Bills by

Kevin S. Parker

Senator

474 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →parker@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

474 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

J4707Senate· Moved Apr 20, 2010· Adopted
Commending St. Augustine's Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, New York, upon the occasion of hosting its Annual Spring Luncheon and Scholarship Awards
Kevin S. ParkerAdopted
Adopted
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OutcomeAdopted
J4706Senate· Moved Apr 20, 2010· Adopted
Honoring New York City's Sanitation Enforcement Agents while performing their day to day work responsibilities
Kevin S. ParkerAdopted
Adopted
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S7508Senate· Moved Apr 16, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S7460Senate· Moved Apr 13, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to requiring the notice of gluten content in foods being served in certain cafeterias

Relates to requiring the notice of gluten content in foods being served in state owned, operated or leased cafeterias and all cafeterias operated by the state university of New York.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S4293Senate· Moved Apr 13, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Creates a sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a regulatory system to achieve goal of sustainable development

Creates a fifteen member sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a goal oriented and performance based regulatory system to achieve the goal of sustainable…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S6243Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year; specifies such tax credit to be five hundred dollars.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5125Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Establishes a plan to promote increased residential use of energy efficient modalities

Establishes a plan to promote increased residential use of energy efficient modalities.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S3600Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to health

Requires certain food establishments to provide nutritional information to its customers

Requires certain food establishments to provide nutritional information to their customers.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S2280Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers involving racial profiling

Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers; defines "racial profiling"; authorizes division of criminal justice services to conduct a study relating to racial profiling;…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S2542Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to education

Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act of 2010" to provide for grants to certain hospitals, schools and other entities for nurse recruitment, education and retention

Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act" to provide for grants from the state commissioner of education to public and not-for-profit hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities for…

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S2279Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development

Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly and increases the required number of water closets for women

Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly and increases the required number of water closets for women; sets deadlines for compliance.

Kevin S. ParkerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2454Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2010· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Establishes the "environmental justice act"

Establishes the "environmental justice act" to establish governmental procedures to safeguard residents' health and welfare, and achieve environmental justice; definitions; creates the environmental…

Kevin S. ParkerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1933Senate· Moved Apr 8, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Provides for the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include language violative of civil rights laws

Provides for notice of illegal restrictive covenant language in documents to be recorded and the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S7335Senate· Moved Mar 30, 2010· Referred to education

Provides that all schools shall have a multi-cultural curriculum

Provides that all schools shall have a multi-cultural curriculum.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S7292Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to civil service and pensions

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies and requires state agencies to maintain records and to submit an annual report on language services

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; and requires state…

Kevin S. ParkerCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S7293Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such…

Kevin S. ParkerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S7294Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to health

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,…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S7291Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Provides that airbags (not required by federal law) sold and installed by motor vehicle dealers or manufacturers must be offered as standard or as single options

Provides that airbags (not required by federal law) sold and installed by motor vehicle dealers or manufacturers must be offered as standard with the model or as stand alone options; provides for…

Kevin S. ParkerConsumer Protection Committee

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S7290Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2010· Referred to health

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S7274Senate· Moved Mar 26, 2010· Referred to insurance

Directs the superintendent of insurance to promulgate rules and regulations limiting the use of credit scores to determine automobile insurance premiums

Directs the superintendent of insurance to promulgate rules and regulations limiting the use of credit scores to determine automobile insurance premiums.

Kevin S. ParkerInsurance Committee

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S7272Senate· Moved Mar 26, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding

Establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding.

Kevin S. ParkerJudiciary Committee

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S7273Senate· Moved Mar 26, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency

Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.

Kevin S. ParkerConsumer Protection Committee

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S7271Senate· Moved Mar 26, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print

Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S7003Senate· Moved Mar 23, 2010· Committee discharged and committed to education

Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in…

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S2545Senate· Moved Mar 23, 2010· Amend and recommit to higher education

Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act

Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act.

Kevin S. ParkerHigher Education Committee

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S6867Senate· Moved Mar 22, 2010· Reported and committed to codes

Relates to the protection of victims of domestic violence act

Relates to the protection of victims of domestic violence act, which requires defendants to wear global positioning systems monitoring the location of the defendant.

Kevin S. ParkerCodes Committee

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S7195Senate· Moved Mar 19, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires database and reporting for contracts with minority and women-owned businesses

Requires the creation of a database to track the issuance of contracts by public authorities and state agencies with minority and women-owned businesses.

Kevin S. ParkerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S7192Senate· Moved Mar 19, 2010· Referred to education

Provides for ULURP to apply to the locating of any charter schools in New York city

Provides for uniform land use review procedure to apply to the locating of any charter schools in New York city.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S7186Senate· Moved Mar 19, 2010· Referred to insurance

Requires notification to insurers that an out-of-network physician may be used in their procedure, test or surgery

Requires notification to insureds that an out-of-network physician may be used in their procedure, test or surgery and such physician's services shall not be covered by their insurance policy; such…

Kevin S. ParkerInsurance Committee

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S5573Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2010· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Relates to energy conservation and water temperature management

Relates to energy conservation and water temperature management; requires a study to be performed on the monetary and energy savings that can be accomplished through better water temperature…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S5924Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2010· Substituted by a5497

Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state

Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state; provides for a report to be submitted by the commissioner of the office of children…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

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S2168Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2010· Amend and recommit to commerce, economic development and small business

Establishes the "childcare and early education sector on the economy act"

Establishes the "childcare and early education sector on the economy act" to study the economic impact on the state economy of quality childcare and early education programs for children aged 0-4,…

Kevin S. ParkerCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S2274Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2010· Amended on third reading 2274a

Enacts the "access to public services for non-English speakers act"

Enacts the "Access to Public Services for Non-English Speakers Act"; requires state agencies to take reasonable steps to provide equal access to services through oral language services or…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

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S5927Senate· Moved Mar 16, 2010· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprises

Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprise programs; evaluates the effective implementation of such programs; extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to participation by…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S7103Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2010· Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Relates to broadcasting of professional sporting events of publicly funded stadiums

Relates to broadcasting of professional sporting events of publicly funded stadiums.

Kevin S. ParkerCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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S1785Senate· Moved Mar 10, 2010· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Directs the Energy Research and Development Authority to do a study as to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate region of the state

Directs the Energy Research and Development Authority to do a study as to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate region of the state.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S4996Senate· Moved Mar 10, 2010· Amend and recommit to labor

Establishes the "time off for democracy act"

Establishes the "time off for democracy act"; requires employers to permit up to 2 hours off with pay to vote and permits employees to take a full day off, without pay, to serve as an election…

Kevin S. ParkerLabor Committee

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