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

A3192Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation
Establishes a veteran's outreach center distinctive license plate
Establishes a veteran's outreach center distinctive license plate.
Joseph MorelleTransportation Committee
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A3193Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor
Provides for the creation of the manufacturing technology act to provide grant assistance for retraining and upgrading existing factories
Provides for the creation of the manufacturing technology act to provide grant assistance for retraining and upgrading existing factories.
Joseph MorelleLabor Committee
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A3160Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development

Creates the business employment incentive program

Creates the business employment incentive program to foster job growth; provides grants to businesses that create a certain amount of new employment opportunities within their companies; makes the…

Joseph MorelleEconomic Development Committee

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A3158Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Enacts the electronic fund transfer privacy act

Enacts the "Electronic Fund Transfer Privacy Act"; provides privacy protection for consumer engaging in electronic fund transfer transactions by limiting disclosure of personal information about any…

Rhoda JacobsBanks Committee

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A3162Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Prohibits the discharge of a firearm or long bow within 1000 feet of a school or school playground

Prohibits the discharge of a firearm or long bow within 1000 feet of a school or school playground; increases the distance which hunters may hunt near schools from 500 feet to 1,000 feet.

Joseph MorelleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A3168Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Assigns liability for monetary penalties for an illegal conversion of a housing unit to the person actually so doing and/or the owner, not the residents

Provides that the contractor who performed the construction work which results in an illegal conversion of a housing unit shall be held liable for monetary penalties related to such illegal…

N. Nick PerryCities Committee

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A3166Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Extends the enhanced STAR exemption to permanent total disabled volunteer firefighters

Extends the enhanced school tax relief exemption to permanent total disabled volunteer firefighters.

Joseph MorelleReal Property Taxation Committee

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A3120Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Provides for regulation of delegates to a constitutional convention, their election, and public financing for such elections

Provides for regulation of delegates to a constitutional convention, their election, and public financing for such elections.

Donna LupardoElection Law Committee

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A3128Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Provides for the limitation of rent increases after vacancy of a rent regulated housing accommodation

Provides for the limitation of rent increases after vacancy of a housing accommodation under the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 by providing that the statutory allowance in such Act replaces and…

J. Gary PretlowHousing Committee

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A3125Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies by oil, gas, salt water or other contaminants,…

Barbara LiftonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A3123Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Makes provisions to protect indoor air quality including indoor air quality plans by building owners and air quality standards and investigations

Makes provisions for the protection of indoor air quality including the requirement that building owners develop and maintain an indoor environmental plan and undertake other responsibilities…

Donna LupardoHealth Committee

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A3115Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Creates a tax surcharge to fund an omnibus education financing plan in New York city

Creates a tax surcharge to fund an omnibus education financing plan in New York city; also provides for a maintenance of effort requirement.

Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee

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A3091Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child and provides for consecutive sentencing upon certain multiple convictions

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child; increases age from 16 to 18 for application of existing sexual performance crimes; creates crimes of use of a child in a sexual…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

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A3079Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides an oral or written statement of an accused shall be inadmissible as evidence against such accused unless a recording is made of the interrogation

Provides that an oral or written statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation shall be presumed inadmissible as evidence against such accused in any criminal proceeding…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

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A3084Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish and operate a uniform statewide higher education emergency notification system

Directs the division of criminal justice service to establish and operate a uniform statewide higher education emergency notification system.

Joseph MorelleGovernmental Operations Committee

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A3086Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Relates to the disclosure of correspondence, memoranda, and other documents arising out of an examination, investigation, or inquiry

Relates to the disclosure of correspondence, memoranda, and other documents arising out of an examination, investigation, or inquiry.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

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A3080Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Authorizes a pilot program for enhanced prior approval of high cost diagnostic radiology services

Authorizes the commissioner of health, within fiscal year 2011-2012, to contract with high bidders to perform pilot projects to assess the feasibility of reducing medically unnecessary high cost…

Joseph LentolHealth Committee

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S2496Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Provides that an automobile insurer may waive the inspection of a private passenger automobile prior to providing physical damage coverage

Provides that an automobile insurer may waive the inspection of a private passenger automobile prior to providing physical damage coverage.

Jack M. MartinsInsurance Committee

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S2487Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to finance

Enacts the "Adirondack sportsmen's club preservation act"

Enacts the "Adirondack sportsmen's club preservation act"; provides that state acquisition of open space land shall only be undertaken with a willing seller and shall remain subject to the leases of…

Betty LittleFinance Committee

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A3050Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Authorizes unsealing of juvenile offender records upon sentencing for a felony where a weapon was used with intent to commit a violent crime

Authorizes the sentencing court to unseal the records of a youthful offender upon sentencing such offender as a first time adult felon upon conviction, when a weapon was used with intent to commit a…

N. Nick PerryCodes Committee

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A3054Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Provides for the indefinite suspension of New York city police officers without pay pending the disposition of charges of incompetence or misconduct in certain cases

Provides for the indefinite suspension of New York city police officers without pay pending the disposition of charges of incompetence or misconduct resulting in death or serious physical injury as…

N. Nick PerryGovernmental Employees Committee

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A3058Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Establishes a statewide toll-free office of court administration hotline for use by police officers seeking court orders to compel persons to submit to a blood test

Establishes a statewide toll-free office for court administration hotline for use by police officers seeking court orders to compel persons to submit to a blood test.

