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

A7438Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary
Requires certain information to be provided on a real property transfer form
Requires certain information to be provided on a real property transfer form; requires limited liability companies to provide certain information when purchasing real property.
Sam HoytJudiciary Committee
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A744Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Prohibits the throwing, tossing, expectorating or expelling of saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion at or on an employee of a correctional facility
Prohibits the throwing, tossing, expectorating or expelling of saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion at or on an employee of a correctional facility; such conduct shall be aggravated…
Aileen GuntherCodes Committee

A747Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides for a transportation credit for commuters residing in this state and employed or self-employed within N.Y. city

Provides for a transportation credit for commuters residing within this state and employed or self-employed within a large city, i.e. population over one million; provides that such credit is equal…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

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A7475Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides for the implementation of a STOP DWI signage program

Provides for the implementation of a STOP DWI memorial signage program to include the names of drunk driving victims on a sign placed along the highways of this state; provides for the placement of…

Mark J.F. SchroederTransportation Committee

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A7481Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Qualifies agricultural community representatives as members on boards of industrial development agencies

Qualifies representatives of the agricultural community in political subdivisions that contain in whole or in part an agricultural district as defined in article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture…

Marcus MolinaroLocal Governments Committee

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A7527Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in economic development

Requires the state liquor authority to provide not-for-profit establishments at least 30 days on all billing related matters

Requires the state liquor authority to provide not-for-profit establishments at least thirty days on all billing related matters.

Felix OrtizEconomic Development Committee

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A7529Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in tourism, arts and sports development

Makes an appropriation for the rehabilitation of the Soldiers and Sailors museum

Makes an appropriation for the rehabilitation of the Soldiers and Sailors museum.

Felix OrtizTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A7539Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Prohibits candidates for public office to be voted upon in an election district from being a poll watcher in such district

Prohibits candidates for public office to be voted upon in an election district from being a poll watcher in such district; also prohibits the spouse, parent or child of such candidate from so…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A7540Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Provides that parent or guardian shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school

Provides that parent or guardian shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school.

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

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A7541Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Allows official publications to be posted by electronic means by including for consideration newspapers electronically transmitted

Provides county legislatures and the city council of the city of New York may satisfy the publication requirements for official publications by having the option to post such publications by…

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

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A7566Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Changes the name of the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to the New York state developmental disabilities services office; repealer

Changes the name of the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to the New York state developmental disabilities services office.

Peter RiveraMental Health Committee

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A7574Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.502

Provides that collateral loan brokers shall store firearms in the same manner as gunsmiths and dealers in firearms are required to store them

Provides that collateral loan brokers shall store firearms in the same manner as gunsmiths and dealers in firearms are required to store them.

Sam HoytOn the Assembly floor

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A7578Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes a 5 year moratorium on the taking of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs by any person

Establishes a 5 year moratorium on the taking of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs by any person, unless such taking is for scientific or educational purposes.

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A759Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies in obstetrics course

Provides for a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies in obstetrics course.

Amy PaulinHealth Committee

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A7590Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Extends the grace period allowed for payment of tax stamps for cigarettes

Extends the grace period allowed for payment of tax stamps for cigarettes from thirty to sixty days.

George AmedoreWays And Means Committee

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A7599Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides a waiver of vehicle registration and driver's license fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

Provides a waiver of vehicle registration and driver's license fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

William MageeTransportation Committee

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A7610AssemblyS3293· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Makes provisions relating to HIV testing, including consent for such testing, required offering for such testing, confidentiality and disclosure

Makes provisions relating to HIV testing, including consent for such testing, required offering for such testing, confidentiality and disclosure.

Richard GottfriedHealth CommitteeHealth

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A7626Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Provides for the establishment of a program to certify certain feed mills, farms, and sellers of food products which produced or used feed that does not contain animal parts

Provides for the establishment of a program to certify certain feed mills, farms, and sellers of food products which produced or used feed that does not contain animal parts.

Felix OrtizAgriculture CommitteeEconomy

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A7636Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires sellers of residential real property to provide buyers the homeowners insurance claims history of the property

Requires sellers of residential real property to provide the buyers with the homeowners insurance claims history of the property; requires real estate purchase contract forms provided by real estate…

Peter RiveraJudiciary Committee

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A7639Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes presumption with respect to possession of two or more stolen or forged public assistance identification cards

Establishes presumption that a person who possesses two or more stolen or forged public assistance identification cards knows such cards are either stolen or forged instruments and are intended to…

Peter RiveraCodes Committee

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A7640Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Requires all seeds that are or include genetically engineered organisms to be labeled as such

Requires all seeds that are or include genetically modified organisms to be labeled "These are genetically modified seeds", and include labeling on the identity of the relevant traits and…

Peter RiveraAgriculture Committee

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A7642Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires commercial airports to identify and maintain a record of all minors unaccompanied by an adult

Directs commercial air carrier airports to identify and maintain a record of each child under 18 who arrives unaccompanied by an adult; such information shall be reported to the civil rights bureau…

Peter RiveraTransportation Committee

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A767Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Establishes health care organization accountability for delay, failure or refusal to approve, provide, arrange or timely pay for certain health care services

Provides for accountability of "health care organizations" (i.e., entities, other than a health care provider, that approve, provide, arrange for or pay for health care services, including a health…

Richard GottfriedJudiciary Committee

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A7674Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides that issuers of debit and credit cards shall pay sales and use taxes directly to the commissioner of taxation and finance

Provides that issuers of debit and credit cards shall pay sales and use taxes directly to the state tax commission.

