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

A5335Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law
Requires that judges receive proper certificates of authorization or be enrolled members of the party for which they are running in the primary election
Requires that judges be enrolled members of the party for which they are running in the primary election or to have received a proper certificate of authorization filed properly according to the…
Sandy GalefElection Law Committee
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A5344Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary
Establishes the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system and provides for its powers and duties
Establishes the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system and provides for its powers and duties; such commission shall, upon its own initiative, investigate, hold hearings,…
Daniel O'DonnellJudiciary Committee

S3320Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Relates to payments made to the Oswego board of cooperative educational services for costs of a certain capital project

Relates to payments made to the Oswego board of cooperative educational services for costs of a certain capital project.

Patty RitchieLocal Government Committee

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S3317Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting

Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting; provides reports be transmitted to the state or local police department and/or to the SPCA.

John A. DeFranciscoAgriculture Committee

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S3315Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Relates to requiring a local referendum prior to legislative action taken to alienate parkland

Relates to requiring a local referendum prior to legislative action taken to alienate parkland.

Jack M. MartinsLocal Government Committee

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S3311Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in covered electronic devices, upholstered furniture or textiles intended for indoor use, mattresses and mattress pads; provides exemptions.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3312Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller and reports of external audits

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller, reports of external audits performed by independent public accountants or management letters prepared in…

Mark GrisantiLocal Government Committee

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S3313Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a burial society or by a cemetery corporation

Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a burial society or by a cemetery corporation; defines burial society.

Jeffrey D. KleinCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S3307Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Relates to providing oversight and monitoring the operations of an independent system operator

Relates to providing oversight and monitoring the operations of an independent system operator; authorizes the public service commission to provide oversight and requires annual reports on the…

George D. MaziarzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S3306SenateA8355· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to children and families

Requires investigating officials to investigate the homes of adults about whom reports have been filed

Enacts "Laura Cummings Law"; requires investigating officials of the department of social services or the office of children and family services to investigate the homes of adults about whom reports…

George D. MaziarzChildren And Families CommitteeHealth

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A5324Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Requires members of a fire department in N.Y. city to reside in the city

Requires members of a fire department in a city with a population of one million or more to reside in the city.

Hakeem JeffriesGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5319Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires food service establishments to post a warning when trans fat is used in some or all of their food preparation

Requires food service establishments to post a warning when trans fat is used in some or all of their food preparation.

Matthew TitoneConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A5323Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes criminal offenses relating to criminal street gang enterprises and the abatement of premises used for such enterprises

Establishes offenses relating to criminal street gang enterprises and the abatement of premises used for the activities of such enterprises; provides for disposition of forfeiture moneys where the…

Matthew TitoneCodes Committee

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A5307Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to providing oversight and monitoring the operations of an independent system operator

Relates to providing oversight and monitoring the operations of an independent system operator; authorizes the public service commission to provide oversight and requires annual reports on the…

Kevin CahillCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S3303Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Allows heating oil dealers to place a lien on multi-dwelling and commercial property for an owner's failure to pay its bill for the value of delivered heating oil

Includes within the definition of "improvement" the furnishing or delivery of fuel oil or kerosene.

Jeffrey D. KleinJudiciary Committee

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A5290Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Requires notices of termination to apply to snowmobiles and all vehicles insured or covered under an owner's policy of liability insurance

Requires notices of termination to apply to snowmobiles and all vehicles insured or covered under an owner's policy of liability insurance.

Robert OaksTransportation Committee

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A5294Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2011"

Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2011"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five…

Robert OaksWays And Means Committee

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S3291Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to civil service and pensions

Allows military service credit for retirement to all honorably discharged veterans

Allows military service credit for retirement to all honorably discharged veterans; removes "time of war" requirement.

Eric AdamsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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A5296Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local governments

Authorizes tax increment bonds payable from real property taxes levied by a school district within a blighted project area

Authorizes tax increment bonds payable from real property taxes levied by a school district within a blighted project area.

Robin SchimmingerLocal Governments Committee

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A5299Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to identity theft; petitions for determination of factual innocence, issuance of identity theft passports and identity theft credit reports

Relates to identity theft; petitions for determination of factual innocence, issuance of identity theft passports and identity theft credit reports.

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

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A5285Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Appropriates monies for and establishes a street level narcotics enforcement program within certain communities

Appropriates $44,500,000 for and establishes a street level narcotics enforcement program in the division of criminal justice services for counties not wholly contained within a city and having a…

Earlene HooperWays And Means Committee

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A5301Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the confidentiality of electronic toll information

Provides for the confidentiality of electronic toll information, including but not limited to E-Z Pass information.

Keith L.T. WrightGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5284Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Places stricter provisions and consequences on the operation of class DJ or MJ learner's permits or licenses

Prohibits passengers under the age of eighteen in a car with a driver having a class DJ or MJ learner's permit or license unless the passengers are related, increases the suspension period for…

Earlene HooperTransportation Committee

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A5300Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for the dissemination of rule making information through electronic media

Provides for the dissemination by state agencies of rule making information through electronic media such as computer bulletin boards, e-mail and other new information technologies; requires state…

Keith L.T. WrightGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5266Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Regulates the provision of refund anticipation loans by persons and entities other than banking institutions

Regulates the provision of refund anticipation loans by person and entities other than banking institutions; requires that at the time a borrower applies for a refund anticipation loan, a…

Matthew TitoneBanks Committee

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S3285Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the child protection act of 2011; repealer

Enacts the child protection act of 2011; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

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S3268Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Makes provisions for privacy in banking, insurance, and other financial transactions, forbidding disclosure of personal information without prior consent

Makes provisions for privacy in banking, insurance, and other financial transactions, forbidding disclosure of personal information without prior consent granted by the customer to the financial…

Kevin S. ParkerConsumer Protection Committee

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S3264Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential under existing zoning, planning and other land use laws.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S3256Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Establishes a mechanism to address problems created when a cooperative or condominium sponsor suspends efforts to sell apartments in the building being converted

Prohibits upon the vacancy of an unsold condominium or cooperative dwelling unit, the rental of such unit unless the original offering plan provided for such rental and a majority of the members of…

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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A5212Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in aging

Provides local option to freeze real property taxes of senior citizens and the disabled with annual incomes less than $40,000

Provides local option, in absence of granting of any other real property tax exemption, to freeze real property tax payment of senior citizens sixty-five years of age of older or the disabled with…

Steve KatzAging Committee

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A5260Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of crimes against a delivery person when a specified offense is committed against a restaurant delivery person

Creates the crime of crimes against a delivery person when a specified offense is committed against a restaurant delivery person.

Grace MengCodes Committee

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A5262Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to veterans' affairs

Creates the New York state armed services memorial award for liberty and honor; honorarium for beneficiaries of deceased members; appropriation

Creates the New York state armed services memorial award for liberty and honor with attendant honorarium for beneficiaries of deceased members and outlines criteria for distribution of honoraria to…

Grace MengVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A5259Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Grants home security personal income tax deductions

Permits a state income tax deduction for home security devices, including but not limited to exterior lighting, burglar and fire alarms, installed by the owner occupant of a one, two or three family…

Earlene HooperWays And Means Committee

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A5257Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to charter schools; repealer

Relates to charter schools; provides for local approval of charter schools, annual charter school budget votes and annual reporting to local boards of education; provides for collective bargaining…

Earlene HooperEducation Committee

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A5256Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits under certain conditions.

Earlene HooperSocial Services Committee

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A5261Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides a mandatory jail sentence for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants

Provides a mandatory jail sentence of thirty days for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants.

Grace MengCodes Committee

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A5265Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires licensed health care professionals and hospitals to make available to patients and prospective patients a printed copy of any medical malpractice conviction

Requires licensed health care professionals and hospitals to make available to patients and prospective patients a printed copy of any medical malpractice convictions or information; provides civil…

Michele TitusHealth Committee

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A5252Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Requires those responsible for submitting budget proposals to report on the consumption of energy and the projected consumption of energy

Requires those responsible for submitting budget proposals to report on the consumption of energy and the projected consumption of energy.

James F. BrennanCities Committee

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A5264Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to expanding the offenses to which a child witness may testify by use of closed-circuit television to include murder

Relates to expanding the offenses to which a child witness may testify by use of closed-circuit television to include murder.

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

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A5246Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders

Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations.

Matthew TitoneAgriculture Committee

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A5236Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed social workers under the workers' compensation program

Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed social workers under the workers' compensation program.

Earlene HooperLabor Committee

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A5238Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in libraries and education technology

Relates to the reorganization of the Lakeview public library

Relates to the reorganization of the Lakeview public library; provides that candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees shall be nominated by petition; makes related changes…

Earlene HooperLibraries And Education Technology Committee

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A5237Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes demonstration program providing electronic monitoring devices to victims of domestic violence in 5 counties

Establishes a 1 year demonstration program requiring the local social services district of the county of Nassau to provide electronic monitoring devices to victims of domestic violence who are…

Earlene HooperCodes Committee

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