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

A5230Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law
Provides that qualified persons who are not registered to vote may register on a day of election at their polling places
Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires…
Michael GianarisElection Law Committee
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A5243Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance
Requires all insurance policies to provide a certain amount of coverage for hearing aids
Requires all health insurance policies to provide insurance coverage for the cost of hearing aids; provides that such coverage shall include coverage of at least $1,000 over a three year period;…
Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

A5244Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes the state multi-agency council on access to durable medical equipment for the disabled to increase timely access thereto for certain eligible persons

Establishes the state multi-agency council on access to durable medical equipment for the disabled to make recommendations to the governor, temporary president of the senate, and speaker of the…

Grace MengHealth Committee

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A5268Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Requires the state budget to contain a "current services budget", a "baseline receipts estimate", and provide public access thereto and other reforms

Requires the state's annual budget to contain a current services budget to project future costs resulting from continuation of the same programs and expenditures, a "baseline receipts estimate" to…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A5272Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Prohibits the attendance of children under eighteen years of age at gun shows or stores by classifying such attendance as unlawfully dealing with a child

Prohibits the attendance of children under eighteen years of age at gun shows or stores by classifying such attendance as unlawfully dealing with a child; defines a "gun show" as any event at which…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A5284Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Establishes a grant program for local collaborative school and community initiatives for K-12 after school academic support and enrichment; appropriation

Establishes a grant program for local collaborative school and community initiatives for K-12 after school academic support and enrichment; appropriates $500,000 therefor.

Grace MengEducation Committee

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A5288Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the new offenses of criminal sale of a controlled substance resembling candy and criminal sale of marihuana resembling candy, and provides for penalties therefor

Creates the new offenses of criminal sale of a controlled substance resembling candy and criminal sale of marihuana resembling candy, and provides for penalties therefor.

Grace MengCodes Committee

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A5296Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides enhanced consumer and provider protections; repealer

Provides enhanced consumer and provider protections limitations on denial of claims for pre-authorized health care services; relates to grievance procedures; relates to managed care health insurance…

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

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A5297Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to establishing a credit for employers for wages associated with information technology security employees, and a deduction for businesses for certain expenses

Establishes tax credits for employers for wages associated with information technology security employees, and a deduction for businesses for the expenses of certain other security-related measures…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A5326Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in correction

Requires drivers licenses issued to registered sex offenders to bear a code identifying them as sex offenders

Requires state driver's licenses to indicate whether the holder is a registered sex offender; makes additional amendments regarding sex offender registration obligations and dissemination of…

Mike SpanoCorrection Committee

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A5348Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees

Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees.

David KoonReal Property Taxation Committee

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A5373Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Extends periods of time of placement for juvenile delinquents

Extends maximum periods of time of placement for juvenile delinquents; class A felonies shall not exceed five years, class B felonies shall not exceed three years, class C felonies shall not exceed…

Joseph ErrigoChildren And Families Committee

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A5422Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enacts the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Procedural Reform Act; repealer

Enacts the Juvenile Justice Accountability And Procedural Reform Act; implements procedural reforms that will promote juvenile accountability and parental support; increases severity and diversity…

Joseph ErrigoChildren And Families Committee

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A5429Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Relates to requiring family counseling in certain orders of protection

Provides that a court may require family counseling in orders of protection in juvenile delinquency proceedings, when not inconsistent with the person's religious beliefs.

Joseph ErrigoJudiciary Committee

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A5433Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Requires all taxicabs and liveries in New York city to be equipped with at least one child safety seat that meets the standards of the vehicle and traffic law

Requires all taxicabs and liveries in New York city to be equipped with at least one child safety seat that meets the standards of the vehicle and traffic law; provides that a violation is…

Adriano EspaillatCities Committee

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A5438Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for the management of ballast water from shipping vessels in an effort to prevent introduction of nonindigenous species

Provides for the management of ballast water from shipping vessels in an effort to prevent introduction of nonindigenous species; regulates release of ballast water, and provides penalties for…

David KoonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5500Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for high school students to receive applications to enroll and vote by mail in their schools and for the transmission of applications by the school

Provides for high school students to receive applications to enroll and vote by mail in their schools and for the transmission of applications by the school.

William BoylandEducation Committee

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A5512Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Prohibits any person from transporting or selling a nonambulatory animal unless such animal is humanely euthanized

Prohibits any person from transporting, holding, buying, selling, giving, receiving or marketing a nonambulatory animal unless such animal is first humanely euthanized without undue delay from the…

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

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A5519Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Makes information contained in adoption records available to adult adoptees under certain circumstances

Makes information contained in adoption and foster care records available to adoptees aged 18 and over under certain circumstances; provides that such information shall include the adoptee's…

Vito LopezChildren And Families Committee

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A5522Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Creates the New York state housing opportunities zones act

Enacts the "New York state housing opportunity zones act;" authorizes a pilot program to create locally proposed housing opportunity zones, providing for a mixture of locally approved and state…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5526Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides for legislative division of judicial districts in N.Y. city into political subdivisions for the election of supreme court justices

Permits the legislature to divide the judicial districts within NYC into smaller political subdivisions for the purpose of electing justices of the supreme court.

Vito LopezJudiciary Committee

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A5540Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides a rental subsidy to persons in the nursing facility transition and diversion waiver program

Provides a rental subsidy to persons in the nursing facility transition and diversion waiver program.

Michele TitusHousing Committee

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A5573Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides for payment of state aid on account of state lands in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area

Directs state aid to be payable to any municipal corporation or special district that contains land in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management…

Robert OaksGovernmental Operations Committee

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A559Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to the preparation of water supply emergency plans

Relates to the preparation of water supply emergency plans; includes certain persons who supply drinking water to fewer than three thousand three hundred people within the definition of a water…

Brian KavanaghHealth Committee

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A5614Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Exempts an employer from paying into the unemployment insurance fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees

Exempts an employer from paying into the unemployment insurance fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees and direct the commissioner of labor and the…

Joseph ErrigoLabor Committee

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A5624Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes a task force on women's health care and managed care; provides for expiration

Establishes a task force of thirteen members on women's health care and managed care to study the relationship of one to the other and any deficiencies in women's health care and whether such…

Marcus MolinaroHealth Committee

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A5635Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools and playgrounds

Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools and playgrounds; defines billboards.

Karim CamaraConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5637Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2009; appropriation

Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2009; creates the crime of gang solicitation, recruitment or retention; creates the crime of gang solicitation, recruitment or retention of minors;…

James ConteCodes Committee

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A5650Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Regulates the dissemination of personal information acquired by a provider of on-line computer services

Regulates the collection, disclosure and dissemination of personal information acquired by a provider of on-line computer services in order to ensure the privacy of subscriber information and wage…

Felix OrtizConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5657Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Creates central procurement offices for each public authority

Creates a central procurement office within each authority responsible for entering into all contracts for the procurement of goods or services on behalf of the authority or its subsidiaries.

Linda RosenthalCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A5670Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides for distribution of health care proxy information in mailings related to license and vehicle registration mailings to residents

Provides for distribution of health care proxy information in mailings related to license and vehicle registration mailings to residents for a whole year, every four years, beginning not later than…

Linda RosenthalTransportation Committee

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A5673Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides that landlord's request for information regarding request to sublet shall be on forms prepared by housing agency

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when…

Linda RosenthalHousing Committee

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A5682Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Expands eligibility of the tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens

Expands eligibility of the tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens by permitting an exemption for rent increases above one-quarter of the combined…

James F. BrennanAging Committee

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A5690Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Provides for the regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures in the context of foreign elections

Provides for the regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures in the context of foreign (outside the 50 states and D.C.) elections; sets limits for contributions and requires the filing of…

Adriano EspaillatElection Law Committee

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A5703Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides a comprehensive plan for the protection of confidential personal information

Provides a comprehensive plan for the protection of confidential personal information; includes definitions, penalties and civil liability.

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5714Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to the confidentiality of information obtained by a city employee in the course of official duties

Relates to the confidentiality of information obtained by a city employee in the course of official duties; defines terms; provides a procedure for the disclosure of confidential information;…

James F. BrennanGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5715Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Permits the assessment of damages for wrongful denial of access to records under the freedom of information law

Authorizes the assessment of attorney's fees and other litigation costs incurred upon wrongful denial of access to records under Freedom of Information Law without a finding of significant interest…

James F. BrennanGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5729Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a budget within seventy-two hours from the beginning of the state fiscal year a default budget shall take effect

Reforms the state budget process to provide that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a state budget within sixty days from the beginning of the state fiscal year, a default budget shall take…

James HayesWays And Means Committee

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A5739Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits the sale of gift certificates that diminish in value due to dormancy; and prohibits surcharges and fees on gift certificates

Prohibits the sale of gift certificates and gift cards that diminish in value due to dormancy; and prohibits surcharges and fees on gift certificates and gift cards.

James HayesConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5741Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that a person 70 years of age or more may apply for a driver's license with a two year duration of validity

Provides that a person seventy years of age or older shall be permitted to apply for a driver's license with a two year period of validity, and that the fee for such license shall be based on the…

James HayesTransportation Committee

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A5744Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Links rent control to the consumer price index; allows for cost of living increases

Provides that the maximum rent as used or an order of decontrol under NYC rent control laws shall be adjusted annually, increased by the percentage difference between the consumer price index for…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5752Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Relates to provisions governing the conversion of rental dwellings to cooperative apartments and condominiums

Amends provisions governing the conversion of rental dwellings to cooperative apartments and condominiums; requires cure of violations for hazardous physical conditions; requires escrow to ensure…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5757Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires that used oil filters be source-separated and recycled

Requires that used oil filters be source-separated and recycled; extends the authority of the commissioner of environmental conservation to regulate generators, transporters, and processors thereof;…

J. Gary PretlowEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5758Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Includes certain rehabilitation hospitals within the definition of inpatient care services for purposes of providing child health insurance plan coverage

Includes certain facilities treated as excluded physical medicine rehabilitation hospitals within the definition of inpatient care services for purposes of providing child health insurance plan…

J. Gary PretlowHealth Committee

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A5763Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans' affairs

Establishes real property tax exemption for persons in armed forces serving in hostile areas

Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of a member of the armed forces engaging in hazardous service; the state shall compensate municipalities for lost tax revenue…

J. Gary PretlowVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A5778Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Defines asthma as a disease that physicians, hospitals, and other facilities are required to report to the department of health

Defines asthma as a disease that physicians, hospitals, and other facilities are required to report to the department of health; provides for abstracting work performed by asthma reporting…

Richard BrodskyHealth Committee

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A5779Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the optional review by the attorney general of requests denied under the Freedom of Information Law

Provides for the optional review by the attorney general of requests denied under the Freedom of Information Law; provides that if the attorney general denies the appeal, the requester may proceed…

Richard BrodskyGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5798Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Requires the tax commission to pay interest upon tardy personal income tax refunds made thirty days or after filing therefor

Requires the tax commission to refund any overpayment within 30 days of the filing therefor; provides any overpayment not so refunded shall be paid to the taxpayer plus interest at five percent per…

James HayesWays And Means Committee

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A5801Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides a preference for New York state contractors for purposes of public works contracts

Provides a preference for New York state contractors for purposes of public works contracts; authorizes the commissioner of economic development and the commissioner of labor to promulgate necessary…

Thomas McKevittGovernmental Operations Committee

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