J. Gary PretlowTransportation Committee

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A3040Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to children and families

Enactment of the CyberStart program

Enacts the CyberStart program which provides grants to day-care centers for internet ready computer systems.

Joseph MorelleChildren And Families Committee

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A3042Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees and aggravated cemetery…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

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A3043Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Requires proof of liability insurance prior to issuing a license to carry a firearm

Requires the submission of proof of personal liability insurance prior to the issuance or renewal of a license to carry a firearm.

N. Nick PerryCodes Committee

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A3041Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Provides electronic monitoring system for functionally impaired elderly or disabled persons; appropriation

Makes provision for personal emergency response services as part of home care services by means of electronic communication equipment; allows various health-care facilities to apply for and offer…

Joseph MorelleHealth Committee

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A3035Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Requires approval of the commissioner of agriculture and markets for compromise of a fine or penalty relating to kosher violations

Requires approval of the commissioner for compromise of a fine or penalty relating to kosher violations.

Alan MaiselAgriculture Committee

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A3021Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Provides that a child regardless of age who has lived with a tenant parent for two years or more in a rent-regulated apartment shall be deemed a tenant

Provides that a child (regardless of age) who has lived with a tenant parent for two years or more in rent-regulated housing accommodations shall be deemed a tenant of such housing accommodations…

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

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A3027AssemblyS3313· 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.

Steven CymbrowitzCorporations, Authorities And Commissions CommitteeEconomy

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A3034Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Provides tax abatement related to the removal of lead paint

Provides tax abatement related to the removal of lead paint; defines terms.

Alan MaiselReal Property Taxation Committee

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A3011Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to correction

Provides for monitoring persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system

Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; period to be determined by court;…

N. Nick PerryCorrection Committee

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A3012Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in higher education

Provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of biofeedback therapy

Provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of biofeedback therapy; defines practice of biofeedback therapy; establishes state board of biofeedback therapy and the requirements to…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

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A3006Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Provides for HIV-related testing without consent of the subject or another authorized to give consent where health care or other worker potentially endangered

Provides for HIV-related testing without consent of the subject or another authorized to give consent where health care or other worker is potentially endangered; authorizes disclosure of…

N. Nick PerryHealth Committee

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S2479Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Provides for accumulated child support arrears equivalent to or greater than ten thousand dollars to be punishable as a class E felony

Provides for accumulated child support arrears equivalent to or greater than ten thousand dollars to be punishable as a class E felony.

John J. FlanaganJudiciary Committee

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A2997Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to correction

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose a fee on probationary people for the cost of drug tests

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose fees on people serving probation for the actual cost of drug tests up to $600 per year.

Joseph MorelleCorrection Committee

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A2987Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Reduces from one-third to one-fourth of income the applicability of the senior citizens' rent increase exemption

Provides that the tax abatements for certain rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens commonly known as the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) shall be…

Barbara ClarkAging Committee

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A2991Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides that a person is guilty of assault in 1st degree when such person recklessly engages in sexual conduct knowing he or she has contracted HIV

Provides that a person is guilty of assault in 1st degree when such person recklessly engages in sexual conduct knowing he or she has tested positive for and has in fact contracted HIV.

Dennis H. GabryszakCodes Committee

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A2993Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws

Removes provisions that prohibit cities of one million or more from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws.

Vito LopezHousing Committee

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A2978Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to the election by certain counties to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter transportation district; and permits the county of Putnam to make such election

Relates to the election by certain counties to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter transportation district; and permits the county of Putnam to make such election.

Kenneth ZebrowskiCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2977Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Requires the division of criminal justice services and the chief administrator of the courts to track the number of crimes involving automated teller machines

Requires the division of criminal justice services and the chief administrator of the courts to annually track the number of crimes involving automated teller machines.

Keith L.T. WrightJudiciary Committee

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A2973Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in higher education

Establishes a parent and student training center within the City University of New York

Establishes a parent and student training center within the City University of New York.

N. Nick PerryHigher Education Committee

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A2961Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Establishes the home ownership assistance program

Establishes the home ownership assistance program; allows qualified individuals to receive home ownership assistance payments when they purchase an eligible home; defines who is eligible for such…

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

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A2964Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to identity theft; clarifies personal identifying information and what acts constitute the offense of identity theft

Relates to identity theft; clarifies personal identifying information and what acts constitute the offense of identity theft.

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

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A2965Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Extends the period given to certain applicants for public assistance benefits to request a fair hearing

Extends the period given to certain applicants for public assistance benefits to request a fair hearing on a determination of their ability to participate in work activities from ten days to sixty…

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

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S2477Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to prohibiting investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in Sudan

Relates to prohibiting investment of funds of the common retirement fund in companies doing business in Sudan and requires divestiture of any such investments within three years.

Bill PerkinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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A2945Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires provision be made for pregnancy termination procedures coverage in every hospital, surgical or medical policy offering maternity care coverage

Requires provision be made for pregnancy termination procedures insurance coverage in every individual or group hospital, surgical or medical policy, or hospital service or medical expense indemnity…

Deborah GlickInsurance Committee

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A2941Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to housing

Relates to income limits applicable to residents of limited-profit housing companies and limited dividend housing companies

Makes certain persons and families, regardless of number of dependents, eligible for admission as residents to certain dwellings or accommodations of limited-profit housing companies and limited…

Steven CymbrowitzHousing Committee

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