Sponsored bills

Authorizes the county of Essex to impose an additional real estate transfer tax

Authorizes the county of Essex to impose an additional real estate transfer tax.

Rules Committee

Relates to the regulation of mortgage loan originators; repealer

Relates to the regulation of mortgage loan originators; requires licensing; conforms standards to federal law.

Rules Committee

Provides for the financing of additional projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing facilities in the city of Buffalo

Provides for the financing of additional projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing facilities in the city of Buffalo.

Rules Committee

Relates to the New York city school district, board of education, chancellor, community councils and community superintendents

Relates to the reorganization of the New York city school construction authority, board of education and community boards.

Rules Committee

Brings certain New York city tax laws into closer conformity with New York state tax laws; repealers

Brings certain New York city tax laws into closer conformity with New York state tax laws.

Rules Committee

Authorizes the transfer of a lifetime hunting license under certain circumstances

Authorizes the transfer of a lifetime hunting license under certain circumstances.

Clifford CrouchStricken

Requires fees for completed applications for certification of major utility transmission facilities

Requires fees for completed applications for certification of major utility transmission facilities; establishes intervenor account in state finance law to hold certification fees.

RoAnn DestitoStricken

Prohibits release of certain balloons

Prohibits the release of 25 or more balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air within a 24 hour period to reduce litter and protect the marine environment; makes related provisions for…

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

Relates to imposition and collection of taxes

Clarifies that certain income was intended to be included as New York source income by nonresident shareholders of an S corporation to the extent that such sale includes property located in New York…

Rules Committee

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary for the efficient operation of local governments; repealer

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary for the efficient operation of local governments.

Rules Committee

Relates to extending state continuation benefits from eighteen to thirty-six months

Extends the period of coverage for COBRA benefits under certain insurance contracts from eighteen to thirty-six months.

Rules Committee

Establishes Joint Advisory Board on Broadcast of State Government Proceedings

Malcolm A. SmithRules Committee

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act of 2009 and establishes the Green Jobs-Green New York fund

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act, to promote energy efficiency, energy conservation and the installation of clean energy technologies, to reduce energy consumption and costs, reduce…

Rules Committee

Provides for the financing of additional projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing facilities in the city of Buffalo

Provides for the financing of additional projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing facilities in the city of Buffalo.

Rules Committee

Relates to home mortgage loans, the crime of mortgage fraud and the filing of transfers and assignments of mortgages

Relates to home mortgage loans, the crime of mortgage fraud and the filing of transfers and assignments of mortgages.

Rules Committee

Provides for the extension of health insurance coverage to the unmarried child of an insured through the age of 29 years

Provides for the extension of health insurance coverage to the unmarried child of an insurered through the age of 29 years.

Rules Committee

Provides that designating petitions and independent nominating petitions may not contain candidates for the same public office from different political subdivisions

Provides that designating petitions and independent nominating petitions may not contain candidates for the same public office from different political subdivisions.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to tax exemptions for projects of housing development fund companies

Relates to tax exemptions for projects of housing development fund companies.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes automatic orders in matrimonial actions

Establishes automatic orders in matrimonial actions which remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified or amended by further order of the court upon…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act; repealer

Enacts the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act: relates to the requirements for consolidation or dissolution of certain local government entities.

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that motor vehicles registered as historical motor vehicles need display a number plate on the rear only, not on the front

Provides that motor vehicles registered as historical motor vehicles need display a number plate on the rear of the vehicle only, not on the front.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Makes sale of 500 mg. high purity cocaine a felony under criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree

Defines "high purity cocaine" as any substance having a purity of seventy percent or more of cocaine and makes the sale of five hundred milligrams or more of such high purity cocaine the class A-II…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Creates the parent and pupil rights act regarding school research projects

Enacts "parent and pupil rights act" whereby all instructional material used in connection with any "psychiatric or psychological research or experimentation program or project", as defined, in…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Allows associations of retirees of public retirement systems to obtain the names and addresses of officers, employees or retirees of such system

Grants associations of retirees of public retirement systems the right to obtain the names and addresses of the officers, employees or retirees of such retirement system; directs that such name or…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to cancellation of automobile insurance policies and increases in deductibles during the term of the policy

Provides that deductibles on automobile insurance policies shall not be increased more than twenty-five percent during the term of the policy and provides that policies in effect shall not be…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Requires the district attorney to notify all victims of case disposition

