Sponsored bills

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the board of parole

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the board of parole.

Jeffrion AubryOn the Senate floor

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to make loans for the installation of sprinkler systems in historic buildings

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to make loans for the installation of sprinkler systems in historic buildings which are listed in the national or state…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

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.

Steven EnglebrightJudiciary Committee

Relates to the establishment of sex offender treatment programs and establishes mandatory treatment and supervision requirements for sex offenders

Requires the department of correctional services and the division of parole to establish sex offender treatment programs; establishes mandatory treatment and supervision requirements for sex…

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections for races with three or more candidates; insures majority support for elected officers.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Requires fire districts to provide absentee ballots for fire district elections; related provisions

Requires fire districts to provide absentee ballots for fire district elections; makes related provisions.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without…

Harvey WeisenbergBanks Committee

Requires public officers and bodies to provide interpreters and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired at public hearings under certain conditions

Requires public officers and public bodies to make reasonable efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request to…

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter; applies to all elections, including school elections; directs…

David KoonElections 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…

Peter RiveraChildren And Families Committee

Eliminates price controls on health club contracts: annual and limited duration tennis

Eliminates price controls on health club contracts: annual and limited duration tennis.

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Amends provisions relating to the information which must be included on applications for absentee ballots for school district elections

Amends provisions relating to the information which must be included on applications for absentee ballots for school district elections: removes requirement for certain detailed…

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

Provides an optional pilot program to establish arts-based districts in the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Troy

Provides an optional pilot program to establish arts-based districts in the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Troy and for the repeal of the provisions pertaining thereto.

Sam HoytWays And Means Committee

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide.

Charles LavineTransportation Committee

Provides office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall not take specified actions involving commercial use of natural resources, including timber, in parks

Seeks to protect the public trust in the natural resources in state parks and historic sites by protecting their natural resources (i.e., timber, forest products, oil, gas, sand, rock, gravel or…

Sam HoytWays And Means Committee

Requires paper ballots have a box, oval or other marking area that the voter may intentionally fill in to alert the voting system that any and all undervotes on the ballot are intentional

Requires paper ballots have a box, oval or other marking area that the voter may intentionally fill in to alert the voting system that any and all undervotes on the ballot have been done so…

Brian X. FoleyOn the Senate floor

Relates to appellate review of an ex parte order or applications for provisional remedies

Relates to appellate review of an ex parte order or applications for provisional remedies.

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Grants James DeMarco tier I status

Dale M. VolkerCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Prohibits the possession of concealed firearms in national parks and national wildlife refuge systems

Prohibits the possession of concealed firearms in any national park or national wildlife refuge system; imposes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for a violation thereof.

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

Establishes that ten percent of any special assessment paid for landfill disposal shall be credited to the county health department of the county of such landfill

Establishes ten percent of any special assessment paid for landfill disposal shall be credited to the county health department of the county where the landfill that is accepting hazardous waste is…

Francine DelMonteEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force

Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force.

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee

Grants an exemption from licensing requirements for certain social work and mental health professionals employed by certain corporations

Grants an exemption from licensing requirements for certain social work and mental health professionals employed by certain not-for-profit corporations, education corporations and business…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a distinctive license plate for the deaf and hearing-impaired

Establishes a distinctive license plate for the deaf and hearing-impaired; defines terms; creates the New York state deaf and hearing-impaired fund.

Michael F. NozzolioStricken

Changes from .04 to .02 of one per centum the alcohol level a person is prohibited to have in his system to operate a commercial vehicle

Changes from .04 to .02 of one per centum the alcohol level a person is prohibited to have in his system to operate a commercial vehicle.

John L. SampsonStricken

Includes salvia divinorum within the list of hallucinogenic controlled substances

Includes salvia divinorum within the list of hallucinogenic controlled substances.

John L. SampsonStricken

Limits cost-sharing responsibilities of participants in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program

Limits cost-sharing responsibilities of participants in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program for both comprehensive and catastrophic coverages to no more than five percent of the…

Toby Ann StaviskyFinance Committee

Prohibits any product enhanced with milk protein concentrates, caseins, or caseinates from being labeled as a dairy product

Prohibits any product enhanced with milk protein concentrates, caseins, or caseinates from being labeled as a dairy product.

