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

A1242Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development
Enacts the "jobs, trade and democracy act"
Enacts the "jobs, trade and democracy act"; preserves state authority over procurement policies.
William ColtonEconomic Development Committee
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A1235Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance
Provides for health insurance coverage for loss or damage to prosthetic limb
Provides for health insurance coverage for loss or damage to prosthetic limb; also provides for coverage for replacement of limb as prescribed by a doctor.
William ColtonInsurance Committee
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S1436Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes a credit against personal income taxes for certain tuition expenses and modifies income; repealer

Establishes a credit against personal income taxes for certain tuition expenses for taxpayers who qualify for an earned income tax credit, in the amount of 10% of the EIC, up to $500 per eligible…

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1432Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to the effect of mandates on school districts

Provides that state mandates shall not be implemented in school districts after such district has passed a budget, any such mandates shall be implemented in the following fiscal year.

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

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S1434Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Prohibits incentive arrangements for inducing a health care provider to change prescriptions

Prohibits incentive arrangements for inducing a health care provider to change prescriptions.

Stephen M. SalandInsurance Committee

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S1424Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program to provide assistance to students in elementary schools

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program in the state office for the aging to provide assistance by persons age 55 or older to students in elementary schools;…

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

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S1422Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Amends elements of the offense of grand larceny in the third degree to include certain crimes against the elderly

Amends elements of the offense of grand larceny in the third degree; includes theft offenses against the elderly where the actor is more than ten years younger than the victim.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

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S1425Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Establishes distinguished chairs in gerontological sciences

Establishes distinguished chairs in gerontological sciences to conduct research, engage in educational and training activities and provide clinical services at educational, medical and research…

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

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S1423Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Permits disclosure of arrest and prosecution records of applicants for employment in police departments and law enforcement agencies

Permits disclosure of arrest and prosecution records of applicants for employment by police departments and other law enforcement agencies.

Martin J. GoldenCodes CommitteeLegal

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S1421Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to finance

Provides for the prescription drug reimportation protection program for the investigation of the sale of unsafe drugs including internet sales

Provides for the prescription drug reimportation protection program to be established by the superintendent of state police, for the investigation of the sale of unsafe drugs including internet sales.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

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S1420Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Includes persons with disabilities within the definition of head of household for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and regulated property

Includes persons with disabilities (defined) within the definition of head of household for purposes of making them eligible for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and…

Martin J. GoldenAging CommitteeHealth

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S1410Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Relates to prohibiting a diminution of certain employee benefits

Provides that an employer shall not diminish the benefits granted a participant, or for which such participant is eligible, under an employer welfare benefit plan as such plan was in existence at…

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

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S1404Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides for the imposition of an additional determinate sentence of imprisonment for the commission of a felony as part of a street gang

Provides for the imposition of an additional determinate sentence of imprisonment for the commission of a felony for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a street gang; a…

Kemp HannonCodes Committee

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S1405Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician under such law.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

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S1402Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Enacts the "charter schools construction fair wages act"

Relates to hours, wages and supplements for work on public work projects including charter schools; and relates to contracts for charter school construction.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

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S1392Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer.

Bill PerkinsInsurance Committee

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S1380Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 459-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.

Bill PerkinsHealth Committee

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S1363Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires public authorities to negotiate with most qualified architectural and engineering professional firms before negotiating with other firms

Requires public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural or engineering services in order from the most qualified to the least…

Martin Malavé DilanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S1351Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

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S1335Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to computing the service payment paid to certain public transportation systems

Relates to computing the service payment paid to certain public transportation systems.

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

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A1213Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes the voluntary recovery fund

Establishes the voluntary recovery fund; provides that one percent of all money received by the state for taxation of alcoholic beverages be deposited into a fund used to provide financial…

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

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S1327Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Enacts Clarente's Law, imposing a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee for a moving violation occurring within a school traffic safety and speed zone

Enacts Clarente's Law, imposing a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee for a moving violation occurring within a school traffic safety and speed zone.

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

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A1216Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in aging

Establishes the medicaid prescription senior eligibility expansion program

Establishes the medicaid prescription senior eligibility expansion program in order to extend prescription drug coverage to qualified medicare beneficiaries and special low-income medicare…

Felix OrtizAging Committee

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A1210Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Changes the fiscal year to begin on the first of May; requires the use of generally accepted accounting principles in the state fiscal plan

Changes the fiscal year to begin on the first of May; requires the use of generally accepted accounting principles in the state fiscal plan.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

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A1206Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority fiscal oversight control board to oversee and regulate the finances of the MTA; repealer

Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority fiscal oversight control board to oversee and regulate the finances of the metropolitan transportation authority.

Brian KolbCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A1208Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Reduces the rate at which a taxpayer's entire net income base shall be computed

Reduces the rate at which a taxpayer's entire net income base shall be computed for the purposes of the franchise tax on business corporations.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

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S1301Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Limits commercial vehicles from stopping or standing in New York city

Limits commercial vehicles from stopping or standing in New York city unless engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers; provides an exception for state, local municipal and public…

Thomas K. DuaneCities Committee

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A1188Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Allows counties to establish demonstration programs imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications

Allows counties to establish demonstration programs imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications.

David GanttTransportation Committee

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S1304Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Requires cash registers used in certain businesses to visually display the amount of sale to the customer

Requires that all cash registers newly installed which are customarily used by a business dealing with consumers have a visual display indicating the amount of any sale to such consumer; exempts…

Thomas K. DuaneConsumer Protection Committee

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S1292Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Requires a certain class (J-2) of residential buildings in New York city to have emergency lighting

Requires a certain class (J-2) of residential buildings in New York city to have emergency lighting in like manner as a certain other class (J-1) of residential buildings.

Thomas K. DuaneHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S1293Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Determines workers' compensation rates based upon number of hours worked for an employer

Determines workers' compensation rates based upon number of hours worked for an employer; requires maintenance of accurate records and provides a penalty for failure to maintain such records.

Thomas K. DuaneLabor Committee

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A1170Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Relates to the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry

Relates to the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.

William ColtonConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A1113Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in aging

Establishes the medicaid outreach and enrollment program

Establishes the medicaid outreach and enrollment program to help identify those medicare enrollees who are eligible for medicaid services but who are not participating, through outreach initiatives.

Felix OrtizAging Committee

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A1109Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Provides for all school buses to be equipped with on-board video cameras; for policies and procedures relating to their use; and for financing their installation

Provides for all school buses to be equipped with one or more on-board video monitoring systems, for policies and procedures relating to their use, and for financing their purchase and installation…

Marcos CrespoEducation Committee

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A1139Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or nonsexual misdemeanor criminal offenses

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor criminal offices; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor"; excludes certain misdemeanor offenses as…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A1097Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2011

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2011; provides for modification of child support payments in certain instances where the person called to…

Brian KolbSocial Services Committee

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A1105Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to provide for the recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; such recognition…

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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A1144Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in veterans' affairs

Relates to veterans organizations as preferred sources in procurement

Relates to preferred sources in procurement; provides for a separate agency to facilitate distribution of orders among veterans' workshops.

Felix OrtizVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A1104Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Allows counties to opt out of providing certain optional Medicaid benefits to prospective beneficiaries

Authorizes the state to allow counties to opt out of the county cost of medical assistance payments to any new enrollees who have either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a…

Brian KolbHealth CommitteeHealth

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A1143Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Provides a tax credit for small businesses that purchase and install a security system

Provides a tax credit against franchise taxes for small businesses that purchase and install a security system which shall be 50% of the cost of the system up to $750.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A1134Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in codes

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees; provides that criminal interference in the first degree be a class E felony and in the second…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

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A1133Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes the crimes of assaulting a child in the first degree and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; repealer

Establishes the crimes of assault on a child in the first degree and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; makes assaulting a child in the first degree a class B felony,…

Stephen HawleyCodes Committee

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A1079Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Allows a retiree to file a request for Tier I status

Allows Marion Hoffman to file a request for Tier I status in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System with the state comptroller.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Employees Committee

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A1075Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Pedigree for prescription drugs

Establishes pedigree meaning an electronic record containing information regarding each distribution of a prescription drug, originating from a manufacturer, through acquisition by or transfer to…

Amy PaulinHigher Education Committee

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S1274Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Requires police identification line-ups to be conducted sequentially

Requires police identification line-ups to be conducted sequentially, with defendants appearing one at a time.

Thomas K. DuaneCodes Committee

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S1269Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to civil service and pensions

Provides for the use of binding arbitration for certain represented members of the unified court system

Provides for the use of binding arbitration for employee organizations represented by the Ninth judicial district negotiating unit, Nassau county negotiating unit, Suffolk county negotiating unit,…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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S1258Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Grants police officer status for members of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; repealer

Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

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S1260Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization,…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1251Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Relates to the definition of income for purposes of the senior citizen rent increase exemptions (SCRIE) program

Excludes social security payments and supplemental security income from the definition of "income" for the purposes of determining eligibility under the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE).

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Aging Committee

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