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

S1479Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Extends statute of limitation for commencing criminal case when DNA evidence is recovered at a crime scene but the evidence does not match anyone in the DNA index
Provides for extending the statue of limitations for the commencement of a criminal action when DNA evidence is recovered at the crime scene and such DNA evidence does not match any person in the…
Dean G. SkelosCodes CommitteeLegal
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S1480Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes
Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders; repealer
Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders upon conviction of a violent felony offense when such person has previously been subjected…
Dean G. Skelos

S1488Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Expands the amount of information available about registered sex offenders on the division of criminal justice services website

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders; authorizes any person to register with the division of criminal justice…

Dean G. SkelosCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1489Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Relates to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials

Relates to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials.

John A. DeFranciscoEducation Committee

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S1495Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for tax credits for employer sponsored tissue typing programs

Allows a credit against the corporation tax and personal income tax of an employer who sponsors tissue typing programs to identify bone marrow donors; provides that such credit shall be an amount…

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1496Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Makes the commission of cruelty to 10 or more animals during the same criminal transaction, a class E felony

Makes the commission of cruelty to 10 or more animals during the same criminal transaction, a class E felony.

John A. DeFranciscoAgriculture Committee

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S1501Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Authorizes boards of education or trustees of school districts to allow certain pupils diagnosed with respiratory illnesses to carry a prescribed inhaler

Authorizes boards of education or trustees of school districts to allow certain pupils diagnosed with asthma or other potentially life-threatening respiratory illnesses to carry and use a prescribed…

John A. DeFranciscoEducation Committee

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S1503Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to the elimination of any fees associated with the distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients

Relates to the elimination of any fees associated with the distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients; exempts purple heart recipients from all fees associated with the distinctive…

John A. DeFranciscoTransportation Committee

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S1508Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting

Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting; provides reports be transmitted to the state or local police department and/or to the SPCA.

John A. DeFranciscoAgriculture Committee

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S1513SenateA7102· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program

Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced degrees in nursing; such incentives shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to registered…

John A. DeFranciscoHigher Education CommitteeEducation

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S1527Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in ordinary theft claims

Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims where no special circumstances warranting…

Thomas P. MorahanInsurance Committee

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S1532Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires boating safety certificates of all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel

Requires boating safety certificates of all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel; provides for a phase in period.

Thomas P. MorahanTransportation Committee

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A1312Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Enables the state dormitory authority to construct and finance dormitories and related facilities for the St. Andrew's Foundation

Enables the state dormitory authority to construct and finance dormitories and related facilities for the St.

Timothy P. GordonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S1545Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires motor vehicle sales contracts to be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated

Requires motor vehicle sales and lease contract terms be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in languages…

Toby Ann StaviskyConsumer Protection Committee

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S1561Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Establishes the pandemic preparedness task force

Establishes the pandemic preparedness task force comprised of eighteen members; prepares an influenza pandemic plan; provides that they shall meet at least six times per year; provides no member…

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

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S1576Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of operating as a drug trafficker and enacts legislation relating to weapon possession and controlled substance offenses; repealer

Establishes the crime of operating as a drug trafficker and enacts legislation relating to weapon possession and controlled substance offenses.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S1620Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act", to regulate the discovery of burial grounds, human remains and funerary objects

Enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act"; requires the cessation of all ground disturbing activities upon the discovery of a burial ground, human remains or funerary objects, and requires…

Kenneth P. LaValleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S1628Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires biennial referendum of student body at public universities and colleges to determine whether student activity fees are voluntary or mandatory

Requires the biennial conducting of a referendum of the student body at each college and university of the state university of New York and city university of New York, and at each community college…

Owen H. JohnsonHigher Education Committee

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S1654Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Requires internet accessibility to videos and photographs of certain unsolved robberies

Requires the division of criminal justice services to create internet accessibility to videos and photographs of certain unsolved robberies.

John A. DeFranciscoFinance Committee

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S1681Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Permits BOCES to contract with third party vendors for approved technology activities and services at the request of two or more school districts

Permits BOCES to contract with third party vendors for approved technology activities and services at the request of two or more school districts; allows the commissioner of education to approve…

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

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S1702Senate· 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…

Martin Malavé DilanSocial Services Committee

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S1767Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment

Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment of the complainant.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S1775Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Requires that consumer representatives be appointed to state boards for the professions

Requires that consumer representatives be appointed to state boards for the professions.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S1777Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force"

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force" to advise the city on issues related to safety in the construction industry in New York city and to propose changes in rules and…

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

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S1859Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Establishes an electronic health records and electronic prescribing initiative

Establishes an electronic health records and electronic prescribing program to award incentives to office-based physicians and independent pharmacies who implement such programs.

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S232Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Exempts factory-built home shells delivered to residential real property sites from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax

Exempts factory-built home shells delivered to residential real property sites from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S236Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes a tax credit for the removal or permanent enclosure of a residential fuel oil storage tank

Establishes a tax credit for the removal or permanent enclosure of a residential fuel oil storage tank.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S237Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Removes a cap on allowable real property tax exemptions available to certain veterans

Removes caps on allowable real property tax exemptions available to several categories of military veterans.

Kenneth P. LaValleVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S238Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license.

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

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S2465Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization,…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2480Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Authorizes and directs the public service commission to study the feasibility of eliminating demand metering

Authorizes and directs the public service commission to study the feasibility of eliminating demand metering.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S2522Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to prepare a study on the feasibility of developing a Long Island high speed rail initiative

Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to prepare a study on the feasibility of developing a Long Island high speed rail initiative for the operation of a high speed rail…

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

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S2525Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Enacts the "higher education community service opportunity act"

Enacts the "higher education community service opportunity act" to encourage and promote a program whereby students who have benefitted from society's assistance with their post secondary education…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S2540Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Authorizes the chemical treatment of sex offenders

Authorizes the chemical treatment of violent felony sex offenders with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment according to a schedule of administration monitored by the department of…

Kenneth P. LaValleCodes Committee

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S2588Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Enacts "Nixzmary's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; repealer

Enacts "Nixzmary's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S2598Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to apportionment of staff for members in the Senate and Assembly

Relates to apportionment of staff for members in the senate and assembly; requires generally equal staff for member offices and additional moneys for committee chairs.

John J. BonacicInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2620Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Enacts the "taxpayer advocate act" to create the office of taxpayer advocate

Enacts the "taxpayer advocate act" to create the office of taxpayer advocate.

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2634Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Relates to leaving the scene of an incident causing personal injury to another person without reporting

Allows prosecutors to prosecute any person operating a motor vehicle who causes personal injury to another person who fail to report such incident.

Frank PadavanTransportation Committee

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S2669Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Relates to independent medical examinations

Provides that if a practitioner shall find no disability while performing an independent medical examination then such practitioner, or another member of a preferred provider organization or managed…

Thomas P. MorahanLabor Committee

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S2673Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Provides that directors of in-patient facilities and hospitals shall designate safety officers to act as special policeman

Provides that directors of in-patient facilities and hospitals shall designate safety officers to act as special policemen.

Thomas P. MorahanMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S2682Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Prohibits the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with fraudulent seals for the Underwriters' Laboratory

Prohibits the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with fraudulent seals for the Underwriters' Laboratory; authorizes local code enforcement entities to…

Thomas P. MorahanConsumer Protection Committee

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S2696Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to children and families

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree

Makes juvenile delinquents criminally responsible for acts constituting the crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree.

Darrel J. AubertineChildren And Families Committee

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S27Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program; repealer

Creates the mandatory ignition interlock program and the ignition interlock fund; requires installation of ignition interlock device for all persons convicted of driving while intoxicated.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Transportation Committee

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S2724Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Removes the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed pursuant to the empire state film production credit

Removes the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed pursuant to the empire state film production credit.

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2729Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Provides for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued

Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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