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

A7852Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.175
Relates to extending certain provisions of law relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund
Relates to extending the provisions of chapter 473 of 2010 relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until one year after the operation of a video lottery terminal…
J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor
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S5380Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.204
Authorizes health care professionals licensed in other jurisdictions and appointed by World Police and Fire Games Federation to practice in this state in connection
Authorizes any person licensed as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner or podiatrist in another…
Martin J. Golden

A7665Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.174

Eliminates requirement for prior approval of certain hospital repair and maintenance construction projects

Eliminates requirement for prior approval of certain hospital repair and maintenance, and non-clinical construction projects.

Addie JenneSigned by Governor

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A7630Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.172

Extends the validity of child performer work permits to one year

Extends the validity of child performer work permits to one year.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

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A7561Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.171

Authorizes members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system in active service to borrow against contributions

Authorizes members of the New York state and local police and fire system in active service to borrow against contributions.

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

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A7469Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.170

Relates to the types of voting machines used in certain elections

Relates to the types of voting machines used in certain town elections.

Michelle SchimelSigned by Governor

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A7439Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.168

Relates to content of pre-admission reports for persons entering assisted living residences

Relates to pre-admission reports for persons entering assisted living residences; permits reports to be made by a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

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A7453Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.169

Relates to the requirement to lock voting machines

Relates to the requirement to lock voting machines; requires sealing of removable memory cards or other similar electronic media.

Joan MillmanSigned by Governor

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S5106Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.203

Authorizes permanent hunting in the counties of Chemung, Steuben, and Yates

Authorizes permanent hunting in the counties of Chemung, Steuben, and Yates.

Thomas F. O'MaraSigned by Governor

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A7343Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.167

Relating to extending the provisions of the Family Health Care Decisions act

Extends provisions of the Family Health Care Decisions act to decisions regarding hospice care.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

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A7241Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.166

Includes the Sacandaga River within the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Includes the Sacandaga river within the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

Teresa SaywardSigned by Governor

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S4718Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.201

Relates to the memberships of country agriculture and farmland protection boards; authorization to hold conservation easements and funding for agricultural projects

Relates to the memberships of country agriculture and farmland protection boards; authorization to hold conservation easements and funding for agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control…

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

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S4546Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.200

Extends provisions relating to the issuance of land installment purchase obligations

Extends provisions relating to the issuance of land installment purchase obligations.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

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A6877Assembly· Vetoed Jul 20, 2011· Tabled

Extends provisions of law relating to establishing a task force on the utilization of retired horses until December 31, 2013

Extends provisions of law relating to establishing a task force on the utilization of retired horses until December 31, 2013.

William MageeVetoed

Vetoed

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A6695Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.165

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises, located at 1429 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, county, city and state of New York.

Robert J. RodriguezSigned by Governor

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S4216Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.199

Extends provisions of law relating to the disposition of sales and compensating use tax revenue in the county of Westchester

Extends provisions of law relating to the disposition of sales and compensating use tax revenue in the county of Westchester.

Suzi OppenheimerSigned by Governor

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S4201Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.198

Provides that the department of health may share certain information about environmentally-related diseases

Provides that the department of health may share certain information about environmentally-related diseases.

Kemp HannonSigned by Governor

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A6462Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.164

Relates to allowing certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions

Relates to allowing certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions.

Harvey WeisenbergSigned by Governor

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S4033Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.197

Relates to the application and effective date of chapter 199 of the laws of 2008

Relates to the application and effectiveness of provisions of the private housing finance law relating to the low income housing trust fund program.

Catharine YoungSigned by Governor

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A6331Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.163

Provides for the extension of current exemptions of income and resources to qualify for public assistance programs

Provides for the extension of current exemptions of income and resources to qualify for public assistance programs.

Michele TitusSigned by Governor

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A6320Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.162

Relates to the establishment of centers of excellence program

Relates to the establishment of centers of excellence program.

Donna LupardoSigned by Governor

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S4014Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.196

Expands the types of agreements that can be used to show control of premises for a license

Relates to expanding the types of agreements that will suffice to show ownership or control of a licensed premises.

Carl L. MarcellinoSigned by Governor

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S3914Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.195

Relates to the composition, responsibilities and discretion of the state energy planning board and makes technical changes related thereto

Relates to the composition, responsibilities and discretion of the state energy planning board and makes technical changes related thereto.

