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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
Authorizes Alexander A. Restaino to apply for and receive retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child.
Extends the size of areas for which granting on-premises retail licenses is restricted: extends from 200 feet to 350 feet the area around certain listed buildings (i.e., any building occupied…
Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning; bars discrimination in the leasing of rental property against families receiving public assistance or governmental housing subsidies.
Authorizes disclosure of DNA information in the state DNA identification index or maintained by a forensic DNA laboratory to any public agency in connection with a criminal investigation; provides…
Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation.
Creates the Long Island 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 aside of…
Relates to charter schools; provides for local approval of charter schools, annual charter school budget votes and annual reporting to local boards of education; provides for collective bargaining…
Requires motor vehicle repair shops to give fair and legal estimates; provides a civil penalty of not more than three hundred dollars.
Provides that except in a city with a population of one million or more, any municipality shall have the authority to permit owners of a one family house to obtain a variance to legally establish…
Creates land banks for the acquisition of vacant and abandoned properties and authorizes the sale of such properties.
Provides that the school authorities of each school district and each board of cooperative educational services shall recognize and credit each teacher with transfer credit on a uniform and…
Establishes a corporate franchise tax credit for co-payments for prescription drugs which are not collected by pharmacies pursuant to federal law or regulations.
Establishes that a person is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree when he or she causes the death of a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or EMS paramedic or technician.
Relates to the reorganization of the Lakeview public library; provides that candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees shall be nominated by petition; makes related changes…
Requires that the owner shall have fifteen days from the approximate or estimated completion date specified in the contract for inspection of contracted home improvements prior to final payment…
Permits a state income tax deduction for home security devices, including but not limited to exterior lighting, burglar and fire alarms, installed by the owner occupant of a one, two or three family…
Allows board of education to provide transportation to school for a child living a lesser distance than two miles from school if the parent or guardian of the child is nonambulatory and unable to…
Repeals certain provisions of the election law and adds a new section to such law permitting a voter to vote by special ballot at the board of elections upon submission of a written statement and…
Provides that in making an equitable distribution of marital property, the court shall include the value of any such property transferred or encumbered in contemplation of a matrimonial action…
Requires health insurers covering surgery to cover all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions (self-donated); applies to individual and group policies and to medical…
Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to refuse to register or renew a registration of a motor vehicle for a person in default in paying child support; permits denial of registration of such…
Establishes the unlawful act of abusive conduct in the workplace; provides remedies and defenses; imposes vicarious liability on an employer who, when made aware of such abuse, fails to make a good…
Relates to the certification of persons not suitable to possess a firearm or self-defense spray device.
Provides a resident taxpayer an additional personal income tax exemption of $750 for each dependent who is 65 years of age or older and who is residing with the taxpayer; also requires the office…
Increases the penalties for repeat offenses of public lewdness within a ten year period, raising the second offense to a class A misdemeanor and third and subsequent offenses to a class E felony.
Provides for enhanced dispositional options in cases of domestic violence; provides for mandatory fines and participation in and successful completion of an educational program, probation for up to…
Increases the monetary penalties for the crimes of aggravated harassment in the first or second degrees or for discrimination; provides that such penalty shall be not less than five hundred dollars…
Requires signs posted for certain handicapped parking spaces at a shopping center or retail store to give notice of the amount of fines for illegally parking in such spaces.
Establishes the regents nursing professional's loan forgiveness program for applicants who agree to engage in employment as a nurse in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice centers.
Provides reimbursement of fifty percent of certain costs associated with the development and implementation of shared municipal services.
Establishes the credit for full-time nurses and the credit for teaching nurses to provide credits against income tax for certain nurses; provides that the amount of such credit shall be five hundred…
Prohibits the disposal of electronic equipment in solid waste facilities; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; provides that all fees and civil penalties collected pursuant to…
Establishes distinguished chairs in gerontological sciences to conduct research, engage in educational and training activities and provide clinical services at educational, medical and research…
Exempts qualifying vehicles from local sales and compensating use taxes imposed in or by any city having a population of one million or more; defines "qualifying vehicle" as a low-emission and…
Creates the crime of crimes against a delivery person when a specified offense is committed against a restaurant delivery person.
Amends chapter 152 of the laws of 2001 amending the military law relating to military funds of the organized militia, in relation to extending the effectiveness of such provisions.
Authorizes veterans who served in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom after March 20, 2003 to receive extra credit on competitive examinations.
Provides for the offering of special menus printed in 18 point bold font type, with suitable ink/paper contrast, for visually impaired patrons of restaurants; provides that compliance with this…
Requires that information available under FOIL which is supplied on software provided by a private entity and such software is copyrighted, patented or licensed to prevent its reproduction to be…
Extends certain benefits afforded with respect to judicial proceedings where the minor dependent of a military member is involved as a party; authorizes a stay of proceedings in such situations.
Provides for the imposition of a fixed real property assessed value on residential property owned by persons 65 years of age or older, when such owners have a combined annual income of $100,000 or…
Requires tractors propelling trailers or semitrailers to be driven exclusively in the right lane of traffic; makes an exception for when such tractors are overtaking and passing another vehicle on…
Establishes a bill shall be brought to the floor and voted upon by both houses of the legislature upon the filing of a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters requesting such bill…
Requires the commissioner of correctional services to provide notice by certified mail, at least 24 months prior to a correctional facility's closure, to certain local governments, employee labor…
Prohibits a defendant from entering a plea of guilty to less than all crimes charged in consideration of his offer to submit to being tested for exposure to HIV virus or other identified causative…
Permits election candidate to file biography with local board of elections; provides for the board of elections to establish the format and length of the statement; provides that the state board of…
Proposes an amendment to the New York state constitution which would expand the entitlement to civil service exam credit of certain members of the United States armed forces who were disabled during…
Adds school districts to the performance of municipal cooperative activities.
Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle licenses, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such…
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