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

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A768Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Creates a task force to examine the potential causes of flooding in downstream areas of reservoirs

Establishes that the commissioner of environmental conservation convene a task force to examine the potential causes of flooding in downstream areas of reservoirs.

Aileen GuntherEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A7723Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in social services

Provides fiscal relief to each local social services district by assuming expenditures for all optional services offered by the state medical assistance program

Authorizes the state to alleviate the county cost of medical assistance payments and to provide fiscal relief to each local social services district by assuming expenditures for all optional…

Jack Quinn IIISocial Services Committee

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A773Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Authorizes state reimbursement to municipal corporations for tax revenue lost and expenses incurred as a result of the reduced assessment of forest land

Authorizes a procedure whereby the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in which there is located privately owned forest lands which are exempt from real property taxes to make…

Aileen GuntherReal Property Taxation Committee

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A7747Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires any renovations of mass transit or rapid transit stations by the MTA shall include facilities to expand access to include persons with disabilities

Requires any renovations of mass transit or rapid transit stations by the MTA shall include elevators, escalators or other facilities to expand access to include persons with disabilities.

Micah KellnerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A7755Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Exempts the sale of fuel by a waterfront or marine use fueling facility for use in any water craft from use tax

Exempts the sale of fuel by a marina or other waterfront or marine use fueling facility for use in any water craft from use tax.

Joseph SaladinoWays And Means Committee

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A7766Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires immunization providers to provide written information on required immunizations

Requires immunization providers to provide certain written information to the person receiving the immunization or the parent or guardian when such immunization is required for enrollment in a…

Ginny FieldsHealth Committee

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A7784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to fees and charges for distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients

Relates to fees and charges for distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients.

Darryl TownsTransportation Committee

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A7796Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Pertains to the effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions relating to heart disease

Pertains to the effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions relating to heart disease.

Ellen C. JaffeeGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7802Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Relates to the authorization to make payments for certain school, fire, fire protection and ambulance districts for lands pursuant to the Peconic Bay community preservation fund

Relates to the authorization to make payments for certain school, fire, fire protection and ambulance districts for lands pursuant to the Peconic Bay community preservation fund.

Fred ThieleLocal Governments Committee

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A7804Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Establishes the "healthy schools act"

Establishes the "healthy schools act"; requires DOH to develop media health promotion campaigns regarding positive correlations between health, physical activity and academic performance; requires…

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

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A7815Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2014

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2014.

Micah KellnerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A7817Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits public utility companies, cable television companies and cellular telephone service suppliers from disclosing to a credit reporting agency any late payment

Prohibits public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers from disclosing to a credit reporting agency any late payment or default in payment of any fee or…

Peter RiveraConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A7818Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Directs the office of children and family services to examine the impact of children of mothers with HIV on the social services system

Directs the office of children and family services to examine the impact of orphaned children of mothers with HIV on the social services system; requires that such department report to the…

Peter RiveraChildren And Families Committee

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A7821Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Makes residential facilities controlled by state agencies subject to local site plan review

Makes residential facilities controlled by state agencies subject to local site plan review.

Teresa SaywardLocal Governments Committee

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A7825Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Allows local governments to merge their corporate structure through local initiative; repealer

Enacts the "town mergers law;" creates a procedure for the merger of adjoining towns into a single new town; repeals provisions of the town law providing for consolidation of towns.

David KoonLocal Governments Committee

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A7837Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires passengers on school buses equipped with seat belts to wear such belts when the bus is in motion

Provides that all passengers of school buses must wear seat belts; exempts school bus attendants and others acting in a supervisory capacity from such requirement; requires that drivers announce…

Mike SpanoTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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A784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides access to redacted copies of death certificates

Amends the public health law to provide access to copies of death certificates with identifying information redacted.

Jonathan BingHealth Committee

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A7856Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Provides that certain unremarried spouses of deceased employees of the state shall pay for health insurance coverage at the same rate as active state employees

Provides that unremarried spouses of deceased employees of the state who retired prior to April 1, 1979 shall be required to pay for health insurance coverage at the same rate as paid by active…

Ann-Margaret CarrozzaGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7861Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Clarifies provisions of law permitting volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to purchase health insurance through a municipality

Clarifies provisions of law permitting volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to purchase health insurance through a municipality.

Fred ThieleInsurance Committee

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A7873Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides the expiration of orders of protection calculated from the date jail sentence has expired; extends orders of protection to lifetime where party is a repeat offender

Provides the expiration of orders of protection calculated from the date jail sentence has expired; extends orders of protection to lifetime where party is a repeat offender; authorizes computer…

Marc AlessiJudiciary Committee

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A7879Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

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, within thirty days of such removal, death, resignation or…

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

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A7897Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Regulates ownership and operation of residential health care facilities by business corporations; repealer

Requires the approval of the public health council where ten percent or more of the ownership interest in a residential health care facility is transferred to a corporation owned by another…

Harvey WeisenbergHealth Committee

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A7898Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Defines the kind of assistance required to be included as part of medicaid personal care services

Defines the kind of assistance required for a recipient to obtain medicaid personal care services, as assistance with health and safety needs including hands-on assistance, supervision and cuing to…

Helene WeinsteinHealth Committee

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A790Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Relates to state aid for certain towns adversely affected by a concentration of tax exempt property

Relates to state aid for certain cities adversely affected by a concentration of tax exempt property.

Aileen GuntherReal Property Taxation Committee

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