Sponsored bills

Establishes a moratorium on conducting hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until 120 days after federal EPA issues report thereon

Establishes a moratorium on conducting hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until 120 days after federal Environmental Protection Agency issues a report on the effects of…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Environmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

Allows military personnel to marry within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license

Allows military personnel to marry within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license.

Darrel J. AubertineJudiciary Committee

Relates to military ballots and absentee ballots

Enacts provisions relating to military and absentee ballots; designation of means of transmission of military voters and by special federal voters; prohibits refusal to accept voter registration and…

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.

Eric T. SchneidermanLabor Committee

Authorizes DEC to designate additional fishing events as rehabilitation for armed forces veterans or active members

Authorizes DEC to designate additional fishing events as rehabilitation for armed forces veterans or active members.

David J. ValeskyEconomic Development CommitteeEconomy

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Charles Varese Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Charles Varese Memorial Highway."

Carl L. MarcellinoOn the Senate floor

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "National Veterans Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "National Veterans Highway."

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

Does away with run-off elections in NYC and statewide; repealer

Eliminates run-off elections in NYC and statewide.

Bill PerkinsElection Law Committee

Relates to establishing NYS prescription medication cost containment program

Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Provides additional tax exemptions for two qualified veterans living in the same household

Provides additional tax exemptions on qualifying residential real property where two or more qualified veterans live in the same household.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonReal Property Taxation Committee

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Requires the payment of prevailing wages on certain state university of New York construction projects

Requires the payment of prevailing wages on construction projects involving the state university of New York, the dormitory authority or the state university construction fund and any third party.

George OnoratoFinance Committee

Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state

Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Election Law Committee

Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans

Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans.

Joseph A. GriffoHigher Education Committee

Requires that a contractor or sub-contractor may not engage another person to do work on a public works project unless it is pursuant to a written agreement

Requires that a contractor or sub-contractor may not engage another person to do work on a public works project unless it is pursuant to a written agreement.

George OnoratoLabor Committee

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a…

Eric T. SchneidermanFinance Committee

Relates to defining permissible personal use of campaign contributions

Relates to defining permissible personal use of campaign contributions; provides options for the disposition of unused campaign funds; prohibits certain state employees from accepting campaign…

Liz KruegerFinance Committee

Relates to orders of protection in termination of parental rights proceedings, child protective proceedings and permanency hearings regarding children freed for adoption

Relates to orders of protection in termination of parental rights proceedings, child protective proceedings and permanency hearings regarding children freed for adoption.

Velmanette MontgomeryChildren And Families Committee

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections for races with three or more candidates; insures majority support for elected officers.

Liz KruegerElection Law Committee

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to prorating a veteran's exemption if such veteran moves within the same county

Relates to prorating a veteran's exemption if such veteran moves within the same county.

Brian X. FoleyVeterans' Affairs Committee

Decreases the minimum amount of time required before a service retirement may become effective and certain retirees may begin to receive their retirement

Decreases the minimum amount of time required before a service retirement may become effective and retirees of certain retirement systems may begin to receive their retirement.

Diane J. SavinoGovernmental Employees Committee

Makes provisions regarding small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by defendant that is situated within certain limits

Amends various court acts (i.e., the uniform city court act, the uniform district court act, the uniform justice court act and the New York city civil court act) to provide for small claims…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Includes persons with disabilities within the definition of head of household for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and regulated property

Includes persons with disabilities (defined) within the definition of head of household for purposes of making them eligible for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and…

Liz KruegerWays And Means Committee

Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists

Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be…

John L. SampsonReal Property Taxation Committee

Welcoming the students and faculty of the Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf as they visit Albany, New York

José PeraltaAdopted

Adopted

Relates to restrictions on eligibility to receive awards and loans, the definition of income for TAP awards, scholarships for academic excellence; repealer

Relates to restrictions on eligibility to receive awards and loans, the definition of income for TAP awards, scholarships for academic excellence, and the NYS math and science teaching incentive…

Ways And Means Committee

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through June 9, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through June 6, 2010.

On the Senate floor

Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York on the occasion of their induction into the NY State Senate Veteran Hall of Fame

Eric AdamsAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 2010, as Dairy Month in the State of New York

Clifford CrouchAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 2010 as Teen Work Safety Month in the State of New York

Susan JohnAdopted

Adopted

Creates a shared housing registry for senior citizens

Directs the office for the aging to create a shared housing program in consultation with the division of housing and community renewal and to maintain a registry for senior citizens who seek to find…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income; additional protection, not a substitute for rent protection.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Provides that any district attorney who knowingly solicits, accepts or receives any gift or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, is guilty of a misdemeanor

Provides that any district attorney who solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a…

Peter RiveraElection Law Committee

Relates to fair procedures, practices, and standards for actions by the office of medicaid inspector general and social services districts

Relates to fair procedures, practices, and standards for actions by the office of medicaid inspector general and social services districts.

Richard GottfriedCodes Committee

Relates to charter schools

Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located.

J. Gary PretlowEducation Committee

Enacts the academic research information access act

Enacts the academic research information access act under the science, technology and innovation foundation.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

Relates to charter schools

Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located.

Bill PerkinsEducation Committee

Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons seventy years of age or older who meet the eligibility requirements for the enhanced STAR exemption

Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons seventy years of age or older who meet the eligibility requirements for the enhanced STAR exemption.

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Allows real property tax freeze for real property owned by taxpayers sixty-five or over

Allows a freeze to be placed upon real property taxes assessed against persons 65 years of age or older having earnings of not more than $32,000 and who have held title to the property for at least…

Brian X. FoleyCodes Committee

Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical or surgical expenses…

Ronald CanestrariWays And Means Committee

Relates to financial assistance to small businesses for the purpose of environmental compliance and pollution prevention

Establishes the small business clean environment fund for the purpose of allowing the environmental facilities corporation and the urban development corporation to assist small businesses in…

RoAnn DestitoCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing bisphenol A

Enacts the "bisphenol A-free children and babies act"; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing bisphenol A; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and…

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits operation of any motor vehicle equipped with device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals

Prohibits the operation of any motor vehicle equipped with a device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals; provides that the possession of such a device shall constitute a traffic…

Jeffrey DinowitzTransportation Committee

Grants Louis P. Mannino certain retirement service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system

Grants Louis P. Mannino certain retirement service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system.

Kenneth P. LaValleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to prohibiting a diminution of certain employee benefits

Provides that an employer shall not diminish the benefits granted a participant, or for which such participant is eligible, under an employer welfare benefit plan as such plan was in existence at…

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens aged sixty two and older.

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force

Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force.

Thomas K. DuaneHealth Committee