Bills by

Adriano Espaillat

Assembly Member

155 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →espailla@nysenate.gov

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

155 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

A10473Assembly· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to small business
Relates to the small business regional revolving loan program
Relates to the small business regional revolving loan program.
Adriano EspaillatSmall Business Committee
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A4998Assembly· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Advanced to third reading cal.756
Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to hold a public hearing prior to awarding a sole source contract without competitive bidding thereon
Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to hold a public hearing prior to awarding a non-emergency sole source contract without competitive bidding thereon; provides requirements for…
Adriano EspaillatOn the Assembly floor
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A7063Assembly· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses.

Adriano EspaillatVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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A8295Assembly· Moved Mar 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Establishes a university coordinator for veterans' services and requires coordination by the office of veterans' affairs and the state university regarding services

Establishes a university coordinator for veterans' services and requires coordination by the office of veteran's affairs and the state university regarding services to veterans.

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

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A5333Assembly· Moved Mar 16, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Enacts the "access to public services for non-English speakers act"

Enacts the "Access to Public Services for Non-English Speakers Act"'; requires state agencies to take reasonable steps to provide equal access to services through oral language services or…

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5694Assembly· Moved Mar 2, 2010· Referred to health

Makes permanent the duration of certain projects relating to school health services; repealer

Makes permanent the duration of school health services projects for pre-school and school-age children authorized by Chapter 198 of the laws of 1978.

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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A10028Assembly· Moved Feb 25, 2010· Referred to education

Requires school districts to establish and maintain peace/conflict resolution centers

Requires school districts to establish and maintain peace/conflict resolution centers.

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

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A5273Assembly· Moved Feb 25, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court to be translated into the native language of the parties

Requires orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court to be translated by an interpreter into the native language…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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A3889Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides veterans real property tax exemption for those promptly applying who purchase after municipality's taxable status date

Provides localities with the option of allowing veterans, who are otherwise entitled to the veterans' real property tax exemption, to take advantage of the value of such exemption as of the date…

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

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A9499Assembly· Moved Jan 7, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to the imposition of a tax on intra-state transportation services; repealer

Relates to the imposition of a tax on intra-state transportation services; does not include taxicabs, livery as defined in counties and cities with a population of one million or more or where the…

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

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A4401Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes beverage container recycling assistance grants

Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to provide grants to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to support costs related to the collecting, sorting, and packaging of…

Adriano EspaillatEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A4434Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Relates to exterior advertising by certain licensed vehicles

Relates to exterior advertising by certain licensed vehicles; broadens the type of advertising permitted by licensed vehicles to include exterior body, trunk unit designs, interior panels, interior…

Adriano EspaillatCities Committee

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A4481Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program

Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain bilingual, certified teachers in areas of greatest need, especially schools under…

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

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A4483Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy

Imposes strict liability for customer damages from service interruption caused by negligence of gas or electric corporations

Provides that gas and electric corporations shall be strictly liable for damages incurred by customers as a result of service interruptions caused by gross negligence of the corporations; requires…

Adriano EspaillatEnergy Committee

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A4489Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of sports rage in the presence of a minor

Creates the crime of sports rage in the presence of a minor when a non-participant over the age of eighteen engages in violence at a professional, non-professional or youth sporting event while in…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A4520Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such…

Adriano EspaillatHousing Committee

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A4712Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires any printing of legislative stationery printed or produced by union labor to display the union label or "union bug"

Requires any printing of legislative stationery printed or produced by union labor to display the union label or "union bug" for the purposes of noting that such printing job was performed by…

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5207Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires the courts to notify a victim or petitioner upon the release from custody of a person accused of committing a family offense

Requires the courts to notify a victim or petitioner upon the release from custody of a person accused of committing a family offense; requires notice to be given within seventy-two hours of the…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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A5224Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Provides for a demonstration program involving the adaptation of taxicabs in New York city for the transportation of the disabled and a report thereon

Provides for a demonstration program under the auspices of the taxi and limousine commission involving the adaptation of 1000 taxicabs in New York city for the transportation of the disabled and for…

Adriano EspaillatCities Committee

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A5237Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Makes manufacturers of guns liable for damages if their guns cause injury or death to a person within the state

Makes manufacturers of guns liable for damages if their guns cause injury or death to a person within the state; makes exceptions for compliance with a stated code of conduct or for weapons disposed…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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A5240Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs for minorities; appropriation

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs of non-public institutions for minorities, as a plan to increase the number of minority students entering and completing educational…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

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A5271Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires certain health insurance policies to cover costs for laser vision correction

Requires every policy which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage to include coverage for laser vision correction for a participant or beneficiary who has a vision…

Adriano EspaillatInsurance Committee

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A5947Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Includes "alien status" (defined) in list of grounds determining commission of unlawful discriminatory practice and state civil rights violation; excepts credit

Outlaws discrimination because of alien status; includes alien status as a grounds for determining a commission of an unlawful discriminatory practice or a state civil rights violation; provides…

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6008Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires immunization of certain children against hepatitis A

Requires children entering any public, private or parochial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, or secondary school to be…

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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A4485Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy

Requires gas and electric corporations to prepare emergency response plans

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…

Adriano EspaillatEnergy Committee

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A4487Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Extends protections to victims of domestic violence

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.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A4502Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Includes affordable housing in the definition of environment for state environmental quality review purposes

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.

