Bills by

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Senator

7,001 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →addabbo@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

7,001 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

S810Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government
Makes provisions with respect to service of real property assessment challenges upon fire districts
Provides that real property assessment challenges shall be served upon a fire district by serving the chair of the board of fire commissioners of the fire district.
Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee
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S811Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations
Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law
Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law; includes any advisory committee to a public body, whether created by such public body or created pursuant to federal,…
Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

S814Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for an increase in federal itemized deduction for home improvements which promote water quality

Provides for an increase in federal itemized deduction for certain home improvements; a fifty percent tax exemption is provided to a residential property owner of a one, two or three family home for…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S812Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires school districts to develop a policy limiting the use of school-owned cell phones to school related purposes

Requires school districts to develop a policy regulating the use of school-owned cell phones to include, but not be limited to, requiring that they be used only for school related purposes.

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S808Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Establishes a registry of wills and codicils

Provides that each county shall establish and maintain a registry of wills and codicils executed in that county for which the surrogate's court has jurisdiction; establishes what information shall…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S805Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license.

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

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S807Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Adds national estuary implementation projects as projects eligible for state funding pursuant to the environmental protection fund

Makes state funding from the environmental protection fund available for national estuary implementation projects which would implement water quality improvement projects pursuant to an approved…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S803Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss

Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss due to situations where drivers either have…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

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S804Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides that a person may be guilty of the crime disorderly conduct when he makes unreasonable noise which is disturbing to one or more persons

Provides that a person may be guilty of the crime disorderly conduct when he makes unreasonable noise which is disturbing to one or more persons.

Kenneth P. LaValleCodes Committee

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S764Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Permits two or more contiguous towns to jointly purchase highway equipment

Permits two or more contiguous towns to jointly purchase highway equipment upon request of the highway and superintendents of such towns and by majority vote of each of the town boards.

Catharine YoungTransportation Committee

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S757Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences

Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences, including a cooperative or a condominium unit.

Catharine YoungHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S749Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level.

Catharine YoungEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S735Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Authorizes an income tax deduction of monies deposited into a house, townhouse, condominium or unit in a cooperative housing corporation account

Provides for the establishment of a home purchase account; enables first time house, condominium or unit in a cooperative housing corporation purchasers to deposit monies into an account established…

Joseph E. RobachInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S726Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Allows individuals to register their telefacsimile telephone numbers with the consumer protection board as part of the "do not call" statewide registry

Allows individuals to register their telefacsimile telephone numbers with the consumer protection board as part of the "do not call" statewide registry.

Joseph E. RobachConsumer Protection Committee

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S708SenateA4596· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; "dating violence"…

Diane J. SavinoEducation CommitteeEducation

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S697Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at…

Jeffrey D. KleinHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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A495AssemblyS1119· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires notification to insureds that an out-of-network physician may be used in their procedure, test or surgery

Requires notification to insureds that an out-of-network physician may be used in their procedure, test or surgery and such physician's services shall not be covered by their insurance policy; such…

Vanessa GibsonInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A492Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish and implement a no fare program for children attending public school in the city district of the city

Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to establish and implement a no fare rate program for children attending public school in the city district of the city of New York.

Vanessa GibsonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions CommitteeEconomy

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A489Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Jeffrey DinowitzElection Law Committee

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S659Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to finance

Enacts "Lori Ann's law" to establish procedures for law enforcement to locate and return missing persons

Enacts "Lori Ann's law" to establish procedures for law enforcement to locate and return missing persons; requires law enforcement agencies to immediately accept any missing person report; requires…

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

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A466Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires that a registered professional nurse be in each school when medically fragile students are in attendance or when students are at major risk of injury

Requires that a registered nurse be in each school when medically fragile students are in attendance or when students are at major risk of injury.

Aileen GuntherEducation Committee

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A465Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards their child

Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards his or her child; enacts "parent's right to…

Aileen GuntherEducation Committee

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A454Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America

Establishes the Lymphology study, requiring the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A455Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A458Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Creates the lupus research enhancement program and the lupus research enhancement fund

Creates the lupus research enhancement program; creates the lupus research enhancement fund.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A453Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Authorizes a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan

Authorizes and directs the New York state department of health, to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A457Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; appropriation

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health…

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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A460AssemblyS1175· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Ordered to third reading cal.25

Provides for taxpayer gifts for lupus education and prevention, and establishes the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program

Provides for taxpayer gifts for lupus education and prevention, and establishes the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program.

Vanessa GibsonOn the Assembly floor

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A456Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Creates the lupus research enhancement program and the lupus research enhancement fund; appropriation

Creates the lupus research enhancement program; creates the lupus research enhancement fund; authorizes an appropriation therefor.

Vanessa GibsonHealth Committee

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S645Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole

Provides that the sentence for committing murder in the first degree when the victim is a police officer, peace officer or correction officer shall be either death or life imprisonment without parole.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S644Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Elevates severity of patronizing a prostitute and permitting prostitution, and makes certain provisions of promoting prostitution violent felonies

Makes promoting prostitution in the first degree and certain provisions of promoting prostitution in the second and third degrees violent felony offenses; increases the severity of the penalties for…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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A439Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in real property taxation

Provides a partial tax abatement to owners of property who lease units at less than the fair market rental value

Provides a partial real property tax tax abatement to owners of certain property in a city with a population of one million or more who lease units at less than the fair market rental value to…

Joseph LentolReal Property Taxation Committee

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A444Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Relates to the wood products development council and contracts for timber or other forest products

Directs the wood products development council to work to improve public understanding of the timber industry and authorizes the department of environmental conservation to execute contracts for…

William MageeAgriculture Committee

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A429Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities

Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities.

William MageeEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A433Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Requires the state board of elections to maintain on its official website electronic voter registration forms which contain the county board of elections' address

Requires the state board of elections to maintain on its official website electronic voter registration forms which contain the county board of elections' address.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A415Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development

Increases from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 the aggregate of linked loans that an agricultural project may receive during the linked loan program

Increases from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, the aggregate of linked loans that an agricultural project may receive during the linked loan program; provides that the linked deposit for a linked loan…

William MageeEconomic Development Committee

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A416Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Establishes the commission on education in the twenty-first century

Establishes the commission on education in the twenty-first century which shall examine the system of school districts and the delivery of education related services in the state and shall recommend…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A406Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in insurance

Removes certain technical provisions related to air-borne emergency transit

Removes certain technical provisions related to air-borne emergency transit to the hospital.

Clifford CrouchInsurance Committee

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A379Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Excludes certain seasonal fair workers from the definition of employee for purposes of the minimum wage act

Excludes certain seasonal fair workers from the definition of employee for purposes of the minimum wage act.

William MageeLabor Committee

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A364Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Prohibits the sale of information listed on prescriptions that identifies specific patients or persons legally authorized to issue a prescription

Requires prescription information to be kept confidential.

Kevin CahillHealth Committee

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A361Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated…

Amy PaulinEconomic Development Committee

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S598Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Allows local tax collectors to send tax statements by electronic mail to an address provided by a homeowner and to opt out of receiving paper statements

Allows local tax collectors to send tax statements by electronic mail to an address provided by a homeowner and to opt out of receiving paper statements of taxes.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Local Government Committee

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S592Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Provides that parent or person in parental relation shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school

Provides that parent or person in parental relationship shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school; such notice shall be sent prior to April…

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Education Committee

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S596Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

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 which commenced in 2001, within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S571Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for state reimbursement to all elementary and secondary schools for the cost of metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax payments

Provides for state reimbursement to all elementary and secondary schools for the cost of metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax payments.

Jeffrey D. KleinInvestigations And Government Operations CommitteeLegal

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S573Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Enacts the "ethics in state government now act"

Enacts the "ethics in state government now act"; makes the ethics rules and financial disclosure applicable to the legislature and its employees stricter; re-establishes the membership of the…

Jeffrey D. KleinInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S550Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate a uniform assessment code

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate a uniform assessment code.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

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S519Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Prohibits payment of bonuses to employees and board members of state authorities

Prohibits payment of bonuses to employees and board members of state authorities.

George D. MaziarzCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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