Bills by

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Senator

7,101 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →addabbo@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

7,101 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

A1976Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Substituted by s5642
Relates to the electronic filing of wetlands regulatory maps
Authorizes the electronic filing of freshwater wetlands regulatory maps.
Barbara LiftonOn the Assembly floor
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A2014Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means
Relates to increasing the maximum sales tax rate for cities and counties; repealer
Relates to increasing the maximum sales tax rate for cities and counties to four percent; repeals all additional local percentage increases.
Nancy CalhounWays And Means Committee
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A2053Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in social services

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software.

Thomas F. O'MaraSocial Services Committee

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A2056Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Creates a bulk electricity purchasing program

Creates a bulk electricity purchasing program in the office of general services to provide lower cost electricity to participating municipalities.

Thomas F. O'MaraGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2126Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities; applicable to employees who in good faith…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

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A2139Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in correction

Requires New York state drivers licenses to indicate if the licensee is a registered sex offender under Megan's Law

Requires New York State drivers licenses to indicate if the licensee is a registered sex offender under Megan's Law, the "Sex Offender Registration Act"; makes additional changes regarding…

Thomas F. O'MaraCorrection Committee

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A2190Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides a streamlining of planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; repealer

Provides a streamlining of planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Greg BallEducation CommitteeEducation

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A2254Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Provides an exemption to mortgage tax for not-for-profit and religious entities

Provides an exemption to mortgage tax for not-for-profit and religious entities.

William ParmentWays And Means Committee

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A1348Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Creates personal income tax credit for fees imposed by recyclers for acceptance of electronic equipment surrendered by the taxpayer

Creates a personal income tax credit for the fees imposed by recyclers for the acceptance of electronic equipment surrendered by the taxpayer; defines "electronic equipment".

William ColtonWays And Means Committee

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A1407Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Makes an appropriation to the Museum of African American Cinema, Inc. for the purchase of land, the operation of such facility and for an architectural study

Makes an appropriation of $6,250,000 to the Museum of African American Cinema, Inc. for the purchase of land, the operation of such facility and for an architectural study.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

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A1528Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Defines word "depicts" to include both words and pictures with respect to crime of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree

Defines word "depicts" to include both words and pictures with respect to crime of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree.

William ColtonCodes Committee

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A2546Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Establishes commercial sod products pesticide information requirements

Establishes commercial sod products pesticide information requirements for all purchasers; defines terms; specifies such information and establishes penalties.

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

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A2547Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Protects right of organizations on a college campus to post signs

Protects and regulates the posting of signs on college campuses by student organizations.

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

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A2631Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in transportation

Creates a vertical form of a license or identification card for persons under age 21

Creates a vertical form of a license or identification card for persons under age 21.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A2802Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Expedites return of stolen motor vehicles

Expedites the return of stolen motor vehicles and motorcycles to their rightful owners thereby reducing overcrowding of police storage pounds; provides for evidentiary photographs of their vehicle…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A2838Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of unlawful sale of personal identifying information

Establishes the crimes of unlawful sale of personal identifying information.

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A2856Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates New York state regulatory review council; expands scope of regulatory impact statements

Expands requirements for regulatory impact statements to include discussion of potential benefits and cost savings; creates New York state regulatory review council to review every promulgation,…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2861Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Creates "the New York residential insurance providers disclosure act of 2009" regarding the requirements of statistical reports

Creates "the New York residential insurance providers disclosure act of 2009" regarding the requirements of statistical reports for residential insurance providers.

David GanttInsurance Committee

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A3047Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in labor

Enacts the "scaffold reform act"

Enacts the "scaffold reform act"; grants counties a local option to require contractors working on projects within their respective jurisdictions to comply with the regulations and standards set…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

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A3137Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Expands the "abandoned infant protection act" from five days to thirty

Expands the "abandoned infant protection act" by placing limitations on the application of provisions of the penal law relating to abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child to…

Joan ChristensenCodes Committee

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A3186Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Creates a small business electric energy tax credit

Creates a small business electric energy tax credit.

Thomas F. O'MaraWays And Means Committee

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A3202Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to prostitution offenses; creates the new crimes of unlawful prostitution and sexual exploitation of a child

Relates to prostitution offenses; creates the new crimes of unlawful prostitution and sexual exploitation of a child.

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

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A3244Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Conforms state law to recent federal changes pertaining to motor vehicle retail leasing to enhance consumer protection; repealer

Conforms state law to recent federal changes pertaining to motor vehicle retail leasing to enhance consumer protection; provides for additional disclosures regarding terms and conditions, fees,…

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A3268Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Appropriates funds for state assistance to community college contract courses and workforce development

Appropriates $2,000,000 for state assistance to community college contract courses and workforce development.

