Bills by

Craig M. Johnson

Senator

16,516 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →johnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

16,516 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

A647Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education
Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years
Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.
Brian KavanaghHigher Education Committee
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A6495Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device
Creates the crime of related used of a lethal or explosive device; provides for additional 7 years imprisonment for certain crimes where a lethal or explosive is used and; permits exemption from…
Charles LavineCodes Committee
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A6501Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Creates the cell phone users' bill of rights

Creates the cell phone users' bill of rights; provides that customers be given a thirty-day trial period; provides that a customer shall not be liable for calls or messages that were not made from…

Felix OrtizConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6515Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Includes salvia divinorum within the list of hallucinogenic controlled substances

Includes salvia divinorum within the list of hallucinogenic controlled substances.

Darryl TownsHealth Committee

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A6524Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires horse-drawn vehicles to have reflective material attached from dusk until dawn

Provides that any person operating a horse-drawn vehicle on a public highway from dusk to dawn to have reflective material attached to the carriage or cart, and have reflective material attached to…

Joseph GiglioTransportation Committee

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A6526Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Enacts the water-based fire protection licensure act

Enacts the water-based fire protection licensure act for the purpose of regulating the business of layout, installing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, testing and maintenance of automatic…

Susan JohnGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6540Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that members of the New York state reserve and national guard receive free passage over toll road, through toll tunnels, and across toll bridges

Provides that members of the New York state reserve and national guard receive free passage over toll road, through toll tunnels, and across toll bridges.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A6541Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in transportation

Provides that no person shall dial a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle

Provides that no person shall dial a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle; defines "using" a mobile telephone for purposes of prohibited use as including dialing such mobile telephone.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A6543Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Prohibits individuals who are registered sex offenders from receiving sexual performance enhancing drugs through medicaid

Prohibits individuals who are registered sex offenders from receiving sexual performance enhancing drugs through medicaid.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A6550Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to a plea of not guilty by a defendant charged with a traffic infraction

Relates to a plea of not guilty by a defendant charged with a traffic infraction or any violation of the tax law or transportation law regulating traffic; provides that a plea of not guilty to a…

Dierdre ScozzafavaTransportation Committee

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A6556Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant women

Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant women; must be certified by a physician; permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.

Darryl TownsTransportation Committee

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A6560Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Relates to the period of limitation for certain violent sex offenses; repealer

Provides that prosecutions of certain violent sex offenses where such offense was committed against a child less than eighteen years of age may be commenced within fifteen years after such child has…

Dierdre ScozzafavaCodes CommitteeLegal

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A6571Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Increases the crime victim's assistance fee, creates a crime victim's lien and creates a crime victim's assistance account

Increases the mandatory surcharge and the crime victim's assistance fee which is levied upon any person convicted of a crime or violation in this state; creates a crime victim's lien which allows…

Daniel BurlingCodes Committee

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A6573Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Exempts certain dwellings and improvements from local taxation

Provides, upon authorization from the local legislative body, for the exemption of certain private dwellings and improvements within cities having a population of less than 1,000,000 from local…

Daniel BurlingReal Property Taxation Committee

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A6575Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Makes provisions relating to traffic regulations at parking areas and driveways of schools

Permits the legislative body of any city, town or village to regulate traffic at parking areas and driveways of schools.

Daniel BurlingTransportation Committee

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A6583Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Provides for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of sex offenders and provides for the disclosure of the results to victims of sex offenses

Permits the human immunodeficiency virus testing of sex offenders and provides for the disclosure of the results to the prosecutor and then the victim upon request; waives certain confidentiality…

Daniel BurlingCodes Committee

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A6587Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides for subtraction from federal adjusted gross income 75 percent of net investment income

Provides for subtraction from federal adjusted gross income 75 percent of net investment income so that New York state taxpayers would receive a tangible tax benefit.

Daniel BurlingWays And Means Committee

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A6588Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Makes permanent certain provisions of the tax law authorizing the imposition by N.Y. city of a franchise tax on banking corporations

Eliminates expiration of and makes permanent the provisions of the tax law authorizing the imposition by city of New York of a franchise tax on banking corporations.

Daniel BurlingWays And Means Committee

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A660Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Requires all appropriations and reappropriations shall be specifically itemized to ensure accountability in the use of public funds

Requires all appropriations and reappropriations shall be specifically itemized to demonstrate the purpose of such appropriation and to ensure accountability in the use of public funds; requires…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

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A6600Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Enables the county of Suffolk to enter into cooperative agreements with not-for-profit corporations located within such county to pay for health insurance

Enables the county of Suffolk to enter into cooperative agreements with not-for-profits located within such county to pay for the provision of health care services to their employees, without being…

Ginny FieldsInsurance Committee

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A6601Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor, subject to confirmation by majority vote of the legislature…

Timothy P. GordonJudiciary Committee

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A6605Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires a physician's examination and a blood test for marriage license applicants

Provides that a marriage license shall be accepted by a town or city clerk only if each applicant has been given an examination, including a standard serological test, for the discovery of a…

Robert BarraJudiciary CommitteeLegal

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A6608Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Restricts the use of fees and taxes paid into a dedicated highway and bridge trust fund

Restricts the use of fees and taxes paid into a dedicated highway and bridge trust fund and a dedicated mass transportation trust fund to be used only for specified purposes.

Daniel BurlingWays And Means Committee

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A6610Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in agriculture

Authorizes the production for retail sale and the retail sale of raw, untreated milk for human consumption

Authorizes the production for retail sale and the retail sale of raw, untreated milk for human consumption.