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to restructure mortgages for dislocated workers and reservists called to active duty

Authorizes the state of NY mortgage agency to restructure payment arrangements on mortgages for dislocated workers registered with the job service division of the labor department and U.S. armed…

John L. SampsonStricken

Authorizes granting of school tax exemption to veterans with at least forty percent disability

Provides that after a public hearing a school district may adopt a resolution providing a school tax exemption on residential property owned by a veteran with at least a forty percent disability;…

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Provides for the recanvass of certain ballots upon request of a candidate prior to the canvass of absentee and special ballots

Provides for the recanvass of certain ballots upon request of a candidate prior to the canvas of absentee and special ballots in the city of New York.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

Establishes small flexible fund accounts at the local level

Establishes small flexible fund accounts at the local level or the regrant program for one-time events or short term needs.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Expands retraining opportunities to unemployed citizens of the state

Expands retraining opportunities to unemployed citizens of the state.

George OnoratoFinance Committee

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St. Lawrence County and one trustee to be a resident of Niagara county

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St.

Antoine M. ThompsonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to automated defibrillator requirements

Requires every assisted living facility to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises and have in attendance at all times, at least one individual certified in CPR.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Relates to creating a hazard

Provides that any person who shall abandon in a public place, any controlled substance or dangerous drug as defined in article 220 or 221 of the penal law, shall be guilty of creating a hazard.

John L. SampsonStricken

Authorizes municipal corporations to grant partial exemption on real property owned by persons totally and permanently disabled

Provides that the current real property tax exemption for persons over 65 may also be extended to those persons who are totally and permanently disabled; provides that municipalities shall provide…

John J. FlanaganFinance Committee

Relates to creating a senior school tax freeze exemption for school tax purposes for certain persons sixty-five years of age or older

Relates to creating a senior school tax freeze exemption for school tax purposes for certain persons sixty-five years of age or older, who have resided in New York state for at least thirty years…

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Directs the state board of elections to establish procedures to assure the timely processing and counting of affidavit ballots

Directs the state board of elections to establish procedures to assure the timely processing and counting of affidavit ballots.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

Provides that purchasers and sellers of real property shall be provided with voter registration forms at closing

Provides that purchasers and sellers of real property shall be provided with voter registration forms at closing.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Election Law Committee

Provides for the temporary surrender of firearms where an individual may be a danger to himself or herself or others

Provides for the temporary surrender of firearms to the police by any person who is taken into custody by the police for the purpose of a mental examination and prior to an examination ordered…

John L. SampsonStricken

Provides appointment process for members of a charter revision commission appointed by the mayor of N.Y. city for the submission of proposals

Provides an appointment process for members of a charter revision commission appointed by the mayor of a city of one million or more inhabitants; establishes qualifications for such members and…

James F. BrennanWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Relates to the membership and organization of the most integrated setting coordinating council and appointment of the chairperson

Relates to the membership and organization of the most integrated setting coordinating council and appointment of the chairperson.

RoAnn DestitoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Makes technical changes to ensure that certificates of relief from disabilities and good conduct issued by correction department are correctly identified

Makes technical changes to ensure that certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct issued by the correction department are correctly identified and considered.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Provides that utility companies shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is issued

Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Provides that the town board of certain towns may establish maximum speed limits on certain town highways

Provides that the town board of any town, exclusive of suburban towns and towns having a population exceeding fifty thousand, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum…

Betty LittleOn the Senate floor

Prohibits the suspension of driving privileges for veterans who are in support arrears

Prohibits the suspension of driving privileges for veterans who are in support arrears.

Addie JenneJudiciary Committee

Creates various programs to protect safety of truck drivers

Relates to programs that promote and protect the safety of truck drivers in New York state.

Peter LopezTransportation Committee

Relates to requiring offenders to bear the cost of installation and maintenance of a court-ordered ignition interlock device

Relates to requiring offenders to bear the cost of installation and maintenance of a court-ordered ignition interlock device.

Albert A. StirpeTransportation Committee