Joan ChristensenHigher Education CommitteeEducation

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A3412Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Relates to leased vehicle protections

Relates to leased vehicle protections; provides that every lease shall itemize and set forth in detail all costs required to be paid by the lessee or purchaser of the rental vehicle upon termination…

J. Gary PretlowConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A3570Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Extends the right to vote to certain resident aliens

Extends the right to vote in local elections to alien residents who have earned permanent legal status in this country and have been residents of this state for at least three years and who have…

N. Nick PerryElection Law Committee

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A3604Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to real property taxation

Provides a real property tax exemption to agricultural lands that are used for certain purposes

Provides a real property tax exemption to agricultural lands that are used for certain purposes.

Clifford CrouchReal Property Taxation Committee

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A3659Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Relates to the function of industrial development agencies

Relates to the function of industrial development agencies; relates to the application and community impact report, financial assistance agreements, wages and standards, displaced worker protection,…

Sam HoytLocal Governments Committee

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A3662Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to correction

Establishes sex offender residency restrictions

Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the…

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

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A3781Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Makes provisions regarding genetic predisposition

Defines the term "genetic predisposition" for purposes of individual and small group health insurance policies; requires that genetic predisposition be disregarded in community rating; provides that…

Brian KavanaghInsurance Committee

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A3985Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes a tax credit for alternative energy systems and generating equipment

Establishes a tax credit for qualified expenditures meeting the criteria prescribed by the department of tax and finance in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New…

Clifford CrouchWays And Means Committee

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A4041AssemblyS3186· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to display of missing in attack on our nation flag commonly known as MIA-OON flag

Relates to display of Missing In Attack On Our Nation flag commonly known as MIA-OON flag.

Jonathan BingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A4236Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Allows the use of the individual tax identification number when a legal immigrant applies for a driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license

Allows the use of the individual tax identification number when a legal immigrant applies for a driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A4314Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Shortens registration application form deadline from twenty-five days to ten days

Shortens registration application form deadline received by the state board of elections or showing a dated cancellation mark from the US post office or contained in an envelope showing such a dated…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A4368Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Enacts the volunteer peace officers' benefit law; provides for qualifications, insurance and other benefits

Enacts the volunteer peace officers' benefits law; provides for qualifications, insurance and other benefits; defines all relevant terms; requires physical, eye sight, agility and psychological exams.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

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A4404Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony

Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

Janele Hyer-SpencerCodes Committee

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A4575Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires institutions of higher education to determine and report on the number of students who withdraw because of credit card debt

Requires every institution of higher education in the state to interview students who withdraw to determine whether such withdrawal is the result of credit card debt incurred by the student;…

Peter RiveraHigher Education Committee

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A4619Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on the necessity, content and manner of instruction about problem gambling in grades 4 through 12

Establishes an adolescent gambling task force to study and make recommendations on the necessity, content and manner of instruction about problem gambling in grades 4 through 12.

Peter RiveraEducation Committee

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A4707Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates the class D felony of citizenship document fraud in the first degree and the class E felony of citizenship document fraud in the second degree

Creates the class D felony of citizenship document fraud in the first degree and the class E felony of citizen document fraud in the second degree to deter the manufacture, distribution, sale or use…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

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A4723Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides any rates for motor vehicle liability and collision insurance shall provide for a reduction after completion of a certain certified course

Provides that any rates for motor vehicle liability and collision insurance shall provide for a reduction for a three year period after completion of the national safety council's emergency vehicle…

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

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A4736Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Changes state fiscal year; commencing 2010 fiscal year will end April 30 and every year thereafter will commence May 1 and end April 30

Changes state fiscal year; commencing 2009 the fiscal year will end April 30 and every year thereafter will commence May 1 and end April 30.

Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee

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A476Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to…

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

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A4772Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for health insurance coverage for nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists

Provides for health insurance coverage for nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists.

Vivian CookInsurance Committee

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A4799Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Provides that the board of elections shall accept voter registrations electronically through its website

Provides that the board of elections shall accept voter registrations electronically through its website.

Jonathan BingElection Law Committee

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A4843Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes commission on feasibility of constructing and operating light rail commuter system between counties of Sullivan and Orange, and New York city

Establishes commission on feasibility of constructing and operating a light rail commuter system between the counties of Sullivan and Orange, and the city of New York.

Peter RiveraCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A4924Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in economic development

Establishes the growth in manufacturing incentive program

Establishes the growth in manufacturing incentive program to establish a tax incentive program providing tax credits to manufacturing firms creating new jobs in the manufacturing sector over a…

Marc ButlerEconomic Development Committee

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A5138Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Authorizes the commissioner of education to take control of high schools that remain a school under registration review for three years

Authorizes the commissioner of education to take control of any high school that remains a school under registration review for three years from the board of education of the city of New York and to…

Vito LopezEducation Committee

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A5189Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration.

Peter RiveraHigher Education Committee

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