Bills by

John J. Bonacic

Senator

9,494 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →bonacic@nysenate.gov

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

9,494 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

A2448Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing
Extends the answer time in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal to 90 days
Extends the answer time in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal to 90 days.
Vanessa GibsonHousing Committee
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A2463Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation
Authorizes a statewide toll free hotline run by the state police with reward for information leading to conviction of drunk drivers; imposes an additional surcharge
Authorizes a statewide toll free hotline run by the state police with reward for reporting conduct of drivers leading to conviction of the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs;…
J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

A2466Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application.

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

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A2449Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy

Relates to requirements for converting residential rental buildings from master-meters to submeters

Relates to requirements for converting residential rental buildings from master-meters to submeters; requires public hearing and comment period.

Vanessa GibsonEnergy Committee

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A2461Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides that, after a certain date, all buses manufactured for sale in this state, shall have the exhaust pipe at the upper right corner of the vehicle

Provides that all buses manufactured for sale in this state after July 1, 2015, shall have an exhaust system whereby the point of emission from the exhaust pipe is at the upper right hand corner of…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A2395Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Requires that persons applying for appointment as a civil service fire fighter be not more than 29 years old on the date of the written examination

Requires that any person applying for appointment as a fire fighter in civil service be not more than 29 years of age on the date he or she takes the written competitive examination for such…

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2444Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Allows right of redemption in foreclosure action brought against mortgagor's residence

Allows right of redemption in foreclosure action brought against mortgagor's residence; provides such right must be exercised within 1 year of entering of judgment.

Barbara ClarkHousing Committee

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A2468Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· To attorney-general for opinion

Requires the legislature to provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries

Provides a constitutional guarantee that the legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries, wherein all the residents of this state may be provided…

Barbara LiftonLibraries And Education Technology Committee

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A2394Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Entitles senior citizens to a refund of any security deposit exceeding one month's rent

Limits the amount of security deposit for residential rental premises which may be charged to a senior citizen who has occupied the premises for five years or more to the equivalent of one month's…

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

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A2442Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for the disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and controlled substances and prohibits labeling prescriptions with directions to flush it down the toilet

Provides for the disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and controlled substances and prohibits labeling prescriptions with directions to the consumer to dispose of the drug by flushing it down the toilet.

Robert CastelliEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A2393Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations relating thereto

Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations related to sexual offenses against children, the expansion of reporting…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

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A2386Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for members of the clergy

Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for members of the clergy by the department of motor vehicles which shall be issued upon registration of such motor vehicle.

Dennis H. GabryszakTransportation Committee

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A2441Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Relates to local disaster preparedness plans; appropriation

Includes acts of terrorism including biological, chemical or radiological terrorism within the definition of disaster for the purpose of local disaster preparedness plans; adds to what must be…

Robert CastelliGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2391Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Makes provisions for payment to certain peace officers employed by department of corrections and community supervision for salary and medical expenses while subject to sickness

Provides that peace officers employed by the department of corrections and community supervision who suffer an employment related illness shall receive their salary and medical expenses until…

John McEnenyGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2428Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Relates to the terms of office of commissioners of elections

Relates to the terms of office of commissioners of elections; increases such terms from two to four years.

J. Gary PretlowElection Law Committee

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A2443Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of harming a police dog

Establishes the crime of harming a police dog if such person kills or causes serious physical injury to a police dog knowing such dog is a police dog; makes it a class E felony.

Robert CastelliCodes Committee

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A2373Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent.

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

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A2421AssemblyS5017· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Provides a person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when he or she intentionally kills or causes serious physical injury to an animal with aggravated cruelty

Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when such person intentionally kills or causes serious physical injury to an animal with aggravated cruelty; removes qualification…

John McEnenyAgriculture CommitteeEconomy

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A2414Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for lifetime sportsman license for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

Provides for lifetime sportsman licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Dennis H. GabryszakEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A2378Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Enacts the Home Equity Fraud Act to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies

Enacts the "Home Equity Fraud Act" to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies; prohibits mortgage brokers or agents from acting as home improvement…

Barbara ClarkBanks Committee

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S2328Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires school bus transportation to students in cities having a population of one million or more

Requires school bus transportation be provided to students in cities having a population of one million or more.

Andrew J. LanzaEducation Committee

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S2327Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Provides that persons who sell or rent video games shall display a warning with respect to the relationship between playing video games and epileptic seizures

Provides that persons who sell or rent video games shall display a warning sign with respect to the relationship between playing video games and epileptic seizures; establishes penalties for a…

Kenneth P. LaValleConsumer Protection Committee

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A2426Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires that health services paid for by a school district for a student attending outside the district be no greater than the district's cost

Requires that health and welfare services and facilities paid by a school district for a student attending school outside the district to be no greater than the district's cost.

