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
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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
- A1961In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for owner liability for dog attacks on another dog or cat
- A1963In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for a ban on over-under bars whose policy allows under-age persons to enter bars with legal-age friends
- A2033In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Directs board of inspectors assigned to nursing homes and residential facilities to bring additional absentee ballots and applications
- A2034In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault
- A2069In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for the development of boarding kennel health and safety regulations, licensing, inspections, posting of signs, and findings of violations and sanctions
- A2070In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for children under the age of fourteen to wear protective headgear while skiing, sledding or snowboarding
- A210In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Requires state police, police agencies and other departments to report to U.S. bureau of immigration and customs enforcement
- A2113In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Reduces age to 16 for eligibility to take GED
- A2114In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Extends the renewal of charters for charter schools from five years to ten years
- A3025In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Requires the labeling of meat and dairy products as "clone-free" where the product is not a product of genetic engineering or from a cloned animal or its progeny
- A3062In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to clarifying the term "primary residence"
- A3089In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to the duties of the ethics committee of the empire state stem cell board
- A3091In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Establishes a temporary commission to study the tracking, prohibition and remediation of toxic chemicals in New York state
- A3096Stricken· Mar 8, 2010Provides for release from certain liability for employers who hire persons who have one or more prior convictions
- A3180In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to requiring school districts to report on each student that enters sixth grade through completion of the ninth grade
- A3231In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for the repeal of the driver responsibility assessment on March 31, 2009
- A3258In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Establishes the lighting efficiency and toxics reduction act
- A3260In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration
- A7486In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to enrollment in charter schools and removes the application deadline
- A7986In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2010Prohibits candidates for election to a public office from accepting contributions from charitable organizations