Bills by

Robin Schimminger

Assembly Member

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2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

151 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

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A9564Assembly· Moved Jan 19, 2010· Referred to higher education
Relates to the unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers
Prohibits the sale of academic dissertations, theses and term papers whether written or provided through electronic media.
Robin SchimmingerHigher Education Committee
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A5908Assembly· Moved Jan 19, 2010· Enacting clause stricken
Enacts the academic research information access act; appropriation
Enacts the academic research information access act to provide public and private academic and research libraries of New York access to information resources at institutions of higher education and…
Robin SchimmingerStricken
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A5961Assembly· Moved Jan 12, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Provides for seizure and forfeiture of property or money furnished in illegal exchange for a controlled substance

Provides for the seizure of any property or money furnished illegally in exchange for a controlled substance; creates a rebuttable presumption of such use or intent in certain circumstances;…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A9410Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Authorizes the governor to appoint a lieutenant-governor subject to confirmation by the legislature

Authorizes the governor to appoint a lieutenant-governor subject to confirmation by the legislature.

Robin SchimmingerGovernmental Operations Committee

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A9167Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Extends the deadline for law revision commission report on proposed revisions to alcoholic beverage control law

Extends deadline for law revision commission report on proposed revisions to alcoholic beverage control law.

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A9127Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to the transfer of power upon a voluntary declaration by the governor of his or her inability to govern

Relates to the transfer of power upon a voluntary declaration by the governor of his or her inability to govern.

Robin SchimmingerGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2778Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Authorizes child witnesses to testify via closed-circuit television in criminal assault and endangering the welfare of a child proceedings

Authorizes vulnerable child witnesses to testify in a criminal proceeding relating to an assault related offense or endangering the welfare of a child via closed-circuit television.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2780Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in insurance

Requires state comptroller to reimburse state insurance fund and property/casualty insurance security fund for monies transferred from said funds to the general fund

Requires state comptroller to reimburse the state insurance fund and the property/casualty insurance security fund for monies transferred from said funds to the general fund, up to $300 million each…

Robin SchimmingerInsurance Committee

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A2817Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides a tax credit for certain investments in certified bank capital companies to provide venture capital for certain small business enterprises

Provides a tax credit for certain investments in certified bank capital companies to provide venture capital for small business enterprises which have traditionally experienced difficulty in…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A2846Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; also provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor…

Robin SchimmingerGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2853Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Removes department of labor from management of strategic training alliance program

Removes the department of labor from the management of the strategic training alliance program operated by the state urban development corporation; authorizes the provision of assistance under such…

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A2855Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Applies laws of comparative negligence and assumption of risk to employees et al. injured in the use of scaffolding and other devices in certain cases outside N.Y. city

Applies laws of comparative negligence and assumption of risk to employees and certain other persons injured in the use of scaffolding and other devices in certain cases; applies outside cities of…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A3782Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides for juvenile offender status for persons fourteen or fifteen years of age committing the crime of criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the first degree

Provides for juvenile offender status for persons fourteen or fifteen years of age committing the crime of criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the first degree.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A3789Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of facilitating a sex offense through electronic communication

Creates the crime of facilitating a sex offense through electronic communication, a class D felony; defines electronic communication to include the transfer of electronic communication through the…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A4514Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for the creation, maintenance and regulation of freshwater and tidal wetlands mitigation banks

Provides for the creation, maintenance and regulation of freshwater and tidal wetlands mitigation banks, to provide compensatory mitigation in advance of authorized impacts to similar resources as a…

Robin SchimmingerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A4880Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Exempts injuries or occupational diseases sustained in perpetration of a felony or misdemeanor from workers' compensation coverage

Exempts from workers' compensation coverage an injury or occupational disease sustained in the perpetration by the employee of a felony or misdemeanor for which the employee is convicted.

Robin SchimmingerLabor Committee

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A5962Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Amends article 7 of the constitution to authorize the loan of money for financing the construction of infrastructure for eligible businesses

Amends article 7 of the constitution to authorize legislature to loan of money for financing the construction of infrastructural improvements for certain eligible businesses.

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A6128Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Establishes the "business trust law" as a new consolidated law regulating domestic and foreign business trusts

Establishes the "business trust law" as a new consolidated law regulating domestic and foreign business trusts.

Robin SchimmingerJudiciary Committee

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A6418Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Adds asbestos as a contaminant for purposes of making brownfield site determinations

Adds asbestos as a contaminant for purposes of making brownfield site determinations.

Robin SchimmingerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A6678Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for increasing the applicability of brand name and generic prescription drug and other medical services co-payments for medicaid recipients

Provides for increasing the applicability of brand name and generic prescription drug and other medical services, except diagnostic services, co-payments for medicaid recipients.

