Co-sponsored bills

Mourning the death of Carl B. Brink, distinguished citizen and respected pillar within the farming community

Gary FinchAdopted

Adopted

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

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

Gary FinchOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes financial assistance for civic facilities by industrial development agencies

Authorizes financial assistance for civic facilities by industrial development agencies; defines civic facility.

Brian KolbLocal Governments Committee

Authorizes a public information and education program for soil and water conservation districts

Authorizes a public information and education program for soil and water conservation districts.

James BacallesEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to assessments to defray operating expenses of the department

Relates to assessments to defray operating expenses of the department; removes indirect costs from the assessments.

William A. BarclayInsurance Committee

Allows soil and water conservation districts to be eligible applicants for the local waterfront revitalization grant program

Allows soil and water conservation districts to be eligible applicants for the local waterfront revitalization grant program.

James BacallesEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to giving the state soil and water conservation committee membership to the New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council

Relates to giving the state soil and water conservation committee membership to the New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council.

James BacallesEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Includes the war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption

Includes the war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption; clarifies the availability of real property tax exemptions for…

James TediscoReal Property Taxation Committee

Requires department of motor vehicles to provide police officers with information on level 3 sex offenders based on license or registration inquiry

Directs the commissioner of criminal justice services to provide the department of motor vehicles with information on level sex offenders; requires the department of motor vehicles to maintain and…

James TediscoTransportation Committee

Authorizes an individual to angle for fish with up to 3 lines

Authorizes an individual to angle for fish with up to three lines.

Addie JenneEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Assesses a penalty upon legislature and governor for late budget

Provides that members of the legislature shall be penalized one day's salary for each day the state budget is late; provides that legislative leaders and the governor shall be penalized two days pay…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Grants personal income taxpayers with a credit of $1.00 per day for each day after April 1 until the legislature enacts the state budget

Grants personal income taxpayers with a credit of $1.00 per day for each day up to a maximum of seventy-five days after April 1 until the legislature enacts the state budget provided such taxpayer…

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

George AmedoreCodes Committee

Permits the discharge of a longbow over water by a person bow fishing in certain instances

Permits the discharge of a longbow over water by a person bow fishing if no dwelling, house, or public structure, livestock or person is situated in the line of discharge less than 500 feet from the…

George AmedoreEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Repeals certain provisions relating to the assessment and reimbursement of state expenditures and requires reimbursement of monies previously paid

Repeals certain provisions relating to the assessment and reimbursement of state expenditures and requires reimbursement of monies previously paid.

Stephen HawleyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to the distribution of monies collected from the public safety communications surcharge

Relates to the distribution of monies collected from the public safety communications surcharge to the office for technology for grants to counties for assistance with costs associated with the…

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Extends provisions of law relating to low cost power

Extends provisions of law relating to low cost power; extends expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy costs savings benefit program; establishes an energy audit program.

Kevin CahillEnergy Committee

Prohibits the disbursement of any funds under the "green jobs-green New York act of 2009" to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)

Prohibits the disbursement of any funds under the "green jobs-green New York act of 2009" to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any organization which has…

Brian KolbEnergy Committee

Provides for the submission to the people of a proposition or question to convene a constitutional convention

Provides for the submission to the people of a proposition or question to convene a constitutional convention.

Brian KolbJudiciary Committee

Repeals Part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, relating to financing the operations of the department of public service

Repeals Part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, relating to financing the operations of the department of public service, the public service commission, department support and energy management…

Stephen HawleyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Prohibits state officers and employees from using state aircraft for political purposes

Prohibits a statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legislative employee to use state aircraft for political purposes; a violation of such restriction…

Daniel BurlingGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill

Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill.

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Provides that before a person may receive public assistance benefits, he or she must submit to a drug test

Provides that before a person may receive public assistance benefits, he or she must submit to and pass a drug test.

Clifford CrouchSocial Services Committee

Prohibits food distributors from dumping sub-standard or below grade out-of-state agricultural products in this state

Prohibits food distributors from dumping, or otherwise discarding in a manner likely to cause contamination, sub-standard or below grade out-of-state agricultural products in this state.