J. Gary PretlowEducation Committee

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A2400Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Allows the Yonkers city school district to become an independent school district

Allows the Yonkers city school district to become an independent school district; establishes members of the board of education of the city school district of the city of Yonkers shall be elected;…

J. Gary PretlowEducation Committee

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A2398Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Requires ski area operators to provide protective headgear; requires skiers and snowboarders age fourteen and under to wear protective headgear

Requires ski and snowboard area operators to provide protective headgear for sale or rent; requires skiers and snowboarders age fourteen and under to wear protective headgear while skiing; applies…

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

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A2397Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles, in conjunction with the office of court administration, to redesign uniform traffic tickets

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles, in conjunction with the office of court administration, shall redesign the uniform traffic tickets; such new design shall include, but not be limited,…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A2396Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state

Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand.

J. Gary PretlowElection Law Committee

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A2399Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Requires communities with traffic-control devices with photo monitoring to have uniform duration periods for all yellow signal lights on any traffic-control devices

Requires that in communities which include traffic-control devices outfitted with photo monitoring instruments, amber or yellow signal lights located on any traffic-control device in such community…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A2341Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent; applies to the corporation tax, franchise tax on business corporations, personal income tax, franchise tax on…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A2337Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development

Removes department of labor from management of strategic training alliance program

Removes the department of labor from the management of the strategic training alliance program operated by the state urban development corporation; authorizes the provision of assistance under such…

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

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A2331Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to sanctions and penalties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; repealer

Relates to sanctions and penalties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; creates new offenses of criminal intoxication and aggravated criminal intoxication; provides…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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A2338Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires additional medicaid recipients throughout the state to participate in managed care plans

Requires additional medicaid recipients throughout the state to participate in managed care plans; directs the commissioner of health to submit all appropriate waivers, state plan amendments, and…

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

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A2330Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Makes provisions to preserve access to health care services by requiring that applications for construction not be approved without preservation

Makes provisions to preserve access to health care services by requiring that applications for construction not be approved unless the commissioner affirmatively finds that access to health care…

J. Gary PretlowHealth Committee

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A2326Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers

Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers to provide funds of twenty-five thousand dollars in the affordable housing development account for new construction of…

J. Gary PretlowHousing Committee

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A2329Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides alternative sentence of impounding the vehicle person operated upon conviction of driving while ability impaired by alcohol or drugs

Grants the court an additional sentencing option of impoundment of the vehicle operated by a person convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving while ability impaired (DWAI), for…

J. Gary PretlowTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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A2327Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Authorizes the crime victims board to accept other official documents in lieu of police reports for documentation of eligibility for compensation

Authorizes the crime victims board to accept other official documents in lieu of police reports for documentation of eligibility for compensation for rape, sexual assault and child abuse and…

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2328Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental employees

Permits school board members who have served ten years to elect to receive state health insurance

Allows retired and current school board members who have served for ten years to receive state health insurance benefits pursuant to section 163 of the civil service law.

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2321Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to excavation of underground facilities; expands the definition of "excavation" for the purposes of the protection of underground facilities

Expands the definition of "excavation" for the purposes of the protection of underground facilities.

J. Gary PretlowCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2323Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in education

Relates to providing funding for transitional programs for students from English-speaking Caribbean countries

Relates to providing funding for transitional programs for students from English-speaking Caribbean countries who are not eligible for limited English proficiency programs.

J. Gary PretlowEducation Committee

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A2324Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Relates to the brownfield redevelopment tax credit

Relates to the brownfield redevelopment tax credit; provides that in the event that the qualified site is owned by, or was acquired by a taxpayer from, a municipality and such municipality is a…

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

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A2325Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires accident and health insurance policies to cover the cost of genetic testing of persons with a family history of cancer

Requires accident and health insurance policies to cover the cost of genetic testing of persons with a family history of cancer when the attending physician determines such person has a significant…

J. Gary PretlowInsurance Committee

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A2322Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in economic development

Requires all individuals pawning goods to present identification and for pawnbrokers to keep records of such person

Requires all individuals pawning goods to present two forms of identification and for pawnbrokers to keep records of such person; requires pawnbrokers to report new goods within 24 hours of their…

J. Gary PretlowEconomic Development Committee

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A2309Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Creates a small business electric energy tax credit

Creates a small business electric energy tax credit; specifies that the amount of credit shall be equal to the product of $0.02 per kilowatt hour; sets limit of no more than 19 full-time employees…

Aileen GuntherWays And Means Committee

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S2215Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Relates to requirements for the transfer of patient medical records in certain circumstances

Requires a health care provider or facility which has determined to cease to do business or which is transferring its ownership or otherwise interrupting its services for a permanent or extended…

Martin J. GoldenHigher Education Committee

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S2213Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to application of the state uniform fire prevention and building code to certain premises owned or leased by the state or public authorities

Relates to application of the state uniform fire prevention and building code; directs OGS to implement a phase-in of compliance for existing premises owned or leased by the state or certain public…

Martin J. GoldenHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2216Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Establishes the New York state community initiatives project

Establishes the New York state community initiatives project; defines terms; establishes the community initiative project program; provides for programs and services, and community initiatives…

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

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S2209Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree

Makes intentional damage to an authorized emergency vehicle a crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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