Bills by

John A. DeFrancisco

Senator

198 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →jdefranc@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

198 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

J4091Senate· Moved Mar 4, 2010· Adopted
Congratulating the Baldwinsville Football Team upon the occasion of capturing the 2009 Section III Class AA Championship
John A. DeFranciscoAdopted
Adopted
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J4092Senate· Moved Mar 4, 2010· Adopted
Congratulating the Baldwinsville Girls Volleyball Team upon the occasion of capturing the 2009 Section III Class AA Championship
John A. DeFranciscoAdopted
Adopted
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S1492Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2010· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides for corporate franchise tax and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes diabetes fund

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund.

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5742Senate· Moved Mar 2, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Limits state spending in state fiscal years 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 to state spending in state fiscal year 2009-2010

Limits state spending in state fiscal years 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-1013 to state spending in state fiscal year 2009-2010.

John A. DeFranciscoFinance Committee

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S6901Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to education

Enacts the "New York state comprehensive information system act"

Enacts the "New York state comprehensive information system act"; authorizes the state library to purchase of electronic databases or other information resources for state agencies, library systems…

John A. DeFranciscoEducation Committee

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S1514Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Prohibits interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in malpractice or wrongful death actions

Prohibits interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in personal injury medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice or wrongful death actions.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S2725Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to the renunciation of property interests

Establishes certain renunciations shall not necessarily constitute a qualified disclaimer for the purposes of the estate tax or the gift tax; allows a beneficiary of a disposition to renounce…

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S1515Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetist

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetists.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S2856Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to court approvals of transfers of structured settlements

Relates to court approvals of transfers of structured settlements.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S1504Senate· Moved Feb 9, 2010· Opinion referred to judiciary

Relates to the taking of private property; repealer

Provides that with just compensation paid, private property may be taken only when necessary for the possession, occupation, or enjoyment of land by the public at large or by public agencies.

John A. DeFranciscoJudiciary Committee

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S6707Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2010· Referred to higher education

Authorizes establishment of a SUNY internet-based college

Authorizes establishment of a SUNY internet-based college.

John A. DeFranciscoHigher Education Committee

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S1505Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes a new day of commemoration to be known as Women's Equality Day

Establishes a new day of commemoration to be known as Women's Equality day, on August 26th.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S3248Senate· Moved Jan 19, 2010· Substituted by a8462a

Establishes June second as Italian Independence Day, a day of commemoration

Establishes June second as Italian Independence Day, a day of commemoration.

John A. DeFranciscoOn the Senate floor

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S2038Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to the disposition of property when persons die simultaneously; repealer

Treats the death of a relevant person, for the purposes of the devolution of property, within 120 hours of the decedent or other event as predeceasing the decedent or other event.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S2424Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Makes technical correction to provisions requiring the review of family court warrants of arrest when considering orders of custody or visitation

Makes technical correction to provisions requiring the review of family court warrants of arrest when considering orders of custody or visitation.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S1494Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Enacts Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

Requires facilities to disclose nursing quality indicators; provides for facilities with an operating certificate to make available to the public information regarding nurse staffing and patient…

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S6286Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes issuance of distinctive plates for active duty members of the military

Authorizes issuance of distinctive plates for active duty members of the military.

John A. DeFranciscoTransportation Committee

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S6280Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Establishes a "kids deserve justice" distinctive license plate and the kids deserve justice distinctive plates fund

Creates the "kids deserve justice" distinctive license plate program and the "kids deserve justice distinctive plates fund"; provides for an additional annual service charge of $25 to be charged for…

John A. DeFranciscoTransportation Committee

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S6119Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to the name and address of limited liability companies

Relates to the name and address of limited liability companies; provides that a post office box is not an acceptable address; the address shall be for each member's dwelling place or actual place of…

John A. DeFranciscoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S5214Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to smoke detectors in multiple dwellings

Relates to smoke detectors in multiple dwellings.

John A. DeFranciscoHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S5215Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for the apportionment of certain school aid commencing on and after July 1, 2009

Provides for the apportionment of certain school aid commencing on and after July 1, 2009.

John A. DeFranciscoEducation Committee

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S1510Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Enacts Erin's law

Enacts "Erin's law"; establishes 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…

John A. DeFranciscoCodes Committee

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S1512Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides a limitation on the use of state funds for stem cell projects or research

Provides a limitation on the use of state funds for stem cell projects or research to those projects of research having the greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients.

John A. DeFranciscoHealth Committee

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S1516Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free

Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free.

John A. DeFranciscoVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S2036Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Alters the composition of the New York state canal mitigation task force

Alters the New York state canal mitigation task force.

John A. DeFranciscoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1653Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Relates to the use of eminent domain

Establishes eminent domain shall only be used for public projects; establishes after any industrial development agency approves the use of eminent domain, the county legislature or the New York city…

John A. DeFranciscoJudiciary Committee

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S2390Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect prior to trial as to reduction in liability; repealer

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the…

John A. DeFranciscoJudiciary Committee

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S2506Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides for a child victim fee imposed on conviction for certain crimes and forfeiture of instrumentalities of such crimes and uses moneys to supplement a fund

Provides for a child victim fee imposed on conviction for certain crimes and forfeiture of instrumentalities of such crimes and uses moneys to supplement the children and families services…

John A. DeFranciscoCodes Committee

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S2562Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Requires director of the budget to compile and make public a report showing cash disbursements made on behalf of each entity during the preceding 6 months

Requires the director of the budget to compile and make public a report for each state agency, covered authority and the judiciary showing cash disbursements made on behalf of each entity during the…

John A. DeFranciscoFinance Committee

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S3249Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Creates the service related disabled veteran owned business enterprise act to promote such business enterprises

Creates the "service related disabled veteran owned business enterprise act" to promote such business enterprises.

John A. DeFranciscoVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S1489Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials

Relates to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials.

John A. DeFranciscoEducation Committee

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S1495Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for tax credits for employer sponsored tissue typing programs

Allows a credit against the corporation tax and personal income tax of an employer who sponsors tissue typing programs to identify bone marrow donors; provides that such credit shall be an amount…

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1496Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Makes the commission of cruelty to 10 or more animals during the same criminal transaction, a class E felony

Makes the commission of cruelty to 10 or more animals during the same criminal transaction, a class E felony.

John A. DeFranciscoAgriculture Committee

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