Requires the district attorney to inform a victim by letter of the final disposition of a case against a defendant, in order to give such victim the opportunity to exercise his right to give a…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Authorizes referendum of voters in borough of Queens to create commission to separate from New York city

Authorizes a referendum of the people of the borough of Queens on the question, "Shall a charter commission to provide for the separation of the borough of Queens from the city of New York and for…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to damages for non-economic loss in personal injury actions against public entities

Relates to damages for non-economic loss in personal injury actions against public entities; defines public entity and non-economic loss; provides limitations for recovery of damages for…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Authorizes the paddling of juvenile delinquents thirteen years of age or older and youthful offenders found to have committed acts of graffiti

Authorizes the paddling of juvenile delinquents thirteen years of age or older and youthful offenders found to have committed acts of graffiti; paddling shall be administered by parent or guardian;…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to contingent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for personal injury

Allows contingent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for personal injury, including death, similar to those allowed in malpractice suits.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to the restriction on sale of automotive refinish material

Provides that no seller, supplier or distributor of automotive refinish material shall sell or offer for sale to any prospective purchaser any automotive refinish material which is labeled for…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Makes president of COBA a member of the board of trustees of the NYCERS

Expands the composition of the board of trustees of the New York City Employees' Retirement system to include the employee organization which represents the largest number of uniformed employees for…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Provides for mandatory five year period of imprisonment for persons convicted of committing any crime with the use of a firearm; repealer

Provides for a mandatory five year period of imprisonment for persons convicted of committing any crime with the use of a firearm for a first offense and ten years for a second or subsequent offense.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Prohibits mandatory fees paid by SUNY, CUNY and community college students from being used to finance political organizations and causes

Prohibits mandatory fees paid by state university of New York, city university of New York and community college students from being used to finance political organizations and causes; defines terms.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Extends until October 1, 2010, the expiration date for the city of Olean to issue serial bonds to finance a certain deficit

Extends from October 1, 2009 until October 1, 2010, the expiration of the authority of the city of Olean to issue serial bonds to finance a certain deficit.

Passed Senate

Provides that the threatening or intimidating of a judge or justice is a class B felony

Provides that a person is guilty of intimidating or threatening a judge or justice when he or she by word, gesture or other means conveys to any person or any judge or justice that he or she will or…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Includes causing the death of another while operating a vehicle with three or more suspensions as vehicular manslaughter

Includes within the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, the operation of a motor vehicle by a person with three or more suspensions or revocations of his or her driver's license,…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to the admissibility of testimony concerning test results

Relates to the admissibility of testimony concerning test results; provides that testimony concerning medical and diagnostic procedures shall be inadmissible unless the actual graphic, numerical,…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Provides for a maximum charge by a bank of $7.50 for checks or other instruments drawn on insufficient or uncollected funds; repealer

Provides for a maximum charge by a bank of seven dollars and fifty cents for checks or other instruments, whether paid, accepted, or returned, drawn on insufficient or uncollected funds.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Prohibits boxing, sparring or professional wrestling matches or exhibitions between male and female contestants

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Provides certain employment protections for command rank police employees who are not covered by a negotiating unit

Provides certain employment protections for command rank police employees who are not covered by a negotiating unit.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Establishes a candidacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degrees

Establishes a candidacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degree of at least three years during which period board of regents and state education department will evaluate…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Relates to the admission of hospital records into evidence

Relates to the admission of duly authenticated hospital records into evidence providing such entries may be proved to affect their weight but not their admissibility.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Prohibits favoritism toward relatives by elected or appointed officials

Prohibits favoritism toward relatives by certain elected or appointed officials at the state level or in the city of New York; permits officials to solicit advice or utilize services of a relative…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Limits liability of public entities

Limits liability of public entities with regard to damages recoverable in actions when contributory negligence or assumption of the risk is established and actions when limited liability of persons…

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Gives N.Y. city variable supplements board discretion to authorize benefit payments that are less than the statutory prescribed payments

Gives NYC variable supplements board discretion to authorize benefits that are less than the statutory prescribed payments.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Requires hair shampoo packaging to affix a warning label regarding extended use of the product

Requires a warning label on hair shampoo packaging that contains sodium lauryl sulfate and/or cocamide DEA.

Anthony SeminerioStricken

Requires appearance of parent of child at sentencing of child for graffiti crimes where sentence involves community service

Requires appearance of parent of child at sentencing of child for graffiti crimes where the sentence imposed involves community service or service for the public good.

Anthony SeminerioStricken