Co-sponsored bills

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program.

Harvey WeisenbergBanks Committee

Enacts the automobile fraud prevention act of 2010

Enacts the automobile fraud prevention act of 2010.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

Relates to exculpatory material

Relates to exculpatory material and requires for disclosure of such to the defense.

Adriano EspaillatRules Committee

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability;…

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Relates to the collection of census data

Relates to the collection of census data.

Hakeem JeffriesRules Committee

Abolishes the market clearing price

Abolishes the use of a market clearing price relating to the buying of electricity at an auction held by the independent systems operator.

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency; provides that students who enter New York schools…

Carmen E. ArroyoEducation Committee

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority.

Andrew HevesiEnergy Committee

Entitles defendants charged with an offense the ability to telephone any number located in the United States or Puerto Rico

Entitles defendants charged with an offense the ability to telephone any number located in the United States or Puerto Rico for the purpose of obtaining counsel and informing a relative or friend.

Michael DenDekkerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires school districts in N.Y. city to investigate and report on the status of PCBs in school buildings

Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCB's in school buildings; provides for report to be submitted to the commissioner by January…

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

Relates to the reuse plan for those prisons that are proposed to be closed

Relates to the reuse plan for those prisons that are proposed to be closed.

Jeffrion AubryOn the Assembly floor

Relates to providing health insurance coverage to domestic partners of insured persons

Requires insurers providing family health insurance coverage to offer coverage for the domestic partner of an insured person according to qualification standards to be adopted by the superintendent.

Daniel O'DonnellInsurance 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

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim March 11, 2010, as World Kidney Day in the State of New York

Vanessa GibsonAdopted

Adopted

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

Defines estimated acquisition cost of prescription drugs for pharmacy reimbursement

Defines estimated acquisition cost of prescription drugs for pharmacy reimbursement.

RoAnn DestitoHealth Committee

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

Limits the withholding of payment to a medical assistance program provider subject to a pending audit

Limits the withholding of payment to a medical assistance program provider subject to a pending audit.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

Enacts the electric power re-regulation act

Enacts the electric power re-regulation act; provides mechanisms whereby electric companies within this state should be equipped to provide sufficient electric service to its customers in an…

Richard BrodskyEnergy Committee

Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance

Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance; exempts distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

Enacts the "fair share tax reform act of 2009"

Enacts the "fair share tax reform act of 2009".

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Enacts the "Stony Brook university quality higher education and economic development act"

Enacts the "Stony Brook university quality higher education and economic development act".

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a…

Michael GianarisEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse and the sealing of records; repealer

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse of persons receiving care and services in residential health care facilities and the sealing of records where the commissioner of…

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Establishes health care organization accountability for delay, failure or refusal to approve, provide, arrange or timely pay for certain health care services

Provides for accountability of "health care organizations" (i.e., entities, other than a health care provider, that approve, provide, arrange for or pay for health care services, including a health…

Richard GottfriedJudiciary Committee

Relates to preliminary procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants; repealer

Relates to procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants; defines abandoned infant; sets forth preliminary procedures; and provides for sustaining or dismissing a petition…

Amy PaulinJudiciary Committee

Prohibits certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat

Prohibits certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat; repeals certain provisions.

Felix OrtizOn the Assembly floor

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); repealer

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); transfers the monies saved to the state university of New York and the city university of New…

Peter RiveraHigher Education Committee

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home"

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home".

Crystal Peoples-StokesTransportation Committee

Amends the education law, in relation to adjusting the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York

Adjusts the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York; adjusted to reflect the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long…

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

Creates the authorities budget office; repealer

Creates the authorities budget office.

Richard BrodskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes term appointments without examination for certain information technology positions

Authorizes term appointments without examination for certain positions requiring special expertise or qualifications in information technology.

RoAnn DestitoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program and micro business outreach center

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program within the department of economic development, and provides for its functions, powers and duties; further creates the micro business…

David WeprinVetoed

Vetoed

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones; these are areas most adversely affected by…

Michael GianarisStricken

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a…

Ruben Diaz Jr.Stricken

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones; these are areas most adversely affected by…

Ruben Diaz Jr.Stricken