George D. MaziarzSigned by Governor

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A6068Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.161

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

Margaret MarkeySigned by Governor

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A5600Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.160

Continues the authority of the commissioner of education to exempt discretionary grants from the procedures for award of state contracts

Continues the authority of the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the office of the state comptroller, to exempt discretionary grants to school districts, public schools, boards of…

Catherine NolanSigned by Governor

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S3488Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.194

Authorizes town of Webster, Monroe County, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands

Authorizes town of Webster, Monroe County, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

Michael F. NozzolioSigned by Governor

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S3470Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.193

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health.

Suzi OppenheimerSigned by Governor

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A5375Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.159

Prohibits the interruption of service during review of an application by the loft board

Prohibits the interruption of service during review of an application by the loft board.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

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A5347Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.158

Relates to harvesting surf clams and ocean quahogs

Relates to permits to mechanically harvest surf clams and ocean quahogs from New York's waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Fred ThieleSigned by Governor

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S3252Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.192

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with specified events

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with specified events sanctioned by New York Road Runners.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

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A4731Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.157

Prohibits the co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in office of mental health run residential facilities

Prohibits the co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in office of mental health run residential facilities.

Matthew TitoneSigned by Governor

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A4163Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.156

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district.

Philip RamosSigned by Governor

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A2440Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.155

Relates to providing financing and construction of capital facilities for Williamsburg Infant and Early Childhood Development Center

Relates to providing financing and construction of capital facilities for Williamsburg Infant and Early Childhood Development Center.

Joseph LentolSigned by Governor

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A2063Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Approval memo.4

Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose

Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

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A1747Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.153

Authorizes nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon nurse practitioners the same duties that physicians have

Authorizes nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon nurse practitioners the same duties that physicians have in connection therewith; makes such…

Aileen GuntherSigned by Governor

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A1428Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.152

Relates to abolition of positions occupied by public employees absent on military duty

Relates to abolishing positions occupied by public employees absent on military duty; mandates compliance with the Federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994;…

Robert CastelliSigned by Governor

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A1410Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.151

Relates to personal watercraft and certain safety provisions that require their use

Allows personal watercraft to be used as an alternative to a surfboat.

Fred ThieleSigned by Governor

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S1313Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Approval memo.5

Relates to prostitution offenses occurring within one thousand feet of school grounds

Establishes the offense of prostitution in a school zone and promoting prostitution in a school zone.

Ruben DiazSigned by Governor

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S1164Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.190

Authorizes the town of Guilderland, county of Albany, to elect a third town justice

Authorizes the town of Guilderland, county of Albany, to elect a third town justice.

Neil D. BreslinSigned by Governor

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A766Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.150

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to release a right of reverter in letters patent conveying certain land located in the city of Buffalo

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to release a right of reverter in letters patent conveying certain land located in the city of Buffalo.

David GanttSigned by Governor

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A475Assembly· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.149

Relates to the required biennial examination of bus drivers

Authorizes a registered physician assistant to conduct the required biennial examination of bus drivers.

Aileen GuntherSigned by Governor

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S5753Senate· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.147

Provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference

Provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference; relates to electing delegates to a national party convention or conference.

Thomas F. O'MaraSigned by Governor

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S5532Senate· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.146

Relates to the merger of the courts of the town and the village of Ossining

Relates to the merger of the courts of the town and the village of Ossining; provides for the abolition of the village court upon a resolution by the board of trustees of the village and for the…

Suzi OppenheimerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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A7919Assembly· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.143

Relates to blue lights on ambulances, emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emergency medical services vehicles

Relates to blue lights on ambulances, emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emergency medical services vehicles.

Robert SweeneySigned by Governor

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S4928Senate· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.145

Authorizes the towns of Harrisburg, Montague, and Pinckney in Lewis county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

Authorizes the towns of Harrisburg, Montague, and Pinckney in Lewis county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

Joseph A. GriffoSigned by Governor

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A6967Assembly· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.142

Extends to November 30, 2013, the expiration of the 5% hotel and motel tax in the county of Chautauqua

Extends from November 30, 2011 to November 30, 2013, the expiration of the 5% hotel and motel tax in the county of Chautauqua.

Andrew GoodellSigned by Governor

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A6923Assembly· Signed Jul 18, 2011· Signed chap.141

Relates to the sale of bonds, the down payment for projects financed by bonds, variable rate debt and interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York

Relates to the sale of bonds, the down payment for projects financed by bonds, variable rate debt and interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York.

Herman D. FarrellSigned by Governor

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