Ann RabbittAgriculture Committee

Enacts the "scaffold reform act"

Enacts the "scaffold reform act"; grants counties a local option to require contractors working on projects within their respective jurisdictions to comply with the regulations and standards set…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

Excludes from personal income taxation moneys paid by certain taxpayers over the age of sixty-five for prescription drugs

Excludes from personal income taxation moneys paid by a taxpayer over the age of sixty-five for prescription drugs whose New York adjusted gross income is below or equal to $60,000.

Andrew RaiaWays And Means Committee

Creates an underground infrastructure security device credit for certain taxpayers

Creates a underground infrastructure security device credit for certain taxpayers; authorizes the director of the office of homeland security to develop standards for identifying highly critical…

Louis TobaccoWays And Means Committee

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals and requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated…

James TediscoAgriculture Committee

Reduces the rate at which a taxpayer's entire net income base shall be computed

Reduces the rate at which a taxpayer's entire net income base shall be computed for the purposes of the franchise tax on business corporations.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Establishes the New York state nuclear engineering degree incentive program; and making an appropriation therefor

Establishes the New York state nuclear engineering degree incentive program for undergraduate study; such program shall be issued on a competitive basis; and makes an appropriation of one hundred…

Joel MillerHigher Education Committee

Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders; repealer

Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders upon conviction of a violent felony offense when such person has previously been subjected…

James TediscoCodes Committee

Enacts the tax relief on energy act; appropriation

Enacts the tax relief on energy act; relates to the tax on furnishing of utility services; provides a sales and compensating use tax exemption on Energy Star appliances; provides for a heating…

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases

Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases.

Clifford CrouchEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to a program for flood damage to businesses; provides a tax credit for businesses that purchase flood insurance

Relates to a program for flood damage to businesses; provides a tax credit for businesses that purchase flood insurance.

Clifford CrouchLabor Committee

Relates to the penalty for failure to register by a sex offender

Relates to the penalty for failure to register by a sex offender; makes submission of fraudulent information respecting identity or residency by a sex offender a class E felony.

Dierdre ScozzafavaCorrection Committee

Authorizes the sale of gift baskets containing alcoholic beverages packaged with New York grown agricultural products

Authorizes the sale of gift baskets containing alcoholic beverages packaged with New York grown agricultural products.

Bill ReilichEconomic Development Committee

Establishes a procedure for the approval of increasing transfer capability of existing electric transmission lines

Establishes a procedure for the approval of increasing the transfer capability of existing electric transmission lines; authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to…

Brian KolbEnergy Committee

Exempts the sales tax on alternative fuels used for home heating purposes

Exempts the sales tax on alternative fuels used for home heating purposes, including, but not limited to, wood pellets, corn and ethanol.

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

Provides fiscal relief to each local social services district by assuming expenditures for all optional services offered by the state medical assistance program

Authorizes the state to alleviate the county cost of medical assistance payments and to provide fiscal relief to each local social services district by assuming expenditures for all optional…

Jack Quinn IIISocial Services Committee

Creates the high technology manufacturing workforce development act

Joel MillerEconomic Development Committee

Extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefits program and authorizes additional voluntary contribution

Extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefits program; authorizes additional voluntary contribution into the state treasury under the power for jobs…

Brian KolbEnergy Committee

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act of 2009 and establishes the Green Jobs-Green New York fund

Establishes the green jobs-green New York act, to promote energy efficiency, energy conservation and the installation of clean energy technologies, to reduce energy consumption and costs, reduce…

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits the disbursement of any state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or to any related organization

Prohibits the disbursement of any state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the New York Agency for Community Affairs or to any related organization.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the disbursement of any state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or to any related organization

Prohibits the disbursement of any state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the New York Agency for Community Affairs or to any related organization.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Extends provisions of law relating to low cost power to foster statewide economic development

Extends provisions of law relating to low cost power; extends expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy costs savings benefit program; establishes an energy audit program.

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim June 2009, as Dairy Month in the State of New York

Clifford CrouchAdopted

Adopted

Increases tax credit allowed for the premium paid for long-term care insurance

Increases tax credit allowed for the premium paid for long-term care insurance from 20 to 25% .

Rob WalkerWays And Means Committee