Bills by

Ellen C. Jaffee

Assembly Member

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2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

11,958 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

A4578Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds
Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds; authorizes municipalities to place gang free school zone signs on highways passing through school grounds.
Peter RiveraCodes Committee
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A4597Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means
Provides employers with a tax credit for expenditures to provide dependent care to adult dependents of employees and employees with a similar credit
Provides employers with a tax credit for expenditures to provide dependent care to adult dependents of employees of eligible expenditures for adults 60 or over or otherwise eligible; applies to…
Steven CymbrowitzWays And Means Committee

A4611Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose a fee on probationary people for the cost of drug tests

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose fees on people serving probation for the actual cost of drug tests up to $600 per year.

Joseph MorelleCorrection Committee

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A464Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides for legal representation in certain mortgage foreclosure actions

Provides for free legal representation in certain mortgage foreclosure actions where the homeowner is financially unable to obtain counsel; requires notice of such availability.

Hakeem JeffriesHousing Committee

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A4643Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Relates to the placement of transitional housing facilities

Limits the areas in which transitional housing units may be constructed; requires the approval of the governing board of the municipality where the transitional housing is to be constructed or…

Vito LopezSocial Services Committee

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A4649Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides tenant protection in certain garden-type maisonette multiple dwelling conversions

Provides that an owner may not commence an action to recover possession of a dwelling unit from a tenant on the grounds that he or she seeks such unit for the use and occupancy of himself or herself…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A4652Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans' affairs

Creates the New York state armed services memorial award for liberty and honor; honorarium for beneficiaries of deceased members; appropriation

Creates the New York state armed services memorial award for liberty and honor with attendant honorarium for beneficiaries of deceased members and outlines criteria for distribution of honoraria to…

Grace MengVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A4663Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires railroads transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice

Amends the transportation law to require any railroad transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,…

Michelle SchimelTransportation Committee

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A4695Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Directs the commissioner of education to create a pilot program to improve physical education/physical activity programs in certain schools

Directs the commissioner of education to create a pilot program to improve physical education/physical activity programs in certain schools.

Annette RobinsonEducation Committee

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A4708Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the prescription drug reimportation protection program for the investigation of the sale of unsafe drugs including internet sales

Provides for the prescription drug reimportation protection program to be established by the superintendent of state police, for the investigation of the sale of unsafe drugs including internet sales.

Steven EnglebrightGovernmental Operations Committee

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A4709Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Increases maximum income eligibility levels for real property tax exemptions for seniors

Increases maximum income eligibility levels for real property tax exemptions for seniors.

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

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A4719Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on bio diesel products produced, processed and/or distributed in New York state and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level.

Peter LopezWays And Means Committee

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A4722Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a small quantity generator education and compliance program

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish an education and compliance program to provide information and assistance to generators of small quantities of hazardous waste to…

Joseph MorelleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A4730Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides sales and compensating use tax exemptions on Energy Star rated appliances and alternative energy systems

Provides sales and compensating use tax exemptions on Energy Star rated appliances and alternative energy systems.

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

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A4738Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of possession of a gambling device in the first degree

Creates the crime of possession of a gambling device in the first degree which prohibits the manufacture, sale, transport, placement or possession of five or more slot machines, other gambling…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

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A4773Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for mandatory training for members of boards of education

Provides for mandatory initial and ongoing training for members of boards of education and boards of cooperative educational service in the areas of board operations, board skills and service,…

Steven EnglebrightEducation Committee

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A4774Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Establishes the profession of geology; provides for professional licensing for geologists

Establishes the profession of geology; defines the practice of geology; establishes requirements for a license as a professional geologist; regulates the practice of such profession; authorizes…

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

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A4786Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Creates a tax credit for providers of certain broadband internet access services

Exacts the Broadband Internet Access Act of 2009; creates a tax credit for providers of certain broadband internet access services: 10% for providing access to certain rural subscribers, 20% for…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A4822Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides that charitable, non-governmental veteran service agencies be considered a preferred source

Provides that charitable, non-governmental veteran service agencies be considered a preferred source.

Joseph MorelleGovernmental Operations Committee

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A4825Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Establishes a tax credit for training expenses for emerging technology employees

Establishes a tax credit for training expenses for emerging technology employees; requires that training must be for full-time employees involved in the development, modification or improvement of…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A483Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Enacts the "New York YouthBuild demonstration program"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; creates YouthBuild Inter-agency board, sets program requirements; authorizes the nine member board to make grants to eligible YouthBuild participants and…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A4832Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Amends the penal law to include the licensing of body vests

Includes the licensing of body vests in the same manner as pistols and revolvers and fees to be paid to the county treasuries outside of the city of New York and the county of Nassau; strengthens…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

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A484Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Allows retail licensees for on-premises consumption to join in a cooperative agreement for the purchase of alcoholic beverages

Allows two or more retail licensees for on-premises consumption to join in a cooperative agreement for the purchase of alcoholic beverages in larger quantity.

Kevin CahillEconomic Development Committee

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A4852Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in real property taxation

Requires manufactured home owners to pay the real property tax amount due for use of the land upon which their manufactured home sits

Requires manufactured home owners to pay the real property tax amount due for use of the land upon which their manufactured home sits; not payable by land owner, payable by home owner.

Marc AlessiReal Property Taxation Committee

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A4875Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides earned income tax credit to youth workers, increases standard deduction for individuals 18 to 24, and provides for deduction of student loan interest

Provides an earned income tax credit to youth workers, increases the standard deduction for individuals eighteen to twenty-four years of age, and provides for the deduction of student loan interest,…

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee

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A4896Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Exempts a homeowner from any tax increases when installing a solar energy system on their home

Exempts a homeowner from any tax increases when installing a solar energy system on their home.