Adriano EspaillatEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A4713Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

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…

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

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A4714Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions

Prohibits telephone corporations from imposing a charge for directory assistance

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…

Adriano EspaillatCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A4744Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires hospitals to maintain electric generators, in good working order, with sufficient capacity to provide for the operation of facilities during power outage

Requires hospitals to maintain electric generators, in good working order, with sufficient capacity to provide for the operation of facilities during a power outage.

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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A4746Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Creates a regents alcohol, alcohol abuse or substance abuse treatment and prevention professional's loan forgiveness program and makes appropriation therefor

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…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

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A5238Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Requires social services districts receiving state reimbursement for children and family services to pay agencies providing foster care at the standard rate

Requires social services districts receiving state reimbursement for children and family services to pay authorized agencies providing foster care pursuant to a contract with such district, at the…

Adriano EspaillatChildren And Families Committee

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A5249Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Authorizes the board of regents to waive citizenship requirements for physicians and midwives when granting professional licenses

Authorizes the board of regents to permanently waive United States citizenship or immigration status requirements for physicians and midwives when granting professional licenses to practice in…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

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A5256Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating Congressional, Assembly, and Senate districts

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, assembly, and senate districts on the basis of their residence prior to…

Adriano EspaillatElection Law Committee

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A3859Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires livery vehicles to be equipped with global positioning equipment (GPS)

Requires livery vehicles to be equipped with global positioning equipment (GPS); provides a penalty of $175 for each violation; defines livery.

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

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A4400Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions

Authorizes and directs the Port Authority to conduct cumulative impact analysis of environmental hazards at Port Authority facilities

Authorizes and directs the Port Authority to conduct cumulative impact analysis of environmental hazards at Port Authority facilities and identifies the data to be included in such analysis.

Adriano EspaillatCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A4431Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Requires defendant's cooperation with any law enforcement officer or district attorney investigating or prosecuting unlawful gun trafficking in certain cases

Requires defendant's full cooperation with any law enforcement officer or district attorney who is investigating or prosecuting unlawful gun trafficking for a reduced sentence of imprisonment to be…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A4479Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish a random testing program of professional athletes for the use of anabolic steroids

Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish a random testing program of professional athletes for the use of anabolic steroids; requires the administration of urine testing and the…

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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A4488Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Requires domestic violence awareness in a school curriculum and establishes a domestic violence awareness trust fund

Requires domestic violence awareness in school curriculums and further increases the fees charged for the issuance of a marriage license and filing of certificates of dissolution of marriage for the…

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

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A4745Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to surveillance without consent of an unlawful photograph or recording on a cellular or wireless telephone

Relates to surveillance without consent of an unlawful photograph or recording on a cellular or wireless telephone; makes the taking of a photograph or a recording without a persons consent on a…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A4748Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Implements any party rules setting certain enrollment eligibility requirements for purpose of qualifying to vote in specified primary elections

Implements any party rules setting certain enrollment eligibility requirements for purpose of qualifying to vote in specified primary elections as specified in such rules, including a rule…

Adriano EspaillatElection Law Committee

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A4995Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Relates to unfair claims practices of insurers of real property located in this state that is damaged as a result of one or more catastrophic events

Relates to unfair claims practices of insurers of real property located in this state that is damaged as a result of one or more catastrophic events.

Adriano EspaillatInsurance Committee

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A5223Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for administration and interpretation of a prenatal ultrasound

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for administration and interpretation of a prenatal ultrasound.

Adriano EspaillatInsurance Committee

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A5695Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Enacts provisions relating to the trafficking of weapons and for the firearm, rifle and shotgun ballistic identification bank

Enacts provisions relating to the trafficking of weapons and for the firearm, rifle and shotgun ballistic identification bank; phases in reporting requirements for firearms and weapons.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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A5887Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Eliminates periods of limitation for class B felony sex offenses: first degree rape, criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse, course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree

Eliminates periods of limitation for the prosecution of class B felony sex offenses: rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree,…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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