Bills by

Neil D. Breslin

Senator

10,455 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →breslin@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

10,455 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

A8570Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means
Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues
Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues.
J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee
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A8561Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes
Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"
Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"; criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes the crime of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise; relates to the authorization of…
Vanessa GibsonCodes Committee
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A8566Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identifying information when making purchases in a store

Prohibits businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identifying information when making purchases in a store.

Grace MengConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A8567Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Provides for pilot program in Suffolk County regarding recovery homes for rehabilitation of persons with chemical dependence

Provides for pilot program in Suffolk County regarding recovery homes for rehabilitation of persons with chemical dependence; provides that provisions expire and are deemed repealed four years after…

Dean MurrayAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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S5877Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires information on each prescription to be filed with the department of health and establishes a report on prescription patterns in the state

Requires information on each prescription issued by a practitioner to be submitted to the department of health; grants an exemption from the confidentiality provisions for prescriptions when a…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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S5871Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Requires service providers for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled to provide written notice to police of any violent residents in community residences

Requires providers of services to the mentally ill or developmentally disabled to provide written notice to police of any violent residents in community residences and supportive living facilities.

Jeffrey D. KleinMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S5863Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases; requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

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A8553Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Relates to transitional provisions regarding the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act

Relates to transitional provisions regarding the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

Sheldon SilverWays And Means Committee

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A8552Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Reduces the tax on motor fuel, the additional tax on motor fuel and the supplemental tax on motor fuel by a cumulative four percent over three years

Reduces the tax on motor fuel, the additional tax on motor fuel and the supplemental tax on motor fuel; suspends state sales and compensating use tax on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel from the…

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

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A8546Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the uniform collateral consequences of conviction act

Enacts the uniform collateral consequences of conviction act requiring the division of criminal justice services to collect and publish laws regarding collateral consequences of conviction and…

Joseph LentolCodes CommitteeLegal

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A8548Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the uniform electronic recordation of custodial interrogations act

Enacts the uniform electronic recordation of custodial interrogations act requiring the audio and video recording of every custodial interrogation at a place of detention.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A8544Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Directs the division of homeland security to develop rules and regulations relating to truck rental security

Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop rules and regulations relating to truck rental security; requires any person or organization in the business of renting…

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8543Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Authorizes the division of homeland security and emergency services to establish a statewide planning and mapping system of educational institutions in this state

Authorizes the division of homeland security and emergency services to establish a statewide planning and mapping system of educational institutions in this state.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8542Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the creation of a system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers by the state director of homeland security

Provides for the creation of a system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers by the state director of homeland security; details information to be included in such ID cards.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8550Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Negates the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of child custody

Provides that the issue of military deployment shall not be considered as a factor in the awarding of custody where a suitable child care plan is presented; provides, upon return of a military…

Felix OrtizJudiciary Committee

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A8539Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Requires parents, foster parents or other persons legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than 16 years of age to notify law enforcement of the disappearance of the child

Requires parents, foster parents or other persons legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than sixteen years of age to notify law enforcement of the disappearance of the child…

Grace MengCodes Committee

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A8541Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Requires parents, foster parents, legal guardians, caretakers or other responsible adults to notify law enforcement of the death of a child, accidental or otherwise

Requires parents, foster parents, legal guardians, caretakers or other responsible adults to notify law enforcement of the death of a child, accidental or otherwise, within a timely manner.

Grace MengCodes CommitteeLegal

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S5861Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Creates restrictions on where EBT cards may be used to access cash

Prohibits automated teller machines or point of sale terminals in certain locations from accepting electronic benefit transfer cards for cash withdrawals.

Joseph E. RobachSocial Services Committee

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A8535Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person

Relates to establishing the crime of financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person and provides for civil liability for financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person.

Naomi RiveraCodes Committee

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A8533AssemblyS5536· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Establishes a demonstration project in the city of New York to enforce parking rules for the purpose of street cleaning

Establishes a demonstration project in the city of New York to enforce parking rules for the purpose of street cleaning by way of photo devices on the street cleaning vehicles.

Brian KavanaghTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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A8531Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Relates to clarifying definitions of "illegal money transmission" and "money laundering"; and relates to penalties for unlicensed money transmitters

Relates to clarifying the definitions of "illegal money transmission" and "money laundering"; relates to penalties for unlicensed money transmitters; relates to timeliness of prosecutions.

Marcos CrespoBanks Committee

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A8528Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Enacts Jonny's law, which requires parents to cause to be conducted drug tests on their children entering grades 9 through 12

Enacts Jonny's law, which requires parents to conduct or cause to be conducted drug tests on their children entering grades nine through twelve.

Joseph SaladinoEducation CommitteeEducation

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S5859Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to making it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child

Makes it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

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S5858Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of failure to report the death or disappearance of a child

Establishes the crime of failure to report the death or disappearance of a child.

Eric AdamsCodes Committee

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S5854Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in a city of one million or more located in the metropolitan commuter transportation district

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in a city of one million or more located in the metropolitan commuter transportation district; makes chapter amendment to S. 5825 and A. 8496 to extend provisions…

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A8521Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in N.Y. city located in the metropolitan commuter transportation district

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

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S5852Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the refund of certain taxes paid on certain credit card acounts determined to be worthless

Relates to the refund of sales and compensating use taxes paid on certain credit card accounts determined to be worthless.

Hugh T. FarleyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A8514Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Ordered to third reading cal.297

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange which will facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans in the individual market in NY and will incorporate a small business health…

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

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S5849Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange which will facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans in the individual market in NY and will incorporate a small business health…

James L. SewardCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S5839Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering may be carried over and used to offset electricity used

Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority may be carried over…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S5838Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a…

Kevin S. ParkerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A8505Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Limits the amount of employer contributions to the state retirement system

Limits the amount of employer contributions to the state retirement system; authorizes an annual increase in employer contribution of the lesser of two percent or an inflation factor.

Thomas AbinantiGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8504Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Prohibits bullying on school property and enacts the "Law to Encourage the Acceptance of All Differences (LEAD)"

Prohibits bullying on school property and enacts the "Law to Encourage the Acceptance of All Differences (LEAD)".

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

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S5832Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Relates to proceedings for challenges of real property assessments

Relates to proceedings for challenges to real property assessments.

Suzi OppenheimerLocal Government Committee

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A8490Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Relates to service of notice of motion returnable to the environmental control board on the registered owner of a motor vehicle impounded by the department of sanitation

Relates to service of notice of motion returnable to the environmental control board on the registered owner of a motor vehicle impounded by the department of sanitation.

Matthew TitoneCities Committee

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A8487Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to providing innovative infrastructure development

Relates to providing innovative infrastructure development.

Joseph MorelleTransportation Committee

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A8494Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

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A8477Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Requires written request and review of proposed reductions in the level of fire services

Requires written request, including environmental impact statement, and review by community boards, borough presidents and the council of proposed reductions in the level of fire services, including…

Edward BraunsteinCities Committee

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S5822Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes the crime of aggravated domestic violence

Establishes the crime of aggravated family offense when a person has committed a specified offense and has been convicted of one or more specified offenses within the past five years.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S5821Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to assumed amortization for certain school district projects approved by the commissioner

Relates to assumed amortization for certain school district projects approved by the commissioner.

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

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S5816Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to mandate relief for school districts and certain other educational entities; repealer

Relates to mandate relief for school districts and certain other educational entities; repeals subdivision 17 of section 1950 of the education law, relating to board of cooperative educational…

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

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S5814Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires providers of prekindergarten services to employ a licensed childhood or early childhood teacher as the on-site education director

Requires community based organizations and other providers of prekindergarten services to employ a licensed childhood or early childhood teacher as the on-site education director during…

Education Committee

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S5812Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to racing, gaming and wagering

Requires the licensing of franchised corporations, racing associations, off-track betting corporations and multi-jurisdictional account wager providers

Requires the licensing of franchised corporations, racing associations, off-track betting corporations and multi-jurisdictional account wager providers.

Michael F. NozzolioRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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S5805Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to racing, gaming and wagering

Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues

Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues.

Michael F. NozzolioRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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A8459Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Eliminates state regulation of voice over internet protocol service

Eliminates state regulation of voice over internet protocol service in order to facilitate competition and ensure consumers receive the maximum benefit of competition.

James F. BrennanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A8458Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods

Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods; provides that such task force should identify strategies, opportunities and methods to expand such…

Francisco MoyaAgriculture Committee

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S5789Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications