Sponsored bills

Removes a certain time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net program

Provides that the time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net assistance program that was not funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families…

Brian KavanaghVetoed

Vetoed

Provides for notification of a cooperative tenant shareholder's or condominium owner's right to terminate a self-dealing contract under federal law

Requires written notification to a cooperative tenant shareholder or a condominium owner of their right to terminate a self-dealing contract under federal law.

Brian KavanaghSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to uninterrupted payment of disability benefits

Provides for the uninterrupted payment of disability benefits; requires adequate notice and time to respond to inquiries for continued benefits.

Brian KavanaghSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the requirement of exercising due care in the operation of a motor vehicle to avoid colliding with any bicyclist, pedestrian or domestic animal

Relates to the requirement of exercising due care in the operation of a motor vehicle to avoid colliding with any bicyclist, pedestrian or domestic animal; provides penalties for causing physical…

Brian KavanaghSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes the computer security act

Establishes the computer security act, addressing the widespread problem of spyware; makes it illegal for third parties to knowingly and deceptively cause computer software to be copied on to…

Brian KavanaghEconomic Development Committee

Provides for a state board of elections enforcement unit and counsel

Provides for a state board of elections enforcement unit and counsel.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Relates to brake friction material

Limits the use of certain substances in brake friction material.

Brian KavanaghTransportation Committee

Relates to requiring parking garages to install and operate pedestrian warning devices where vehicles exiting such garage cross a pedestrian sidewalk

Relates to requiring commercial parking garages to install and operate pedestrian warning devices where vehicles exiting such garage cross a pedestrian sidewalk; requires both visual and audible…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Establishes the child health plus and school meals enrollment coordination act of 2011

Establishes the child health plus and school meals enrollment coordination act.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Relates to recycling rechargeable batteries

Relates to recycling rechargeable batteries.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Prohibits comptroller from establishing an account in a banking institution with a CRA rating of less than satisfactory

Prohibits comptroller from establishing an account in a banking institution with a "community reinvestment act of 1977" rating of less than satisfactory.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Relates to contracts for public work projects and accommodations of private facilities or structures within a specified area of New York county

Relates to contracts for public work projects and accommodations of private facilities or structures within a specified area of New York county, and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Removes limitations on voting by absentee ballot that are required by the constitution

Removes limitations on voting by absentee ballot that are required by the constitution.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services; allows the attorney general to bring a civil action against any internet provider that violates certain requirements.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report on handgun licenses

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report on handgun licenses.

Brian KavanaghOn the Senate floor

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections

Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Relates to food service waste reduction

Relates to food service waste reduction; prohibits the use of polystyrene foam by contractors and lessees who deal with the state through state and municipal contracts.

Brian KavanaghOn the Senate floor

Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office

Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office; directs such office shall provide information to legislative committees of the senate and assembly with respect to the state budget, appropriation…

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

Makes provisions regarding the designation of polling places on college campuses

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

Brian KavanaghEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that the income level for the requirement to file a personal income tax return shall be set by regulation

Provides that the income level for the requirement to file a personal income tax return shall be the dollar amount of the New York standard deduction.

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

Requires landlord to pay penalties if he fails in action to evict tenant on grounds of primary residency

Provides that an owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit who commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Provides additional opportunity for new registrant by mail to indicate choice of party enrollment where original choice omitted

Provides additional opportunity for new registrant by mail to indicate choice of party enrollment where original choice was omitted or void, by requiring board of elections to notify registrant of…

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor

Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor and any such subsequent violation shall be a class E felony.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Enacts the public benefits for professional facilities act

Enacts the "public benefits for professional facilities" act; defines terms; provides that any state or local authority that grants any benefit, for the purpose of construction, reconstruction,…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Requires notice to the local housing agency when construction is halted on a project for which an application for a certain tax exemption has been made

Requires notification to be given to the New York City Department of Housing Preservation in the event that construction on a project for which an application for a certain tax exemption has been…

Brian KavanaghOn the Senate floor

Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building

Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building; not applicable if all lease-holding…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Provides that members of N.Y. city community boards need only be 16 years of age to be appointed to such board

Provides that members of community boards need only be 16 years of age to be appointed to such board.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Enacts energy efficiency standards for televisions

Enacts energy efficiency standards for televisions, beginning January 1, 2011; amends definition of television and adds other, related definitions.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Relates to appointments to the rent guidelines board

Requires the city council to approve the mayor's appointments to the rent guidelines board.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Provides that no school shall be in session on general election day

Provides that no school shall be in session on general election day.

Brian KavanaghEducation Committee

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters, and increases penalties for violations of the elective franchise

Makes the suppression of voters a civil violation.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Relates to political contribution activities by an intermediary

Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires that when contributions made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee are over $1,000 to disclose the name, occupation…

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Provides that bicycle operators and the businesses affiliated with such operators shall be liable for such operator's violation of the law regarding use of a bicycle

Provides that bicycle operators and the businesses affiliated with such operators shall be liable for such operator's failure to carry an identification card or certain other violations regarding…

Brian KavanaghCities Committee

Relates to the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals

Relates to restrictions on non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals in the absence of any clinical sign of disease in the animals.

Brian KavanaghAgriculture Committee

Repeals subdivisions 1, 3 and 7 of section 240.35 of the penal law, relating to the offense of loitering, and makes conforming technical amendments

Relates to the offense of loitering, and makes conforming technical amendments in the penal law, the alcoholic beverage control law, the criminal procedure law, the executive law and the general…

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Provides for notice of availability of services to prisoners upon their release from state prison

Provides for notice by commissioner of correctional services of availability of medical, educational and other services, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment, to prisoners upon their…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Establishes new contribution limits, expands the types of organizations prohibited from making contributions and aggregates certain contributions

Establishes new contribution limits, expands the types of organizations prohibited from making contributions and aggregates certain contributions.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections

Establishes an instant runoff voting method for certain local elections for races with three or more candidates; insures majority support for elected officers.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Provides that tenants of residential real property shall be provided with voter registration forms

Provides that tenants of residential real property shall be provided with voter registration forms.

Brian KavanaghJudiciary Committee

Relates to agency reports

Relates to agency reports; requires such reports to be posted on line; provides for a letter or notice to be sent to members of the legislature indicating the website address and the name of the…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the recycling of rechargeable batteries and prohibits disposal as solid waste

Provides for the recycling of rechargeable batteries and prohibits disposal as solid waste; includes definitions and civil sanctions.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Provides that a consumer reporting agency may not consider that a person requested a rate quote when determining that person's credit score

Provides that a consumer reporting agency may not consider that a person requested a rate quote when determining that person's credit score.

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Provides that an affidavit ballot shall also constitute an application to register to vote

Provides that an affidavit ballot submitted on election day at a polling place shall also constitute an application to register to vote.

Brian KavanaghSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Proposes an amendment to the constitution to require every bill shall be accompanied by sponsors' memoranda of support of legislation

Proposes an amendment to the constitution to require every bill introduced in either house of the legislature shall be accompanied by sponsors' memoranda of support of legislation; describes the…

Brian KavanaghStricken