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Provides for bias-related crime classification review panel and reporting of bias-related crime statistics

Creates a bias-related crime classification review panel consisting of thirteen members to review classification of crimes by the NYC police department; provides for notation of any differences…

Carl KrugerCities Committee

Authorizes a municipally sponsored, owned or operated public transit system to utilize an existing public contract when procuring vehicles, supplies, or equipment

Authorizes a municipally sponsored, owned or operated public transit system to utilize an existing public contract when procuring vehicles, supplies, equipment or services upon adoption of a…

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

Provides for the issuance of temporary retail permits by the state liquor authority; repealer

Provides for the issuance of temporary retail permits by the state liquor authority.

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles to routinely stop motorists for vehicle and traffic law violations, with exceptions

Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles to routinely stop motorists for vehicle and traffic law violations, with exceptions; further provides a definition of a marked vehicle; provides for…

Betty LittleTransportation Committee

Establishes the urban homeowners assistance program to assist first time, low or moderate income, or minority homeowners to avoid foreclosure; appropriation

Establishes the urban homeowners assistance program to assist first time, low or moderate income, or minority homeowners avoid foreclosure by authorizing and directing the commissioner of the state…

John L. SampsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes the rural homeowners assistance program to assist first time, low or moderate income, or minority homeowners to avoid foreclosure; appropriation

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…

John L. SampsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires consumers to be notified concerning recalled products

Requires merchants to post notices of recalled products that are offered for sale in their business establishment; provides also for the giving of notice by mail to certain customers; provides for…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

Requires persons who commit crimes while on release to serve maximum sentence

Requires a person on parole, conditional release, or temporary release who has been convicted of a felony committed while on such release, to be recommitted to serve the maximum term imposed by the…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

Requires a course of instruction in sensitivity training regarding diversity

Directs the regents of the university of the state of New York to prescribe courses of instruction relating to sensitivity training regarding diversity of race, ethnicity and religion; and directs…

Carl KrugerEducation Committee

Relates to reverse vending machines

Relates to reverse vending machines; defines "reverse vending machine" to mean a device that accepts used, empty beverage containers and, when a consumer has placed all of his or her containers into…

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Environmental Conservation Committee

Creates the crimes of domestic violence for acts of violence against family members

Establishes a new article, family offenses, creating crimes of domestic violence for acts of violence against family members, the article includes domestic violence, aggravated domestic violence,…

Eric AdamsCodes Committee

Authorizes cities, towns and villages to enact temporary land use planning and zoning moratoriums

Authorizes cities, towns and villages to enact temporary land use planning and zoning moratoriums.

Betty LittleCities Committee

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for the payment of the costs and expenses of programs of special education

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for the payment of the costs and expenses of programs of special education.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Requires cigarette manufacturers to disclose chemical additives and product design characteristics in cigarettes

Requires manufacturers of cigarettes sold or distributed in the state to disclose additives and product design characteristics used in the manufacture of cigarettes and to identify those substances…

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Health Committee

Pertains to the composition of county and part-county boards of health; relates to municipal consolidation or dissolution petitions

Pertains to the composition of county and part-county boards of health; and provides for petition requirements for initiating a referendum regarding municipal consolidation or dissolution.

Betty LittleHealth Committee

Provides for municipal cooperative health benefit plans, a study of community rating and the provision of claims experience to a municipality and other provisions

Provides for municipal cooperative health benefit plans, a study of community rating and the provision of claims experience to a municipality; relates to the sharing of the duties of weights and…

Betty LittleInsurance Committee

Requires a loan counseling disclosure as part of contract of sale for the transfer of property

Requires a loan counseling disclosure as part of contract of sale for the transfer of property; provides that such form shall be signed at the time of contract and attached to the contract of sale.

John L. SampsonJudiciary Committee

Requires the use of seat belts by passengers of school buses; requires commissioner of transportation to place warning signs on all school buses

Requires every passenger of a school bus which is equipped with seat belts to wear the seat belt while the bus is in operation; provides that the commissioner of transportation place on every school…

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Education Committee

Instructs the superintendent of insurance to deny policies imposing drug tiers and cost-sharing for prescription medication

Instructs the superintendent of insurance to deny policies imposing drug tiers based on expense or disease category and charging cost-sharing percentage for prescription medication.

John L. SampsonInsurance Committee

Relates to charges for certain services rendered by a physician

Prohibits a physician from charging a fee for any service rendered during a period of seventy-two hours from the time a service which was advertised as free of charge has been rendered; provides…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

Establishes detailed procedure for public bidding for purchases and contracts for all public benefit corporations and public authorities not otherwise exempted

Establishes detailed procedure for awards following public bidding for purchases and contracts by all public benefit corporations and public authorities not otherwise exempted; establishes an equal…

Carl KrugerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Creates a veterans long term health care authority and prescribes its powers and duties

Creates a veterans long term health care authority for the purpose of enhancing health related services to veterans; provides that such authority shall construct and operate high quality patient…

Carl KrugerVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Increases the penalty for witness and jury tampering

Increases the penalties for witness and jury tampering from a class D felony to a class C felony.

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

Relates to limiting the amount of awards in medical malpractice lawsuits

Relates to limiting the amount of awards in medical malpractice lawsuits; limits such awards to the amount of malpractice insurance held by the defendant; establishes the excess medical malpractice…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

Establishes crime of aggravated rape

Creates the offense of aggravated rape when a person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion and such intercourse results in serious physical injury or is…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

Relates to appointing special prosecutor to investigate safety violations by the New York city school construction authority

Directs the governor to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate safety violations by the New York city school construction authority and provides for functions, duties and powers thereof.

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

Provides state assistance for revaluation by all assessing units in a school district of assessments at full value during the same year

Provides state assistance to assessing units for the revaluation of assessments at full value when all assessing units in a school district made up of more than one assessing unit perform such…

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

Requires level 3 sex offenders be subject to lifetime probation and to submit to yearly polygraphic examinations while on parole or probation

Requires all level 3 sex offenders to be subject to lifetime probation after the completion of all other sentences imposed upon such sex offender; requires administration of yearly polygraph test…

Betty LittleCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Provides an oral or written statement of an accused shall be inadmissible as evidence against such accused unless a recording is made of the interrogation

Provides that an oral or written statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation shall be presumed inadmissible as evidence against such accused in any criminal proceeding…

John L. SampsonCodes Committee

Decreases amounts of payments wrongfully received for health care fraud

Decreases certain amounts of payments wrongfully received for health care fraud.

John L. SampsonCodes Committee

Establishes the prescription drug discount program; repealer

Establishes the prescription drug discount program; establishes that the purpose of the program is to provide access to prescription drugs to participants at a discounted price and to allow for the…

John L. SampsonHealth Committee

Establishes procedure for the suspension and revocation of license to carry and possess firearm if carrying while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

Establishes procedure for the suspension and revocation of license to carry and possess a firearm if a person carries loaded firearm on person in a public place while under the influence of alcohol…

John L. SampsonCodes Committee

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent.

John L. SampsonEducation Committee

Establishes the controlled substance treatment, prevention and enforcement fund; permits contribution to such fund on income tax return

Establishes the controlled substance treatment, prevention and enforcement fund; permits a taxpayer to contribute to such fund by indicating any whole dollar amount on his or her personal income tax…

John L. SampsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Protects directors, officers and trustees of certain corporations from liability

Limits the civil liability of directors, officers and trustees of corporations described in §501 (c) (4) of the internal revenue code (charitable organizations) under provisions that limit their…

Carl KrugerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Restricts the distribution of customer information by certain utility corporations

Restricts the right of certain utility corporations to sell or otherwise distribute information concerning residential customers, subscriber names and addresses subjecting the same to regulations by…

Carl KrugerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Authorizes creation of urban commercial redevelopment action areas

Authorizes creation of urban commercial redevelopment action areas by municipalities to promote expanded retail operations in urban commercial districts; sets forth criteria for such urban…

Carl KrugerLocal Government Committee

Provides tax abatement related to the removal of lead paint

Provides tax abatement related to the removal of lead paint; defines terms.

John L. SampsonLocal Government Committee

Relates to public safety at concerts and performances

Requires the owner of a concert or performance site to notify the audience of emergency exits just prior to the beginning of any concert or performance, to maintain illuminated signs directing the…

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Requires private elementary and secondary schools to require prospective employees to submit fingerprints for a criminal history background check

Requires nonpublic and private elementary and secondary schools to require their prospective employees to submit fingerprints through the commissioner of education for the purpose of criminal…

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Relates to home mortgage loans, the crime of mortgage fraud, and appropriations to the NYS housing trust fund corporation

Relates to home mortgage loans, the crime of mortgage fraud, and appropriations to the NYS housing trust fund corporation.

Jeffrey D. KleinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the operation of a motor vehicle while driving while impaired in certain circumstances and increasing the penalties therefor

Relates to the operation of a motor vehicle while driving while impaired in certain circumstances; increases the penalties therefor; makes aggravated vehicular homicide a class B violent felony;…

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Prohibits harassment, intimidation or bullying in schools

Requires provisions in schools that prohibit harassment, intimidation or bullying whether by electronic communication or a written, verbal, physical or sexual act.

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program; repealer

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program and the mandatory ignition interlock fund; requires installation of ignition interlock device for all persons convicted of driving while intoxicated.

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Creates the authorities budget office; repealer

Creates the authorities budget office.

Richard BrodskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates an independent authority budget office; repealer

Creates an authorities budget office; clarifies various points of the public authorities accountability act of 2005; establishes a whistleblower access and assistance program; adds provisions…

Richard BrodskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides retirement benefits for new entrants to certain public retirement systems

Provides retirement benefits for new entrants to certain public retirement systems; makes the coordinated-escalator retirement plan and coordinated retirement plan permanent; extends the expiration…

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Implements savings adjustments to the state fiscal plan

Implements savings adjustments to the state fiscal plan; relates to state funding of expenses associated with mental health parity coverage mandated for small business group health insurance plans;…

Signed by Governor

Signed into law