Bills by

Ellen C. Jaffee

Assembly Member

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2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

11,958 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

S939Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a6818a
Creates a residential care off-site demonstration project
Creates a residential care off-site demonstration project allowing for the provision of physical, occupational and speech therapy by a residential health care facility at an off-site location.
Joseph E. RobachOn the Senate floor
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S2807Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Committed to rules
Authorizes the county of Rockland to establish a surcharge on wireless communications
Authorizes the county of Rockland to establish a surcharge on wireless communications.
Thomas P. MorahanRules Committee
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S3842Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a903

Provides for review by the department of health of policies and practices regarding HIV, AIDS and HCV at correctional facilities

Authorizes and directs the department of health to review any policy or practice instituted in facilities operated by the department of correctional services and in local correctional facilities…

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor

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S1537Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a2209c

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…

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

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A7606Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.230

Extends the authority for villages to hold tax lien sales

Extends the authority for villages to hold tax lien sales.

Michelle SchimelSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S4104Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to orders of custody involving a parent activated, deployed or temporarily assigned to the military

Relates to orders of custody involving a parent activated, deployed or temporarily assigned to the military.

Darrel J. AubertineStricken

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A7864Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.231

Authorizes to retroactively appoint and set seniority dates of certain employees for Schuyler, Steuben, Chemung, Tioga and Allegany counties

Authorizes to retroactively appoint and set seniority dates of certain employees for Schuyler, Steuben, Chemung, Tioga and Allegany counties.

James BacallesSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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A2500Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.225

Permits investigation and recovery of cost thereof by the attorney general in a case of money deposited as security and required to be held in trust in rentals

Gives the attorney general explicit authority to take proof, determine facts, and issue subpoenas pursuant to civil practice law and rules, in proceedings to compel compliance with title 1 of…

J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S3623Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a8612a

Relates to requiring children under the age of 8 to be restrained by a child restraint system in a motor vehicle

Relates to requiring children under the age of 8 to be restrained by a child restraint system in a motor vehicle.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

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S5603Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a8405c

Establishes the New York state War of 1812 200th anniversary commemoration commission to promote the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812

Establishes the New York state War of 1812 200th anniversary commemoration commission to promote the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 by planning and executing an organized series of War of 1812…

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

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A7227Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.227

Relates to the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members

Permits Suffolk county to allow the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members where such owner was deployed overseas and such foreclosure was the result of financial…

Robert SweeneySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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A7570Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.229

Includes the loss of health insurance coverage in the determination of maintenance and the equitable distribution of marital property

Includes the loss of health insurance coverage in the determination of the equitable distribution of marital property and the awarding of maintenance.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S4283Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a2442c

Relates to residential micro-combined heat and power generating equipment

Relates to net energy metering for micro-combined heat and power generating systems.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

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A2369Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.224

Prohibits any agreement relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building requiring subcontractors and materialmen to exhaust remedies

Prohibits any agreement relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building requiring subcontractors and materialmen to exhaust all their remedies prior to filing a claim…

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S5632Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a8228

Implements a provision in a collective bargaining agreement between the state university construction fund and an employee organization relating to unused sick leave

Implements a provision in a collective bargaining agreement between the state university construction fund and an employee organization relating to unused sick leave and retirement service credit.

Diane J. SavinoOn the Senate floor

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S1058Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Substituted by a584a

Requires polling places to be accessible to physically disabled voters

Requires each polling place to be accessible to physically disabled voters and provides guidelines which shall be in accordance with the accessibility requirements mandated pursuant to the federal…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.On the Senate floor

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S1347Senate· Moved Jul 16, 2009· Lost

Makes various provisions relating to rent-to-own sales practices and disclosure requirements for rental-purchase agreements

Makes various provisions relating to rent-to-own sales practices and disclosure requirements for rental-purchase agreements; requires that the termination of rent-to-own contracts not exceed five…

Thomas K. Duane

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A4904Assembly· Signed Jul 16, 2009· Signed chap.226

Relates to the transfer of franchises or stocks by certain public service corporations

Relates to the transfer of franchises or stocks by gas corporations, electric corporations, steam corporations, water-works corporations, telegraph corporations and telephone corporations.

Hakeem JeffriesSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S5362Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8132

Authorizes the funding of the sanitary sewer system in the hamlet of Hemlock in the town of Livonia, county of Livingston

Authorizes the funding of the sanitary sewer system in the hamlet of Hemlock in the town of Livonia, county of Livingston.

Dale M. VolkerOn the Senate floor

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S5048Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a7698

Requires the elimination of the use of the term "oriental" in documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities when referring to persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage

Requires the elimination of the use of the term "oriental" in documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities when referring to persons of Asian or Pacific Islander…

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

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S5396Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a781b

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities including exclusion from participation or denial of benefits, services,…

Shirley L. HuntleyOn the Senate floor

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S5458Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8272

Authorizes the town of Marlborough, in the county of Ulster, to dissolve and discontinue the Applewood drainage district

Authorizes the town of Marlborough, in the county of Ulster, to dissolve and discontinue the Applewood Farms drainage district.

