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9,426 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
Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for the taking of testimony from a witness who is determined to be adverse; a witness is adverse when he or she is called to testify in a criminal…
Expands scope of criminal mischief to include cases wherein a person intentionally damages property of another with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm; permits offenders to be prosecuted…
Creates a distinctive plate for New York state licensed mental health counselors.
Excludes environmental contamination from consideration as a factor for assessment.
Enacts the "Westchester county dual track demonstration project"; provides for establishing a demonstration program implementing a dual track child protective program in Westchester county; provides…
Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled members of a party in such district.
Authorizes the city school district of the city of Mount Vernon, New York to expend the proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to the bond resolutions for the projects set forth in the bond…
Authorizes the city of Yonkers to establish a separate fund into which revenue earmarked for the safe city, safe streets, safe schools program will be deposited.
Includes chiropractic services within the definition of "comprehensive health services" for purposes of health maintenance organizations; enables a member of a health maintenance organization to…
Authorizes the commissioner of labor to implement rules and regulations regarding the removal of lead, asbestos, and other hazardous waste.
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Wappinger Falls to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 1995-1996 assessment roll from the Grace Baptist Church for a certain…
Transfers any unspent funds from the regents health care professional opportunity scholarship program to the regents physician loan forgiveness program and provides direction to distribute these…
Includes within the provisions of the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the reckless causation of serious physical injury to an infant under seven years of age, by a person eighteen…
Relates to rent regulation for certain high income tenants.
Expands the provisions of the urban development action area act by amending the definition of municipality and eligible area to include any city instead of specifically applying to a city with one…
Requires an attending physician to provide notification to peace officers, firefighters, ambulance workers and other paid or volunteer emergency personnel of exposure to HIV infected persons where…
Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports within 7 days after approval; defines "local officer or employee" to include certain school officials.
Authorizes state of New York mortgage agency to purchase labor organization assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks; sets criteria for labor organization participation; requires them to…
Alters the definition of a qualified historic home for the purposes of the historic homeownership rehabilitation credit.
Relates to tax credits for start-up high technology companies to allow such companies in existence for 8 or less taxable years to receive refunds of unused investment tax credit carry forwards.
Limits New York City water board's authority to increase rates charged by no more than 5% annually or current rate of inflation, whichever is greater.
Authorizes the impoundment of vehicles operated by intoxicated or impaired persons; authorizes the release of impounded vehicles to owners of such vehicles if certain criteria is met; authorizes a…
Provides that assessments of self-insurers, the state insurance fund, and all insurance carriers for the workers' compensation special disability fund shall be based on 110%, rather than 150%, of…
Relates to disputes arising from collective negotiations; addresses strikes which occur on a date or dates more than one year after the expiration of the last agreement between the employee's public…
Prohibits a city with a population of one million or more from regulating dimensions and weight of motor vehicles; removes provision relating to a comment period for municipalities in response to…
Provides that certain aid to families shall include an allowance for shelter that shall be calculated to equal the lessor of either eighty percent of fair market rent or actual rent paid by the…
Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase construction mortgages from banks within the state during periods when there is an inadequate supply of credit available for new…
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.
Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency (SONYMA) to originate mortgages constituting a second lien and defines mortgage as a loan owed to a bank or to the agency secured by a second lien on…
Provides that non-payment of New York city taxes shall be a prima facie finding that a housing accommodation subject to the emergency housing rent control act is not a person's primary residence as…
Establishes a system of community improvement grants to be administered by and through neighborhood citizens' participation committees; makes definitions; directs commissioner of the New York state…
Creates the real property regulatory impacts act; provides that the owner of any real property may bring an action against the state whenever the application of any state statute, rule or regulation…
Provides a means for an individual, who may have been infected by the AIDS virus during the course of a crime, to receive funds from the crime victims compensation board for appropriate HIV…
Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to preserve and maintain state historic sites that are closed for more than a month.
Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted…
Provides that notwithstanding the provisions of the public health law, no other fee other than those authorized by section 2303 (a) of the civil practice law and rules may be exacted or levied for…
Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil service credit.
Authorizes the town of Smithtown to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in the village of Nesconset, town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk.
Creates the human cloning prohibition act which makes it unlawful for any person or entity, public or private, to intentionally or knowingly perform or attempt to perform human cloning; defines…
Adopts the family violence option (a/k/a the Wellstone/Murray amendment) in the federal Social Security Act permitting waiver of federal program requirements or penalty provisions for domestic…
Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.
Authorizes the impoundment of any motor vehicle operated by a person who drives while ability is impaired or intoxicated; provides for the imposition of towing and storage fees; provides for the…
Allows for a fee reduction for the registration of vintage snowmobiles; prescribes the use of a different color registration sticker for vintage snowmobiles; defines vintage snowmobiles; creates a…
Relates to permitting the possession of external defibrillators by a health care practitioner licensed or certified under title VIII of the education law or a person certified under this article…
Provides that charges for counsel or experts designated by the attorney general in proceedings to review special franchise assessments shall be borne by the state and not the assessing unit.
Permits holders of class DJ and class MJ licenses outside of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and New York City to drive to volunteer fire and ambulance activities.
Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state.
Provides a tax credit for certain health insurance plans purchased by small employers and certain individuals.
Eliminates the delivery of fossil fuel from those building services for which municipalities are required to pay minimum wage.
Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees.
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