Daniel BurlingAgriculture Committee

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A6624Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for an additional personal tax exemption for taxpayers who care for certain family members 70 or over

Provides an additional personal income tax exemption for an individual taxpayer who provides more than one-half of the support for a parent, stepparent, immediate family member or sibling who is 70…

Ginny FieldsWays And Means Committee

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A6635Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Changes the name of the office of temporary and disability assistance to the "office of economic support and opportunity"

Changes the name of the office of temporary and disability assistance to the "office of economic support and opportunity".

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

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A6645Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Requires certain corporations periodically report on tax payments

Requires certain publicly traded corporations to periodically file reports on tax payments and finances with the commissioner of taxation and finance; sets forth information to be reported…

James F. BrennanWays And Means CommitteeFinance

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A6650Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed; enacts "Suzanne's Law".

James TediscoCodes Committee

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A6655Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Requires that voter registration forms be made available at federal, state and local government buildings and at other public places

Requires each county board of elections to distribute registration application forms to the public through distribution to public buildings, banks, post offices and various other facilities that the…

Audrey PhefferElection Law Committee

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A6661Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to full criminal background checks for volunteer and paid firefighters

Relates to full criminal background checks for volunteer and paid firefighters.

Joel MillerGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6667Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Relates to the treatment of property of patients of mental hygiene facilities

Relates to the treatment of property of patients of mental hygiene facilities.

Harvey WeisenbergMental Health Committee

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A6689Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Relates to requirements of prescriptions for drugs

Requires prescriptions to be typewritten, electronically printed or handwritten in ink or indelible pencil in a legible manner; requires that handwritten prescriptions shall only be written in print…

David McDonoughConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6691Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to the delivery of material goods, supplies and services by or to the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York

Relates to the delivery of material goods, supplies and services by or to the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York.

James F. BrennanEducation Committee

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A6696Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Provides that subcontractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage

Provides that subcontractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage; contractors will only become liable for paying the underpaid prevailing wage…

Joel MillerLabor Committee

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A6703Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes a photo monitoring program in the town of Newburgh imposing liability for maximum speed limit violations

Authorizes the town of Newburgh, Orange county, to establish a photo monitoring program imposing civil liability upon motor vehicle owners for maximum speed limit violations.

Frank SkartadosTransportation Committee

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A6710Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires the superintendent of state police to provide all members of the division of state police with a bullet and knife proof vest

Requires the superintendent of state police to provide all members of the division of state police with a bullet and knife proof vest which provides front, back and side protection.

Peter RiveraGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6715Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to food allergy awareness in food establishments

Relates to food allergy awareness in food establishments; requires posting of information regarding the risk of allergic reactions; requires certain restaurants, dining rooms or commercial eating…

Nettie MayersohnHealth Committee

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A674Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Requires the licensed land surveyor to notify adjacent property owners of changes to maps of a subdivided parcel and for the coordination of tax maps with surveyor maps

Requires landowner and licensed surveyor to notify adjacent property owners of survey and discrepancies between maps of a subdivided parcel before the sale and for the coordination of tax maps with…

Kevin CahillReal Property Taxation Committee

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A6749Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in real property taxation

Grants 100% exemption on school tax where all owners of real property are 65 years or older

Grants 100% exemption on school tax where all owners of real property are 65 years or older.

Greg BallReal Property Taxation Committee

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A6757Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Permits pre-judgment interest in personal injury actions; stops running of interest as an offer of compromise without more favorable judgment

Permits pre-judgment interest in personal injury actions including product liability, contract actions, actions regarding possession or enjoyment of property and equitable actions; stops running of…

James F. BrennanJudiciary Committee

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A6760Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to acts of the Legislature having fiscal impacts on local governments

Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or…

Daniel BurlingWays And Means Committee

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A6764Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Prohibits direct care employees of mental retardation and developmental disabilities residential facilities from working more than 16 consecutive hours

Prohibits direct care employees of mental retardation and developmental disabilities residential facilities from working more than 16 consecutive hours during any 5 day work period, except during…

Timothy P. GordonMental Health Committee

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A6774Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires the employers of police officers to provide such officers with a bullet proof and knife proof vest that provides front, back and side protection; repealer

Requires the employers of police officers to provide such officers with a bullet proof and knife proof vest that provides front, back and side protection.

Peter RiveraGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6776Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to redistricting the senate, assembly and congressional districts of New York State

Relates to redistricting the senate, assembly and congressional districts of NYS.

Mark J.F. SchroederGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6778Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Sets an asset eligibility ceiling of $50,000 for medicaid assistance eligibility

Sets an asset eligibility ceiling of $50,000 for medicaid assistance eligibility.

Robin SchimmingerSocial Services Committee

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A6781Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes the operation of a police or fire vehicle by persons without a commercial driver's license during return from emergency operations

Authorizes the operation of a police or fire vehicle by persons without a commercial drivers license during return from emergency operations.

Frank SkartadosTransportation Committee

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A6785AssemblyS3026· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides environmental liens shall have priority over other liens except certain mortgages and liens for taxes on real property in favor of an assessing unit

Provides environmental liens shall have priority over other liens except certain mortgages and liens for taxes on real property in favor of an assessing unit, school district, special district,…

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

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A6795Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two year terms in either house

Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two year terms in either house; regardless of terms, service is limited to ten years.

Greg BallGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6805Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires notice of cancellation and renewal of insurance policies to be sent by registered or certified mail

Requires notice of cancellation or non-renewal of property/casualty insurance policies to be sent by an insurer to an insured by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.

Vivian CookInsurance Committee

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A6808Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to driver safety courses

Relates to driver safety courses for persons who commit a traffic infraction or misdemeanor.

Ginny FieldsTransportation Committee

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