Sponsored bills

Relates to file-sharing applications

Adds provisions relating to computer file-sharing applications.

Joseph MorelleConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to level two and level three sex offenders

Relates to level two and level three sex offenders and prohibits their placement in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children.

Joseph SaladinoSocial Services Committee

Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law

Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law.

Richard BrodskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires surveillance cameras in all state and volunteer agency vehicles used to transport developmentally disabled individuals and in group homes

Requires surveillance cameras in all state and volunteer agency vehicles used to transport developmentally disabled individuals and in group homes.

Timothy P. GordonMental Health Committee

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of toys and child care products containing bisphenol-A or phthalates

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of certain toys and child care products containing bisphenol-A or phthalates; imposes a civil fine of not less than $10,000 a day for violation of…

David KoonConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to legislative ethics; repealer

Relates to legislative ethics, gifts and financial disclosures, the independent commission on public integrity, the definition of lobbyists, requiring ethics training for lobbyists and public…

Robert CastelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires a corporation that is petitioning for sale of all or substantially all of its assets to set forth the impact on the public and requires the court to consider the same

Requires a corporation that is petitioning for sale of all or substantially all of its assets to set forth the impact on the public and requires the court to consider the same.

Marcus MolinaroCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Municipal sustainable energy financing program

Provides for a municipal sustainable energy financing program; changes municipal sustainable energy loan program; promote the deployment of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency measures…

Robert CastelliEnergy Committee

Limits tenure of temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leaders and committee chairs

Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and minority leader of the assembly to 8 years; limits the tenure of the chairman…

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to procurement of insurance coverage

Relates to procurement of insurance coverage.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

Repeals part O3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003 relating to decoupling from certain federal depreciation provisions

Relates to decoupling from certain federal depreciation provisions.

Marcus MolinaroWays And Means Committee

Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company

Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company.

Linda RosenthalHousing Committee

Relates to federal taxable income and federal adjusted gross income; repealer

Relates to the federal domestic production activities deduction.

Marcus MolinaroWays And Means Committee

Authorizes current and retired members of law enforcement to carry concealed firearms

Authorizes current and retired members of law enforcement to carry concealed firearms.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

Authorizes school tax reductions for residents in certain communities

Authorizes school tax reductions of 25% for residents in communities that restrict ownership to those fifty-five years of age and older.

Thomas McKevittWays And Means Committee

Relates to personal watercraft and certain safety provisions that require their use

Allows personal watercraft to be used as an alternative to a surfboat.

Fred ThieleHealth Committee

Repeals subdivisions 1, 3 and 7 of section 240.35 of the penal law, relating to the offense of loitering, and makes conforming technical amendments

Relates to the offense of loitering, and makes conforming technical amendments in the penal law, the alcoholic beverage control law, the criminal procedure law, the executive law and the general…

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Urging the NYS Congressional delegation to pass a six month extension of the enhanced FMAP

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

Requires travel agents to be registered with the department of state, and provides for the regulation thereof; repealer

Requires travel agents to be registered with the department of state, and provides for the regulation thereof.

José PeraltaConsumer Protection Committee

Authorizes commissioner of general services to convey unused state lands to school district or board of cooperative educational services for public education purpose

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey unappropriated state lands to a school district or board of cooperative educational services for public education purposes; such conveyance…

Owen H. JohnsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within office of mental health to study, report on and make recommendations on such violence

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within the office of mental health, to study, report on and make recommendations on the prevalence, causes, effects, risks…

Shirley L. HuntleyFinance Committee

Relates to a one year wage freeze

Relates to a one year wage freeze for employees of the state, municipalities and school districts.

John J. FlanaganCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to the personal income tax credit for long-term care insurance

Relates to the personal income tax credit for long-term care insurance; allows an individual to qualify pursuant to Title XXXII of the federal Public Health Service Act.

William A. BarclayWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Authorizes the creation of the veteran assistance lottery game and the establishment of the veterans' assistance fund

Authorizes the creation of the veteran assistance lottery game and the establishment of the veterans' assistance fund.

Kenneth ZebrowskiWays And Means Committee

Relates to creating an exemption for alternative heating fuels from the state sales and use taxes

Relates to creating an exemption for alternative heating fuels from the state sales and use taxes.

