Sponsored bills

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…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Exempts low-emission and energy efficient vehicles from retail sales and compensating use taxes

Exempts low-emission and energy efficient vehicles from retail sales and compensating use taxes.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval; provides such plans shall set forth training and planning for…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000

Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000.

Owen H. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the thruway

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the Governor Thomas E.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to creating a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements

Creates a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements and products affixed to homes; directs NYSRDA to develop a list of qualified products and improvements and provides that such…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program

Provides for the transfer of a portion of fines issued for illegally passing a school bus to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program for the study and promotion of issues…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Establishes apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on federal censuses; repealer

Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon…

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Enacts the "New York state public health protection act"

Enacts the "New York state public health protection act"; establishes a precautionary policy for the state; establishes criteria to guide implementation of the precautionary policy; creates a…

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

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

George LatimerCodes Committee

Provides that actions by the attorney general for unlawful practice of law shall include both civil and criminal actions

Provides that actions by the attorney general for unlawful practice of law shall be construed to include both civil and criminal actions; makes conforming changes.

Ronald CanestrariSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings.

William ScarboroughCodes Committee

Relates to requiring the board of trustees of SUNY, CUNY and HESC to make publicly available agendas and subsequent meeting records

Relates to requiring the board of trustees of SUNY, CUNY and HESC to make publicly available agendas and subsequent meeting records on their websites.

Toby Ann StaviskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to providing unlisted numbers for domestic violence victims

Relates to providing unlisted telephone numbers without charge for certain victims of domestic violence.

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Relating to selectively cutting timber

Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities.

David KoonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through June 3, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010.

On the Assembly floor

Commending Boys and Girls Clubs across the State of New York for the outstanding service they provide young people and their families

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted

Relates to instruction on the history of people with disabilities

Relates to instruction on the history of people with disabilities.

William T. StachowskiEducation Committee

Enacts the criminal street gang enforcement and prevention act

Enacts the criminal street gang enforcement and prevention act; defines offenses; increases penalties; provides for gang prevention programs in schools; and develops a comprehensive approach to…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to cooperate with municipalities in establishing adopt-a-park programs

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to cooperate with municipalities in establishing adopt-a-park programs; municipalities may enter into agreements with…

William T. StachowskiCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Provides for loans to the New York Racing Association, Inc. and the repayment thereof on or before March 31, 2011

Provides for loans to the New York Racing Association, Inc. and the repayment thereof on or before March 31, 2011 or 30 days after a memorandum of understanding is entered into with the operator of…

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

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 knowingly solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of value, under any circumstance…

Pedro Espada Jr.Elections Committee

Provides military service credit to members who received certain expeditionary medals

Provides military service credit to members who were recipients of the Armed Forces expeditionary medal, Navy expeditionary medal or Marine Corps expeditionary medal, and who were discharged or…

James S. AlesiCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes a biomedical research grants and working capital loan program within the urban development corporation

Establishes a biomedical research grants and working capital loan program within the urban development corporation; sets application criteria for loans and grants; requires scientific peer review…

Dennis H. GabryszakEconomic Development Committee

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through June 3, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010.

Ways And Means Committee

Extends provision of law relating to multiple dwellings and the game of quick draw and relates to certain funds and accounts, and deposits and transfers

Extends provision of law relating to multiple dwellings and the game of Quick Draw through June 18, 2010 and relates to certain funds and accounts, and deposits and transfers.

On the Assembly floor

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through June 3, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010.

Finance Committee

Holds a person who willfully fails to collect, account for, and pay tax liable

Holds a person who willfully fails to collect, account for, and pay tax liable; defines "passive investor" to mean an investor who does not play an active role in the business.

James S. AlesiInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes a wind siting designation board

Establishes a wind siting designation board consisting of the department of environmental conservation's nine regional planning bodies each of which will consider applications on an individual basis…

James S. AlesiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Prohibits the use of unsolicited mail-loan checks by lending institutions; repealer

Prohibits the use of unsolicited mail-loan checks by lending institutions.

James S. AlesiBanks Committee

Creates the power solutions program; repealer

Extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefits program; creates the power solutions program to take over after the expiration of power for jobs and energy…

Kevin CahillEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to operate all state parks and historic sites at the beginning of 2010-2011 according to the and staffing and service levels as 2009-2012

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to operate and maintain all state parks and historic sites under its jurisdiction during the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2011…

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Extends provisions of law authorizing the use of credit cards to pay fees, fines, and surcharges

Extends provisions of law authorizing the use of credit cards to pay fees, fines, and surcharges.

Joseph LentolJudiciary Committee

Relates to state notice filed by a debt evading foreign state

Relates to state notice filed by a debt evading foreign state.

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Provides for a tax on debt evading foreign states

Provides for a tax on debt evading foreign states.

Brian X. FoleyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program; provides that an individual over the age of sixty need not be the head of the household to…

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Increases time for filing crime victim's claim

Increases time for filing crime victim's claim.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

Extends the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients

Extends the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients; requires relevant data and report on such program to be submitted by the department of health to the…

Dennis H. GabryszakHealth Committee

Relates to the definition of a grocery store

Relates to the definition of a grocery store.

Craig M. JohnsonFinance Committee

Relates to medicaid payments to free-standing clinics licensed pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law

Relates to medicaid payments to free-standing clinics licensed pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law.

Brian X. FoleyHealth Committee

Extends the expiration of the New York state French and Indian war 250th anniversary commemoration commission until December 31, 2014

Extends from December 31, 2010 until December 31, 2014, the expiration of the New York state French and Indian war 250th anniversary commemoration commission.

Steven EnglebrightFinance Committee

Relates to the display of live races and special events on telephones

Relates to the display of live races and special events on telephones.

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Provides for public oversight of special districts

Provides for public oversight of special districts.

Harvey WeisenbergLocal Governments Committee

Requires that individuals convicted of certain animal cruelty and animal fighting offenses reimburse the organizations caring for such animals

Requires that individuals convicted of certain animal cruelty and animal fighting offenses reimburse the organizations caring for such animals.

Amy PaulinAgriculture Committee

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing checks for unsolicited loans

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing checks or drafts to any person or other legal entity when the endorsement or deposit of such check or draft by such person or other legal entity would…

J. Gary PretlowBanks Committee

Requires operators of major facilities to implement plans and to install equipment for prompt detection of petroleum discharges

Requires the department of environmental conservation to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a major facility license, the submission of satisfactory evidence that the…

Joseph LentolEnvironmental Conservation Committee