Co-sponsored bills

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.

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

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

Andrea Stewart-CousinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property

Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property.

Martin Malavé DilanVetoed

Vetoed

Continues and expands New York's program for use of electronic means for filing certain papers in civil litigation in supreme court and other courts

Continues and expands New York's program for use of electronic means for filing certain papers in civil litigation in supreme court and other courts.

Eric T. SchneidermanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Permits membership in certain school related associations by grandparents of certain children

Permits membership in certain school related associations by grandparents of certain children.

Kevin S. ParkerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Repeals provisions of chapter 313 of the laws of 2010 relating to the FMAP contingency fund and restores certain provisions of law relating to the support of government

Relates to the FMAP contingency fund and restores certain provisions of law relating to the support of government.

Rules Committee

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires all outdoor advertising in cities of over 1,000,000 to be licensed by the department of transportation

Requires all outdoor advertising in cities of over 1,000,000 to be licensed by the department of transportation.

Shirley L. HuntleyRules Committee

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting statroute 34 from its intersection with route 104 southerly to its intersection with route 17-c as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway."

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to authorizing installation of capital improvements and fixtures to promote energy efficiency

Prohibits gas corporations from charging an additional fee or charge for the installation of capital improvements and fixtures to promote energy efficiency upon the request and consent of the…

Kevin S. ParkerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to testing blood

Establishes certain persons, without being under the supervision and at the direction of a physician, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic or drug content therein.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to establishing a head injury awareness act

Relates to creating a head injury awareness and prevention program.

William T. StachowskiEducation Committee

Authorizes city, town, and village industrial development agencies to merge and share services

Authorizes contiguous city, town, and village industrial development agencies to merge and authorizes industrial development agencies within the same county or counties to share services.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsWays And Means Committee

Relates to paperwork reduction

Relates to paperwork reduction; streamlines planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; requires the commissioner of education to…

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law, public authorities law, transportation law, and transfers remaining rights to an identifiable location

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law, in relation to urban renewal agencies and industrial development agencies; repeals certain sections of the public authorities law, in relation…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.

Neil D. BreslinCodes Committee

Enacts provisions relating to labor standards for domestic workers

Relates to provisions regarding domestic workers and such workers' employment regulations concerning hours of labor and wages, employment restrictions and employment contracts.

Diane J. SavinoOn the Senate floor

Authorizes a school district to transfer excess money in an employee benefit fund to the school's general fund to offset property tax increases; repealer

Authorizes a school district to transfer excess money in an employee benefit fund to the school's general fund to offset property tax increases.

Brian X. FoleyEducation Committee

Mourning the untimely death of PFC David Taylor Miller of Wilton, New York

Hugh T. FarleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Colonel Anthony B. Basile upon the occasion of his retirement as Chief of Staff of the New York Air National Guard

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Relates to limited profit housing companies

Relates to limited profit housing companies.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Mourning the untimely death of Marine Lance Corporal Timothy G. Serwinowski

George D. MaziarzAdopted

Adopted

Honoring SAGE upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition during Pride Month

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Relates to green jobs - green New York on-bill financing

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing for retrofit projects; amends definitions.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local blood drives

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to not-for-profit organizations and elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

Daniel L. SquadronEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to updating the state energy conservation construction code

Relates to updating the state energy conservation construction code.

Brian X. FoleyEnergy Committee

Defines offenses of trespasses on and damage to railroad property

Limits railroads' liability to intruders upon their property and rights-of-way; defines offenses of trespasses on and damage to railroad property and establishes penalties therefor; also penalizes…

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

Authorizes recording officers to accept conveyance of real property presented for recording as electronic records

Permits recording officers to require that conveyances of real property presented for recording be presented as digitized paper documents in the form of digitized images of original papers records.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsRules Committee

Commending Chief Sergeant-at-Arms William C. Martin on his retirement after 13 years of distinguished service to the New York State Senate

Hugh T. FarleyAdopted

Adopted

Commending Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Ted Smetana on his retirement after 36 years of distinguished service to the New York State Senate

Roy J. McDonaldAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the comptroller and each examiner of municipal affairs to examine the financial affairs of certain organizations controlled by local government entities

Authorizes the comptroller and each examiner of municipal affairs to examine the financial affairs of certain organizations controlled by local government entities.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsWays And Means Committee

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges.

John L. SampsonWays And Means Committee

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting.

Toby Ann StaviskyCodes Committee

Allows certified nurse practitioners to practice without collaboration of a licensed physician and provides coverage for services performed by a nurse practitioner

Allows the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified nurse practitioner to include diagnosis and performance without collaboration of a licensed physician.

Velmanette MontgomeryHigher Education Committee

Expressing sincerest, heartfelt condolences to the victims of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill which began in April of 2010

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted

Establishes the "state smart growth public infrastructure policy act"

Establishes the "state smart growth public infrastructure policy act"; provides privity in public funding for projects which use, maintain or improve existing infrastructure and which protect and…

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

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…

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

Relates to global warming pollution control

Relates to global warming pollution control; establishes greenhouse gas limits and a greenhouse gas reporting system.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to food donation by public food service establishments

Relates to food donation by public food service establishments.

Darrel J. AubertineOn the Senate floor

Commending Erminia Rivera as she is honored by Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger at its Harvest Through Love Benefit Reception on June 17, 2010

Velmanette MontgomeryAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 24-30, 2010, as Venerable Pierre Toussaint Week in the State of New York

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim September 2010 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Tom LibousAdopted

Adopted

Relates to preventing discrimination against victims of domestic violence from housing discrimination

Prevents housing discrimination against victims of domestic violence.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Relates to domestic violence; repealer

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

Daniel L. SquadronFinance Committee

Commemorating the 63rd Anniversary of Indian Independence Day on Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted