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

A2715Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health
Requires hospitals which offer medical residency training to provide certain obstetric-gynecology training
Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation…
Deborah GlickHealth Committee
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A2716Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing
Relates to charges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control and rent stabilization
Relates to charges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control and rent stabilization; requires landlords to remove extra charges for…
Ellen C. JaffeeHousing Committee

A272Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides that it shall be unlawful to sell or lease any consumer's email address or other personal info without giving consumer notice and opportunity to opt out

Provides that it shall be unlawful to sell or lease any consumer's electronic mail address or other personal identifying information without giving consumer notice and opportunity to opt out;…

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A2722Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Establishes the empire state professional nursing scholarship program and grants for nursing education

Establishes the empire state professional nursing scholarship program to provide financial support to applicants to enter or continue in a registered nurse educational program and who agree to…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

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A2726Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in health

Enacts the woman's right to know act; repealer

Enacts the "woman's right to know act"; provides women facing unplanned pregnancies who are considering abortion with full information and reflection time prior to having an abortion performed upon…

Ann RabbittHealth Committee

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A2728Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in local governments

Relates to separate specifications for public works contracts and payment by contractors to subcontractors

Relates to separate specifications for public works contracts; relates to payment by contractors to subcontractors.

Ann RabbittLocal Governments Committee

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A273Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits certain loan solicitations by means of certain unsolicited instruments and makes loans thereby contracted void

Prohibits the solicitation of loans by means of distributing checks to persons who have not requested a loan where the endorsement of such check constitutes acceptance of the terms of the loan…

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A276Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Enacts the "radio frequency identification right to know act"; requires retail mercantile establishments to disclose the use of RFID devices and other information

Enacts the "radio frequency identification right to know act", requiring retail mercantile establishments to disclose the use of RFID devices and gathered personal information; requires the labeling…

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A2779Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Permits a vulnerable child witness to testify by closed-circuit television concerning the offenses of murder

Expands the limited list of offenses concerning which a "vulnerable child witness" (as defined in existing law) may testify in a criminal proceeding by closed-circuit television to include murder in…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments

Provides cost-of-living adjustments; further provides that effective the first day of September, 2009, the cost-of-living percentage shall equal one hundred percent of the annual inflation.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2797Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act; establishes the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing fund; authorizes a corporate tax credit for…

David GanttHealth Committee

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A2798Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in economic development

Relates to providing financial incentives for manufacturing firms to retain jobs in New York state

Relates to providing financial incentives for manufacturing firms to retain jobs in New York state.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

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A2799Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Prohibits misleading statements regarding benefit maximums and limitations of benefits

Prohibits misleading statements regarding benefit maximums and limitations of benefits, either orally or in writing and requires such benefit maximums and limitations to be stated in clear and plain…

Daniel O'DonnellInsurance Committee

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A2803Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in alcoholism and drug abuse

Permits municipalities to adopt local law or ordinance to recover costs of emergency response to scene of alcohol or controlled substance related accident

Enacts the "alcohol and controlled substance expense recovery act"; permits each city, county, town and village to adopt a local law or ordinance providing for the civil recovery, from the operator…

Brian KolbAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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A2810Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides an additional aggravating factor to murder in the first degree and authorizes the jury to consider an indeterminate sentence therefor

Provides an additional aggravating factor to murder in the first degree and authorizes the jury to consider an indeterminate sentence therefor.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2818Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Authorizes the trading of existing but unused research and development credits and existing but unused net operating loss deductions to existing entities

Authorizes the trading of existing but unused research and development credits and existing but unused net operating loss deductions to existing corporations and partnerships in return for private…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A2837Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits sale of explicit and violent video games to minors and requires labeling thereof

Prohibits the sale of video games containing sexually explicit or violent depictions to minors such as those that glamorize the commission of a violent crime, suicide, sodomy, rape, incest,…

Brian KolbConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A2847Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Creates the public employees' fair employment act study commission to review the existing Taylor law

Creates the public employees' fair employment act study commission to review the existing Taylor law addressing labor relations between public employers and employees.

Robin SchimmingerGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2848Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in election law

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by…

Robin SchimmingerElection Law Committee

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A286Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Authorizes Westchester county to require local marinas provide for watercraft holding tank sewage disposal; prohibits littering of waterways

Authorizes Westchester county to require that local marinas provide for the handling and disposal of sewage from watercraft holding tanks; directs the department of environmental conservation to…

George LatimerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A2865Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Establishes the "Family and medical leave independent savings account act"; provides a tax credit for employee compensation deferred to such accounts

Establishes the "Family and medical leave independent savings account act"; provides a tax credit for employee compensation deferred to such accounts.

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A2866Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Provides that an employer shall not be liable for unemployment benefits for an employee who voluntarily leaves employment

Provides that an employer's account for unemployment insurance coverage shall not be charged when an employee quits without good cause, regardless of whether the former employee has filed and been…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A2868Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Authorizes the issuance of small business health insurance policies

Enacts the "small business health insurance act"; authorizes the issuance of small business health insurance policies; sets forth eligibility requirements for small business health insurance,…

Robin SchimmingerInsurance Committee

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A2878Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in veterans' affairs

Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether he or she served during a "period of war"

Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether he or she served during a "period of war".

Michael J. FitzpatrickVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A2879Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Expands the crimes under which fourteen and fifteen year olds may be treated as adults

Expands the crimes under which fourteen and fifteen year olds may be treated as adults to include gang assault in the first degree, aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer and…

David KoonCodes Committee

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A2883Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that a photograph of the victim may be displayed at certain parts of a jury and non-jury trial in certain homicide cases

Provides that a photograph of the victim, eight inches by ten inches in size, shall be displayed in the courtroom at the time of trial in certain homicide cases.

