Sponsored bills

Requires any public authority that provides bus transportation in the county of Queens to perform a security audit on all of its bus routes

Requires any public authority that provides bus transportation in the county of Queens to perform a security audit on all of its bus routes.

Michele TitusCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for evidentiary treatment of informant testimony

Provides for evidentiary treatment of informant testimony; requires that an informant's testimony be corroborated, jury instructions given regarding reliability and disclosure by the prosecutor…

Michele TitusRules Committee

Provides that a child shall not be taken into protective custody based on parent's Munchausen syndrome by proxy without a family court hearing thereon

Provides that a child shall not be taken into protective custody based on an allegation that a custodial parent or guardian suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy without a family court hearing…

Michele TitusSocial Services Committee

Prohibits state funding to business entities that outsource jobs

Prohibits state funding to business entities that outsource jobs.

Michele TitusLabor Committee

Relates to providing a tax credit for the purchase of an electrical generator

Relates to providing a tax credit for the purchase of an electrical generator; such credit shall be equal to the amount expended in the previous tax year for the purchase of a electrical generator.

Michele TitusWays And Means Committee

Creates the crime of unlawful defilement of a water supply

Creates the crime of unlawful defilement of a water supply; provides that a person is guilty of such crime when he introduces, places, or causes to be introduced or placed a defiling agent into a…

Michele TitusCodes Committee

Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Dorothy Height, a leader and pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted

Provides a tax check off box on personal income tax return forms for the life pass it on trust fund

Provides a tax checkoff box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research.

Michele TitusInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state

Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state; provides for a report to be submitted by the commissioner of the office of children…

Michele TitusVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the time to commence certain medical malpractice actions

Relates to the time to commence certain medical malpractice actions; provides that actions related to acts or omissions of hospitals where an incident report is required to be filed may be filed…

Michele TitusJudiciary Committee

Recognizing March 2010 as Women's History Month in the State of New York

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted

Exempts certain guardianship motions filed under article 81 of the mental hygiene law from the filing fee required to be paid to the county clerk

Exempts guardianship motions filed under article 81 of the mental hygiene law by a fiduciary, court evaluator, guardian ad litem, court appointed attorney or by the court examiner from the required…

Michele TitusCodes Committee

Requires the commissioner, when processing reports of accidents filed, to give priority to reports involving serious physical injury or death

Requires the commissioner, when processing reports of accidents filed, to give priority to reports involving serious physical injury or death.

Michele TitusTransportation Committee

Directs courts to exonerate bail and order recognizance when no grand jury action has occurred for 45 days from arraignment, unless the people show good cause

Directs courts to exonerate bail and order recognizance when no grand jury action has occurred for 45 days from arraignment, unless the people show good cause otherwise.

Michele TitusCodes Committee

Celebrating Susan B. Anthony's life, work, and legacy

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Michele TitusStricken

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receives federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receive federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Michele TitusStricken

Requires pupils age seven or younger to be released into the custody of a parent, guardian or custodian upon exiting a school bus

Requires pupils age seven or younger to be released into the custody of a parent, guardian or custodian upon exiting a school bus.

Michele TitusEducation Committee

Requires persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises to display a sign or poster on dangers of alcohol consumption while pregnant

Requires persons licensed to sell any alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises to display a sign or poster on the dangers of alcohol consumption while pregnant; provides that the…

Michele TitusConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Establishes the interstate insurance product regulation compact to regulate certain insurance products among member states

Establishes the "Interstate insurance product regulation compact" to regulate certain insurance products among member states and to promote and protect the interest of consumers of individual and…

Michele TitusInsurance Committee

Provides special protections to tenants of properties that have been foreclosed

Provides special protections to tenants of properties that have been foreclosed.

Michele TitusJudiciary Committee

Instructs the superintendent of insurance to deny policies imposing drug tiers and cost-sharing for prescription medication

Instructs the superintendent of insurance to deny policies imposing drug tiers based on expense or disease category and charging cost-sharing percentage for prescription medication.

Michele TitusInsurance Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of education to provide grants to school districts and BOCES to implement prenatal care initiatives

Authorizes the commissioner of education to provide grants to school districts and BOCES to assist pregnant students in planning for continued education during such pregnancy.

Michele TitusEducation Committee

Provides that certain persons less than eighteen years old are not criminally responsible for the crime of criminal contempt in the second degree

Provides that a person less than eighteen years old is not criminally responsible for the crime of criminal contempt in the second degree when the lawful process or other mandate of the court was…

Michele TitusCodes Committee

Requires certain public housing authorities to establish an innocent tenant protection act applicable to tenants of public and federally assisted housing

Establishes an innocent tenant protection act applicable to tenants of public and federally assisted housing; prevents honest, hardworking family members from being evicted when other family members…

Michele TitusHousing Committee

Enacts the safe cosmetics act of 2009

Enacts the safe cosmetics act of 2009; provides recognition of an "authoriatative body" for the purpose of identifying chemicals that can cause cancer reproductive toxicity.

Michele TitusHealth Committee

Enacts the New York state money transmission disclosure act

Enacts the New York state money transmission disclosure act; requires each licensee providing a transmission transaction which involves currency of one country into the currency of another country…

Michele TitusBanks Committee

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities in N.Y. city

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities (defined) in cities of one million or more until the governor completes a comprehensive review of all existing and proposed state…

Michele TitusSocial Services Committee

Allows an action for divorce or separation to be maintained by a husband or wife on the grounds of irreconcilable differences

Allows an action for divorce to be maintained by a husband or wife on the grounds of irreconcilable differences; allows an action for separation to be maintained by a husband or wife on the grounds…

Michele TitusJudiciary Committee

Directs the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations that prohibit harassment, intimidation and bullying of students

Directs the commissioner of education to promulgate rule and regulations that prohibit harassment, intimidation and bullying of students; school districts shall be responsible for making copies of…

Michele TitusEducation Committee

Requires a warning label to be printed on or attached to juice containers commonly known as juice boxes

Requires a warning label to be printed on or attached to juice containers commonly known as juice boxes; provides that such label shall include a warning that the straw's packaging included with the…

Michele TitusConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to limiting co-payments for child care subsidies

Limits co-payments for child care subsidies based upon the family's ability to pay; co-payments shall not exceed ten percent of any given family's household income.

Michele TitusChildren And Families Committee

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age, found in the Family Court Act, from sixteen to seventeen years of age.

Michele TitusChildren And Families Committee

Directs commissioner of education to create youth centers with a curriculum for pre-school and after-school students demonstrating educational opportunities

Directs commissioner of education to create youth centers with a curriculum for pre-school and after-school students demonstrating educational opportunities and emphasizing good mentoring; provides…

Michele TitusEducation Committee

Provides protection to cellular telephone subscribers who purchase cellular telephone applications

Provides protection to cellular telephone subscribers who purchase cellular telephone applications; allows for transfer of such applications upon an upgrade or defect in such cellular telephone.

Michele TitusConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to permanency for destitute children, reinstatement of parental relationships and enhancement of supervised independent living programs; repealer

Relates to permanency for destitute children, reinstatement of parental relationships and enhancement of supervised independent living programs.

Michele TitusChildren And Families Committee

Provides for the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include language violative of civil rights laws

Provides for notice of illegal restrictive covenant language in documents to be recorded and the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include…

Michele TitusJudiciary Committee

Provides a rental subsidy to persons in the nursing facility transition and diversion waiver program

Provides a rental subsidy to persons in the nursing facility transition and diversion waiver program.

Michele TitusHousing Committee

Requires licensed health care professionals and hospitals to make available to patients and prospective patients a printed copy of any medical malpractice conviction

Requires licensed health care professionals and hospitals to make available to patients and prospective patients a printed copy of any medical malpractice convictions or information; provides civil…

Michele TitusHealth Committee

Provides persons with disabilities with access to prearranged for-hire vehicles

Provides persons with disabilities with access to prearranged for-hire vehicles and shuttle services.

Michele TitusTransportation Committee

Provides for disclosure of prior denials, if any, in application for a search warrant

Provides that applicant for a search warrant must disclose all prior denials of the same or similar application, as well as any prior failure to issue such a warrant by a different judge, if known…

Michele TitusOn the Assembly floor

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim May 11, 2009, as New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Harvey Rosenthal upon the occasion of his designation as the fifth recipient of the annual Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr. Advocacy Award

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted