Bills by

Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Senator

90 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →hassellt@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

90 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

S976Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules
Authorizes a court to direct filing of non-family offense order of protection with the computerized registry for such orders and warrants
Authorizes a court issuing a non-family offense temporary order of protection or an order of protection to direct that such order be filed with the computerized registry for orders of protection and…
Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee
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S970Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules
Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud
Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud.
Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

S969Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding certain licensures and employment

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S971Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S968Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S967Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new or substantially renovated state-owned buildings

Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new construction or substantially renovated state-owned buildings; relates to establishing the state green building construction act.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S3783Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to civil service and pensions

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in the workplace.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S3284Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to education

Authorizes payment of state aid for students with handicapping conditions; resulting savings to be used to reduce taxes

Authorizes payment of state aid by the commissioner of education for special education services for students with handicapping conditions for costs directly related to such services; provides that…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonEducation Committee

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S3273Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to labor

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"; creates the office of the prevailing wage fraud inspector general for increased vigilance in the effort to achieve prevailing wage enforcement;…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLabor Committee

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S2759Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to finance

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree of segregation in primary and secondary schools

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree and effect of segregation in primary and secondary schools and any correlation with school funding and the long-term impact of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S978Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to higher education

Requires that the training required of certain health care professionals for identification and reporting of child abuse include a domestic violence component

Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

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S980Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Amend and recommit to health

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/12 to 3/31/13, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee

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S2760Senate· Moved Feb 29, 2012· Amend and recommit to elections

Relates to voting and registration for voting by convicted felons

Relates to voting and registration for voting by convicted felons; may vote if pardoned, such persons maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or such person is serving a term of parole,…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonElections Committee

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S975Senate· Moved Feb 29, 2012· Amend and recommit to higher education

Directs state university trustees to promulgate and enforce a sweat-free code of conduct for the licensing and purchase of apparel at colleges of state university

Directs the state university trustees to promulgate and enforce a sweat-free code of conduct for the licensing and purchase of apparel at colleges and universities of the state university; requires…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

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S6402Senate· Moved Feb 3, 2012· Referred to local government

Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities

Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLocal Government Committee

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S3815Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2012· Amend and recommit to finance

Provides for accelerated payments to the city school district of the city of Mount Vernon

Provides for accelerated payments to the city school district of the city of Mount Vernon.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S4224Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons

Establishes the minimum period of time that forensic samples should be retained by investigating authorities; creates the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system, as an…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S3785Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age

Establishes the period of limitation for the prosecution of a sex offense defined in article 130 of the penal law, incest or use of a child in a sexual performance committed against a person less…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

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S3282Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Provides that persons 19, 20 or 21 years old may be housed with older or younger persons within the correction system

Provides that persons 19, 20 or 21 years old may be housed with older or younger persons within the correction system.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S3285Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the child protection act of 2011; repealer

Enacts the child protection act of 2011; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

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S973Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to social services

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSocial Services Committee

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S5743Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2011· Substituted by a8356a

Relates to the statewide certification program for participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts

Relates to the statewide certification program for participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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S3279Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2011· Substituted by a1078

Requires development of educational materials for screening alcoholism and chemical dependency in women to health care providers

Requires development of educational materials for screening alcoholism and chemical dependency in women to be made available to health care providers.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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S2765Senate· Moved Jun 16, 2011· Substituted by a3582

Relates to a report on the capacity and staffing of the state prison system

Requires certain reports to be provided to the legislature regarding correctional facilities, especially evaluating the capacity and staffing of the state prison system.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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S4248Senate· Signed May 11, 2011· Signed chap.18

Relates to term of service of trustee-elects of the Mount Vernon board of education during the 2011 and 2012 elections

Relates to term of service of trustee-elects of the Mount Vernon board of education during the 2011 and 2012 elections.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSigned by Governor

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S3277Senate· Moved Mar 23, 2011· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Includes harassment, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking and criminal mischief within offenses which may constitute domestic violence

Includes aggravated harassment, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation,and strangulation within the…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonStricken

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