Bills by

Owen H. Johnson

Senator

450 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →ojohnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

450 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

S2316Senate· Moved Apr 16, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to codes
Makes sale of a controlled substance to a person less than 14 or 18 years of age the criminal sale of a controlled substance in the 1st or 2nd degree respectively
Increases penalties for the sale of controlled substances to minors: sale to persons under 18 years of age shall be an A-II felony and sale to a person under 14 years of age shall be an A-I felony.
Craig M. JohnsonCodes Committee
ImpactPending
PassagePending
S5146Senate· Moved Apr 13, 2010· Reported and committed to finance
Establishes an education investment tax credit
Establishes an education investment tax credit.
Craig M. JohnsonFinance Committee
ImpactPending

S716Senate· Moved Apr 8, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Authorizes Vaishnav Temple of New York to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain land

Authorizes Vaishnav Temple of New York to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain land in the village of New Hyde Park.

Craig M. JohnsonReal Property Taxation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S951Senate· Moved Apr 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to education

Requires fingerprinting of prospective employees of special education schools and special act school districts for purposes of a criminal background check

Requires fingerprinting of prospective employees of special education schools and special act school districts for purposes of a criminal background check; defines "special education school";…

Craig M. JohnsonEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7331Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides the state liquor authority with general rule making authority

Provides the state liquor authority with general rule making authority.

Craig M. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7328Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Authorizes the lease-purchase of real property for a term of up to 30 years; makes permanent the authority to enter into leases for a term of up to fifteen years

Authorizes the lease-purchase of real property for a term of up to 30 years; makes permanent the authority to enter into leases for a term of up to fifteen years.

Craig M. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6045Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Amend and recommit to labor

Relates to providing firefighters with appropriate equipment and procedures; repealer

Relates to providing firefighters with appropriate equipment and procedures.

Craig M. JohnsonLabor Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S1299Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Requires the commissioner of general services to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties

Requires the commissioner to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties; requires incentives for adherence and annual reporting to the governor and legislature.

Craig M. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S1359Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides tax credit to certain volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance workers and volunteer emergency medical personnel

Provides tax credit to certain volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance workers and volunteer emergency medical personnel of up to one thousand one hundred dollars for qualifying service; defines…

Craig M. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7258Senate· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Referred to education

Repeals technical amendments to the education mandate relief act of 2010

Makes technical amendments to the education mandate relief act of 2010.

Craig M. JohnsonEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7248Senate· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Referred to education

Increases the cap on the total number of charter schools in the state to four hundred sixty

Increases the cap on the total number of charter schools in the state to four hundred sixty.

Craig M. JohnsonEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7238Senate· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Referred to local government

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act, relating to the requirements for consolidation or dissolution of certain local government entities.

Craig M. JohnsonLocal Government Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S2315Senate· Moved Mar 25, 2010· Amend and recommit to codes

Makes the sale of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person manslaughter in the second degree

Provides that the sale of a controlled substance resulting in death shall be manslaughter in the second degree, a class C felony.

Craig M. JohnsonCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S1283Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to alienate and convey certain land to the Community Ambulance Company, Inc.

Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to alienate and convey certain land to the Community Ambulance Company, Inc.; parcel of land, situate, lying and being at the corner of Sunrise Highway…

Owen H. JohnsonTransportation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S2753Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides that a person may not alter his or her caller identification with the intent to defraud, harass, or harm a third party or the recipient of the call

Provides that a person may not alter his or her caller identification with the intent to defraud, harass or harm the recipient of the call.

Craig M. JohnsonConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S7055Senate· Moved Mar 10, 2010· Referred to transportation

Establishes distinctive "I love NYS parks" license plates and "New York state park revolving fund"

Establishes distinctive "I love NYS parks" license plates and "New York state parks revolving fund."

Owen H. JohnsonTransportation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6939Senate· Moved Mar 5, 2010· Amend and recommit to local government

Relates to annual elections for improvement district commissioners; repealer

Relates to annual elections for improvement district commissioners.

Craig M. JohnsonLocal Government Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S1991Senate· Moved Mar 5, 2010· Amend and recommit to local government

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable and alternative energy sources

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable energy resources.

Craig M. JohnsonLocal Government Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6944Senate· Moved Mar 4, 2010· Substituted by a10096

Extends transitional provisions relating to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act

Extends transitional provisions relating to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S3348Senate· Moved Mar 4, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law

Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law; includes any advisory committee or similar body created by such public body or pursuant to state or local law or any…

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6968Senate· Moved Mar 1, 2010· Referred to children and families

Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings of awarding shared parenting of minor children

Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings for awarding shared parenting of minor children in the absence of an allegation that shared parenting would be detrimental to the best…

Owen H. JohnsonChildren And Families Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6927Senate· Moved Feb 25, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to alternative institutional support programs for school districts

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts.

Craig M. JohnsonEducation Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6878Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Creates the legislative commission on Medicaid fraud

Creates the legislative commission on Medicaid fraud; such commission shall exercise continuous oversight of the office of Medicaid inspector general; review the operations of the office of Medicaid…

Craig M. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S725Senate· Moved Feb 17, 2010· Amend and recommit to codes

Amends the definition of disguised gun to include certain guns that are designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun

Amends the definition of a "disguised gun" to include a weapon or device capable of being concealed on a person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive which is…

Craig M. JohnsonCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6821Senate· Moved Feb 10, 2010· Referred to local government

Relates to the licensing of plumbers by Nassau county

Authorizes the county of Nassau to establish a county board of plumbing examiners; establishes that the requirements for licensing plumbers in the county of Nassau shall be governed by local laws…

Craig M. JohnsonLocal Government Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

S6227Senate· Moved Jan 26, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Prohibits increases in per diem rates for members of the legislature for two years

Prohibits increases in per diem rates for members of the legislature for two years.

Craig M. JohnsonFinance Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending