Bills by

Craig M. Johnson

Senator

16,516 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →johnson@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

16,516 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

K1438Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Adopted
Honoring Senior Investigator Joseph M. Commisso, recipient of a Superintendent's Commendation Award on May 20, 2010
Jane CorwinAdopted
Adopted
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A11314Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Referred to ways and means
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
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S8019Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Substituted by a11313

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

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A11090Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed; repealer

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed.

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee

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A11079Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides for financing and interior restoration of capital facilities for the Nightingale-Bamford School

Provides for financing and interior restoration of capital facilities for the Nightingale-Bamford School.

Jonathan BingWays And Means Committee

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S7706Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

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

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S7539Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

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

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A10700Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to election law

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

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A10630Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

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

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A10560Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Riverdale Country School, Inc.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

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A10549Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Enacting clause stricken

Designates certain code enforcement officers employed by the town of Southampton as peace officers

Designates the code enforcement officers employed by the town of Southampton as peace officers, including the chief town investigator, town investigator, ordinance enforcement officer, ordinance…

Fred ThieleStricken

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A10306Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices

Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices; increases damages and directs consumers on bringing an action for such deceptive acts and practices.

Audrey PhefferCodes Committee

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S7091Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to insurance

Enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle insurance fraud

Grants the superintendent of insurance authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their…

Jeffrey D. KleinInsurance Committee

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A10086Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Repeals certain provisions relating to the assessment and reimbursement of state expenditures by an industrial development agency or authority

Repeals certain provisions relating to the assessment and reimbursement of state expenditures by an industrial development agency or authority.

Sam HoytWays And Means Committee

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A10040Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to education

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

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A10033Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Referred to local government

Requires signatures for payments in lieu of taxes

Requires signatures of chief executives of local municipalities for payments in lieu of payments prior to the grant of application or the effectiveness of any such grant for a payment in lieu of…

Earlene HooperLocal Government Committee

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A10032Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

Authorizes the NYSUDC to form a limited liability company for the purpose of certification as a community development entity under the New Markets tax credit program

Authorizes the corporation to form a limited liability company for the purpose of certification as a community development entity under the New Markets tax credit program.

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

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A9948Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to election law

Requires that corporate contributions to a political candidate or party committee or in support or opposition be approved by a majority of shareholders

Establishes the corporate political activity accountability to shareholders act which requires that corporate contributions to a political candidate or party committee or in support or opposition to…

Rory LancmanElection Law Committee

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S6811Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Relates to tax abatement for rent regulated property occupied by certain senior citizens or low-income and moderate-income persons

Relates to tax abatement for rent regulated property occupied by certain senior citizens or low-income and moderate-income persons.

Pedro Espada Jr.Finance Committee

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A9840Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to rules

Adds the Suffolk and Nassau county comptrollers to the board of trustees for LIPA

Adds the Suffolk and Nassau county comptrollers to the board of trustees for the Long Island Power Authority.

Marc AlessiRules Committee

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A9824Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

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

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S6359Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

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

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S6323Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to codes

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

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A9239Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Establishes the paint stewardship pilot program

Requires paint manufacturers to establish paint stewardship programs, to develop and implement strategies for reducing the generation of post-consumer paint, to promote the re-use of post-consumer…

Crystal Peoples-StokesEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S6247Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to education

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations regarding written protocols by each school district relating to the H1N1 virus

Requires the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to promulgate rules and regulations regarding: written protocols by each school district relating to the H1N1…

Antoine M. ThompsonEducation Committee

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A9128Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the residency requirements for the certain officers in the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson

Amends the residency requirement for the offices of clerk, deputy clerk, treasurer and deputy treasurer for the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson; permits such person to reside outside of the village…

Nancy CalhounInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A2560Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Allows employees to utilize sick leave to care for family, household members and domestic partners

Allows employees to utilize accrued and available sick leave to provide care to immediate family, household members or domestic partners; and defines relevant terms.

Deborah GlickWays And Means Committee

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A4301Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to ways and means

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

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A4892Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprising manufactured home parks

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprising manufactured home parks…

Marc AlessiCodes Committee

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A1148Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

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

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A4769Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Exempts the sales of wine and wine products produced in the state from sales and compensating use taxes during the first week in March

Exempts the sales of wine and wine products produced in the state from sales and compensating use taxes during the first week in March.

Marc AlessiWays And Means CommitteeFinance

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A5335Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes space on the personal income tax form to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors

Establishes space on the personal income tax form to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors through the senior nutrition assistance program.

Steven EnglebrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A6919Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Substituted by s3296h

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

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A8466Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to energy

Requires alternative fuels to be available along the thruway

Requires alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2011 and to provide each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty…

Ginny FieldsEnergy Committee

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A2791Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to transportation

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

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A3650Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Requires certain dealers engaged in the retail sale of motor fuel to itemize all federal, state and county taxes on customer receipts

Requires certain dealers engaged in the retail sale of motor fuel to itemize all federal, state and county taxes on customer receipts and to post a notice that such information is available on their…

David KoonCodes Committee

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A8747Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Limits the annual increase in debt of the New York city municipal water finance authority to six percent without the approval of the New York city council

Limits the annual increase in debt of the New York city municipal water finance authority to six percent without the approval of the New York city council.

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

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A3480Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to rules

Requires at least one member of the water board of the city of Buffalo be a member of the common council of such city

Requires at least one member of the water board of the city of Buffalo be a member of the common council of such city or designated by such council.

Crystal Peoples-StokesRules Committee

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S1571Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

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

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S3214Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

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

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S2221SenateA2789· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Requires state campgrounds to provide a reduced fee for campsites to persons 65 or over

Provides that the office of parks, recreation & historic preservation or any other agency setting fees for the use of overnight camping facilities shall set such rate at five dollars for residents…

Ruben DiazFinance CommitteeFinance

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S1808Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported and committed to codes

Authorizes municipalities in Suffolk county to establish programs for senior citizen rent real property tax exemptions and abatements

Authorizes municipalities in the county of Suffolk to establish programs for providing real property tax exemptions and abatements to landlords of senior citizens for the units occupied by the…

Owen H. JohnsonCodes Committee

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S5262Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amended on third reading 5262c

Relates to bills as prima facie proof of damages

Provides that itemized bills or invoices, receipted or marked paid, for services, supplies or repairs of an amount not in excess of ten thousand dollars are admissible in evidence and are prima…

John L. SampsonOn the Senate floor

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A6802Assembly· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Relates to sewer and water rates for those granted senior citizen real property or persons with disabilities and limited incomes tax exemptions in the city of NY

Relates to sewer and water rates for those granted senior citizen real property or persons with disabilities and limited income tax exemptions in the city of New York.

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

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A4038AssemblyS5744· Moved Jun 1, 2010· Amend and recommit to governmental employees

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in the workplace.

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Employees CommitteeFinance

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