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

A3635Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary
Establishes voluntary certification of civil trial attorneys
Establishes a program providing for the voluntary certification by the state of civil trial attorneys; creates a board on civil trial attorney certification to administer such program; requires…
Michael GianarisJudiciary Committee
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A3641Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Relates to the offenses of sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse
Expands the definitions of sexual contact, foreign object and aggravated sexual contact and further broadens the crimes of sexual abuse in the second degree and all degrees of aggravated sexual…
Amy PaulinCodes Committee
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A3663Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to consult with the chief executive officer of the locality where a prison scheduled to be closed is located

Directs the commissioner of correctional services to provide a report for an adaptive reuse plan at the time the notice of closure of a correctional facility is provided; such commissioner shall…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3667Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes certain persons who have previously provided a DNA sample shall not be required to pay a DNA databank fee for his or her conviction for certain offenses

Establishes that no person who has previously provided a DNA sample shall be required to pay a DNA databank fee for his or her conviction for a subsequent designated offense unless such sample has…

Jeffrion AubryCodes CommitteeLegal

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A3670Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Prohibits work release programs from operating in areas zoned exclusively residential by a municipality

Prohibits prison work release programs from operating in areas zoned as exclusively residential by a municipality.

David KoonCorrection Committee

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A3673Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders

Requires electronic monitoring for any sex offender having been designated a level three risk or a sexual predator; requires the division of criminal justice services to establish a system of active…

David KoonCorrection Committee

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A3681Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that a court shall modify an arbitration award if the award is subject to a valid offset provision

Provides that a court shall modify an arbitration award if the award is subject to a valid offset provision.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A3690Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Relates to immigration services; appropriation

Relates to immigration services; appropriates ten million dollars to the office of temporary and disability services to provide competitive grants to support qualified community-based organizations…

Nelson CastroSocial Services Committee

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A3697Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Reference changed to aging

Provides for cost of living and marriage penalty adjustments to eligibility standards for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage

Provides for cost-of-living and marriage penalty adjustments to eligibility standards for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

Steven EnglebrightHealth Committee

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A3704Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Authorizes as a pilot program certified nurse practitioners to provide care and treatment to injured employees in workers' compensation cases

Authorizes as a pilot program certified nurse practitioners to provide care and treatment to injured employees pursuant to the provisions of the workers' compensation law; establishes a nurse…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A3706Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Authorizes the study of the feasibility of establishing a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program

Authorizes the department of health to study the feasibility of establishing a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program; includes examining the costs and benefits of establishing a…

Susan JohnHealth Committee

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A3714Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides a partial tax abatement to owners of property who lease units at less than the fair market rental value

Provides a partial real property tax tax abatement to owners of certain property in a city with a population of one million or more who lease units at less than the fair market rental value to…

Joseph LentolReal Property Taxation Committee

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A3721Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Transfers any unspent funds from the regents health care professional opportunity scholarship program to the regents physician loan forgiveness program

Transfers any unspent funds from the regents health care professional opportunity scholarship program to the regents physician loan forgiveness program and provides direction to distribute these…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

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A3728Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Clarifies that guide dogs, hearing dogs, and service dogs are allowed in public places during their training and socialization process

Clarifies that guide dogs, hearing dogs, and service dogs are allowed in public places during their training and socialization process; provides that such dog must wear an identifying item stating…

Clifford CrouchGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3737Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for counseling services or reimbursement for counseling services for witnesses to homicide by the Crime Victims Board

Provides for counseling services or reimbursement for counseling services for witnesses to homicide by the Crime Victims Board.

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

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A374Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires that the board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services develop an asthma management program

Requires that the board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services to develop for each school within such district an asthma management program to…

Rhoda JacobsEducation Committee

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A3757Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for continuing austerity contingency budget in the event of a budget stalemate

Provides that where the legislature has not passed a budget by the start of the fiscal year the budget bills for the previous year shall remain in effect with a five percent reduction in all…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A3783Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Increases penalties for criminal convictions of drunk or drugged driving where a child, under the age of 17, is a passenger

Increases penalties for criminal conviction of drunk or drugged driving in those cases where a child, under the age of seventeen, is a passenger in the vehicle being operated in violation of the…

David KoonCodes Committee

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A3784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent, including parks, schools, day care centers, libraries or…

David KoonCorrection Committee

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A3787Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Substituted by s1990

Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy

Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy; changes the witness requirement for the health care proxy from two adult witnesses to one adult witness; makes an exception for persons who reside in…

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

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A3788Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2009"

Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act;" requires that employers that are relocated out of New York State continue to contribute to the unemployment insurance fund when former employees of…

James F. BrennanLabor Committee

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A3813Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Relates to the release on medical parole of certain inmates

Establishes the state board of parole shall have the power to release on medical parole any inmate who has been certified to be suffering from a significant and permanent non-terminal condition,…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3818Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Appropriates one million dollars to the department of education for extracurricular activities in certain school districts

Appropriates one million dollars to the department of education for the purpose of initiating, maintaining or encouraging extracurricular activities in school districts in cities with a population…

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

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A3820Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits "universal default clauses"; and prevents credit card issuers from increasing interests upon the holder of such credit card for late payment to creditors

Prohibits "universal default clauses" in contract agreements or contracts; prevents credit card issuers from increasing interests upon the holder of such credit card for late payment to other…

Joan ChristensenConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A3826Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Increases penalties for criminal convictions of drunk or drugged driving where a child, under the age of 17, is a passenger

Increases penalties for criminal conviction of drunk or drugged driving in those cases where a child, under the age of seventeen, is a passenger in the vehicle being operated in violation of the law.

