Co-sponsored bills

Relates to criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and strangulation

Relates to criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and strangulation.

Eric T. SchneidermanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank

Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank, Staten Island.

Diane J. SavinoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing bisphenol A

Enacts the "bisphenol A-free children and babies act"; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing bisphenol A; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and…

Antoine M. ThompsonSigned 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

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for certain felony offenses

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for violent felony offenses.

Martin J. GoldenRules Committee

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm where such offenses occur at the residence of a child under age of fourteen.

Martin J. GoldenRules Committee

Provides that people arrested in connection with a felony must submit a DNA sample

Provides that people arrested in connection with a felony must submit a DNA sample.

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Creates the offense of criminal use of a firearm in connection with a crime

Relates to criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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

Hugh T. FarleyAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of The Honorable James Preston King, retired Judge of the New York State Court of Claims

Betty LittleAdopted

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

Enacts the child protection act of 2010; repealer

Enacts the child protection act of 2010; establishes 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…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance.

George OnoratoOn the Senate floor

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

George D. MaziarzAdopted

Adopted

Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights, and to contract with veterans' services outreach programs

Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights, and to contract with veterans' services outreach programs.

Kemp HannonRules Committee

Prohibits bullying on school property and enacts the anti-bullying act

Enacts the "anti-bullying act"; prohibits bullying on school property; defines bullying; establishes punishment for people who are found guilty of bullying on school property; establishes the class…

Stephen M. SalandCodes 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

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInsurance Committee

Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole

Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole.

Martin J. GoldenRules Committee

Relates to the appearance of certain law enforcement officers at parole hearings

Provides for the appearance or written statement of certain law enforcement officers at parole hearings.

Martin J. GoldenRules 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

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

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

Tom LibousAdopted

Adopted

Prohibits the taking of striped bass from the Hudson river for commercial purposes

Prohibits the taking of striped bass from the Hudson river for commercial purposes; defines the pertinent portions of the Hudson river and "taking of striped bass for commercial purposes"; does not…

Antoine M. ThompsonCodes Committee

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

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating the 63rd Pakistan Independence Day on Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kevin S. ParkerAdopted

Adopted

Extends the date allowable for exemptions for first-time homebuyers of newly constructed homes

Extends the date allowable for exemptions for first-time homebuyers of newly constructed homes to on or after December 31, 2015.

Kenneth P. LaValleRules Committee

New York solar industry development and jobs act of 2010

Creates the New York solar industry development and jobs act; relates to procurement of solar renewable energy credits; establishes schedule with annual percentages to be met for compliance years.

Antoine M. ThompsonEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Adds registered nurse and licensed practical nurse to assault of emergency medical professionals and provides for class C and D felonies for physical injury to them

Adds registered nurse and license practical nurse to assault of emergency medical professionals and provides for class C and D felonies for physical injury to them.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Neil D. BreslinAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating the hard work and achievement of the independent living movement over the past several decades

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 13-20, 2010, as Men's Health Awareness Week in the State of New York

John L. SampsonAdopted

Adopted

Designating October eighteenth as Disabilities History Day

Designating the 18th of October as Disabilities History Day.

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

Relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter

Establishes the class E felony of vehicular assault in the third degree; lessens the requirements for a violation of vehicular assault in the second degree; expands the offenses of vehicular assault…

John J. FlanaganOn the Senate floor

Establishes the crime of public larceny

Establishes the crime of public larceny.

John J. FlanaganOn the Senate floor

Commending Time Warner Cable for its commitment to cablecasting the PSA Voto Latino 2010 New York Census Project

Martin Malavé DilanAdopted

Adopted

Commending the West Indian American Day Carnival Association upon the occasion of hosting its 2010 celebration of Carnival

John L. SampsonAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the State of Gujarat

Toby Ann StaviskyAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Elisabeth Zamarelli of Stony Brook, New York, upon the occasion of being named 2010 Ms. New York Senior America

John J. FlanaganAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical or surgical expenses…

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, taking place June 11 - July 11, 2010

José PeraltaAdopted

Adopted

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…

Velmanette MontgomeryHealth Committee

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.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Welcoming the students and faculty of the Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf as they visit Albany, New York

José PeraltaAdopted

Adopted

Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York on the occasion of their induction into the NY State Senate Veteran Hall of Fame

Eric AdamsAdopted

Adopted