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

S3154Senate· Moved Jun 26, 2010· Amend and recommit to codes
Requires court to advise aliens of deportation consequences of guilty plea; allows guilty plea withdrawal
Requires a court to advise a defendant that if he or she is an alien and he or she is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in his or her deportation; allows a…
Ruben DiazCodes Committee
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S8369Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules
Provides tax exemptions for new multiple dwellings
Provides tax exemptions for new multiple dwellings.
Rules Committee
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S8368Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Requires a manufactured home park owner or operator to give every manufactured home resident a copy of their resident's bill of rights

Requires a manufactured home park owner or operator to give every manufactured home resident a copy of their resident's bill of rights; requires the conspicuous posting of such bill of rights;…

George D. MaziarzRules Committee

S8365Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Relates to prescription forms and labels, interpretation services and patients with limited English proficiency

Relates to prescription forms and labels; requires interpretation services by chain pharmacies for patients with limited English proficiency.

Thomas K. DuaneRules Committee

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S8366Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Requires health clubs to provide automated external defibrillators during business hours when they are staffed

Requires health clubs to provide automated external defibrillators during business hours when they are staffed.

Neil D. BreslinRules Committee

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S8362Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Requires grounds for increasing assessment

Provides that the lease or conveyance of oil and gas rights shall not, without other evidence of value, such as actual land sale prices, constitute grounds for increasing assessments.

Catharine YoungRules Committee

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S8360Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Directs the division of parole to maintain a current list of all inmates due to appear before a parole board

Directs the division of parole to maintain a current list of all inmates due to appear before a parole board on its internet homepage; directs such division to establish a means by which crime…

Michael F. NozzolioRules Committee

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S8359Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Establishes a task force to examine, assess and report on the potential effects of an offshore oil spill on Long Island

Establishes a task force to examine, assess and report on the potential effects of an offshore oil spill on Long Island.

Kemp HannonRules Committee

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S8356Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Relates to emerging technology industrial classifications for clean environment and energy technologies

Relates to emerging technology industrial classifications for clean environment and energy technologies.

William T. StachowskiRules Committee

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S8354Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Authorizes the town of Woodbury, Orange county, to impose, by local law, a tax on hotel and motel occupancy of up to five percent of the charge therefor

Authorizes the town of Woodbury, Orange county, to impose, by local law, a tax on hotel and motel occupancy of up to five percent of the per diem rental rate therefor; sets procedures for…

William J. Larkin Jr.Rules Committee

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S8355Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Authorizes the comptroller to deposit fifty percent of the funds generated by state park fees to be returned to the Environmental Protection Fund

Authorizes the comptroller to deposit fifty percent of the funds generated by state park fees to the Environmental Protection Fund in order to repay the money borrowed against the fund to keep the…

Kenneth P. LaValleRules Committee

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S8352Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to rules

Amends the Greenwood Lake Protection Act by eliminating dock fees; provides that local municipality establish and enforce a penalty for boat permit violations on Greenwood Lake

Amends the Greenwood Lake Protection Act by eliminating dock fees; provides that the local municipality establish and enforce a penalty for boat permit violations on Greenwood Lake.

Thomas P. MorahanRules Committee

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S8324Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a7385a

Provides that the amount required to redeem real property affected by any tax sale certificate in foreclosure shall include certain amounts and costs

Provides that the amount required to redeem real property affected by any tax sale certificate in foreclosure, or to be recovered by the plaintiff in foreclosure, shall include the aggregate amount…

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

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S8315Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to energy

Relates to the effectiveness of the state energy conservation construction code

Relates to the effectiveness of the state energy conservation construction code.

Brian X. FoleyEnergy Committee

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A11525AssemblyS8312· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8312

Provides that certain discretionary purchases shall be subject to written internal controls established by each state agency

Relates to discretionary purchases by state agencies; provides that certain discretionary purchases shall be subject to written internal controls established by each state agency.

RoAnn DestitoOn the Assembly floor

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S8305Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to economic development

Relates to wineries, farm wineries, special wineries, special farm wineries and microwineries; repealers

Relates to wineries, farm wineries, special wineries, special farm wineries and microwineries.

Darrel J. AubertineEconomic Development Committee

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S8282Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to rules

Provides for state board of elections enforcement unit and counsel; relates to political communications, independent expenditure reporting and enforcement proceeding

Provides for state board of elections enforcement unit and counsel; relates to political communications, independent expenditure reporting and enforcement proceeding.

