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Relates to exemptions from requirements for fishing licenses for members of the US armed forces who are on leave from active military duty

Provides an exemption from requirements for fishing licenses for members of the U.S. armed forces who are on leave from active military duty.

George D. MaziarzEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to permitting the city of Lockport school district to designate the entire city school district as a single election district

Relates to permitting the city of Lockport school district to designate the entire city school district as a single election district.

George D. MaziarzEducation Committee

Relates to exempting retired federal agents and border patrol agents from training requirements for security guards

Exempts retired federal agents and border patrol agents who have been retired for a period not to exceed ten years from training requirements for security guards.

George D. MaziarzConsumer Protection Committee

Prohibits to state purchase of products manufactured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum OSHA standards

Prohibits state purchase of products manufactured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum OSHA standards; requires the commissioner of general services to compile a list of products…

Eric AdamsFinance Committee

Relates to eligibility requirements and conditions governing general awards, academic performance awards and student loans; repealer

Relates to eligibility requirements and conditions governing general awards, academic performance awards and student loans; relates to eligibility requirements for assistance under the higher…

Deborah GlickHigher Education Committee

Establishes a credit against income tax for the rehabilitation of distressed commercial properties

Establishes a credit against income tax for the rehabilitation of distressed commercial properties; allows for 30% of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures up to $100,000; requires that to be…

Michael H. RanzenhoferInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes licensed authorized organizations to conduct certain poker tournaments as licensed games of chance fundraisers

Authorizes licensed authorized organizations to conduct certain poker tournaments as licensed games of chance fundraisers.

Michael CusickRacing And Wagering Committee

Enacts the "Comptroller Campaign Finance Reform Act" to provide for public financing for campaigns for the office of state comptroller

Enacts the "Comptroller Campaign Finance Reform Act" to provide for public financing for campaigns for the office of the state comptroller; authorizes the imposition of an additional surcharge on…

Rules Committee

Requires the New York city police department to release certain information regarding incidence of cancer in World Trade Center police responders

Requires the New York city police department to release certain information to research institutions regarding incidence of cancer in World Trade Center police responders; requires the New York city…

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

Provides for the prohibition of sale of tobacco products at pharmacies

Provides for the prohibition of sale of tobacco products at pharmacies and pharmacy departments.

Andrew J. LanzaHealth Committee

Creates the strategic farm and food product development coordinating council

Creates the strategic farm and food product development coordinating council.

David J. ValeskyAgriculture Committee

Requires nebulizers on school grounds; appropriation

Requires nebulizers on school grounds.

Owen H. JohnsonFinance Committee

Directs the division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies

Directs the division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies.

Ellen C. JaffeeCodes CommitteeLegal

Creates the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree

Creates the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree, a class E felony, wherein a person operates a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Includes the division of forensic services of the Nassau county medical examiner's office in the definition of "qualified agencies"

Includes the division of forensic services of the Nassau county medical examiner's office in the definition of "qualified agencies".

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts "Charlotte's Law" relating to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators

Enacts "Charlotte's Law"; relates to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators.

James TediscoTransportation Committee

Authorizes NYC to issue new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities

Authorizes NYC to issue new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities; authorizes New York City to issue 18,000 hail taxicab licenses; generally relates to…

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs

Enacts chapter amendment to Chapter 598 of 2011 relating to the purchase of prescription drugs through a network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy.

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to Camphill Ghent integrated services

Amends provisions relating to certain statutory authorizations in relation to the establishment of a long term care community in Columbia county known as Camphill Ghent, Inc. to provide integrated…

Harvey WeisenbergSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to coverage for oral chemotherapy

Relates to coverage for oral chemotherapy.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs; relates to applicable terms and conditions of participating mail order or other non-retail pharmacy.

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability; requires notice of reserve funds; amends the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services; requires resolution for…

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit for businesses which manufacture solar energy equipment.

George D. MaziarzInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to the judgment lien on real property in an action upon a money judgment; repealer

Relates to the judgement lien on real property in an action upon a money judgment.

John J. BonacicJudiciary Committee

Relates to confidentiality in papers filed in civil proceedings

Relates to confidentiality in papers filed in civil proceedings.