Marc AlessiReal Property Taxation Committee

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A4901Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to the collection of the tax on cigarettes and penalties for evasion or defeat of such tax; repealer

Provides an exemption from the tax on cigarettes sold to or received by members of a federally recognized Indian tribe, however the tax rate on sales to non-tribal members shall be equal to the…

Steven CymbrowitzWays And Means Committee

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A4929Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Transfers the obligation for employer pension contributions for teachers and school district employees from school districts to the state; repealer

Transfers the obligation for employer pension contributions for teachers and school district employees from school districts to the state and requires a corresponding decrease by school districts in…

Richard BrodskyGovernmental Employees Committee

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A4937Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires hospital patient to be counseled by attending physician or nurse prior to initial administering of any drug

Requires an attending physician or nurse to personally offer to counsel each hospital patient or person authorized to act on behalf of the patient, prior to the initial administering of any drug to…

Joseph GiglioHealth Committee

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A4958Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Establishes certain requirements for granting a variance to allow new residential construction in a district zoned for manufacturing

Establishes certain requirements for granting a variance to allow new residential construction in a district zoned for manufacturing.

Vito LopezCities Committee

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A4965Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that leave of court shall only be required for serving a subsequent notice of a restraining order when it is served within twelve months of another notice

Provides that leave of court shall only be required for serving a subsequent notice of a restraining order when such order is served within a twelve month period of another notice.

James F. BrennanCodes Committee

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A4981Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Includes the ratio of assessed value to market value of residential property for purposes of calculating the equalization adjustment for the STAR exemption

Includes the ratio of assessed value to market value of residential property for purposes of calculating the equalization adjustment for the school tax relief (STAR) exemption.

Richard BrodskyReal Property Taxation Committee

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A4991Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail through an electronic mail service provider's network in the state, authorizes suits, and criminalizes

Prohibits transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail through an electronic mail service provider's network in the state; establishes criminal and civil penalties and authorizes injured parties…

Richard BrodskyConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5027Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Requires local governments to restrict issuance of title insurance in certain cases of sewage treatment plants operating at 99% or more of capacity

Requires local government to restrict issuance of title insurance in certain cases of sewage treatment plants operating at 99% or more of its permitted average daily flow for more than 60 days in a…

Richard BrodskyLocal Governments Committee

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A505Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Directs the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for school districts wishing to implement programs of foreign language in the elementary school; appropriation

Directs the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for school districts wishing to implement programs of foreign language in the elementary schools; further directs the…

Brian KavanaghEducation Committee

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A5068Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires alcoholism, drug use, and addiction training for certain judges and justices, under the auspices of the offices of court administration and OASAS

Requires annual alcoholism, drug use and addiction training for supreme court judges and justices and a training course for local judges; provides for a 7 hour course to be designed and presented by…

Richard BrodskyJudiciary Committee

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A5093AssemblyS1546· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in NYC to be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated

Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers…

Peter RiveraConsumer Affairs And Protection CommitteePublic Safety & Consumer Affairs

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A5104Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Appropriates funds for the investigation, monitoring and enforcement of private trade and business schools that are unlicensed and raises fines; appropriation

Appropriates funds for the investigation, monitoring, and enforcement of private trade and business schools that are unlicensed; increases civil penalties for unlicensed operation of such schools.

Richard BrodskyEducation Committee

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A5127Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict; amends the current law which provides regents awards to children of certain veterans of wars and disabled veterans in…

Joseph LentolHigher Education Committee

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A515Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Authorizes the commissioner of the office of children and family services to study the implementation of a child daycare rating system

Authorizes the commissioner of the office of children and family services to study the implementation of a child daycare rating system; requires such commissioner to deliver the results of the…

Brian KavanaghChildren And Families Committee

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A5156Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in correction

Relates to community notification procedures under the sex offender registration act

Relates to community notification procedures under the sex offender registration act; requires the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to disseminate relevant information relating to sex…

Marc ButlerCorrection Committee

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A5185Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides that window guards shall be required on all fire escape windows in multiple dwellings

Requires the owner, lessee, agent or other person who manages or controls a multiple dwelling to provide, install, and maintain, a window guard on the windows of each apartment in which a child or…

Matthew TitoneHousing Committee

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A5258Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the fingerprinting of applicants who apply for licenses or authorizations from the taxi and limousine commission

Provides for the fingerprinting of applicants who apply for licenses or authorizations from the taxi and limousine commission for the purpose of determining the criminal history of such applicants.

Michael GianarisGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5289Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program

Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program.

Grace MengLabor Committee

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A5300Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Relates to the reserve valuation method for certain policies and contracts

Amends the reserve valuation method for certain life insurance policies and contracts issued after December 31, 2008 which provide certain death benefits.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

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A5306Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Creates the empire state internship program

Creates the empire state internship program for secondary students who may be interested in specific careers; program includes a workplace experience, final project and certificate of completion;…

Joseph MorelleHigher Education Committee

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A5324Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in insurance

Requires health insurance coverage for lymphedema

Requires health insurance policies and contracts shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema; and requires such coverage shall include benefits for equipment, supplies,…

Alan MaiselInsurance Committee

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A5330Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for prospective employers to make certain inquiries relating to criminal convictions

Establishes it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any prospective employer to make an inquiry about, or to act upon adversely to the individual involved based upon, any criminal…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A5361Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.

Mike SpanoHigher Education Committee

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A5368Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Makes it illegal to sell component parts of a pistol or firearm to any person who does not possess a valid pistol permit

Makes it illegal to sell component parts of a pistol or firearm to any person who does not possess a valid pistol permit; the component part being purchased must be a component part to the pistol or…

Karim CamaraCodes Committee

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