John L. SampsonRules Committee

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S8257Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a11326

Extends provisions of law relating to the office of general services ability to enter into lease-purchases of real property

Extends provisions of law relating to the office of general services ability to enter into lease-purchases of real property.

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

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A11497Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8245

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of conditions of employment; repealer; appropriation

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees of the security services collective bargaining unit and who are not eligible for…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

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S8213Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.1281

Relates to signs on school buses

Relates to signs on school buses; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

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S8208Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Amend and recommit to rules

Allows a person, regardless of immigration status, to apply to have an eligible misdemeanor expunged from their record

Allows a person apply to have an eligible misdemeanor expunged from their record.

Pedro Espada Jr.Rules Committee

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A11450Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8180

Validates and legalizes certain bond anticipation notes issued by the village of Whitehall

Validates and legalizes certain bond anticipation notes issued by the village of Whitehall; authorizes the issuance of obligations of such bond anticipation notes.

Tony JordanOn the Assembly floor

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S8171Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to health

Directs commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a food service establishment

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S8156Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a11404

Relates to mayoral control of the city school district of Rochester; independent education budget office

Provides for mayoral control of the city school district of Rochester; establishes the independent education budget office.

Malcolm A. SmithOn the Senate floor

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S8124Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires public hearings for the water authority of western Nassau county

Requires public hearings for the water authority of western Nassau county between July 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010.

Craig M. JohnsonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S8122Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Enacts the "improper payments reporting and reduction act" to require state agencies to annually report on its improper payments and to seek a reduction thereof

Enacts the "improper payments reporting and reduction act" to require state agencies to annually report on their improper payments and to seek to reduce or eliminate such payments.

Jeffrey D. KleinGovernmental Operations Committee

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A11405Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8148

Relates to the consideration of certain real property transfers in the county of Orange and the purpose of such lands conveyed

Relates to the consideration of certain real property transfers in the county of Orange and the purpose of such lands conveyed.

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

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A11404Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· 3rd reading cal.1280

Relates to mayoral control of the city school district of Rochester; independent education budget office

Provides for mayoral control of the city school district of Rochester; establishes the independent education budget office.

David GanttOn the Senate floor

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A11396Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8114

Relates to an application for exemption from real property taxes by the House of Refuge Apostolic Church

Relates to an application for exemption from real property taxes by House of Refuge Apostolic Church.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

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S8116Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a11312

Provides for a lifetime license for hunting, fishing and trapping under certain circumstances

Provides for a transfer of a lifetime license for hunting, fishing and trapping under certain circumstances.

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

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A11387Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s7982a

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Mamaroneck union free school district

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Mamaroneck union free school district for the 2008-2009 school year.

George LatimerOn the Assembly floor

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A11381Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8095

Relates to the Rome urban renewal agency; and to transfer any books, records and remaining rights of the dissolved agency to the city of Rome; repealer

Relates to the Rome urban renewal agency; transfers any books, records and remaining rights of the dissolved agency to the city of Rome.

RoAnn DestitoOn the Assembly floor

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S8059Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a4395

Includes state university of New York police in provisions permitting transfer of police officers

Includes state university of New York police in provisions permitting transfer of police officers to certain police employers.

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

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A11346Assembly· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8140a

Authorizes the village of Heuvelton, county of St. Lawrence to transfer ownership of certain parklands to the Heuvelton central school district

Authorizes the village of Heuvelton, county of St.

Addie JenneOn the Assembly floor

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S8045Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a11364

Amends chapter 183 of the laws of 2003, authorizing Westchester County to lease certain parklands, to make technical changes

Authorizes Westchester County to lease certain parklands, to make technical changes.

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

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S8044Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Referred to education

Legalizes certain capital improvement projects of the New Rochelle city school district

Legalizes, ratifies, validates and confirms certain capital improvement projects of the New Rochelle city school district designated by the state education department as project numbers 0001-007,…

Suzi OppenheimerEducation Committee

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A11279AssemblyS8173· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by s8173

Relates to a real estate tax abatement program for certain commercial, industrial and manufacturing properties in N.Y. city

Relates to extending the eligibility for a real estate tax abatement program for certain commercial, industrial and manufacturing properties in a city with a population of one million or more.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

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S7953Senate· Moved Jun 25, 2010· Substituted by a10894

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report on handgun licenses

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report on handgun licenses.

José PeraltaOn the Senate floor

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