Co-sponsored bills

Enacts the "dignity for all students act" to prevent harassment and discrimination

Enacts the "Dignity For All Students Act"; authorizes the commissioner of education to establish policies and procedures affording all students in public schools an environment free of harassment…

Daniel O'DonnellSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts the Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act

Enacts the "Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act."

William MagnarelliVetoed

Vetoed

Requires N.Y. city school districts to notify parents of bedbug infestations

Requires city school districts having a population of one million or more to notify parents and persons in parental relation of any bedbug infestations found in a school.

Michael GianarisSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and remittance of the rebate to the consumer

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and form of remittance of the rebate to the consumer.

Audrey PhefferSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to interim multiple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more persons

Relates to interim multiple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more persons.

Vito LopezHousing Committee

Relates to unemployment benefits for innocent bystanders during industry controversy

Relates to unemployment benefits for innocent bystanders during industry controversy.

Susan JohnSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to establishing a head injury awareness act

Relates to creating a head injury awareness and prevention program.

Michael BenedettoWays And Means Committee

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools.

Daniel O'DonnellRules Committee

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board and providing for the expiration thereof.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Relates to allowing recognition of marriages performed outside New York state

Relates to allowing recognition of marriages performed outside New York state.

Daniel O'DonnellOn the Assembly floor

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the power authority of the state of New York, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the New York Power Authority, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Requires the public service commission to conduct an in-depth public interest analysis of proposed mergers by telephone corporations and other telecom service providers

Requires the public service commission to conduct an in-depth public interest analysis of proposed mergers by telephone corporations and other telecommunications services providers; requires the…

Richard BrodskyRules Committee

Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of the fees and restrictions prior to the sale of a prepaid debit card

Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of the fees and restrictions prior to the sale of a prepaid debit card.

Audrey PhefferCodes Committee

Relates to contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail

Requires contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail to include provisions stating that putrescible waste transported by rail shall be covered with sealing hard…

Andrew HevesiRules Committee

Relates to covering putrescible waste transported by rail

Relates to covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail with hard lids and hard tarping.

Andrew HevesiRules Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies by oil, gas, salt water or other contaminants,…

Barbara LiftonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Restricts the requirement that a person disclose their social security number

Tracks federal privacy act of 1974 with respect to the obligation of a person to disclose their social security number to another person, partnership, association or corporation; provides where…

Audrey PhefferRules 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

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States…

Adriano EspaillatSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generators in areas failing to meet federal clean air standards for ozone

Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generation systems in areas identified as not meeting certain federal air quality standards for ozone; provides limited exceptions for use.

Linda RosenthalRules Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 2010, as Scleroderma Awareness Month in the State of New York

Sheldon SilverAdopted

Adopted

Increases the penalties imposed upon gas and electric utilities for failure to file or correct an annual report with the public service commission

Increases the penalties imposed upon gas and electric utilities for failure to file or correct an annual report with the public service commission; such penalties shall not be more than 1% of the…

Michael GianarisOn the Assembly floor

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

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

Requires a permit to serve alcohol in a rear yard or on a rooftop in N.Y. city

Requires a permit to serve alcohol in a rear yard or on a rooftop in cities with a population of one million or more.

Joan MillmanEconomic Development Committee

Provides that utility companies shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is issued

Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Provides funding for the library of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York

Provides $200,000 for the library of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the city of New York for making its library services available to the public.

Richard GottfriedLibraries And Education Technology Committee

Requires disclosures and sets forth requirements and prohibitions relating to automatic renewal and continuous service offers; repealer

Requires disclosures and sets forth requirements and prohibitions relating to automatic renewal and continuous service offers.

Audrey PhefferConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Increases civil penalties for subsequent violations of title 3 or title 7 of article 27 of the environmental conservation law

Increases civil penalties for subsequent violations of title 3 or title 7 of article 27 of the environmental conservation law relating to waste transporter permits and solid waste management and…

Andrew HevesiCodes Committee

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

Linda RosenthalHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to reimbursement to municipal corporations for costs associated with the release or threatened release of any putrescible or non-putrescible waste

Relates to reimbursement to municipal corporations for costs associated with the release or threatened release of any putrescible or non-putrescible waste by any person engaged in the transportation…

Andrew HevesiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 11-17, 2010, as Library Week in the State of New York, in conjunction with National Library Week

Jonathan BingAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim April 15, 2010, as Library Assistants' Day in the State of New York

Jonathan BingAdopted

Adopted

Relates to benefits which a non-professional employee of an educational institution may receive; repealer

Relates to benefits which a non-professional employee of an educational institution may receive.

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance.

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Prohibits the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with fraudulent seals for the Underwriters' Laboratory

Prohibits the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with fraudulent seals for the Underwriters' Laboratory; authorizes local code enforcement entities to…

Ellen C. JaffeeConsumer Protection Committee

Enacts the "healthcare rule-making reform act"

Enacts the "healthcare rule-making reform act"; reconstitutes the state hospital review and planning council as the state health systems council; provides for the composition and certain duties…

Rory LancmanHealth Committee

Provides that every procurement contract entered into by a state agency shall contain a statement from the contractor that no forced labor was used

Provides that every contract entered into by a state agency for the procurement of equipment, materials or supplies shall contain a statement in which the contractor attests that no foreign made…

Susan JohnCodes Committee

Relates to the issuance of a cold war certificate

Relates to the issuance of a cold war certificate.

Felix OrtizVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Requires the MTA to submit annual reports on attacks, injuries, or deaths reported to or otherwise known to it in connection with its facilities and premises

Requires the MTA to submit annual reports on assaults, including sexual assaults, attacks, injuries or deaths reported to or otherwise known to it in connection with its facilities and premises;…

Richard BrodskyTransportation Committee

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's Communities Initiative

Relates to certain requirements under the Restore New York's communities initiative; requires municipalities and businesses that receive awards under the program to give priority in hiring to…

Jeffrion AubryCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income

Enacts provisions relating to tuition assistance program awards for certain students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income.

Deborah GlickHigher Education Committee

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish procedures providing information on the child health insurance plan to a person filing for unemployment insurance

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of labor, to establish procedures to provide information on the child health insurance plan to a person filing for…

Marc AlessiHealth Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the division of veterans' affairs; repealer

Relates to the powers and duties of the division of veterans' affairs to establish, operate and maintain state veterans' cemeteries.

Felix OrtizWays And Means 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