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

A2567Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection
Relates to gift certificates
Relates to gift certificates; deletes any references to the "dormancy" of gift certificates.
Ellen C. JaffeeConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee
ImpactPending
PassagePending
A2576AssemblyS2392· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary
Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions
Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions.
Helene Weinstein

A2588Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Provides for the issuance of summonses to parents of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition

Provides for the issuance of summonses to each parent, including a non-custodial parent, of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition.

Barbara ClarkChildren And Families Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2591Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Provides for the establishment of a senior care choices program to give care and services at home to senior citizens

Provides for the establishment of a senior care choices program to give care and services at home to senior citizens; sets criteria for such program; directs application for a federal waiver.

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2601Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Requires forfeiture of vehicles for 6 months for second DWI offense and permanent forfeiture and registration denial for third DWI offense

Requires forfeiture of vehicles for six months for a second driving while intoxicated offense and permanent forfeiture and registration denial for the third driving while intoxicated offense;…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2606Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Prohibits food distributors from dumping sub-standard or below grade out-of-state agricultural products in this state

Prohibits food distributors from dumping, or otherwise discarding in a manner likely to cause contamination, sub-standard or below grade out-of-state agricultural products in this state.

Ann RabbittAgriculture Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2608Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from voting at a school or facility for children

Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from voting at a school or facility for children.

Bill ReilichCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2631Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in transportation

Creates a vertical form of a license or identification card for persons under age 21

Creates a vertical form of a license or identification card for persons under age 21.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2634Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for the time period bases and manner of payment of employment preparation education apportionment state aid

Provides for the time period bases and manner of payment of employment preparation education apportionment state aid.

J. Gary PretlowEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2649Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for furnishing lap top computers to each member of the Senate and Assembly for use on floor and members' respective office

Provides for furnishing lap top computer to each member of senate and assembly for use on floor and members' respective office.

Barbara ClarkGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2658Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that historical motor vehicles need only pay a registration fee upon initial registration and no further fee until sold or otherwise transferred

Provides that historical motor vehicles need only pay a registration fee upon initial registration and no registration renewal or further fee shall be required until sold or otherwise transferred;…

Steven EnglebrightTransportation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2663Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes requirements regarding pesticide applications in food selling establishments

Establishes requirements regarding pesticide applications in food selling establishments including requiring use of integrated pest management programs to control pests, banning broadcast sprays of…

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2676Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires weapons and ammunition to be secured when being transported and imposes a fine of at least $1,000 for violation

Requires all motor vehicles transporting five or more weapons or ammunition for five or more weapons to have a separate storage area secured by padlock or combination lock and all such weapons and…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2683Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Provides that the unregistered domestic partner of Martin McWilliams is eligible to receive benefits under section 208-f of the general municipal law and section 13-347

Relates to making the unregistered domestic partner of Martin McWilliams eligible to receive benefits under section 208-f of the general municipal law and section 13-347 of the administrative code…

Ann RabbittGovernmental Employees Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A269Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Requires stores that sell meat, poultry or seafood to place a conspicuous sign informing consumers of their right to know when the food was cut and packaged

Requires stores that sell meat, poultry or seafood to place a conspicuous sign informing consumers of their right to know when the food was cut and packaged.

Audrey PhefferAgriculture Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2724Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Changes population restrictions on apportioning expense of municipal police department member training

Includes all counties and cities with a population of two hundred thousand or less within provisions which permit the apportionment of expense of municipal police department member training, thus…

J. Gary PretlowLocal Governments Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2734Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires cooperative corporations to provide reasons for withholding consent to sell stock to cooperatively held housing units

Requires cooperative corporations to provide reasons for withholding consent to sell stock to cooperatively held housing units; defines discriminatory practice by cooperative corporation boards;…

Michael BenjaminJudiciary Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2738Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Authorizes the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to file an application for retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to file an application for retroactive real property tax exempt status.

Steven EnglebrightReal Property Taxation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2739Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Makes it unlawful for a person under the age of 18 to possess tobacco products

Makes it unlawful for a person under the age of 18 to possess tobacco products; provides for a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and/or completion of a tobacco awareness program.

Steven EnglebrightHealth Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2741Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Allows taxpayer to determine where partial payment against delinquent tax lien or liens shall be applied

Allows taxpayer to determine where partial payment against delinquent tax lien or liens shall be applied.

David GanttReal Property Taxation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2753Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Relates to compensation for information concerning fraudulent insurance transaction

Provides that any person who provides information to the attorney general, a district attorney or the insurance frauds bureau concerning a fraudulent insurance transaction or with information about…

J. Gary PretlowInsurance Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2764Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in social services

Requires prior approval of a municipality with respect to site selection for adult care facility, and provides for a public hearing thereon

Provides that any person planning to establish one or more adult care facilities within a municipality shall inform the chief executive officer of such municipality of the nature, size and…

Michael J. FitzpatrickSocial Services Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2777Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in veterans' affairs

Extends real property partial tax exemptions for qualified veterans to include taxes for school purposes

Extends real property partial tax exemptions for qualified veterans to include taxes for school purposes.

Ann RabbittVeterans' Affairs Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2790Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Provides that the state office for the aging shall be deemed a consumer directed personal assistance service provider

Permits the office for the aging to contract for consumer directed personal assistance services through specifically defined models.

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2793Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Increases the personal income tax real property tax circuit breaker credit

Increases the income eligibility levels for the real property tax circuit breaker credit for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010 to $25,000; increases the maximum credit available…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2795Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in health

Requires notice to emergency personnel of exposure to HIV infected persons

Requires an attending physician to provide notification to peace officers, firefighters, ambulance workers and other paid or volunteer emergency personnel of exposure to HIV infected persons where…

Michael J. FitzpatrickHealth Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2801Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Adds communication by means of a "computer network" to aggravated harassment in the second degree

Adds communication by means of a computer network to aggravated harassment in the second degree; defines computer network to mean (a) a set of related devices connected to a computer communications…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2802Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Expedites return of stolen motor vehicles

Expedites the return of stolen motor vehicles and motorcycles to their rightful owners thereby reducing overcrowding of police storage pounds; provides for evidentiary photographs of their vehicle…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

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

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2828Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Prohibits accountants from providing accounting services to certain corporations for 5 years after such accountant performs an audit on such corporation

Prohibits accountants from providing accounting services to any corporation, the shares and bonds of which are publicly traded, for 5 years after such accountant performs an audit on such…

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2833Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in health

Defines incidental exposure with respect to contracting HIV infection

Provides a means for an individual, who may have been infected by the AIDS virus during the course of a crime, to receive funds from the crime victims compensation board for appropriate HIV…

Michael J. FitzpatrickHealth Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2838Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful sale of personal identifying information

Establishes the crimes of unlawful sale of personal identifying information.

Brian KolbCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2841Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Establishes the third Friday in September of each year as a day of commemoration known as "PARK(ing) Day"

Establishes the third Friday in September of each year as a day of commemoration known as "PARK(ing) Day".

Joan MillmanGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2856Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates New York state regulatory review council; expands scope of regulatory impact statements

Expands requirements for regulatory impact statements to include discussion of potential benefits and cost savings; creates New York state regulatory review council to review every promulgation,…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2860Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Creates the real property regulatory impacts act

Creates the real property regulatory impacts act; provides that the owner of any real property may bring an action against the state whenever the application of any state statute, rule or regulation…

Michael J. FitzpatrickJudiciary Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2861Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Creates "the New York residential insurance providers disclosure act of 2009" regarding the requirements of statistical reports

Creates "the New York residential insurance providers disclosure act of 2009" regarding the requirements of statistical reports for residential insurance providers.

David GanttInsurance Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2862Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires insurance policy providers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema, including the costs of compression sleeves

Requires insurance policy providers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema, including the costs of compression sleeves used to alleviate the pain and discomfort of…

Brian KolbInsurance Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2873Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Substituted by s2971

Requires prior disclosure of income, assets, financial obligations of decedent to enforce surviving spouse's waiver of right of election; waives dead man's statute

Requires fair and reasonable disclosure of income, assets and financial obligations of decedent for surviving spouse's waiver of right of election to be enforceable and renders inapplicable the…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2880Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the sale of controlled substances in or near school grounds, public playgrounds or municipal parks

Expands the protections of a drug free school zone to include municipal parks and public playgrounds; defines public playgrounds and municipal parks; provides that criminal sale of a controlled…

David KoonCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

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

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A291Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Enacts the "Place A Child in Every School Seat Act of 2009" for the purposes of awareness of and incentives to improve school attendance

Enacts the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act of 2009" for the purposes of awareness of and incentives to improve school attendance and retention.

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2913Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Establishes the "Address Confidentiality Act" which allows state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of certain victims of abuse

Establishes the "Address Confidentiality Act" which allows state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of certain victims of abuse.

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2927Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Creates the concentrated animal feeding operation board to study nutrient management and exchange

Creates the concentrated animal feeding operation board to study nutrient management and exchange, and to collect and study data on nutrient management systems on certain farms in the state.

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2929Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Provides that a municipality may disclose any portion of a call made to its E911 system under certain conditions

Provides that a municipality may disclose any portion of a call made to its E911 system in any emergency situation to protect public safety or upon the consent of persons who made such calls.

David KoonLocal Governments Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2936Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides that the cupcake is the official state children's snack

Provides that the cupcake is the official state children's snack.

Michael BenjaminGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2938Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the prohibition of illegal gun trafficking

Relates to the prohibition of illegal gun trafficking; makes the violation of such prohibition a class D felony.

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A294Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes standards and programs relating to the prevention and/or reduction of the incidence of hospital-acquired infections

Establishes standards and programs relating to the prevention and/or reduction of the incidence of hospital acquired infections.

William MagnarelliHealth Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2942Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the payment of restitution or reparation in certain instances

Includes, for the purpose of payment of restitution or reparation, within the definition of the term "victim" any person or entity which provides assistance for the prevention or mitigation of…

Joan ChristensenCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A2950Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Requires the division of criminal justice services to contract with independent, outside, academic institutions to conduct two distinct studies

Requires the division of criminal justice services to contract with independent, outside, academic institutions to conduct two distinct studies.

Daniel O'DonnellCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending