Sponsored bills

Commending Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers and paying tribute to Maxine Geller, who is retiring in June 2010

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers and paying tribute to Peggy Kurtz, who is retiring in June 2010

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Congratulating Steve Pikiell upon the occasion of being named the 2010 America East Conference Coach of the Year

Kenneth P. LaValleAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the Bicentennial celebration of the Town of Antwerp, New York, July 17, 2010

Darrel J. AubertineAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Richard J. Griffo upon the occasion of his retirement after 25 dedicated years of service with the Oneida County Sheriff's Department

Joseph A. GriffoAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the untimely death of Specialist Alan N. Dikcis

Darrel J. AubertineAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the untimely death of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas P. Belkofer

Darrel J. AubertineAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the untimely death of Specialist Robert M. Rieckhoff

Darrel J. AubertineAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim November 1-7, 2010, as Teen Personal Safety Awareness Week in the State of New York

John J. FlanaganAdopted

Adopted

Relates to repair of damaged pesticide containers

Relates to repair of damaged pesticide containers; expands exceptions from transportation ban.

Antoine M. ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Requires notice to renters of safe deposit boxes regarding fees and charges

Requires notice to renters of safe deposit boxes regarding fees and charges.

Daniel L. SquadronOn the Senate floor

Authorizes reimbursement for testing for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of…

Daniel L. SquadronInsurance Committee

Establishes program for familial dysautonomia and Tay-Sachs disease screening; authorizes department of health to provide grants

Authorizes the department of health to establish a program for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's and Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling and to provide grants and to enter into contracts with…

Daniel L. SquadronOn the Senate floor

Enacts provisions providing sponsored group personal insurance and allows such insurance to be written by authorized insurers

Enacts provisions providing sponsored group personal insurance and allows such insurance to be written by authorized insurers.

Michael CusickOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the comptroller and each examiner of municipal affairs to examine the financial affairs of certain organizations controlled by local government entities

Authorizes the comptroller and each examiner of municipal affairs to examine the financial affairs of certain organizations controlled by local government entities.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsWays And Means Committee

Relates to the definition and regulation of personal watercraft; repealer

Relates to the definition and regulation of personal watercraft.

David GanttCodes Committee

Relates to expanding the Ogdensburg foreign trade zone

Relates to expanding the Ogdensburg foreign trade zone.

Darrel J. AubertineEconomic Development Committee

Repeals title 20 of article 7 of the public authorities law relating to the creation of the Port Chester parking authority

Repeals title 20 of article 7 of the public authorities law relating to the creation of the Port Chester parking authority.

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

Clarifies the purposes for which a revocable permit may be issued

Clarifies the purposes for which a revocable permit may be issued.

Martin Malavé DilanTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Memorailizing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim September 2010 as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Tom LibousAdopted

Adopted

Makes possession and sale of embalming fluid a misdemeanor

Makes possession and sale of embalming fluid a misdemeanor.

David J. ValeskyCodes Committee

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route 34 from its intersection with state route 104 southerly to its intersection with state route 17-c as the "Harriet Tubman…

Gary FinchOn the Assembly floor

Requires mortgage lenders and brokers to provide consumer with mortgage bill of rights pamphlet which must be signed by the consumer prior to mortgage application

Requires mortgage lenders and brokers to provide consumers with a mortgage bill of rights pamphlet which must be read and signed by the consumer prior to applying for a mortgage.

José PeraltaOn the Senate floor

Relates to revocation of a liquor license for cause

Provides for the revocation of a liquor license for cause upon a sixth incident reported to the authority of noise, disturbance, misconduct or disorder upon or related to the operation of the…

Daniel L. SquadronOn the Senate floor

Relates to the display of the prisoner of war flag and the missing in action flag at public buildings

Relates to the display of the prisoner of war flag and the missing in action flag at public buildings.

Eric AdamsVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to the maintenance, improvement and repair of certain town highways

Permits the designation of low volume roads and minimum maintenance roads by town boards and enacts provisions relating to the maintenance, improvement and repair of such roads.

Darrel J. AubertineTransportation Committee

Relates to the New York incubator network

Relates to incubators for entrepreneurial development.

William T. StachowskiCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

Diane J. SavinoOn the Senate floor

Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree

Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

Authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance certain facilities of the Trevor Day School

Authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance certain facilities of the Trevor Day School.

José M. SerranoOn the Senate floor

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Transportation, Economic Development & Environmental Conservation Budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal plan

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation Budget; relates to diesel emissions…

Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Public Protection and General Government state fiscal plan for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year

Implements the Public Protection and General Government Budget; relates to merging the crime victims board, the division of probation and correctional alternatives and the office for the prevention…

Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation

Makes appropriations for the support of government - Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation Budget.

Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Public Protection and General Government Budget Bill

Makes appropriations for the support of government - Public Protection and General Government Budget.

Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Provides that the income level for the requirement to file a personal income tax return shall be set by regulation

Provides that the income level for the requirement to file a personal income tax return shall be the dollar amount of the New York standard deduction.

Daniel L. SquadronWays And Means Committee

Provides for enhanced consumer protection measures and enforcement of the do-not-call registry

Provides for enhanced consumer protection measures and enforcement of the do-not-call registry; limits telemarketing to 8 am to 9 pm local time unless given express permission by the consumer to…

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties throughout New York state

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and in the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, St.

John L. SampsonWays And Means Committee

Establishes a small business energy assistance and advocacy services program

Establishes a small business energy assistance and advocacy services program as part of the division of small business to assist small businesses in accessing energy conservation, energy efficiency…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to create a townwide environmental improvement district to identify and fund the costs associated with landfill maintenance

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to create a townwide environmental improvement district to identify and fund the costs associated with landfill maintenance.

Craig M. JohnsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates a real property tax exemption for capital improvements to multiple dwellings in certain cities

Creates a real property tax exemption for capital improvements to multiple dwellings in certain cities.

Roy J. McDonaldHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInsurance Committee

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services to a patient or a patient's assistant for communication of clinical and other information, including but not limited to health care,…

Adriano EspaillatRules Committee

Requires debt collection agencies to be licensed by the state

Requires debt collection agencies to be licensed by the state, requires bonding and allows for penalties.

Audrey PhefferRules Committee

Relates to utility intervenor reimbursement

Relates to utility intervenor reimbursement.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges.

John L. SampsonWays And Means Committee

Enacts the "dignity for all students act" to prevent harassment and discrimination

Enacts the "Dignity For All Students Act"; authorizes the commissioner of education to establish policies and procedures affording all students in public schools an environment free of harassment…

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor

Expands the definition of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee affecting the foot and ankle

Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes…

Jeffrey D. KleinHigher Education Committee