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

S377SenateA1112· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education
Provides for the establishment of a voluntary chaplaincy program for the public schools
Provides for the establishment of a voluntary chaplaincy program for the public schools; applies to all school districts and supervisory districts; provides for chaplains to serve without…
Ruben DiazEducation CommitteeEducation
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S378Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks
Requires banking institutions to accept the Dominican consular identification card as a valid form of identification for all banking transactions
Requires banking institutions to accept the Dominican consular identification card, issued by the consulate general of the Dominican Republic, as a valid form of identification for all banking…

A213Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires coverage of medical nutrition therapy by health and accident insurance policies

Requires all accident and health insurance policies to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy; defines medical nutrition therapy to mean the nutritional diagnostic, therapy, and counseling…

Felix OrtizInsurance Committee

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A190Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Relates to personal care trend language incorporated into chapter 53 of the laws of 1990

Relates to personal care trend language and the medicaid reimbursement rate paid to personal care providers incorporated into chapter 53 of the laws of 1990.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

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A196Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Prohibits certain elected officials from serving as delegates to the constitutional convention

Prohibits the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, any state legislator, any elected county, city, town or village official, or any person who currently holds elective…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A184Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Prohibits smoking within fifty feet of all entrances to state office buildings and restricts smoking outside buildings with indoor smoking restrictions

Prohibits smoking within fifty feet of all entrances to state office buildings and restricts smoking outside buildings with indoor smoking restrictions; sets forth definitions of state office and…

Kevin CahillHealth Committee

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S347Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides that issuers of debit and credit cards shall pay sales and use taxes directly to the commissioner of taxation and finance

Provides that issuers of debit and credit cards shall pay sales and use taxes directly to the state tax commission.

Ruben DiazInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A161Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Provides for the level of medical assistance for certain durable medical equipment for medicare beneficiaries

Provides for medical assistance payments in the form of certain durable medical equipment for medicare beneficiaries also receiving payments under title XVIII of the federal social security act to…

Kevin CahillSocial Services Committee

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A98Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Relates to the liability of certain limited liability companies and partnerships for unemployment insurance

Relates to the liability of certain limited liability companies and partnerships, those which are less than two persons, for the purposes of unemployment insurance.

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

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A102Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Provides that the director of the office of professional medical conduct shall meet with complainants to review materials to be considered in charges of misconduct

Provides that the director of the office of professional medical conduct shall meet with complainants, when requested by the complainant, to review materials to be considered by the board for…

George LatimerHealth Committee

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A104Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in labor

Makes provisions for registration of apprenticeship programs and agreement and repeals related program

Establishes a public policy regarding and favoring apprenticeship training programs; provides standards for such programs and procedures for registration of approved programs; requires contractors…

Michael MontesanoLabor Committee

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A118Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Relates to amounts payable under medical assistance

Relates to amounts payable under medical assistance; insures access to essential health care services and supplies by elderly and disabled individuals who are dually eligible for Medicaid and…

Kevin CahillSocial Services Committee

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A116Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Provides for accountability in state assessments to determine graduation, grade promotion or adequate yearly progress

Provides for accountability in state assessments by creating a regents review board to audit assessments used to determine grade promotion, graduation and adequate yearly progress by requiring a…

Amy PaulinEducation Committee

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A117AssemblyS5861· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in banks

Creates restrictions on where EBT cards may be used to access cash

Prohibits automated teller machines or point of sale terminals in certain locations from accepting electronic benefit transfer cards for cash withdrawals.

Bill ReilichBanks CommitteeFinance

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A79Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Relates to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits

Provides for eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits for part-time municipal elected officials who lose their primary income; provides claimant would receive benefits which equal the…

Amy PaulinLabor Committee

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A80Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Relates to the living wage adjustment of personal care services workers

Relates to the living wage adjustment of personal care service workers; authorizes the commissioner to adjust personal care services medical assistance rates of payment for personal care service…

Amy PaulinHealth Committee

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A51Assembly· 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.

Amy PaulinAgriculture Committee

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A39Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Enacts the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership act and establishes a state senior housing opportunities partnership authority

Enacts the New York State Senior Housing Opportunities Partnership Act and establishes the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership authority; such authority will finance or…

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

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A57Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires item pricing with limited exception

Establishes a permanent state item pricing law; provides that such item pricing shall apply to food, certain paper products, certain cleaning products, and certain health and beauty aids; provides…

Kevin CahillConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A54Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Requires new school buses with eight or more passenger capacity to be equipped with engine fire suppression systems

Requires school buses having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen passengers, purchased after September 1, 2013, to be equipped with engine fire suppression systems; requires state education…

Amy PaulinTransportation Committee

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A64Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Provides that sellers of certain products give written notice to consumers of the availability of devices to prevent tipping and injury to young children

Requires that manufacturers and sellers of certain consumer products place a tipping warning on such products.

Michael CusickConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A22Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Enacts the "New York YouthBuild demonstration program"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; creates YouthBuild Inter-agency board, sets program requirements; authorizes the nine member board to make grants to eligible YouthBuild participants and…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A21Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to the employment of school nurses for the inspection of pupils attending certain public schools

Relates to the employment of school nurses for the inspection of pupils attending certain public schools; relates to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A33Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Provides a tax exemption for petroleum products that are purchased for heating purposes

Provides a tax exemption for petroleum products that are purchased for heating purposes.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

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A71Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Ordered to third reading cal.6

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities including exclusion from participation or denial of benefits, services,…

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

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S334Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to the disciplinary hearings and procedures for teachers in the city district of the city of New York

Relates to the disciplinary hearings and procedures for teachers in the city district of the city of New York; requires hearings to be referred to the New York city office of administrative trials…

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

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S322Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Defeated in crime victims, crime and correction

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education in high schools

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools;…

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S320Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates.

George D. MaziarzTransportation Committee

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S328Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to the duties of the commissioner

Relates to the duties of the commissioner of education with regard to early childhood education from birth through age five.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S319Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Enacts the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership act and establishes a state senior housing opportunities partnership authority

Enacts the New York State Senior Housing Opportunities Partnership Act and establishes the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership authority; such authority will finance or…

Ruben DiazHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S311Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Defeated in crime victims, crime and correction

Provides that correctional institution officials shall provide instruction to and assist certain prisoners, at least 90 days prior to their release, to apply to rece

Provides that correctional institution officials shall provide instruction to and assist certain prisoners, at least ninety days prior to their release, to apply to receive Medicaid after their…

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S302Senate· 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.

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

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S293Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work

Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work.

Ruben DiazLabor Committee

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S295Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Requires telegraph and telephone corporations to charge religious organizations residential rates

Requires telegraph and telephone corporations to charge religious organizations residential rates.

Ruben DiazEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S298Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities.

Ruben DiazConsumer Protection Committee

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S283Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Enacts the "Guy Kyler Act" making provisions relating to suspension of vessel operation privileges and motor vehicle licenses for operating under the influence

Enacts the "Guy Kyler Act"; provides for the suspension of vessel operation privileges, suspension of a vessel registration and motor vehicle licenses and registrations upon the conviction for the…

George D. MaziarzTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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S281Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Authorizes a person to use physical force, including deadly physical force in defense of a person, in defense of a premises or in defense of a dwelling, residence or vehicle; repealer

Authorizes a person to use physical force, including deadly physical force in defense of a person, in defense of a premises or in defense of a dwelling, residence or vehicle under specific…

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

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S282Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Provides free use of state parks for veterans and the surviving spouses or domestic partners of those killed in combat

Provides free use of state parks for veterans and the surviving spouses or domestic partners of those killed in combat.

George D. MaziarzCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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S278Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens aged sixty two and older.

George D. MaziarzCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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S279Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Requires the packaging on prescribed drugs to include a label which lists the country of origin of the prescribed drug

Requires the packaging on prescribed drugs to include a label which lists the country of origin of the prescribed drug.

George D. MaziarzHealth CommitteeHealth

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S280Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Exempts bicycles from sales and compensating use tax

Exempts bicycles from sales and compensating use tax.

George D. MaziarzInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S270Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Authorizes the establishment of a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers

Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

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S274Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Increases the penalties for certain handicapped parking violations

Increases the fines for certain handicapped parking violations and imposes two points on the violator's record for a second offense within two years in the same municipality.

George D. MaziarzTransportation Committee

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S286Senate· 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…

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

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S267Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on a public road, street or highway which is equipped with a display device within the view of the operator

Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on a public road, street or highway which is equipped with a display device within the view of the operator; and defines the term display device as…

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

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S269Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires a course of instruction in the awareness of hate crimes

Requires a course of instruction in the awareness of hate crimes focusing on historical events and the significance of certain symbols and objects.

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

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S288Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Creates a task force on universal long term care insurance

Creates a task force on universal long term care insurance to develop a plan for the financing and provisions for universal long term care insurance for all New Yorkers; provides that the task force…

Ruben DiazInsurance Committee

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