David KoonCodes Committee

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A2890Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in social services

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2009

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2009; provides for modification of child support payments in certain instances where the person called to…

Brian KolbSocial Services Committee

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A2892Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides a credit against personal income to civilian patrolmen and auxiliary policemen

Provides a credit against personal income for members of civilian patrol programs and auxiliary police or fire forces in an amount of $500 for cost and maintenance of uniforms used in service if…

Vito LopezWays And Means Committee

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A2899Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides a real property tax exemption for first-time homebuyers of pre-owned real property as primary residential property

Provides a real property tax exemption, at local option, for first-time homebuyers of pre-owned real property as primary residential property and provides flexibility to local taxing authorities…

Robert SweeneyReal Property Taxation Committee

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A2906Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides a scholarship/stipend for home health care aides to get licensed practical nursing license while working as a home health aide

Provides a scholarship/stipend for home health care aides to get licensed practical nursing license while working as a home health aide; scholarship for in-state resident LPN program and stipend…

David KoonHealth Committee

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A2912Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Prohibits payments of unreimbursed medical bills of crime victims for expenses incurred on behalf of the criminally responsible person

Relates to payments of unreimbursed medical bills of crime victims; prohibits such expenses from including expenses of indebtedness incurred on behalf of the criminally responsible person.

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2918Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to banks

Delineates and classifies the power of banking board to regulate mortgage escrow accounts

Expands upon the power of the state banking board to regulate the method had by banks to calculate minimum escrow balances and to prescribe a method which reduces such amount close to zero, and to…

Vito LopezBanks Committee

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A2919Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to banks

Free checking accounts for not-for-profit corporations

Directs the banking board to promulgate a regulation requiring banking institutions to provide type A or type B not-for-profit corporations with free checking, demand deposit or negotiable order of…

Vito LopezBanks Committee

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A2943Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a vulnerable elderly person or a person with a disability

Establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a vulnerable elderly person or a person with a disability as a class A misdemeanor; consists of a caregiver who knowingly acts in a manner likely to…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

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A2948Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the crimes of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree

Establishes the possession of stolen items from a museum, historical society, historical site or cemetery as criminal possession of stolen property in the 3rd degree and the theft of item or items…

John McEnenyCodes Committee

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A2963Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for the creation of a new program for health insurance for individuals and groups of 50 or fewer; repealer

Provides for the creation of a new program for health insurance for individuals and groups of fifty or fewer employers or members; provides for open enrollment and community rating; provides for a…

William A. BarclayInsurance Committee

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A2966Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in tourism, arts and sports development

Provides for the development and maintenance of trails for all terrain vehicles; makes a $10,000,000 appropriation; repealer

Provides for the development and maintenance of trails for all terrain vehicles through the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; provides state assistance for local enforcement of…

William A. BarclayTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A2969Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to the regulation of certain food products in schools

Relates to the regulation of certain food products in schools, prohibiting schools from prohibiting students from bringing foods to school, which are not prohibited by federal law.

Michael BenjaminEducation Committee

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A2970Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Repeals section 3 of article 11 of the constitution, relating to the prohibition of the use of public property or money in aid of denominational schools

Relates to the prohibition of the use of public property or money in aid of denominational schools.

Michael BenjaminEducation Committee

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A2984Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Directs court to consider barring parent who has threatened harm from home

Provides broader circumstances which the court may consider regarding orders of protection in domestic violence cases; provides that in cases where it is alleged and there is cause to believe that…

Joan ChristensenJudiciary Committee

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A2996Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Requires all residential leases to disclose tenants' rights

Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to…

Annette RobinsonJudiciary Committee

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A3002Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in tourism, arts and sports development

Requires the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to evaluate, recommend and dedicate parcels of land in Onondaga county as parkland

Requires the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to evaluate, recommend and dedicate parcels of land in Onondaga county as parkland; directs such office conduct an evaluation…

William A. BarclayTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A3003Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes and directs the thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge along the thruway in the Syracuse area

Authorizes and directs the thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge along the thruway in the Syracuse area.

William A. BarclayTransportation Committee

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A3005Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in tourism, arts and sports development

Creates the "I love NY outdoors" program; appropriation

Creates the "I love NY outdoors" program; such program shall require the commissioner of economic development to develop a marketing strategy that would promote New York as a premiere destination…

William A. BarclayTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A3008Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Authorizes cancellation of accident and health insurance upon written notice

Authorizes an insured to cancel his or her accident and health insurance upon 20 days written notice to the insurer; requires an insurer to return a pro-rata portion of the premium paid for such…

William A. BarclayInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A3021Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to tourism, arts and sports development

Places a moratorium on professional boxing and licensing pending an investigation on the safety and health of boxers by a temporary taskforce

Places a moratorium on professional boxing and licensing pending an investigation on the safety and health of boxers by a temporary taskforce; and appropriates $100,000 for expenses.

Michael BenjaminTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A3030Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Facilitates enrollment in the child health insurance plan

Facilitates enrollment in the child health insurance plan; directs the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop a form with information regarding the…

Joan ChristensenEducation Committee

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A3045Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides an itemized deduction for expenses for course-mandated supplies for eligible college students paid by taxpayers

Provides an itemized deduction for expenses for course-mandated supplies for eligible college students paid by taxpayers.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

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A3046Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in economic development

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

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