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

A2754Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments
Requires the pay of deputy chiefs to be increased the same as police officers in negotiating units
Requires the pay of deputy chiefs of police in departments employing less than 575 sworn officers to be increased by the same dollar amount as the next higher ranking subordinate police officers in…
J. Gary PretlowLocal Governments Committee
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A2758Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health
Establishes temporary task force on developmental disabilities
Establishes a temporary task force on developmental disabilities to develop eligibility guidelines for the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities services for persons with…
Peter RiveraMental Health Committee

A2770Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to creating the crime of cyberterrorism and calculating damages caused by computer tampering

Relates to creating the crime of cyberterrorism and calculating damages caused by computer tampering; cyberterrorism shall be a class B felony.

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A2771Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the offense of vehicular obstruction of governmental administration when a person fails to respond to a police or peace officer's instruction to stop

Establishes the offense of vehicular obstruction of governmental administration when a person fails to respond to a police or peace officer's instruction to stop or by driving away before such…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A2786Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary for each year of service.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2788Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Establishes requirements for the provision of ambulance services to senior living facilities

Requires all senior living facilities to employ an independent ambulance service for the provision of emergency medical services and transport at such facilities; a senior living facility is any…

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

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A2809Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Classifies as murder in the first degree a deliberate and premeditated design to effect death by a cold-blooded killer; lets jury choose prison for less than life

Classifies as murder in the first degree a deliberate and premeditated design to effect death by a cold-blooded killer; permits jury to choose prison for less than life; specifies that if the jury…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A2814Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Reduces the marginal personal income tax for taxable years beginning after 2005 from 6.85% to 6.5%

Reduces the marginal personal income tax for taxable years beginning after 2005 from 6.85% to 6.5%.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A2815Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides an exemption from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax for certain equipment purchased by companies located in college incubator facilities

Provides an exemption from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax for equipment, with a purchase price of five hundred dollars or greater, purchased by companies located in college incubator…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A282Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Provides for the establishment of a New York city liquor authority to license and regulate the retail alcoholic beverage business in the city

Provides for the establishment of a New York city liquor authority to license and regulate the retail alcoholic beverage business in the city; provides for its functions, powers, and duties; places…

Audrey PhefferEconomic Development Committee

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A2821Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments

Provides cost-of-living adjustments; increases the maximum percentage of the CPI for COLA benefits to not more than 5% and not less than 1% of CPI.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2822Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments for New York public retirement systems

Provides a cost-of-living adjustment; increases COLA payable to eligible surviving spouses to the full amount of the monthly COLA benefits the deceased retiree received.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2831Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in housing

Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences

Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences, including a cooperative or a condominium unit.

Michael J. FitzpatrickHousing Committee

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A2832Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Mandates a code of ethics to be applied to school district employees in the prohibition of the use of school resources for personal gain

Mandates the trustees of common school districts and the board of education of every union free school district to establish a code of ethics to be applied to the prohibition of the use of school…

Michael J. FitzpatrickEducation Committee

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A2850Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Relates to increasing the limit of the amount of money which may be on deposit with the excelsior linked deposit program

Increases the limit on the amount of funds which may be on deposit with the excelsior linked deposit program at any given time from $460 million to $525 million.

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A2852Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.236

Establishes the strategic network partnerships program to organize, integrate and coordinate state programs designed to assist manufacturing industries

Establishes the strategic network partnerships program to organize, integrate and coordinate state programs designed to assist manufacturing industries to become more competitive and productive;…

Robin SchimmingerOn the Assembly floor

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A2859Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Enacts the "owner-driver protection act" to make public work standards applicable to owner-drivers

Enacts the "owner-driver protection act"; requires public work contractors and subcontractors employing owner-drivers on public work projects to pay the prevailing rate of wage, provide appropriate…

Steven EnglebrightLabor Committee

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A2864Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Authorizes employers of manual workers to apply to commissioner of labor for exemption from requirement of paying manual workers weekly

Authorizes employers to apply to commissioner of labor for exemption from requirement of paying workers weekly if such employers satisfy certain criteria; removes language which would require…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A2869Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Permits one to three owner-officer corporations to elect workers' compensation coverage for such owner-officers as if they were employees or decline coverage

Increases the number of executive owner-officers of a small corporation who may elect to be included in or excluded from workers' compensation insurance coverage from two to three.

Robin SchimmingerLabor Committee

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A2888Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree.

David KoonCodes Committee

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A2889Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Imposes mandatory prison sentence for the use or display of a firearm or rifle when committing a violent felony

Provides that any person convicted of using or attempting to use a firearm or rifle in commission of any violent felony offense shall be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment of 3 years…

David KoonCodes Committee

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A2898Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Increases the estate tax unified credit threshold to the unified credit amounts allowable under the internal revenue code

Increases the estate tax unified credit threshold to the unified credit amounts allowable under the internal revenue code beginning January 1, 2011; eliminates the New York estate and…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A290Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Establishes the "say yes to education demonstration program"

Establishes a demonstration program in the city school district of the city of Syracuse and in up to five other cities with a population of less than one million.

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

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A2903Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Establishes a real property tax exemption for persons eighty years of age or over

Establishes a real property tax exemption for persons eighty years of age or over; provides that such exemption shall be phased in over a ten year period whereby ten percent of the assessed…

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

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A2908Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides state reimbursement for all state and local agencies and jurisdictions to make trigger locks available to their police/peace officers

Provides state reimbursement for all state and local agencies and jurisdictions to make trigger locks available to their police/peace officers; provides state funding therefor in the manner for body…

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2911Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime.

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

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A292Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to requiring instruction on organ donor awareness in all senior high schools as part of the health education curriculum

Relates to requiring instruction on organ donor awareness in all senior high schools as part of the health education curriculum.

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

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A2962Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Creates health care plan and facility restructuring and security program to provide assistance to health insurers at risk of insolvency

Creates the health care plan and facility restructuring and security program to provide assistance to health insurers, health care facilities and health maintenance organizations at risk of…

William A. BarclayInsurance Committee

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A2968Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Requires individuals to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote

Requires individuals to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations establishing which forms of proof of the…

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A2985Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Relates to the taking of private property; repealer

Provides that with just compensation paid, private property may be taken only when necessary for the possession, occupation, or enjoyment of land by the public at large or by public agencies.

Joan ChristensenJudiciary Committee

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A2986Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at SUNY and CUNY

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of…

Michael CusickHigher Education Committee

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A2987Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

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A2989Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Provides determination for partial disability and establishes objective medical guidelines, a benefit evaluation commission and pharmaceutical fee schedules; repealer

Relates to permanent partial disability; provides that such permanent partial disability shall be based on the objective medical guidelines for determination of percentage or permanent impairment;…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A2992Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires sellers of residential real property to disclose result of radon tests for all houses offered for sale, exchange, or for lease with option to buy

Requires sellers of residential real property to disclose to potential buyers, prior to execution of any contract, the results of radon tests conducted within 6 months for all houses offered for…

Audrey PhefferJudiciary Committee

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A2999Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Requires inscription code placed upon a sex offender's public assistance cards, if an application for sex enhancing drugs is made by such person

Requires inscription codes placed upon a sex offender's public assistance cards, if an application for sex enhancing drugs is made by such person required to register as a sex offender.

Annette RobinsonSocial Services Committee

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A3001Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Establishes "freedom health insurance plans"

Provides for the establishment of "freedom health insurance plans"; enables the use of health savings accounts in New York state.

William A. BarclayInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A3006Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Limits the number of bills which may be introduced in the senate and assembly

Provides that no senator or assemblyman may introduce more than one hundred twenty-five bills or fifty bills, respectively, during term for which he or she is elected; bill introduced at such…

William A. BarclayGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3020Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Provides for the forfeiture of unspent campaign funds after conviction and resignation of the elected official

Provides for the forfeiture of unspent campaign funds after conviction and resignation of the elected official.

Michael BenjaminElection Law Committee

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A3034Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Allows the victim of a misdemeanor the right to make a statement relevant to sentencing

Allows the victim of a misdemeanor the right to make a statement relevant to sentencing.

Joan ChristensenCodes Committee

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A3041Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in economic development

Amends the economic development law and the tax law to create tax incentives for manufacturing firms that maintain or increase employment

Amends the economic development law by adding a new article to create an incentive program for manufacturers that maintain or increase employment, and amends the tax law by adding a new article and…

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

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A3042Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful purchase or sale of a social security number

Establishes the crimes of unlawful purchase or sale of a social security number in the first and second degrees; prohibits the sale of a person's social security account number; establishes unlawful…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A3048Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Eliminates the corporate franchise tax and personal income tax on business corporations which are manufacturers

Eliminates the corporate franchise tax and personal income tax on business corporations that are manufacturers; defines terms "manufacturer" and "principally engaged".

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

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A3056Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Creates junior big game hunting license; describes rights and duties

Creates junior big game hunting license for people between the ages of 12 and 16 years to hunt wild deer and bear during the hunting season; describes the rights and duties associated with such…

William A. BarclayEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A3057Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of criminal use of a mobile camera telephone, an E felony offense

Creates the crime of criminal use of a mobile camera telephone, an E felony offense; protects people from violation of their privacy.

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

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A3063Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Prohibits public employers from dismissing or taking other disciplinary actions against a public employee for being misquoted by the press

Prohibits public employers from dismissing or taking other disciplinary actions against a public employee for being misquoted by the press.

Michael BenjaminGovernmental Employees Committee

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A3071Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful failure to obey a police officer while operating a motor vehicle

Establishes the crime of unlawful failure to obey a police officer while operating a motor vehicle; provides that a person is guilty of such crime when he or she, when having been directed to stop…

Joan ChristensenCodes Committee

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A3080Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Relates to creating a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements

Creates a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements and products affixed to homes; directs NYSRDA to develop a list of qualified products and improvements and provides that such…

Thomas F. O'MaraWays And Means Committee

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