Sponsored bills

Commending Sister Yliana Hernandez, PBVM upon the occasion of her designation as the 2010 Woman of Achievement

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Daisy Vale upon the occasion of her designation as the recipient of the Bobbie A. Lahey Memorial Award

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Taryn Grimes-Herbert upon the occasion of her designation as the 2010 Woman of Achievement

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Amanda Rougier upon the occasion of her designation as a Woman of the Future

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Alice Dickinson upon the occasion of her designation as the 2010 Woman of Achievement

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commending Ginny K. Rizzo upon the occasion of her designation as the 2010 Woman of Achievement in Business

John J. BonacicAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating the Center Moriches High School Girls Basketball Team upon the occasion of capturing the Section XI Suffolk County Class B Championship

Kenneth P. LaValleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Maegan Nevins, recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Andrew Newmark, recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating the Rockland Business Association upon the occasion of its designation as a 2009 Best of Business Award winner

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Honey Katzman, recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Priya Borker, recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Paola Garcia Cardenas, recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. John VanDunk upon the occasion of their 53rd Wedding Anniversary

Thomas P. MorahanAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating the S.T.A.R.S. Youth Center of Howard Beach, New York, upon the occasion of its designation for special recognition

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Relates to standards for premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption

Relates to standards for premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

Craig M. JohnsonEconomic Development Committee

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to transportation contracts

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to transportation contracts.

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

Requires the use of demographic data in developing five-year educational facilities capital plans; requires publication of findings and commentary

Authorizes the New York city school construction authority to obtain certain demographic data and utilize such data in connection with the authority's five-year educational facilities capital plan;…

Daniel L. SquadronFinance Committee

Expands the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include maple sap and maple products produced therefrom

Expands the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include maple sap and maple products produced therefrom.

Darrel J. AubertineSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Permits certain students enrolled in school to serve as election inspectors or poll clerks at elections under the election or education law; repealer

Permits certain students enrolled in school, with parental consent, to serve as election inspectors or poll clerks at elections under the election or education law; such students, if so serving…

Richard BrodskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises, located at 1429 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, county, city and state of New York.

Bill PerkinsEconomic Development Committee

Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"

Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"; increases the dry weight of such vehicle from 1000 pounds to 1500 pounds.

Darrel J. AubertineTransportation Committee

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.

Thomas P. MorahanLabor Committee

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation council; repealer

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation council to study the impacts of traffic congestion; defines terms; outlines the powers and duties of such council; requires the preparation and…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Relates to cancer incidence and environmental facility maps project; repealer

Relates to cancer incidence and environmental facility maps project; requires the collection of information on the locations of environmental facilities and cases of cancer throughout the state.

Tom LibousSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in N.Y. city

Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed…

Thomas K. DuaneTransportation Committee

Authorizes municipalities to establish green loans programs to provide financing to residential property owners for solar and wind energy generating systems

Authorizes counties, cities, towns and villages to establish green loans programs to provide financing to residential property owners for the purchase and installation of solar energy generating…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnergy Committee

Increases penalties for vandalism to a house of worship or theft from a house of worship

Increases penalties for vandalism to a house of worship or theft of a house of worship; includes any statues, menorahs and nativity scenes located outside the building or structure of worship on the…

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Schoharie Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Peter LopezAdopted

Adopted

Commending Unadilla Boy Scout Troop 1 on hosting a statewide Centennial Encampment in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the BSA

Peter LopezAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the untimely death of Sergeant Jason Santora

Dean MurrayAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts

Authorizes certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Authorizes the state and certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts

Authorizes the state and certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts; establishes the other post employment benefits investment fund; defines terms; further…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act, granting collective bargaining rights, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits to farmworkers

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week;…

George OnoratoLabor Committee

Requires contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle to provide federal SafeStat results to potential customers

Requires contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle to provide federal SafeStat results to potential customers.

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

Authorizes school district's website to be printed on school buses

Authorizes a school district's website to be printed on school buses at the discretion of the owner or operator of such buses.

James L. SewardTransportation Committee

Changes the rate of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Changes the rate of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Establishes the office for small business; repealer

Establishes the office for small business under the executive department; repeals the division for small-business which was in the economic development law; transfers powers from the division to the…

Darryl TownsSmall Business Committee

Establishes policy of equal pay for both sexes and comparability of value of work and directs the taking of corrective action

Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

Relates to notifying the local department of social services upon the death of an incapacitated person

Relates to notifying the local department of social services upon the death of an incapacitated person.

Shirley L. HuntleyMental Health Committee

Establishes a senior dental services grant program

Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are…

Ruben DiazFinance CommitteeFinance

Relates to the residency requirement for the Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 in Nassau county

Relates to the residency requirement for the Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 in Nassau County.

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

Authorizes an additional thirty days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

Authorizes sixty days or fifty-two working days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty.

Thomas P. MorahanFinance Committee

Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground

Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground; provides a definition as to what constitutes a playground.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties; funds received by the counties as a result of the surcharge pay for additional patroling by the…

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act"

Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act"; allows for voting participation by eligible voters with felony convictions by providing notice regarding voting rights, assistance with…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

Provides that ownership of unidentifiable part in identifiable motorcycle, other than stolen motorcycle shall be returned to owner after investigation

Provides that ownership of unidentifiable part in identifiable motorcycle, other than a stolen motorcycle shall be returned to such owner, provided that department has made findings such owner had…

Martin Malavé DilanFinance Committee

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of certain public employee retirees

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the…

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee