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

A2063Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions
Create a temporary state commission to review and report on the usefulness of state authorities
Creates a temporary state commission to review and report on the usefulness of state authorities.
Mark J.F. SchroederCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee
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A2066Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Relates to creating a temporary state commission to provide for the dissolution of the New York state thruway authority; repealer
Creates a temporary state commission to provide for the dissolution of the New York state thruway authority and the reassignment of the powers and duties thereof; abolishes the New York state…
Mark J.F. SchroederCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

A207Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires any state agency, the judiciary or legislature receiving state funding for capital improvement purchases energy star equipment

Requires any state agency, the judiciary or legislature receiving state funding for or providing money to other groups for capital improvements, to purchase Energy Star equipment and appliances.

Andrew HevesiGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2072Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Creates a cause of action against a public works contractor for failure to provide certain employee benefits

Creates a cause of action for damages by any contractor, subcontractor or employee thereof, whose bid on a public works contract was rejected, against the contractor or subcontractor whose bid was…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A2074Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires the preparation of a public health program access beneficiary report and disclosure of information pertaining to employer-provided health insurance

Requires the preparation of a public health program access beneficiary report detailing employers' employees' use of medicaid, child health plus, and family health plus by the department of health…

Susan JohnHealth CommitteeHealth

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A2075Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Makes provisions to protect indoor air quality including indoor air quality plans by building owners and air quality standards and investigations

Makes provisions for the protection of indoor air quality including the requirement that building owners develop and maintain an indoor environmental plan and undertake other responsibilities…

Donna LupardoHealth Committee

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A2077Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Reduces certain fees charged by municipalities for birth and death records; repealer

Reduces the fees charged by municipalities for searching records relating to birth and/or death certificates; such searches would be billed at a rate of twenty dollars an hour; half-hours work would…

Donna LupardoHealth Committee

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A2081Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Requires a new public hearing for any change made to a proposed eminent domain project after the conclusion of public hearings

Requires a new public hearing for any change made to a proposed eminent domain project after the conclusion of public hearings.

Daniel O'DonnellJudiciary Committee

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A2091Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes certain vehicles with weight and dimension limitations to travel across certain highways for a limited distance

Authorizes certain vehicles with weight and dimension limitations to travel across certain highways for a limited distance.

Mark J.F. SchroederTransportation Committee

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A2098Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in insurance

Provides that notification of the cancellation of an insurance policy shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested

Provides that notification of the cancellation of an insurance policy shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested.

Fred ThieleInsurance Committee

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A2103Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Creates the public housing voluntary medical alert program in New York city

Creates the public housing voluntary medical alert program in New York city; creates a voluntary registry of medical conditions that may be aggravated by law enforcement activity and provides a…

Michael BenjaminHousing Committee

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A2117Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for an unlimited number of charters issued for charter school but maintains the percentages of recommendations

Provides for an unlimited number of charters issued for charter school but maintains the percentages of recommendations.

Michael BenjaminEducation Committee

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A2138Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Increases requirements for screening of children for lead upon enrollment in public school and upon referral to the committee on special education

Increases requirements for screening of children for lead upon enrollment in public school and upon referral to the committee on special education; provides for increased recordkeeping; requires…

Susan JohnEducation Committee

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A2143Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Directs the commissioner of labor to calculate proper payment of supplements by an annualization methodology

Authorizes the commissioner of labor to calculate proper payment of supplements by an annualization methodology utilized by the US department of labor under the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931; provides for…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A2149Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires school districts to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on the internet

Requires school districts, outside of any city having a population of 1,000,000 or more, to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on…

Steven EnglebrightEducation Committee

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A2151Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Provides relief for senior citizens through the school tax relief program

Provides relief for senior citizens through the STAR program, setting the base figure for the exemption for the 2008-2009 school year at seventy-five thousand eight hundred dollars for eligible…

Steven EnglebrightAging CommitteeHealth

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A2154Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires hospitals to provide notice to employees and patients of environmental health and safety hazards

Requires hospitals to provide notice to employees and patients of environmental health and safety hazards; requires the appointment of an environmental health and safety information access contact…

Steven EnglebrightHealth Committee

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A2156Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to tourism, arts and sports development

Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve

Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles by the general public in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve; grants exceptions for the…

Steven EnglebrightTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A2159Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy

Establishes clean energy funds for the improvement of energy efficiency and development of clean energy technologies; repealer

Enacts provisions regarding the electric industry in New York state; prohibits electricity providers from selling electricity generated in a closed service territory and if it is a subsidized…

Steven EnglebrightEnergy Committee

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A2161Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides that residential health care facilities may return and redistribute unused medication

Provides that residential health care facilities may return and redistribute unused medication provided that such medication is in the manufacturer's original, tamper evident packaging; directs the…

Steven EnglebrightHealth Committee

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A2169Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Authorizes the participation of certain not-for-profit corporations in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes the participation of certain not-for-profit corporations which receive forty percent or more of their gross revenues through government funding to elect participation in the New York…

John McEnenyGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2174Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires every school district to provide notice of the days it is closed to the nonpublic schools it provides transportation to

Requires the superintendent of every school district to prepare a public school calendar and notify the officials of nonpublic schools of such calendar for the purpose of determining the days when…

John McEnenyEducation Committee

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A2180Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Enacts "Steven's Law" to require passengers of motor vehicles involved in personal injury accidents to report such accident when the operator does not stop

Enacts "Steven's Law"; requires passengers of motor vehicles involved in personal injury accidents to report such accident when the operator of such motor vehicle does not stop or provide…

Thomas F. O'MaraTransportation Committee

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A2183Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Permits the employment of twelve and thirteen year old minor children by public school districts as reading tutors

Provides that a minor twelve or thirteen years of age may be employed by a public school district, organized in accordance with the education law, as a reading tutor of children in grades…

Fred ThieleLabor Committee

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A2187Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in a sexual manner, a class E felony

Establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in a sexual manner, a class E felony.

Greg BallCodes Committee

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A2197Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Relates to establishment of "freedom health insurance plans"

Relates to establishment of "freedom health insurance plans"; provides a tax credit for certain health insurance plans purchased by small employers and certain individuals; provides additional…

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

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A2198Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides for licensing of occupational safety and hygiene professionals

Provides for licensing of occupational safety and hygiene professionals, creates state board for industrial hygiene and safety; specifies requirements for a license and authorizes limited permits;…

Joseph MorelleHigher Education Committee

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A2200Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Relates to contracts of the power authority of the state of New York

Authorize NYS Economic Development Power Allocation Board to allocate any power available under the economic development program, the power for jobs program, or any other program to eligible…

Joseph MorelleEconomic Development Committee

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A2220Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus

Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus to have a minor child brought before the court.

Amy PaulinJudiciary Committee

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A2223Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates a task force to study and assess the condition of African American men in New York

Establishes a task force on the condition of African American men in New York; such task force shall consist of 17 members; task force shall report its findings no later than December 31, 2010.

Crystal Peoples-StokesGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2225Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Establishes the university at Buffalo institute for African American studies; appropriation

Establishes the university at Buffalo institute for African American studies; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

Crystal Peoples-StokesHigher Education Committee

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A2233Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires cigarette manufacturer to disclose chemical additives in cigarettes

Requires manufacturers of cigarettes sold or distributed in the state to disclose additives used in the manufacture of cigarettes and to identify those substances which have been determined to be…

Brian KavanaghHealth Committee

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A2235Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Establishes the commission on the infrastructure of New York state and provides for its powers and duties

Establishes the commission on the infrastructure of New York state to ensure that the infrastructure of the state meets current and future demand and facilitates economic growth, is maintained in a…

Michael GianarisGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2241Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Relates to creating the over-age and under-credited or out of school student program

Relates to creating the over-age and under-credited or out of school student program; provides that students who are no longer of compulsory age shall be offered programs to complete a general…

Mark J.F. SchroederEducation Committee

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A2245Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that a person is guilty of assault 3rd when he or she strikes a person he or she knows/should know is a police or peace officer while officer is performing

Provides that a person commits the crime of assault in the third degree, a class A misdemeanor, when he or she strikes person whom he/she knows, or reasonably should know, to be a police or peace…

Mark J.F. SchroederCodes Committee

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A2258Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes tandem trailer combination vehicles to travel on certain roads of the state

Authorizes tandem trailer combination vehicles to travel on certain roads of the state.

Albert A. StirpeTransportation Committee

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A2269Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Removes state or local government employees from the excluded class for purposes of minimum wage

Removes state or local government employees from the excluded class for purposes of minimum wage.

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A2272Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Adds additional objects which a person would be guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the 2nd degree if he or she knowingly possesses or sells such object

Relates to adding additional objects which a person would be guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree if he or she knowingly possesses or sells such objects.

Bill ReilichCodes Committee

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A2276Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to the sentencing of persistent child predators

Provides that a person who is found to be a persistent child predator may be sentenced as a felon; defines persistent child predator as one who commits an enumerated misdemeanor offense and who has…

John McEnenyCodes Committee

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A2283Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides for the registration and regulation of rental vehicle companies by the commissioner of motor vehicles; repealer

Requires the registration and regulation by the commissioner of motor vehicles of rental vehicle companies, as defined; prohibits discriminatory practices by rental vehicle companies based on age,…

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A2286Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides that where a person engaged in the business of repairing household appliances identifies a part which will be necessary for repair, it is deemed warranted

Provides that where a person engaged in the business of repairing household appliances identifies a part which will be necessary for repair, it is deemed warranted for the benefit of the consumer,…

David GanttConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A229Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Increases to 15% the amount of the empire state film production credit that can be taken against taxes administered by N.Y. city

Increases to 15% the amount of the empire state film production credit that can be taken against taxes administered by cities of one million or more; increases the aggregate of the credits which may…

Michael GianarisWays And Means Committee

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A2310Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Permits change in the program or provider at a youth center financed pursuant to title 3-A of article 19-G of the executive law upon approval if it does not affect bondability

Permits change in the program or provider at a youth center financed pursuant to the youth center facility program upon approval of the office of children and family services if it does not affect…

Vito LopezChildren And Families Committee

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A2327Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Authorizes the sale of gift baskets containing alcoholic beverages packaged with New York grown agricultural products

Authorizes the sale of gift baskets containing alcoholic beverages packaged with New York grown agricultural products.

Bill ReilichEconomic Development Committee

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A2329AssemblyS4010· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to the transitioning age of students with disabilities

Provides that the transitioning age of students with disabilities shall commence at the age of fourteen years.

Ellen C. JaffeeEducation CommitteeEducation

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A2336Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Permits school boards of education in certain school districts to enact a policy to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership

Allows certain school districts to provide home-to-school transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership without regard to the number of students eligible for transportation and the number…

Michelle SchimelEducation Committee

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A2353Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Requires public access to records of elementary and secondary schools

Makes the records of elementary and secondary schools available for public inspection and copying under the freedom of information law.

David GanttGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2354Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for the use of funds allocated for emergency response training and programs

Provides for the timely use of funds allocated for emergency medical and trauma care, including disaster preparedness, response training and programs.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A2362Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Extends from 20 to 50 years the time before which certain limited-profit housing companies may not voluntarily dissolve without consent

Extends from 20 to 50 years the time before which certain limited-profit housing companies may not voluntarily dissolve without consent of the commissioner or of the supervising agency.

Vito LopezHousing CommitteeHousing

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