provides for reimbursement of the excess amounts collected under such…

Fred ThieleCities Committee

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A2189Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be an EMT

Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be certified as an emergency medical technician.

Greg BallHealth Committee

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A2193Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Creates a financial incentive for owners transporting a diseased bovine animal for testing

Permits owners of diseased bovine animals to recover actual costs incurred for engaging the services of a licensed veterinarian for an initial evaluation and examination of such animal and creates a…

Margaret MarkeyAgriculture Committee

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A2205Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

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.

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

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A2206Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enactment of the CyberStart program

Enacts the CyberStart program which provides grants to day-care centers for internet ready computer systems.

Joseph MorelleChildren And Families Committee

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A2212Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides protection from disclosure of confidential information by telephone corporations and wireless phone services

Provides protection from disclosure of confidential information by telephone corporations and wireless phone services; requires a covered entity to abide by a written policy regarding the privacy of…

Jeffrey DinowitzConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A2218Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Authorizes dormitory authority to finance day care facilities

Expands financing authority of the dormitory authority to include construction of facilities for day care providers where the total estimated cost of such facilities exceeds ten thousand dollars;…

Barbara ClarkCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2221Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Establishes the NY accelerated graduation option act which provides NY high school students who choose to graduate within three years free community college tuition

Establishes the New York accelerated graduation option act which provides New York high school students who choose to graduate within three years free community college tuition.

Crystal Peoples-StokesEducation Committee

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A223Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the operation of a school, camp, or charter omnibus with any passenger standing

Prohibits, without exception, the operation of a school, camp, or charter omnibus with any passenger standing.

Audrey PhefferTransportation Committee

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A2230AssemblyS1248· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for health insurance coverage for family members of children who require psychiatric or psychological services

Provides for health insurance coverage for family members of children who require psychiatric or psychological services.

Barbara LiftonInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A2232Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Establishes licensing procedure for building managers of multiple dwellings in New York city

Requires the licensing of building managers of multiple dwellings; prohibits owner from operating a multiple dwelling without a licensed manager; provides for a restricted license for dwellings of…

Daniel O'DonnellHousing Committee

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