Clifford CrouchWays And Means Committee

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid; establishes a defense of lack of knowledge of the content of such product

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid; defines the chemical compounds which constitute a synthetic cannabinoid; imposes a civil penalty of not more than…

David McDonoughEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the state comptroller to distribute certain funds from the indigent legal services fund to Orleans county

Authorizes the state comptroller to distribute certain funds from the indigent legal services fund to Orleans county.

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Establishes the "prevention of financial exploitation of the elderly act"; repealer

Establishes the "prevention of financial exploitation of the elderly act".

David McDonoughCodes Committee

Animal abuser registration act

Establishes the animal abuser registration act.

David McDonoughAgriculture Committee

Authorizes virtual net energy metering

Authorizes virtual net energy metering; provides for the ownership and operation of energy generating equipment by municipalities and groups of farmers and businesses for their joint benefit;…

Timothy P. GordonEnergy Committee

Relates to school district reserve funds and budgets

Provides that any proposition for the expenditure of reserve funds for the purposes of reducing real property tax levies by any school district shall be included in any subsequent budget proposals…

Phil BoyleEducation Committee

Requires passengers in taxis and liveries to wear safety belts

Requires passengers in taxis and liveries to wear safety belts.

Margaret MarkeyTransportation Committee

Relates to consumer access to health insurance companies

Requires every health insurer to provide insureds with a method to bypass the automated telephone answering service of such insurer and to speak directly with a representative.

Kenneth ZebrowskiInsurance Committee

Relates to mandatory reporting of allegations of physical or sexual abuse of a child with mental or physical disabilities

Relates to mandatory reporting of allegations of physical or sexual abuse of a child with mental or physical disabilities residing in a facility operated by the department of mental hygiene.

Felix OrtizMental Health Committee

Relates to the establishment of a staffing plan for all uniformed and non-uniformed employees at correctional facilities

Relates to the establishment of a staffing plan for all uniformed and non-uniformed employees at correctional facilities.

Joseph GiglioCorrection Committee

Authorizes the conveyance of certain parklands in the town of Hamlin in the county of Monroe to Sandy Creek Marina

Authorizes the conveyance of certain parklands in the town of Hamlin in the county of Monroe to Sandy Creek Marina.

Stephen HawleyLocal Governments Committee

Grants civil immunity to bars in Westchester that scan for proof of age and provide free transportation to patrons

Provides immunity from liability for injury or damage caused by intoxication of a patron when the operator of a premises in the county of Westchester scans for proof of age and offers and provides,…

Robert CastelliJudiciary Committee

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month to answer questions relating to the state

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate legislature once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general…

Micah KellnerGovernmental Operations Committee

Limits fees that may be exacted for the production of records relating to the condition or treatment of a patient

Provides that notwithstanding the provisions of the public health law, no other fee other than those authorized by section 2303 (a) of the civil practice law and rules may be exacted or levied for…

David WeprinJudiciary Committee

Provides that assessments of self-insurers for the special disability fund shall be based on 110%, rather than 150%, of total disbursements

Provides that assessments of self-insurers, the state insurance fund, and all insurance carriers for the workers' compensation special disability fund shall be based on 110%, rather than 150%, of…

David WeprinLabor Committee

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…

David WeprinJudiciary Committee

Enacts the child custody reform act

Enacts the child custody reform act to provide uniform statewide standards for the litigation and mediation of child custody disputes; provides for an initial planning conference between the judge…

David WeprinJudiciary Committee

Relates to the sharing of information of certain employment data with state and municipal agencies and certain local development corporations

Relates to the sharing of information of certain employment data with state and municipal agencies and certain local development corporations.

David WeprinLabor Committee

Increases the threshold for liability for contributions for unemployment insurance from $300 per calendar quarter to $2000 per calendar quarter

Increases the threshold for liability for contributions for unemployment insurance from $300 per calendar quarter to $2000 per calendar quarter.

David WeprinLabor Committee

Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, vessels and aircraft used in counterfeit goods

Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, vessels and aircraft used in counterfeit goods.

David WeprinCodes Committee

Establishes the crimes of possession of a counterfeit trademark in the first, second and third degrees

Establishes the crimes of possession of a counterfeit trademark in the first, second and third degrees.

David WeprinCodes Committee

Commences a study on how to enhance safety and maximize efficiency throughout the department of corrections

Commences a study on how to enhance safety and maximize efficiency throughout the department of corrections; requires written report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of…

Joseph GiglioCorrection Committee

Extends the maximum length of single vehicles to forty-five feet

Extends the maximum length of single vehicles to forty-five feet.

Robert ReillyTransportation CommitteeTransportation