Assembly · District 79 · 2009–10
Michael Benjamin
AD-79No longer in office
First session 2009–10
Sponsored
168
165 bills, 3 resolutions
Passed a house
2
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
0
by the governor
Avg impact
—
no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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Assembly votes aren’t published in the NYS API
Effectiveness
3 of 169 sponsored bills passed (1.9%), ranking #87 of 153 in the Assembly. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
All sponsored legislation
168 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- A2068In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for review by the department of health of policies and practices regarding HIV and AIDS at correctional facilities
- A2110In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Changes the deadline for absentee voter applications and expands the form of requests for ballots that may be considered by the board of elections
- A283In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Removes the Poospatuck Indian Reservation from being recognized as an Indian Tribe in New York State; repealer
- A2937In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Sets limits on police, security guards and certain residential care providers' use of taser stun guns by banning use on persons less than eighteen years of age; mandatory training
- A2939In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Prohibits the use of police line-up identification procedures in criminal cases
- A2940In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to criminal possession of a weapon by a minor and criminal use of a weapon by a minor
- A2972In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to the study of law in certain non approved law schools to be eligible to sit for the New York state bar exam
- A2974In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to wrongful death actions, allowing for families to institute wrongful death actions on behalf of a child in utero
- A3017In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides a limitation on the use of state funds for stem cell projects or research
- A3018In Assembly Committee· Feb 23, 2010Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state the interest rate and the total cost of loan in a dollar amount
- A3023In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Enacts the recycling for communities act; repealer
- A3026In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Requires an expiration date on all cosmetics and prohibits the resale of such cosmetics upon return by dissatisfied customers
- A3064In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for members of the clergy
- A3203In Assembly Committee· May 17, 2010Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)
- A3903In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2010Requires all mortgage brokers to be licensed, establishes certain education requirements, and establishes a mortgage broker licensing exam
- A7480In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Clarifies that five year charters for charter schools comprise five instructional years
- A7975In Assembly Committee· Jan 26, 2010Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"
- A5982In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Raises the speed limit from five miles per hour to fifteen miles per hour in toll plazas
- A7377In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to establishing the crime of illegal conversion or alteration of real property
- A7695In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Allows enrollment preference to charter schools for students in certain grade levels in N.Y. city