William J. Larkin Jr.On the Senate floor

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S5639Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a3193

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program and micro business outreach center

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program within the department of economic development, and provides for its functions, powers and duties; further creates the micro business…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S5586Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8294

Relates to computation of sales and compensating use taxes on modular home modules

Relates to computation of sales and compensating use taxes on modular home modules.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

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S6037Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8789

Relates to orders of custody involving a parent activated, deployed or temporarily assigned to the military

Relates to orders of custody involving a parent activated, deployed or temporarily assigned to the military; removes requirement that all orders issued in child custody and visitation proceedings…

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

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S6030Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a9038

Provides for the extension of health insurance coverage to the unmarried child of an insured through the age of 29 years

Provides for the extension of health insurance coverage to the unmarried child of an insurered through the age of 29 years.

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

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S6003Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8956a

Relates to service of papers by electronic means; eliminates requirement of consent in certain instances; repealer

Relates to service of papers by electronic means; eliminates requirement of consent in certain instances.

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

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S5031Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a9017

Enacts provisions relating to domestic violence; requiring attorneys for children to receive training or education in domestic violence

Requires lawyers for children to receive training or education in domestic violence; requires the court to state on the record the domestic violance and child abuse factored into their award of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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S5888Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8901

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act of 2009 and establishes the Green Jobs-Green New York fund

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act, to promote energy efficiency, energy conservation and the installation of clean energy technologies, to reduce energy consumption and costs, reduce…

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

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S5930Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8972a

Relates to reporting of suspected abuse of adults in certain residential care facilities licensed or operated by the state

Relates to reporting of suspected abuse of adults in certain residential care facilities licensed or operated by the state; creates a hotline for reporting of suspected abuse.

Shirley L. HuntleyOn the Senate floor

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S5914Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8823

Authorizes the issuance of an alcoholic beverage license to sell liquor at certain premises

Authorizes the issuance of an alcoholic beverage license to Just Lorraine's Place.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

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S5472Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8402a

Provides enhanced consumer and provider protections

Provides enhanced consumer and provider protections limitations on denial of claims for pre-authorized health care services; relates to grievance procedures; relates to managed care health insurance…

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

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S5828Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a8767a

Relates to qualified capital investments at relocated vendor tracks in Sullivan County

Relates to qualified capital investments at relocated vendor tracks in Sullivan County; reduces employment goal from 2,000 to 1,000 full-time, permanent employees.

John J. BonacicOn the Senate floor

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S2289Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a251a

Creates a regional technology commercialization fund and grant program in the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation

Creates a regional technology commercialization fund and grant program in the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation to promote and support research and development of…

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

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S2799Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a6854

Relating to an exemption to the residency requirement for the town of Fleming for fire corporation membership

Provides an exemption to the residency requirement for the town of Fleming for fire corporation membership.

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

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S4207Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a7607

Extends the term during which the Troy public library district may be established by three years

Extends the term during which the Troy public library district may be established by three years.

Roy J. McDonaldOn the Senate floor

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S4304Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a7019a

Authorizes the town board of the town of Byron, in the county of Genesee, to diminish the area of the Byron sewer district

Authorizes the town board of the town of Byron, in the county of Genesee, to diminish the area of the Byron sewer district.

Michael H. RanzenhoferOn the Senate floor

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S4938Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a5055

Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health

Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health; such division shall be responsible for assuring that mental health…

Shirley L. HuntleyOn the Senate floor

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S2687Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a6889a

Extends payback by the Southern Cayuga central school district on state aid overpayments for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years

Extends payback by the Southern Cayuga central school district on state aid overpayments for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years.

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

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S3527Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a1752a

Enacts Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

Requires facilities to disclose nursing quality indicators; provides for facilities with an operating certificate to make available to the public information regarding nurse staffing and patient…

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor

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S4946Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a3173

Creates the Westchester county workforce housing incentive program

Creates the Westchester county workforce housing incentive program; requires a local government that approves a subdivision plat or site plan for five or more residential units to require the set…

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

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S2408Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a5303c

Amends the Monroe county tax act and the Monroe county tax foreclosure act; repealer

Amends the Monroe county tax act and the Monroe county tax foreclosure act; repeals certain provisions of such acts and the Monroe county in rem tax foreclosure act; relates to the foreclosure of…

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

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S3337Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a2089a

Creates a conservation easement agreement in certain towns

Creates a conservation easement agreement exemption; allows certain towns whose interests or rights have been acquired for the purpose of an open space or an open area, shall be partially exempt…

Dale M. VolkerOn the Senate floor

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S3822Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a7664

Allows special assessing units besides cities to adjust their current base proportions based on such special assessing unit's 2009 assessment roll

Allows special assessing units besides cities to adjust their current base proportions based on such special assessing unit's 2009 assessment roll and limits such adjustment to 1% of the immediately…

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

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S4602Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a7949a

Authorizes superintendent of insurance to approve a demonstration program where an eligible insurer issues group health insurance policies to eligible associations

Authorizes the superintendent of insurance to approve a demonstration program under which an eligible insurer issues group health insurance policies to eligible associations.

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

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S868Senate· Moved Jul 15, 2009· Substituted by a4613a

Authorizes the Fredonia central school district to receive state aid for a certain approved capital funded project

Authorizes the Fredonia central school district to receive state aid for certain approved capital funded projects.

Catharine YoungOn the Senate floor

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