Sponsored bills

Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists

Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family…

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the penalty for failure to register by a sex offender

Relates to the penalty for failure to register by a sex offender; makes submission of fraudulent information respecting identity or residency by a sex offender a class E felony.

Dierdre ScozzafavaCorrection Committee

Enables employees to receive electronic confirmation of direct deposit in lieu of paper pay stubs

Enables employees to receive electronic confirmation of direct deposit in lieu of paper pay stubs; authorizes rules and regulations by the comptroller for electronic confirmation system; requires…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

Creates a temporary state commission to create programs to enhance business and industry

Creates a temporary state commission comprised of fourteen individuals representing New York's labor, education, business and economic development communities to create a "Made in New York" program…

Robert BarraGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes the Suffolk county legislature to access the county's tax stabilization fund without a recommendation from the Suffolk county executive

Authorizes the Suffolk county legislature to access the county's tax stabilization fund without a recommendation from the Suffolk county executive.

Ginny FieldsLocal Governments Committee

Creates the crime of attempting to lure or entice a minor

Creates the crime of attempting to lure or entice a child and makes such crime a class D felony; provides that the creation of this separate crime shall not preclude, if the evidence so warrants, an…

Dierdre ScozzafavaCodes Committee

Provides sales and use tax exemption for services rendered for the maintenance of certain trucks

Exempts services rendered with respect to the maintenance and repair of trucks having a gross weight exceeding 26,000 pounds from the state portion of the sales and compensating use tax.

Daniel BurlingWays And Means Committee

Provides for an environmental and public health study by the department of environmental conservation on the use of synthetic turf

Provides for an environmental and public health study by the department of environmental conservation on the use of crumb rubber in synthetic turf, a six month moratorium on its installation pending…

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Increases from ten to fifteen years, the period of probable usefulness of additions to or conversions of class "C" buildings

Increases from ten to fifteen years, the period of probable usefulness of additions to or conversions of class "C" buildings.

Dierdre ScozzafavaLocal Governments Committee

Establishes the World Trade Center tribute act which shall create the SUNY student volunteer service program and the CUNY student volunteer service program

Establishes the World Trade Center tribute act which shall create the SUNY student volunteer service program and the CUNY student volunteer service program which shall provide such students with up…

David McDonoughHigher Education Committee

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of mental illness or mental retardation; repealer

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of mental illness or mental retardation.

Peter RiveraMental Health Committee

Expands the asset transfer look-back period, disallows certain asset shelters, eliminates spousal refusal, caps spousal impoverishment asset allowances for medicaid

Expands the asset transfer look-back period, disallows certain asset shelters, eliminates spousal refusal, caps spousal impoverishment asset allowances, and eliminates the shielding of additional…

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

Relates to the fingerprinting of school district volunteers who come in direct contact with students

Directs the commissioner of education to develop rules and regulations regarding the fingerprinting of school district volunteers, just as there are regulations pertaining to such matters in…

Joel MillerEducation Committee

Establishes a program and a fund to assist public service attorneys practicing criminal law to repay their student loans

Establishes the "public interest legal services fund" of the state of New York (to consist of a portion of bar examination fees and other funds appropriated by the legislature therefor and such…

James F. BrennanJudiciary Committee

Provides local option to freeze real property taxes of senior citizens and the disabled with annual incomes less than $40,000

Provides local option, in absence of granting of any other real property tax exemption, to freeze real property tax payment of senior citizens sixty-five years of age of older or the disabled with…

Greg BallAging Committee

Relates to the option of diabetic individuals to request a special diabetic persons license plate, hang tag and/or license

Relates to the option of diabetic individuals to request a special diabetic persons license plate, hang tag and/or license.

Michael BenjaminTransportation Committee

Establishes a division of the public administrator within the office of the corporation counsel for the city of New York; repealer

Establishes a division of the public administrator within the office of the corporation counsel for the city of New York.

James F. BrennanJudiciary Committee

Provides that any label for an alcoholic beverage has been approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau shall be deemed approved by the liquor authority

Provides that any brand or trade name label for an alcoholic beverage that has been approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau shall be deemed approved by and registered with the state…

William MageeEconomic Development Committee

Establishes guidelines for the location of sex offenders

Establishes guidelines for the location of sex offenders; authorizes municipalities to reject the placement of sex offenders; provides factors to be considered in such rejection; permits…

Greg BallCorrection Committee

Relates to state energy planning

Relates to state energy planning; relates to the completion of an annual energy plan by the power authority of the state of New York and the Long Island power authority.

James F. BrennanEnergy Committee

Enacts the "new empire fund act", a prepaid higher education tuition program

Enacts the new empire fund act", a prepaid higher education tuition program; establishes a prepaid higher education tuition board; establishes prepaid higher education tuition scholarships for needy…

Greg BallHigher Education CommitteeEducation

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program which program shall be funded by a mandatory surcharge imposed upon persons who unlawfully use parking spaces…

Dennis H. GabryszakTransportation Committee

Authorizes racetracks and off-track betting corporations to offer rebates on pari-mutuel wagers made by bettors

Authorizes racetracks and off-track betting corporations to offer rebates on pari-mutuel wagers made by bettors.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Exempts from sales and use tax any geothermal systems

Exempts from sales and use tax any geothermal system.

