Co-sponsored bills

Adds certain substances to the list of nonprescription drugs reimbursed by medicaid

Adds certain substances to the list of nonprescription drugs reimbursed by medicaid.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Increases membership of New York city housing authority

Increases the membership of the New York city housing authority to include two additional members to be appointed by the mayor; provides that the new members shall be residents of a public housing…

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats

Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats.

Kenneth ZebrowskiAgriculture Committee

Relates to hate crimes sentencing

Relates to hate crimes sentencing; provides that a court may require as a part of the sentence imposed upon a person convicted of a hate crime that the person complete a program, training session or…

Grace MengSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws.

Peter RiveraGovernmental Operations Committee

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans or trucks where minors less than 14 years of age are passengers in such vehicles; penalties for violation

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans and trucks where a minor less than 14 years of age is a passenger in such vehicles; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides that violations of…

Nettie MayersohnOn the Senate floor

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board for adolescents in foster care

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board and regional teams for adolescents in foster care to provide mentorship of youths in foster care; requires reporting.

William ScarboroughRules Committee

Requires level two sex offenders to disclose their employment address

Requires level two sex offenders to disclose their employment address, whether employment is for compensation or not as part of registration information; prohibits employment which involves…

Felix OrtizOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals

Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting, planning the torture or improper…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

Brian KavanaghEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the collection of census data

Relates to the collection of census data.

Hakeem JeffriesRules Committee

Requires that accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder

Requires that individual accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "jury pool fair representation act"

Enacts the "jury pool fair representation act"; provides for the collection of demographic data for jurors who present for service and for the submission of such data in an annual report to the…

Rory LancmanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Defenses against patronizing a prostitute

Establishes an affirmative defense against patronizing a prostitute.

Amy PaulinRules Committee

Prohibits institutional dispensers and pharmaceutical manufacturers from disposing of pharmaceutical waste in a manner that results in placement in a landfill

Prohibits institutional dispensers and pharmaceutical manufacturers from disposing of pharmaceutical waste in a manner that results in placement in a landfill.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts bill of adoptee rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories for adoptees

Enacts Bill of Adoptee Rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they…

David KoonCodes Committee

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to take continuing education classes concerning infection control and transmission

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to successfully complete a prescribed continuing education course or program in the prevention of the transmission of infection and the proper…

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Requires the comptroller to transfer money into the environmental protection fund whenever such fund has insufficient money to meet its obligations

Requires the comptroller to transfer money into the environmental protection fund whenever such fund has insufficient money to meet its obligations.

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to operate all state parks and historic sites at the beginning of 2010-2011 according to the and staffing and service levels as 2009-2012

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to operate and maintain all state parks and historic sites under its jurisdiction during the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2011…

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions; directs the department of civil service to establish…

Peter RiveraWays And Means Committee

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Michael CusickHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within office of mental health to study, report on and make recommendations on such violence

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within the office of mental health, to study, report on and make recommendations on the prevalence, causes, effects, risks…

Peter RiveraChildren And Families Committee

Relates to penalties for sale of alcohol to minors and increases penalties for the sale of alcohol without the appropriate license

Establishes penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years; increases fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the…

Adriano EspaillatEconomic Development Committee

Directs commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism

Directs the commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term…

Mark J.F. SchroederMental Health Committee

Requires the commissioner of general services to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties

Requires the commissioner to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties; requires incentives for adherence and annual reporting to the governor and legislature.

Steven EnglebrightGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts Danielle DiMedici and Jessica Tush's Law; creates a registry for domestic abuse offenders

Enacts Daniella DiMedici and Jessica Tush's Law; creates a registry for domestic abuse offenders.

Janele Hyer-SpencerCorrection Committee

Denise's law; Youth drug and alcohol detoxification

Relates to youth drug and alcohol detoxification; authorizes approved applicant to petition family court for the review by a physician of a youth for possible drug and alcohol detoxification;…

Ginny FieldsJudiciary Committee

Establishes the New York State Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 100th anniversary commemoration commission

Establishes the NYS Triangle Shirtwaist fire 100th anniversary commemoration commission to focus attention upon the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire on March 25, 2011.

Deborah GlickGovernmental Operations Committee

Increases penalties for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree when committing a drug related felony offense

Increases penalties for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree when committing a drug related felony offense.

Thomas McKevittCodes Committee

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

Prohibits the state from doing business with companies that design, manufacture and sell provocative children and youth clothing

Prohibits the state comptroller from doing business with companies that design, manufacture and sell provocative children and youth clothing.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan

Authorizes and directs the New York state department of health, to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses.

Janele Hyer-SpencerCodes Committee

Creates the crime of luring or enticing a child on the internet

Creates the crime of luring or enticing a child on the internet.

Janele Hyer-SpencerCodes Committee

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

Brian KavanaghTransportation Committee

Authorizes the N.Y. city housing authority to transfer or restructure the ownership of all or part of certain housing developments

Authorizes the NYC housing authority to transfer or restructure the ownership of all or part of certain housing developments.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires school districts to establish and maintain peace/conflict resolution centers

Requires school districts to establish and maintain peace/conflict resolution centers.

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

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

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act"

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements;…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county districts

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county legislative body districts on the basis of…

Hakeem JeffriesStricken

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D; authorizes the commissioner of health to create a system to incorporate co-payments billed to a recipient under Medicare Part D…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the use of cadmium in children's products

Prohibits the use of cadmium in children's products.

Ginny FieldsEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools.

Sheldon SilverOn the Assembly floor

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Michele TitusStricken

Makes the sale of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person manslaughter in the second degree

Makes the sale of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person manslaughter in the second degree.

Harvey WeisenbergCodes Committee

Increases the compulsory school age to eighteen and extends age eligibility for high school to under twenty-two years of age

Increases the compulsory school age to eighteen and extends age eligibility for high school to under twenty-two years of age.

David KoonEducation Committee

Provides that officers may arrest a person for violating an order of protection and provides for mandatory police training regarding the handling of domestic violence

Provides that officers may arrest a person for violating an order of protection and provides for mandatory police training regarding the handling of domestic violence matters.

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Prohibits hosting, suffering, permitting, organizing, or allowing gatherings where minors are drinking alcoholic beverages

Prohibits hosting, suffering, permitting, organizing, or allowing gatherings where minors are drinking alcoholic beverages.

Sandy GalefEconomic Development Committee