Bills by

Ellen C. Jaffee

Assembly Member

11,958 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

11,958 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

J3930Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Adopted
Commending Ex-Chief Stanley Grodski upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition after 70 years of dedicated service
Craig M. JohnsonAdopted
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J3921Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Adopted
Expressing sincerest sorrow upon the death of New York State Police Sergeant Michael Patrick Lynch
Tom LibousAdopted
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A9917Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to medical home multipayor programs

Provides for the establishment of medical home multipayor programs to improve health care outcomes and efficiency through improved access, patient care continuity, and coordination of health services.

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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A9866Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Creates the Mature Workers Support Program

Creates the Mature Workers Support Program.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

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A9482Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products; violation by any person other than manufacturer constitutes fine of $100 for each individual package sold or offered for sale; provides for a civil…

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

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A1721Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care to nursing home diversion

Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care for a period of at least forty-eight consecutive hours to nursing home diversion; requires such home to immediately notify the department…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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A3018Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state the interest rate and the total cost of loan in a dollar amount

Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in…

Michael BenjaminCodes Committee

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A494Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential under existing zoning, planning and other land use laws.

Sam HoytWays And Means Committee

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A3725Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's Communities Initiative

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's communities initiative; requires municipalities and businesses that receive awards under the program to give priority in hiring to…

Jeffrion AubryCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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A3302Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires persons offering weight loss services to provide notice of certain weight loss and dieting information

Requires persons selling or offering to sell weight loss services or weight loss products to provide consumers with a weight loss and dieting information notice; sets forth such notice which…

Vivian CookConsumer Protection Committee

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A6419Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Enacts the "computer spyware protection act"

Enacts the "computer spyware protection act"; prohibits the installation, transmission and use of computer software that collects personally identifiable information; authorizes the attorney general…

Darryl TownsCodes Committee

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A728Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for notification of an external appeal to an enrollee's designee and the enrollee's health care provider; repealer

Provides for notification of an external appeal to an enrollee's designee and the enrollee's health care provider; provides further for notification to such persons once an appeal determination is…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A1248Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"

Enacts the "teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the…

Rory LancmanWays And Means Committee

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A1843AssemblyS2207· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means CommitteeFinance

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A2707Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health; such task force shall review issues related to the disposition or transference of…

David GanttHealth Committee

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A3645Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to children and families

Enacts the "SAFETY act" to prevent harassment and discrimination

Enacts the "SAFETY Act"; authorizes the office of children and family services to establish policies and procedures affording all children in OCFS facilities an environment free of harassment and…

William ScarboroughChildren And Families Committee

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A5315Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Authorizes the eight New York state public retirement systems to increase their asset investments in real property to ten percent

Increases to ten percent the amount of assets in the New York state teachers' retirement system which may be invested in real estate.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A783Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Amend and recommit to governmental operations

Establishes the emergency preparedness month act and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items

Establishes the "emergency preparedness month act" and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items from sales tax during specified time periods.

Jonathan BingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A1745Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to codes

Requires the department of health to monitor the lead levels in candy, soft vinyl lunch boxes and bibs

Requires the department of health to monitor the lead levels in candy and to prohibit the sale or distribution of candy with lead in it; prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and offering…

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

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A1314Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature; provides for additional oversight of higher education research foundations.

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

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A4729Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Creates the intellectual property asset management advisory council

Creates the office of intellectual property asset management which authorizes an appointed commissioner to head an advisory council to establish policy; defines terms; requires reports to the…

Joseph MorelleWays And Means Committee

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A556Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to facilities of refuge

Relates to facilities of refuge; defines terms; exempts any facility of refuge that is registered with the state emergency management office from payment of any exit fee or any lost revenue…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

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A7017Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Amended on third reading 7017a

Establishes the climate change solutions fund

Establishes the climate change solutions fund.

