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

A3434Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means
Authorizes franchise tax credit for providers of child care services in certain instances
Authorizes franchise tax credit for providers of child care services in certain instances; gives employers 30% tax credit on investments to offer child care services or to purchase child care…
Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee
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A3436Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations
Authorizes fingerprinting of third party employees by state OGS for criminal history checks
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to require the fingerprinting of the employees of any contractor doing work on a state job or any facility at which official state business is…
Barbara ClarkGovernmental Operations Committee

A3458Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

Requires certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities

Requires sperm and ovum storage facilities to inform clients regarding any state or federal laws relating to the inheritance rights of a posthumously conceived child from the utilization of such…

N. Nick PerryConsumer Affairs And Protection CommitteePublic Safety & Consumer Affairs

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A3462Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides for the indefinite suspension of New York city police officers without pay pending the disposition of charges of incompetence or misconduct in certain cases

Provides for the indefinite suspension of New York city police officers without pay pending the disposition of charges of incompetence or misconduct resulting in death or serious physical injury as…

N. Nick PerryGovernmental Employees Committee

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A3463Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Creates a temporary task force on school discipline to review the use of suspensions as a disciplinary tool; appropriation

Creates a temporary task force on school discipline to review the use and impact of suspensions as a disciplinary tool to consist of fifteen members to report to the governor, the temporary…

N. Nick PerryEducation Committee

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A3465Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Establishes a temporary state commission to make recommendations for new voting technology and provides for grants to localities to improve voting procedures; appropriation

Establishes a temporary state commission to make recommendations for new voting technology and provides for grants to localities to improve voting procedures; appropriates $25,000,000 therefor.

J. Gary PretlowElection Law Committee

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A3488Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Relates to reimbursing localities for the costs of housing felony prisoners

Increases the reimbursement rate for housing felony prisoners from $20.00 per day per capita to the actual cost as certified by the appropriate local official and approved by the state director of…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3497Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Requires a criminal court to release a defendant charged with certain offenses involving marihuana on his or her own recognizance upon ordering a case adjourned in contemplation of dismissal

Requires a criminal court to release a defendant charged with certain offenses involving marihuana on his or her own recognizance upon ordering a case adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Jeffrion AubryCodes Committee

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A3499Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Relates to reimbursing localities for the costs of maintaining custody of coram nobis inmates

Increases the reimbursement rate for housing coram nobis inmates from $20.00 per day per capita to the actual cost as certified by the appropriate local official and approved by the state director…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3500Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Reimburses localities for the cost of providing medical care for certain prison inmates and parole violators

Reimburses localities for the cost of providing medical care for certain prison inmates and parole violators; provides such reimbursements shall be paid by the state at the actual documented medical…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3513Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Relates to the right of professional surveyors to place liens on real property for performance of surveying services in the state of New York

Relates to the right of professional surveyors to place liens on real property for performance of surveying services in the state of New York.

Michael GianarisJudiciary CommitteeLegal

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A352Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Relates to the dates of hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon

Relates to the dates of hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon.

William MagnarelliGovernmental Employees Committee

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A3527Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to exempting clothing and footwear sold in New York city from all sales taxes

Exempts clothing and footwear sold in New York city from all state and local sales taxes.

Louis TobaccoWays And Means Committee

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A3542Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the removal or seizure of a vehicle for failure to satisfy outstanding parking violation judgments when such vehicle is occupied

Prohibits the removal or seizure of a vehicle for failure to satisfy outstanding parking violation judgments when such vehicle is occupied and, in the city of New York, also prohibits the removal of…

N. Nick PerryTransportation Committee

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A3556Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in election law

Establishes the Bloomberg waiver for candidates in compliance with N.Y. cities campaign finance board regulations

Establishes the Bloomberg waiver for candidates in compliance with NYC's campaign finance board regulations regarding a voluntary personal spending limit; failure to set a voluntary limit waives the…

N. Nick PerryElection Law Committee

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A3564Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Relates to the dismissal of members on the panel for educational policy

Prohibits the discharge or dismissal of a member of the panel for educational policy without providing such member with a thirty day notice of such discharge or dismissal.

N. Nick PerryEducation Committee

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A3568Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides that state emergency management office vehicles be included in the definition of authorized emergency vehicle

Provides that state emergency management office vehicles be included in the definition of authorized emergency vehicle.

N. Nick PerryTransportation Committee

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A3571Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Expands the class of issue to include certain posthumously conceived children

Expands the class of issue to include certain posthumously conceived children.

N. Nick PerryJudiciary Committee

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A3572Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Requires persons assuming exempt class positions to demonstrate their competence for such position through education or professional training

Requires persons assuming exempt non-competitive class civil service positions to demonstrate their competence for such position through education, substantive experience or professional training or…

N. Nick PerryGovernmental Employees CommitteeFinance

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A3596Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board; provides that such oral statement shall be made to the members of the state…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A3598Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in judiciary

Requires a condemnor to compensate home owners for loss in value due to a diminished viewshed

Requires a condemnor to compensate home owners for loss in value due to a diminished viewshed.

Clifford CrouchJudiciary Committee

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A3605Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases

Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases.

