Sponsored bills

Authorizes Antonia Keesler to change her retirement option

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees Committee

Directs the divisions of parole and probation and correctional alternatives to train their officers in substance abuse; appropriation

Requires the director of the division of probation and the division of parole, subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation officers, and parole officers, respectively, with…

Shirley L. HuntleyCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions.

John L. SampsonOn the Senate floor

Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift

Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift.

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor

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…

Brian X. FoleyStricken

Removes a certain time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net program

Provides that the time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net assistance program that was not funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Relates to farm waste net energy metering

Relates to farm waste net energy metering.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Relates to the sale of motor fuels to disabled persons

Relates to the sale of motor fuels to disabled persons; adds that a valid parking permit for handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of the vehicle and traffic law to…

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

Expands the geographical area of employment of university police officers

Expands the geographical area of employment of university police officers.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Requires that notice of increase in mortgage escrow account be given in advance

Provides that a mortgage investing institution that maintains a mortgage on any real property in the state of New York shall give ten days written notice prior to requiring payment of an increase in…

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Relates to the New York state waste prevention program

Relates to the New York state waste prevention program to provide that eligible projects shall include end of pipe pollution control technologies or practices where such controls or practices are…

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the family court, in certain situations, to restore a birth parent's parental rights after they have been terminated

Provides a process for a petition to restore previously terminated parental rights under certain circumstances.

Velmanette MontgomeryOn the Senate floor

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

Relates to persons who may register for the adoption information registry; repealer

Relates to persons who may register for the adoption information registry; relates to birth certificates of adopted children.

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor

Relates post traumatic stress disorder

Includes within the definition of "biologically based mental illness" the term "post traumatic stress disorder".

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Relates to adjournment of school district elections and budget votes in certain school districts

Relates to adjournment of school district elections and budget votes in certain school districts.

William J. Larkin Jr.Education Committee

Relates to providing pharmacies access to New York's prescription drug monitoring program resources

Relates to providing pharmacies access to New York's prescription drug monitoring program resources.

Dale M. VolkerHealth Committee

Provides temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees

Provides temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees; extends 55/25 benefit conferred to teachers and school administrators.

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees Committee

Imposes penalties for non-compliance of division of housing and community renewal orders

Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.

Linda RosenthalHousing Committee

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"; authorizes licensed cashers of checks to provide short-term loans under certain circumstances.

Darryl TownsBanks Committee

Requires all owners and opertors of taxis to participate in the electronic toll collection system and to utilize the facilities and lanes provided therefor

Requires all owners and operators of taxis to participate in the electronic toll collection system and to utilize the facilities and lanes provided therefor.

Mike SpanoTransportation 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.

Darrel J. AubertineTransportation Committee

Relates to notice of a change in use of property which is leased as a manufactured home lot

Requires six months notice of a change in use of property which is leased as a manufactured home lot.

Marc AlessiStricken

Provides for the calculation of final average salary for members of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) by defining "final average salary"

Provides for the calculation of final average salary for members of the NYSTRS by defining "final average salary" for such purposes; provides that final average salary would be calculated the same…

John McEnenyGovernmental Employees Committee

Enacts the wireless facility siting act; establishes one hundred twenty day moratorium on construction of wireless facilities in cities

Enacts the "wireless facility siting act"; directs cities, towns and villages to regulate the siting of cellular communications facilities; directs the department of health to study health effects…

Jeffrey D. KleinEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Prohibits payors from imposing higher co-pays on consumers for physical therapy services on the basis of provider or setting

Provides that no policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health shall impose co-payments in excess of twenty percent of total reimbursement to the provider of care.

Neil D. BreslinInsurance Committee

Eliminates the twenty million dollar limitation on the state aid a city can annually receive from video lottery gaming

Increases state aid payments to cities with video lottery gaming facilities.

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee

Defines the terms "impaired" and "intoxication" for the purposes of the vehicle and traffic law

Defines the terms "impaired" and "intoxication" for the purposes of the vehicle and traffic law.

Harvey WeisenbergTransportation Committee

Prohibits compensation based on home loan terms by a mortgage broker or mortgage lender

Prohibits compensation based on home loan terms by mortgage brokers or mortgage lenders.

Eric T. SchneidermanBanks Committee

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Codes Committee

Declares certain contracts to which a debt evading foreign state is a party to be void as against public policy

Declares certain contracts to which a debt evading foreign state is a party to be void as against public policy.

Brian X. FoleyJudiciary Committee

Requires state and municipal entities that collect demographic data on the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and tabulation category

Requires state and municipal agencies, authorities, boards and commissions that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Permits remote deposit capture machines, clarifies the definition of capital impairment for banking institutions, and makes other technical changes

Permits remote deposit capture machines, clarifies the definition of capital impairment for banking institutions, modifies reporting required by banking organizations, conforms criminal provisions…

Darryl TownsBanks Committee

Includes within crime of assault in the 2nd degree infliction of physical injury upon school district supervisory personnel

Includes activity constituting the causing of physical injury to school district or BOCES supervisory personnel whether or not such person is engaged in supervision or instruction at the time such…

James TediscoCodes Committee

Regulates the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products via computer

Regulates the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products via computer by requiring that any order placed therefor shall be shipped to an establishment licensed or registered to sell at retail.

James TediscoEconomic Development Committee

Relates to allowing one license plate to be issued for a vehicle

Relates to allowing for a fee one license plate to be issued and displayed on the rear of a vehicle and directs funds gathered to the account established in a vehicle and directs funds gathered to…

Daniel BurlingTransportation Committee

No SPDES program fee for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad discharging at a de minimis level

Provides no SPDES program fee be charged for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad determined by the department of environmental…

James TediscoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes city and county property tax relief exemptions; establishes tax incentive for investments in empire zones

Eliminates the $100,000 limit on certain types of investments in empire zone businesses, which may be taken as credits against the franchise tax on business corporations and personal income taxes;…

James TediscoReal Property Taxation Committee

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated for unlawful possession of marihuana or unlawful possession of…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

Extends forfeiture provisions to obscenity crimes

Allows counties in the state to be more effective in closing stores that deal in obscene material by providing for the forfeiture of the obscene materials after conviction of any misdemeanor or…

James TediscoCodes Committee

Relates to the transportation of bulk milk

Allows the department of transportation, in conjunction with the department of agriculture and markets, to investigate and resolve any barriers to bulk milk transportation; enables the state…

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Includes farm land which includes agricultural amusements within provisions of law relating to agricultural districts

Includes farm land which includes agricultural amusements within provisions of laws relating to agricultural districts.

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Provides for a program to transport persons subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest to the appropriate jurisdiction

Provides for a program to transport persons subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest to the appropriate jurisdiction initially to include persons charged with a felony, and then to include…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a baccalaureate and associate nursing assistance program

Creates a baccalaureate and associate nursing assistance program within the department of health to provide loans to persons in pursuit of a nursing degree at an approved institution in this state;…

James TediscoHigher Education Committee

Requires the prior approval of the appropriate legislative committees required of agency rules and regulations

Requires state agencies to submit proposed rules and regulations intended to implement legislation to the appropriate committee of the legislature for approval; provides that no such rule or…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the entry into premises by the agent of a utility or municipality; repealer

Establishes an agent of a utility or municipality may not enter premises without permission of a person lawfully in control of the premises; establishes certain exceptions.

James TediscoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Creates a black box tax credit

Amends the vehicle and traffic, tax, and insurance law in relation to enacting the livery and taxi safety act.

Martin J. GoldenTransportation Committee

Provides for a proposition to be submitted to voters in certain school districts on optional state funding of school district expenses

Relates to school property tax reduction; provides for a proposition to be submitted to voters in certain school districts on optional state funding of school districts; relates to the submission to…

John J. BonacicEducation Committee