Bills by

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Senator

7,266 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →addabbo@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

7,266 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

A5133Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy
Relates to the eligibility of state and N.Y. city supervised, limited profit housing developments to receive energy services from the N.Y. state power authority
Clarifies the eligibility of state and NYC supervised, limited profit housing developments to receive energy services from the NYS power authority; provides that no revenues foregone by an electric…
Vito LopezEnergy Committee
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A5289Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor
Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program
Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program.
Grace MengLabor Committee

A5398Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Requires defense attorney to advise aliens of deportation consequences of guilty plea; allows guilty plea withdrawal

Requires a defense attorney to advise a defendant that if he is an alien and he is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in his deportation; allows a withdrawal…

Peter RiveraCodes Committee

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A5407Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes the creation of research and development centers; provides tax credits and benefits for related enterprises

Establishes the creation of research and development centers; provides tax credits and benefits for research and development enterprises and qualified research production facilities; centers would…

Marc ButlerWays And Means Committee

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A5416Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Establishes requirements in order for assisted living residences to receive medical assistance payments

Establishes requirements in order for assisted living residences to receive medical assistance payments.

Steven EnglebrightSocial Services Committee

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A547Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Enacts the access for new Americans act

Enacts the access for new Americans act; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to implement an access for new Americans program; describes such program as including, civic and…

Rhoda JacobsSocial Services Committee

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A5477Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides for dissolution and reconstitution of certain housing companies

Provides that upon dissolution and prior to reconstitution to cooperative or condominium ownership, a Mitchell-Lama housing company aided by a loan made after May 1, 1959 must escrow 20% of the…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5478Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Removes monetary limitation on contracts with rural housing entities

Removes certain limitation on contracts entered into with neighborhood preservation companies and not-for-profit corporations for housing preservation and community renewal activities.

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5521Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Provides additional criteria for establishment of rent guidelines and provides for inspection of landlord's books

Provides additional criteria for establishment of rent guidelines and requires landlords to make their books and records regarding income, expenses, tax benefits and financing arrangements available…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5533Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Repeals provision prohibiting volunteer firefighters from receiving both the local option real property tax exemption and the personal income tax credit at the same time

Repeals provision prohibiting volunteer firefighters from receiving both the local option real property tax exemption and the personal income tax credit at the same time.

Marcus MolinaroWays And Means Committee

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A5564Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Limits medical assistance for prescription drugs to reimbursable amounts for generic drugs if available

Provides that medical assistance for prescription drugs shall be limited to reimbursable amounts for comparable generic drugs if generic drugs are available throughout the state.

Vito LopezSocial Services Committee

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A5569Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to affordable housing development loans

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to affordable housing development loans.

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A5628Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Enacts the educational tax incentives act

Enacts the educational tax incentives act; provides a tax credit for contributions made to public education entities or to a local education fund; requires the department of taxation and finance to…

Dov HikindWays And Means Committee

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A5742Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Prohibits the legislature from recessing after the start of the state fiscal year until it has passed a budget

Prohibits the legislature from recessing after the start of the state fiscal year until it has passed a budget; may only recess during such period for public holidays.

James HayesGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5746Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing

Coordinates the delivery of housing services by merging with other organizations funded under the same program

Coordinates the delivery of housing services by allowing neighborhood or rural preservation companies to merge with other organizations funded under the same program; permits a preservation company…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A581Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller and attorney-general

Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller and attorney-general.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5811Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Enacts "The Mercury-Free Water Resources and Mercury Reduction Management Strategy Act of 2007"; repealer

Enacts "The Mercury Free Water Resources and Mercury Reduction Management Strategy Act"; provides for: disclosure of mercury content, phase-out of mercury-added products, disposal prohibition,…

Richard BrodskyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5940Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Allows persons 65 years and older and persons with disabilities to hunt with a long bow and to take wildlife with a cross bow

Allows persons 65 years and older and persons with disabilities to hunt with a long bow and to take wildlife with a cross bow; authorizes department to adopt regulations.

Francine DelMonteEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A5993Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Creates a course of instruction to train mental health providers in veteran specific mental health issues

Creates a course of instruction to train mental health providers in veteran specific mental health issues.

Peter RiveraMental Health Committee

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A6076Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Enacts the refund anticipation loan act

Enacts the refund anticipation loan act; requires any person doing business in this state as a facilitator shall be registered in a form prescribed by the superintendent of banking; requires the…

Hakeem JeffriesWays And Means Committee

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A6079Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes a cause of action by residents of adult facilities to petition for temporary or permanent receivership

Establishes a cause of action by residents of adult facilities to petition for temporary or permanent receivership of any such facility in violation of the provisions of law, rules and regulations…

Peter RiveraHealth Committee

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A6100Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Creates the state pharmaceutical local choice program

Creates the state pharmaceutical local choice program to require that prescription drug plans within health insurance policies permit insureds who are 60 years of age or older to obtain…

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

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A6109Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Appropriates monies for and establishes a street level narcotics enforcement program within certain communities

Appropriates $44,500,000 for and establishes a street level narcotics enforcement program in the division of criminal justice services for counties not wholly contained within a city and having a…

Earlene HooperWays And Means Committee

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A6125AssemblyS1702· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Increases the amount of data the office of children and family services, department of health and department of labor must compile on public assistance recipients

Requires additional information the office of children and family assistance, the office of temporary disability assistance, the department of health and the department of labor are required to…

Brian KavanaghSocial Services CommitteeHealth

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A6309Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Requires eye surgery patients to receive disclosure of and consent to provision of postoperative care pursuant to an agreement with another physician or optometrist

Requires eye surgery patients to receive disclosure of and consent to the provision of postoperative care pursuant to an agreement with another physician or optometrist: provides that the failure to…

Timothy P. GordonHealth Committee

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A6383Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Provides that regulatory mandates imposed upon a school district shall not take effect until the subsequent school year

Provides that regulatory mandates imposed upon a school district shall not take effect until the subsequent school year.

Ginny FieldsEducation Committee

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A6405Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Establishes the medicaid prescription senior eligibility expansion program

Establishes the medicaid prescription senior eligibility expansion program in order to extend prescription drug coverage to qualified medicare beneficiaries and special low-income medicare…

Felix OrtizAging Committee

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A6465Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Provides for the issuance of license plates bearing the Navy Seabee emblem

Provides for the issuance of license plates bearing the Navy Seabee emblem; provides that such plates shall be made available to applicants who are present members of the Seabee Veterans of America.

Timothy P. GordonTransportation Committee

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A6467Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Enacts the "food allergen information toll-free number act"

Enacts the food allergen information toll-free number act; requires certain manufacturers, packers or distributors to label their products with a toll-free telephone number to provide information to…

Felix OrtizAgriculture Committee

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A6481Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Establishes A.J.'s law, prohibiting the writing, sending or reading of text messages on a mobile telephone while driving

Establishes AJ's law, prohibiting the writing, sending or reading of text messages on a mobile telephone while driving.

Mark J.F. SchroederTransportation Committee

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A6513Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in codes

Enacts the "SAVE-NY Violence Against Women Prevention Act"

Enacts the "SAVE-NY Violence Against Women Prevention Act"; relates to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment; relates to the testing of certain criminal defendants and juveniles for…

Dierdre ScozzafavaCodes Committee

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A6591Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental operations

Creates a temporary state commission to create programs to enhance business and industry

Creates a temporary state commission comprised of fourteen individuals representing New York's labor, education, business and economic development communities to create a "Made in New York" program…

Robert BarraGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6643Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent; applies to the corporation tax, franchise tax on business corporations, personal income tax, franchise tax on…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A6649Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in education

Provides loans, grants and incentives to promote studies in math, science and technology or any other high-tech field the commissioner of education deems appropriate; appropriation

Provides loans, grants and incentives to promote studies in math, science and engineering or any other high-tech field the commissioner deems appropriate on a high school and college level;…

James TediscoEducation Committee

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A6668Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of mental illness or mental retardation; repealer

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of mental illness or mental retardation.

Peter RiveraMental Health Committee

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A6748Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in aging

Provides local option to freeze real property taxes of senior citizens and the disabled with annual incomes less than $40,000

Provides local option, in absence of granting of any other real property tax exemption, to freeze real property tax payment of senior citizens sixty-five years of age of older or the disabled with…

Greg BallAging Committee

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A6761Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension.

Daniel BurlingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6826Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Enacts the "new empire fund act", a prepaid higher education tuition program

Enacts the new empire fund act", a prepaid higher education tuition program; establishes a prepaid higher education tuition board; establishes prepaid higher education tuition scholarships for needy…

Greg BallHigher Education CommitteeEducation

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A6859Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Authorizes retirement at age 55 for certain police officers and firefighters without diminution of retirement benefits

Authorizes certain Tier II police officers and firefighters to retire at age 55 without diminution of retirement benefits; applies to those covered under the improved career retirement plan for…

Audrey PhefferGovernmental Employees Committee

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A6947Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Held for consideration in higher education

Requires prescription drug containers to clearly display the health condition or ailment being treated by such medication in bold, cap-sized print

Requires prescription drug containers to clearly display the health condition or ailment being treated by such medication in bold, cap-sized print.

Felix OrtizHigher Education Committee

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A6970Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Relates to increasing the limit of the amount of money which may be on deposit with the excelsior linked deposit program

Increases from $460 million to $500 million the limit on the amount of money which may be on deposit with the excelsior linked deposit program at any given time.

David KoonEconomic Development Committee

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A7245Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Provides that certain interviews with child witnesses are subject to the same guidelines as those with child victims

Provides that certain interviews with child witnesses are subject to the same guidelines as those with child victims; also requires judges to be sensitive to a child's physiological stress; provides…

Vito LopezJudiciary Committee

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A7257Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to election law

Enacts code of fair campaign practices involving endorsements and representations of names or likenesses

Regulates fair campaign practices by prohibiting false or misleading misrepresentations of endorsement by use of photographs or other writings communicated through printed advertisements or other…

Vito LopezElection Law Committee

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A7407Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides insurance coverage for diagnostic screening for colorectal cancer

Provides insurance coverage for diagnostic screening for colorectal cancer determined by policyholder's physician and ancillary services.

Steven CymbrowitzInsurance Committee

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A7543Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes the farm pesticide collection program for the collection and disposal of pesticides from farms within the state

Establishes the farm pesticide collection program for the collection and disposal of pesticides from farms within the state; provides that such program shall be administered jointly by the…

Brian KavanaghEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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