Charles LavineTransportation Committee

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A383Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Establishes the sex offender alert line to permit members of the public to request notification of the residence of a registered sex offender in certain zip codes

Establishes the sex offender alert line to permit members of the public to request notification of the residence of a registered sex offender within certain zip codes; provides that notification…

Susan JohnCorrection Committee

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A3832Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires the commissioner of health to require every hospital to have a licensed medical doctor on the premises at all times

Requires the commissioner of health to require every hospital to have a licensed medical doctor on the premises at all times.

Joseph LentolHealth Committee

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A3853Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; also provides that such committee may refer bills…

Jonathan BingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3854Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides authority for state agencies to debar bidders in certain instances

Permits, in certain instances, the head of an agency or public authority to debar a contractor from bidding on or receiving a contract from the agency for a period of up to five years, after…

James F. BrennanGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3855Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2014 to four years

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2014 to four years.

Barbara ClarkJudiciary Committee

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A386Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides that tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors shall be procured only in a hospital, morgue or other licensed facility

Provides that tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors shall be procured only in a hospital, morgue or other facility licensed for the purpose of tissue or organ procurement.

Susan JohnHealth Committee

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A3862Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for the division of parole to disclose certain confidential HIV information to the appropriate public health officer for the purpose of informing contacts

Provides that the division of parole shall disclose certain confidential HIV related information to the appropriate public health officer for purposes of informing contacts.

Nettie MayersohnHealth Committee

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A3866Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Directs the commission on judicial nominations to forward to the governor all well qualified candidates for associate judge and/or chief judge

Directs the commission on judicial nominations to forward to the governor all well qualified candidates for associate judge and/or chief judge.

Rory LancmanJudiciary Committee

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A3867Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Sets forth procedure by which commissioner of education can designate official state book for period of one year

Sets forth procedure by which commissioner of education can designate official state book for period of one year.

Andrew RaiaGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3886Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to banks

Relates to reporting of financial exploitation; and establishes a financial exploitation, outreach, education and training program and fund

Relates to reporting of financial exploitation; and establishes a financial exploitation, outreach, education and training program and fund.

Steven EnglebrightBanks Committee

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A3887Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Establishes the mature worker business initiative within the state office of the aging to encourage businesses to recruit, retain and retrain mature workers

Establishes the mature worker business initiative within the state office of the aging to encourage businesses to recruit, retain and retrain mature workers.

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

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A3891Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires every school bus transporting grade K-6 students to or from school or school activities to have an attendant on board to keep order and assist children

Requires every school bus operating in this state which is transporting grade K-6 students to or from school or to or from school related activities to have an attendant on board; school board…

Joseph LentolTransportation Committee

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A3906Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders including criminal sanctions for violations; prohibits sex offenders from residing in a residence that is within one thousand feet of any school…

Steven CymbrowitzCodes Committee

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A3914Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Prohibits recovery in tort in favor of those injured while driving drunk or committing a felony; repealer

Prohibits recovery in tort in favor of those injured while driving drunk or driving while ability is impaired by drugs.

David KoonCodes Committee

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A3919Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Requires the office of mental health to hold public hearings prior to opening any sexually violent predator facilities

Requires the office of mental health to hold public hearings prior to opening any sexually violent predator facilities.

David KoonMental Health Committee

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A392Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Creates an action for damages against a contractor for failure to pay prevailing wages or taxes, contributions, assessments, or benefits

Creates an action for damages against a contractor for failure to pay prevailing wages or taxes, contributions, assessments, or benefits.

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A3929Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Increases the penalties for violations relating to the licensing of drivers

Increases the length of time vehicle registrations, drivers' licenses and non-resident driving privileges for individuals who drive without insurance are revoked; makes driving without insurance on…

Andrew RaiaTransportation Committee

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A3932Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in mental health

Requires municipal approval of and a public hearing on the siting of community residential facilities and removes the property tax exemption

Requires municipal approval of and a public hearing on the siting of community residential facilities for mentally disabled persons and removes the property tax exemption for such community…

Andrew RaiaMental Health Committee

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A3964Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of HIV who are under the age of 18

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the HIV virus, who are under the age of 18; provides that the gender and address of victims under…

Clifford CrouchGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3974Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides that the MTA shall not use cleaning materials or chemicals which may cause asthma or trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma

Provides that the MTA shall not use cleaning materials or chemicals which may cause asthma or trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma.

Steven CymbrowitzCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A3982Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides for the establishment of a method for determining the lowest responsible bidder when negotiating state contracts

Provides for the establishment of a method for determining the lowest responsible bidder when negotiating state contracts that would incorporate quantifiable fiscal benefits.

Clifford CrouchGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3992Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to exemption of new and used ambulance vehicles under the sales and compensating use taxes

Relates to exemption of new and used ambulance vehicles to an emergency services organization, pursuant to a written contractual agreement, for use in the transportation of emergency services…

Clifford CrouchWays And Means Committee

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A3997Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement a uniform letter grading system to classify health inspection results

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement a uniform letter grading system to classify health inspection results for any place engaged in the preparation, sale or service of food…

Steven CymbrowitzHealth Committee

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A4000Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Waives the $28 fee for any kind of veterans custom plate; does not apply to plates with vanity lettering

Waives the $28 fee for any kind of veterans custom plate; does not apply to plates with vanity lettering; takes effect on May first next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

Dennis H. GabryszakTransportation Committee

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