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

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A6777Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Authorizes local social services districts to choose which state- but not federally-required medicaid services to provide and categories of eligibility to cover

Authorizes local social services to choose which state-required but not federally-required medicaid services to provide to eligible persons and which categories of eligibility to cover; directs the…

Robin SchimmingerSocial Services Committee

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A6779Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Imposes a ninety day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance

Imposes a ninety day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures…

Robin SchimmingerSocial Services Committee

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A6988Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Provides a ninety day eligibility requirement for medical services not mandated by federal law

Provides a ninety day eligibility limitation on medical services not mandated by federal law.

Robin SchimmingerSocial Services Committee

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A7032Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Authorizes the city of North Tonawanda to alienate and convey a certain waterfront parcel of land

Authorizes the city of North Tonawanda to alienate and convey a certain waterfront parcel of land.

Robin SchimmingerCities Committee

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A5926Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Repeals provisions and references relating to the liability of shareholders for wages due employees

Repeals provisions relating to the liability of shareholders for wages due employees which confer liability upon the ten largest shareholders of certain corporations.

Robin SchimmingerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A6130Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Requires that timely notice of allegations of prevailing wage violations be given to contractors

Requires that timely notice of allegations of prevailing wage violations be given to contractors; provides that such notice shall be made within one year of the date of the last alleged underpayment.

Robin SchimmingerLabor Committee

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A6185Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Enacts the uniform trade secrets act to provide improved trade secret protection to industry

Enacts the uniform trade secrets act to provide improved trade secret protection to industry; provides statutory rights, remedies and a statute of limitations to parties who have had trade secrets…

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A6188Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Establishes certain requirements apply to rebates of a total value of greater than fifty dollars

Establishes certain requirements apply to rebates of a total value of greater than fifty dollars.

Robin SchimmingerConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6644Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Authorizes the legislature to enact a period of residency requirement for persons applying for certain social services

Authorizes the legislature to require a state or municipal entity to enact a period of residency requirement for persons applying for certain social services.

Robin SchimmingerSocial Services 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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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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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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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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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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A4197Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Requires public arbitration panel to which a dispute is referred to consider above all other factors the financial ability of the public employer to pay, as defined

Requires the public arbitration panel to which a dispute is referred to consider above all other factors the financial ability of the public employer to pay, as defined in this bill.

Robin SchimmingerGovernmental Employees Committee

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A4844Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides for the inclusion of sales tax revenue shared by a county with the school district in the STAR savings calculation

Provides for the inclusion of sales tax revenue shared by a county with the school district in the STAR savings calculation.

Robin SchimmingerReal Property Taxation Committee

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A2812Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Classifies as murder in the first a killing that is preceded by and is the product of a pattern of domestic violence; lets jury choose prison for less than life

Classifies as murder in the first degree a killing that is preceded by and is the product of a pattern of domestic violence; permits jury to choose prison for less than life; specifies that if the…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2897Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for a corporate franchise tax credit for employee training expenses in an eligible business facility

Establishes a five percent investment tax credit against the franchise tax imposed upon corporations for a portion of training or retraining expenses incurred by them in an eligible business…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A5909Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Creates the state emergency health powers act

Creates the state emergency health powers act; establishes measures to detect and track potential and existing public health emergencies and measures to declare a state of public emergency;…

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

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A6187Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms

Establishes a license for a pistol or revolver shall be issued to have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of employment and without judicial discretion on whether proper…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A6780Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for a refund of any excess amount of tax paid after reduction of the credit

Provides for a refund of any excess amount of tax paid after reduction of other credits and the credit for long-term care insurance.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A8221Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Provides that certain provisions of law relating to the sale of alcohol and tobacco products to minors shall expire in 2012

Provides that certain provisions of law relating to the sale of alcohol and tobacco products to minors shall expire in 2012.

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A2811Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Classifies as murder in the first a killing in which the victim is especially vulnerable due to disability, impairment; lets jury choose prison for less than life

Classifies as murder in the first degree a killing in which the victim is especially vulnerable due to disability, impairment; permits jury to choose prison for less than life; specifies that if the…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2870Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Limits eligibility for unemployment benefits for the period between the day the employee gives notice of their last day and the day the employer discharges the employee

Limits eligibility for unemployment benefits for the period between the day the employee gives notice of as his or her last day of employment and the day the employer discharges the employee.

Robin SchimmingerLabor Committee

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A4698Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Enacts the state emergency health powers act

Enacts the state emergency health powers act; establishes measures to detect and track potential and existing public health emergencies and measures to declare a state of public emergency;…

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

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A5183Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Creates division of developmental assistance, environmental indemnification and land use control to provide developers with indemnification for contamination; repealer

Creates a division of developmental assistance, environmental indemnification and land use control, within the department of economic development, the purpose of which is to provide developers with…

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A6129Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Expands basis upon which a motion for summary judgment in lieu of filing a complaint may be made so as to include additional commercial causes of action

Expands basis upon which a motion for summary judgment in lieu of filing a complaint may be made so as to include additional causes of action and alters other civil procedures for the purpose of…

Robin SchimmingerJudiciary Committee

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