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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
Establishes the rural homeowners assistance program for assisting first time, low or moderate income, or minority homeowners from foreclosure by authorizing and directing the commissioner of state…
Enacts the "fair insurance treatment act of 2009" to require health insurers to provide coverage for mental illness and chemical dependence.
Requires school bus attendants on buses transporting students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade in the city school district of the city of New York; further expands the duties of a school…
Extends application of the NYS labor relations act and unfair labor practice protections to state grant recipients who act in the capacity of employers; permits a contracting state agency to cancel…
Authorizes state residents to gather dead timber from the floor of the state forest preserve when such timber is on the side of a public highway.
Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservist to be…
Provides that any person who shall abandon in a public place, any controlled substance or dangerous drug as defined in article 220 or 221 of the penal law, shall be guilty of creating a hazard.
Provides that a student enrolled in an elementary or secondary school in this state, regardless of age, who is engaged in sexual conduct with an employee or volunteer of such school, is deemed…
Provides for the imposition of a fine for the failure of a cooperative apartment corporation to credit the STAR exemption to the tenant-stockholders thereof.
Prohibits non-medical personnel and non-family members from being present during surgical procedures, except upon express, written consent of the patient; authorizes the commissioner of health to…
Requires gas and electric corporations to prepare emergency response plans covering interruptions of services; specifies some of the elements of the plans; requires the public service commission to…
Extends protections to victims of domestic violence by providing for the court to consider certain factors before granting a temporary order of protection and bail.
Requires that persons convicted of multiple counts of rape in the first degree against different victims or the same victim, must serve the sentence for such convictions, and consecutive to any…
Creates a temporary commission on eminent domain reform to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the scope and effectiveness of eminent domain procedure laws and the use of such…
Expands the definition of "environment" for purposes of factors considered under a state environmental quality review to include impacts of an action on new housing opportunities and affordability.
Creates a felony possession of a firearm registration act; provides that persons who are convicted of sections 265.02, 265.03 or 265.04 of the penal law have a duty to register with the division of…
Requires average monthly rate increase information be provided to all residents of assisted living facilities; exempts nonprofit assisted living residences.
Prohibits the sale of substances intended for human ingestion in capsules; makes an exception for prescription drugs; directs the commissioner of health to make regulations, including regulations…
Subjects persons under the age of sixteen who are proven to have loitered for the purpose of prostitution to the juvenile delinquency jurisdiction of the family court.
Provides that victims of crimes or, in cases involving a minor child or homicide, a family member of the victim, shall have the right to be personally present at arraignment, trial (except when the…
Relates to rights and obligations of a municipality electing integrated non-participating owner status in gas and oil wells; provides that such municipal owner shall not have obligations for taxes,…
Enacts "Nixzmary's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include…
Provides for the regulation of conduct on school property and at school-authorized activities; authorizes school districts to develop their code of conduct with input from community representative…
Provides that records of eviction proceeding shall be sealed when the leased property was foreclosed upon; prohibits use and disclosure of any such information relating to a tenant; imposes fine of…
Prohibits insurers from selling policies of insurance which duplicate existing coverage relative to long term health care policies.
Provides that if parole is granted, the reasons for granting parole must be stated in detail in writing; authorizes access to such information to past and any prospective victims; changes from 60 to…
Provides a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income (USAGI) in determining New York adjusted gross income (NYAGI) for state income tax purposes for active volunteer firefighters and…
Prohibits advertising for tobacco products on school grounds or within 1000 feet of the boundary line of the real property of any public or private school; provides for a civil penalty of between…
Expands the crime of robbery in the first and second degrees to include attempts made with a device appearing to be a bomb, destructive device or explosive or hazardous substance.
Requires a workers' compensation claimant's health insurer to pay the claimant's medical expenses in the event such expenses normally covered, pending determination of the claim; requires the…
Provides that limited permits for occupational therapists shall be for one year and the department may for justifiable cause renew a limited permit provided that no applicant shall practice under…
Enacts the health insurance premium integrity act; amends procedures for determination of loss ratio; amends provisions relating to payment of dividends and credits; relates to coverage of services…
Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars by a resident owner of real property who is a qualified senior citizen; sets forth a credit schedule; defines qualified…
Prohibits a telephone corporation from imposing a charge for directory assistance by providing that no telephone corporation shall charge a customer for providing information concerning a particular…
Requires public utility companies to charge volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance corps the same rates, charges, etc. applicable to residential customers for the same services; prohibits…
Relates to fireworks, dangerous fireworks and novelty devices; establishes the crimes of criminal possession or sale of fireworks in the second degree, criminal sale of fireworks in the first…
Requires hospitals to maintain electric generators, in good working order, with sufficient capacity to provide for the operation of facilities during a power outage.
Creates a regents alcohol, alcohol abuse or substance abuse treatment and prevention professional's loan forgiveness program for applicants who agree to engage in the field of alcoholism or alcohol…
Requires applicants for a driver's license or non-driver identification card to submit satisfactory proof to the department of motor vehicles that the applicant's presence in the United States is…
Provides that no municipality, by local law, order or ordinance, shall prohibit any local government officer, employee, agent or agency from identifying or reporting to the United States bureau of…
Exempts new and used ambulances purchased by an ambulance service from state sales and compensating use taxes.
Relates to directing the department of health to submit an amendment to the plan for medical assistance.
Provides different methods of delivery of promotional materials to be eligible to receive a sales tax exemption.
Establishes failure to pay association fees and carrying charges as grounds for eviction and for requiring attorneys fees and late charges to be assessed when a tenant fails to make arrears payments.
Provides that unemployment insurance provisions shall not apply to work performed during participation in the Older American Community Service Employment Program.
Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.
Creates the New York State cultural development areas program; provides for the designation of cultural development areas; provides that capital improvements to qualified buildings within a cultural…
Provides for the inclusion of sales tax revenue shared by a county with the school district in the STAR savings calculation.
Authorizes the CDCLI Housing Development Fund Corporation to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk.
Authorizes the establishment of a demonstration program in the Oyster Ponds unified school district for school speed zone enforcement.
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