John J. BonacicJudiciary Committee

Prohibits release of certain balloons

Prohibits the outdoor release of 25 or more balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air within a 24 hour period in order to reduce litter and protect the marine environment; makes related…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9/11 Memorial Bridge"

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9/11 Memorial Bridge" in Buffalo; requires the commissioner of transportation to install and maintain adequate signing.

Sean RyanTransportation Committee

Relates to authorizing the liquor authority to issue certain licenses to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages in a premises commonly known as a restaurant-brewer

Relates to authorizing the liquor authority to issue certain licenses to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages in a premises commonly known as a restaurant-brewer for certain premises in the…

Sean RyanEconomic Development Committee

Amends the labor law and state finance law in relation to payroll efficiency

Amends the labor law and state finance law in relation to payroll efficiency.

Daniel P. LosquadroLabor Committee

Increases penalties for the offense of making graffiti

Increases penalties for the offense of making graffiti.

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Provides crime victim's right to attend criminal trial and pretrial proceeding

Provides that victims of crimes or, in cases involving a minor child or homicide, a family member of the victim, shall have the right to be personally present at arraignment, trial (except when the…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Provides that the commission of prostitution offenses by any person upon premises controlled by a massage therapist constitutes professional misconduct

Provides that the commission of prostitution offense by any person upon premises at which a massage therapist regularly engages in his or her profession, or the commission of any such offense by a…

Jeffrey DinowitzHigher Education Committee

Requires written statement of reasons for parole; allows victim access to statement

Provides that if parole is granted, the reasons for granting parole must be stated in detail in writing; authorizes access to such information to past and any prospective victims; changes from 60 to…

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides for confidentiality of addresses and telephone numbers of victims and witnesses

Provides for the confidentiality of residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of victims of or witnesses to a crime, except in cases where such information is needed by police and other…

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to digital literacy instruction for students in grades kindergarten through twelve

Relates to digital literacy instruction for students in grades kindergarten through twelve; requires preparation on how to use technology and the internet to access, evaluate, create and share…

Robert ReillyEducation Committee

Creates the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony

Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony; recodifies prior crime as second degree; makes conforming changes in related provisions of law.

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Requires hospitals to permit selective pre-surgery blood donation

Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient…

Michael SimanowitzHealth Committee

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent.

Felix OrtizJudiciary Committee

Requires victims be notified of right to make a victim impact statement and allows them to personally appear at parole hearing and make such a statement

Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition; such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Requires notice to crime victims when less than mandatory sentence is considered

Provides that the district attorney must give not less than ten days notice to the victim or victims of a crime in a case where he is considering giving the defendant less than the mandatory sentence.

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes the denial of renewal of professional, business or trade licenses where a taxpayer has outstanding tax debt which the taxpayer has failed to settle

Authorizes the denial of the renewal of a license, permit, certificate, registration or admission to practice a profession, business or trade where a taxpayer has outstanding tax debt which the…

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the Hempstead union free school district to return certain appropriated monies to the education department

Authorizes the Hempstead union free school district to return certain appropriated monies to the education department.

Earlene HooperEducation Committee

Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant

Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant; presence of such controlled substances establishes a…

Michael SimanowitzChildren And Families Committee

Establishes a sensitivity training program for persons in active military service of the state

Establishes a sensitivity training program for persons in active military service of the state.

Eric AdamsFinance Committee

Relates to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors

Provides that where a second charge of selling alcohol to minors is alleged in a one year period the officer shall remove the liquor license of such person to be returned at a hearing where a bond…

Michael SimanowitzEconomic Development Committee

Requires deferred installment payment plan be offered to small businesses for telephone service installation, initiation and nonrecurring maintenance charges

Requires deferred payment plan in installments over a period of up to one year be offered to small businesses for telephone installation, service initiation and nonrecurring maintenance charges;…

James S. AlesiEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Creates a directory of assistance for small businesses and minority and women business enterprises

Creates a database of grants for small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises.

James S. AlesiCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Enacts "Charlotte's Law" relating to the permanent revocation of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators

Enacts "Charlotte's Law"; relates to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators.

Hugh T. FarleyTransportation Committee