Michael GianarisOn the Assembly floor

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A7058Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson and special districts therein for state land operated by the department of environmental conservation

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson, in the county of Allegany, and to the special districts in such town on account of state lands therein subject to the jurisdiction of…

Daniel BurlingGovernmental Operations Committee

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A725Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities

Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A2664Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Creates a mechanism for taxpayers to contribute on their tax return to the homeless housing and assistance fund

Establishes the "gift to the homeless housing and assistance fund"; provides that effective on or after January 1, 2010 an individual may contribute to the homeless housing and assistance fund for…

David GanttInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A3072Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to banks

Increases number of withdrawal transactions from basic banking accounts for account holders over sixty years of age to twelve from eight

Increases the minimum number of authorized withdrawal transactions at no charge from basic banking accounts for account holders sixty-five years of age or older from eight to twelve.

Barbara ClarkBanks Committee

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A3660Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to children and families

Requires social services districts to maintain a waiting list of families who have applied for child care assistance and data regarding the income of such families

Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; further requires the local districts to report such list to the…

William ScarboroughChildren And Families Committee

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A4985Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to codes

Prohibits disclosure of highway, bridge, tunnel and other thoroughfare toll and transit records, with exceptions

Prohibits the disclosure of highway, bridge, tunnel and other thoroughfare toll records, and commuter railroad and transit records to protect privacy, unless necessary to perform law enforcement…

Richard BrodskyCodes Committee

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A3765Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Authorizes district attorney to petition for posting of security when animal is impounded as result of abuse

Authorizes the district attorney bringing animal abuse charges to petition for the posting of security for the care of the abused animal on behalf of the impounding organization; authorizes all such…

Steven EnglebrightAgriculture Committee

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S5185Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with certain services

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with services provided through the department of labor, department of family…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

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S5307Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes commissioner of economic development to grant matching funds to eligible applicants to implement Hudson Valley regional agricultural marketing program

Authorizes commissioner of economic development to grant matching funds to eligible applicants to implement the Hudson Valley agricultural regional marketing program, defined as the use of media…

Thomas P. MorahanFinance Committee

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A764Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to health

Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans

Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans by authorizing the commissioner and superintendent of insurance to adopt regulations for the renewal of credentialing and…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A4105Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides for special accidental death benefits for district attorney investigator members

Provides for special accidental death benefits for district attorney investigator members.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A2713Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to higher education

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income.

Deborah GlickHigher Education Committee

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A3809Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Authorizes a county, city, town or village to adopt a local law providing for a bulletin board for the purpose of displaying upcoming veterans related events

Requires a bulletin board dedicated to veteran's affairs and events to be displayed and maintained in each city or town hall.

Dennis H. GabryszakVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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A8830Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Relates to 911 calls made on prepaid cell phones

Relates to 911 calls made on cell phones; requires all cell phones sold in the state to be capable of dialing 911 regardless of whether the consumer has entered or maintained a service contract;…

David KoonWays And Means Committee

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A5366Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions;…

Carmen E. ArroyoWays And Means Committee

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A2669Assembly· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the calculation of gross income for state income tax purposes

Relates to the calculation of gross income for state income tax purposes.

Deborah GlickInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5559Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Requires contractor bids on school district projects to include information on subcontractors and the commissioner of education to create surveys on the new bidding process

Requires contractors bidding on projects for school districts to provide information regarding proposed subcontractors, the commissioner to provide surveys regarding the new bidding process.

Suzi OppenheimerFinance Committee

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S1514Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Prohibits interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in malpractice or wrongful death actions

Prohibits interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in personal injury medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice or wrongful death actions.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S2725Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to the renunciation of property interests

Establishes certain renunciations shall not necessarily constitute a qualified disclaimer for the purposes of the estate tax or the gift tax; allows a beneficiary of a disposition to renounce…

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S1515Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetist

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetists.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S1892Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Advanced to third reading

Requires lottery sales agents to return previously purchased lottery tickets to the persons submitting them to such agents for verification of prizes

Requires lottery sales agents to return previously purchased lottery tickets to the persons submitting them to such agents for verification of prizes won or lost; requires lottery ticket dispensing…

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

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S2856Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to court approvals of transfers of structured settlements

Relates to court approvals of transfers of structured settlements.

John A. DeFranciscoStricken

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S4662Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2010· Reported and committed to finance

Relates to permitting municipalities to recover costs associated with audits of preschool providers

Relates to permitting municipalities to recover costs associated with audits of preschool providers by assessing the cost of audits against the state's share of any recovered moneys.

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

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