Ellen C. JaffeeWays And Means Committee

Establishes the New York state veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance fund

Establishes the New York state veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance fund to provide moneys for the operation and maintenance of state veterans' cemeteries; establishes the gift for veterans'…

Felix OrtizVeterans' Affairs Committee

Requires prescription drug containers to clearly display the health condition or ailment being treated by such medication in bold, cap-sized print

Requires prescription drug containers to clearly display the health condition or ailment being treated by such medication in bold, cap-sized print.

Felix OrtizHigher Education Committee

Prohibits mass transit facilities from advertising the sale or use of tobacco products or alcohol

Prohibits mass transit facilities from advertising the sale or use of tobacco products or alcohol.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

Protects members of auxiliary police programs, traffic enforcement agent or public officer or public employee performing school safety or security duties

Establishes the same protection afforded to peace officers, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals to members of auxiliary police programs, traffic enforcement agents or…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

Relates to rating of individual and small group health insurance contracts

Relates to rating of individual and small group health insurance contracts.

Richard GottfriedInsurance Committee

Shortens notification time of relocation of sex offender

Shortens notification time of relocation of sex offender to immediately.

Greg BallCorrection Committee

Imposes mandatory sentence of imprisonment for theft of motor vehicle

Imposes mandatory sentence of imprisonment of five years for grand larceny of a motor vehicle; provides that such term shall run consecutively with any other term imposed by the court; imposes…

Ann-Margaret CarrozzaCodes Committee

Includes state and local agency and public authority public work contracts within prevailing wage requirements

Includes state and local agency and public authority work contracts within prevailing wage requirements; expands upon arrangements and contracts subject to the public work hours, wages and…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Authorizes the purchase of manipulative materials with money set aside to purchase textbooks

Authorizes the purchase of manipulative materials with money set aside to purchase textbooks; defines manipulative materials as materials involving mathematic or scientific concepts appealing to…

David McDonoughEducation Committee

Administrative code and emergency housing rent control law; relates to the establishment of rent adjustments

Amends administrative code and emergency housing rent control law; relates to the establishment of rent adjustments in NYC and Westchester and Nassau counties; suspends operations of the maximum…

Linda RosenthalHousing Committee

Requires notification to the consumer credit reporting agencies of any withdrawal notices or any other changes which may affect an individual's credit rating

Requires notification to the consumer reporting agencies of any withdrawal notices or any other changes which may affect an individual's credit rating and requires consumer reporting agencies to…

Marc AlessiConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Provides for driver safety use restrictions on drivers' license and permits

Provides for driver safety related use restrictions on drivers' licenses and permits including operation of a motor vehicle within a limited mileage radius, after sunset, and on limited access…

David GanttTransportation CommitteeTransportation

Authorizes the city of Auburn to prefer local businesses in awarding public contracts

Authorizes the city of Auburn to grant a preference to local businesses located in Cayuga county in awarding city contracts for public works and purchases, when such contracts do not exceed $100,000.

Gary FinchLocal Governments Committee

Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities

Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities.

William MageeEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to dog fighting

Relates to control of dog fighting; gives peace officer powers to certain people; prohibits possession of certain paraphernalia used in dog fighting.

Greg BallAgriculture Committee

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act

Michael CusickVeterans' Affairs Committee

Authorizes local governments to regulate mining and mine reclamation activities

Authorizes local governments to regulate mining and mine reclamation activities.

Gary FinchEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that certain interviews with child witnesses are subject to the same guidelines as those with child victims

Provides that certain interviews with child witnesses are subject to the same guidelines as those with child victims; also requires judges to be sensitive to a child's physiological stress; provides…

Vito LopezJudiciary Committee

Includes the New York regional state park police within the no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road

Includes the New York regional state park police within the no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road.

Fred ThieleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for increases in the compensation paid to state-paid judges and justices; establishes commissions on compensation; appropriation; repealer

Provides for annual increase in the compensation paid to the judges and justices of the unified court system and New York city housing judges; establishes commissions to annually determine the…

Louis TobaccoJudiciary Committee

Relates to non-divisible load permits

Relates to non-divisible load permits.

Michael BenedettoTransportation Committee

Establishes procedures and guidelines for which a test subject may request and obtain information and materials regarding a standardized test

Establishes procedures and guidelines for which a test subject may request and obtain information and materials regarding a standardized test.

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance to publish on the department of taxation and finance website lists of taxpayers with tax delinquencies

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance to publish on the department of taxation and finance website lists of taxpayers with tax delinquencies.

William ColtonWays And Means Committee

Authorizes school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications

Authorizes school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and regional information centers to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

Aileen GuntherEducation Committee