Clifford CrouchEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A3616Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Enhances availability of basic language and high school equivalency educational opportunities for public assistance recipients

Enhances availability of basic language and high school equivalency educational opportunities for public assistance recipients; requires social services districts to make participants aware of basic…

Deborah GlickSocial Services Committee

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A3636Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires submission of a plan by the MTA to convert diesel bus fleet to alternative fuel vehicles

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to formulate and annually update a long-term strategic plan to convert existing diesel bus fleet to alternative fuel vehicles; requires submission…

Deborah GlickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A3644Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires children aged 5 to 15 on school buses equipped or required to be equipped therewith to use safety belts

Provides that children ages 5 through 15 inclusive must use safety belts when riding on a school bus equipped with safety belts or required by law to be equipped with safety belts; driver is subject…

Audrey PhefferTransportation Committee

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A3658Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful use of spyware and malware

Establishes the crime of unlawful use of spyware and malware; unlawful use of spyware and malware is a class A misdemeanor, provided, however, that unlawful use of spyware and malware by a person…

Darryl TownsCodes Committee

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A3669Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Authorizes the governor to negotiate and enter into an interstate compact for the exchange of information on registered sex offenders

Authorizes the governor, on behalf of the state, to negotiate and enter into an interstate compact for the exchange of information on registered sex offenders.

David KoonCorrection Committee

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A3677Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Makes loitering on school grounds a class B misdemeanor

Establishes the offense of loitering in or near school grounds as a class B misdemeanor; defines school grounds and includes the area within 1000 feet of the property line of such school.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A3710Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Relates to assessment disclosure

Provides that every assessing unit participating in the annual assessment program described in section 1573 of the real property tax law when such assessing unit is not conducting a full scale…

David KoonReal Property Taxation Committee

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A3711Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides a tax credit to home owners who repair cock loft fire hazards in their homes

Provides a tax credit to home owners who repair cock loft fire hazards in their homes.

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

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A3716Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician under such law.

Joseph LentolLabor Committee

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A3719Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Facilitates payment of claims by health insurers to municipalities for early intervention services

Facilitates payment of claims by health insurers to municipalities for early intervention services; deems certification of the individualized family services plan by the early intervention official…

Amy PaulinInsurance Committee

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A3732Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Establishes small flexible fund accounts at the local level

Establishes small flexible fund accounts at the local level or the regrant program for one-time events or short term needs.

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

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A3735Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires a prohibition on students leaving campus in a motor vehicle during the lunch period to be included in school codes of conduct

Requires a prohibition on students leaving campus in a motor vehicle during the lunch period to be included in school codes of conduct.

Michael GianarisEducation Committee

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A3741Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides that salaries of chairman and remaining commissioners of temporary state commission of investigation shall be fixed as prescribed in executive law

Provides that the salaries of the chairman and the remaining commissioners of the temporary state commission of investigation shall be fixed as prescribed in executive law 169(1)(b) for certain…

Joseph LentolGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3760Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Confers arrest powers on harbor masters and bay constables acting pursuant to their special duties

Provides that harbor masters and bay constables appointed by a county, city, town or village, have the power to arrest on warrants pursuant to their special duties within their geographical area of…

Andrew RaiaCodes Committee

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A3763Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to the refundability of the investment tax credit for research and development property

Relates to the refundability of the investment tax credit for research and development property where any taxpayer allowed certain credits that conducts basic, applied or translational research that…

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

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A3773Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes the Flushing Meadow-Corona Park community development corporation

Establishes the Flushing Meadow-Corona Park community development corporation to assist in the redevelopment and revitalization of the Willets Point area in Queens, New York; provides for certain…

Jeffrion AubryCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A3774Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Reduces the tax on aviation fuel businesses under article 13-A of the tax law; repealer

Reduces the tax on aviation fuel businesses by repealing the Kero-jet fuel tax.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A3779Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires the indexing of certain orders of the department of environmental conservation

Requires that all rules, regulations, orders, consent orders and amendments thereto of the department of environmental conservation be in writing and be entered in full and indexed in quarterly…

Joseph LentolEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A3802Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides personal income tax credit for real property taxes paid by certain veterans and their spouses; repeals real property tax law veterans' tax exemptions

Replaces current system which grants veterans real property tax exemptions funded by local governments with a system funded by the state; provides that honorably discharged veterans of certain wars…

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

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A3808Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physicians, physicians assistants and specialist assistants to complete domestic violence training or course work

Requires registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physicians, physicians assistants and specialist assistants to complete approved domestic violence training or course work; provides that for…

Dennis H. GabryszakHigher Education Committee

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A3811Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates new crime of offering an unlawful gratuity to a juror, a class A misdemeanor, to prohibit a party from conferring or offering to confer payment on juror

Makes it a class A misdemeanor for a party or representative of a party to an action or proceeding before a juror, and after discharge of such juror, to confer, or offer or agree to confer, any…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A3823Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Amends provisions relating to the financing of charter schools to provide for financing by the state

Amends provisions relating to the financing of charter schools to provide for financing by the state rather than local school districts.

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

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A3834Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions

Authorizes United States park police and N.Y. regional state park police to ride on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Railroad free of charge

Authorizes United States park police and NY regional state park police to ride on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Railroad free of charge.

Joseph LentolCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A3838Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.292

Requires return of tenants' security deposits plus accumulated interest, less deductions, within thirty days of termination of tenancy

Requires that within thirty days of termination of a residential tenancy, the landlord shall return security deposits and accrued interest; permits withholding of unpaid rent from security deposit;…

Joseph LentolOn the Assembly floor

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A3839Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for the apportionment of certain school aid commencing on and after July 1, 2010

Provides for the apportionment of certain school aid commencing on and after July 1, 2010.

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

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