Bills by

Patrick M. Gallivan

Senator

15,927 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →gallivan@nysenate.gov

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

15,927 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

A211Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health
Requires drug manufacturers to collect unused and expired drugs from hospitals and residential health care facilities for safe disposal
Requires drug manufacturers to collect unused and expired drugs from hospitals and residential health care facilities for environmentally sound disposal thereof.
Alan MaiselHealth Committee
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A215Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental operations
Creates a task force on information services technology development to develop policies fostering free market development and use of advanced communications networks
Creates a task force on information services technology development to develop policies that will benefit NYS residents by fostering the free market development and beneficial use of advanced…
Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

A201Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Enacts the "school buildings carbon monoxide detectors act"

Enacts the "school buildings carbon monoxide detectors act"; requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in elementary and secondary school buildings; authorizes the commissioner of…

Rory LancmanEducation Committee

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A216Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Relates to prohibiting certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A217Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Directs the department of health to develop information, methods and protocols for restaurants, schools, hospitals, adult homes and child day care centers

Directs the department of health to develop information, methods and protocols for the voluntary reduction or elimination of the use of trans fat in restaurants, schools, hospitals, adult homes and…

Felix OrtizHealth CommitteeHealth

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A204Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"

Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the Metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote.

Rory LancmanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A210Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Enacts the "public internet access safety act"

Enacts the "public internet access safety act"; authorizes the division of criminal justice services to direct public library systems to place certain warnings of internet dangers for children on…

Rory LancmanConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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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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A203Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Enacts the "politician self-immortalization prevention act"

Enacts the "politician self-immortalization prevention act"; provides that no facility supported by state funds may be named after a living public official unless such person has been out of public…

Rory LancmanGovernmental Operations Committee

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A202Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Enacts the "homeowner mortgage refinance relief act"

Enacts the "homeowner mortgage refinance relief act"; exempts from a local mortgage tax or recording tax mortgagors who are refinancing real property; provides that the commissioner shall promulgate…

Rory LancmanWays And Means Committee

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A206Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Enacts the "public authorities teleworking expansion act"

Enacts the "public authorities teleworking expansion act"; provides that each public authority with twenty-five or more employees shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform…

Rory LancmanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A214Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in higher education

Makes certain provisions of law relating to social work and mental health practitioners permanent

Makes certain provisions of law relating to social work and mental health practioners permanent.

Felix OrtizHigher Education Committee

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A219Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Prohibits certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat

Prohibits certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat; repeals certain provisions.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A186Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits for an employee with a permanent total disability

Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits for an employee with a permanent total disability to be based on an increase of the consumer price index as promulgated by the U.S.…

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

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A198Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Directs the N.Y. State Thruway Authority to discontinue the New Rochelle toll plaza on the New England section of the state thruway

Directs the NYS Thruway Authority to discontinue the New Rochelle toll plaza on the New England section of the state thruway.

George LatimerTransportation Committee

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A197Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Authorizes the N.Y. State Consumer Protection Board to establish a bike theft prevention website and requires posting notification of such registration by bike retailers

Authorizes the NYS Consumer Protection Board to establish a bike theft prevention website; requires bike shops to provide notice to buyers, to post information and provides for civil penalties for…

Andrew HevesiConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A200Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to cities

Enacts the "lawn litter law act"

Enacts the "lawn litter law act"; relates to the rebuttable presumption regarding distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in cities with a population of one million or more.

Rory LancmanCities 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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A189Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Adds interior design services as a type of contract that can be entered into and negotiated by the state

Adds interior design as a type of contract that can be entered into by the state.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations 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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A185Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Requires SUNY and CUNY authorities to install and retrofit buildings with sprinkler systems

Requires SUNY and CUNY authorities, the board of trustees, to adopt rules to require the installing and retrofitting of dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems on or before March first, two…

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

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A195Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Requires entities advertising for political purposes to disclose in such advertisements the source thereof

Requires entities advertising for or against political candidates, ballot proposals, amendments, or such proceedings to disclose in such advertisements the source thereof; trade associations must…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A199Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Enacts the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act"

Enacts the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act"; requires health insurance companies to provide participating health care providers with a list of health care treatments and services…

Rory LancmanInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A176Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Authorizes and directs the workers' compensation board to redetermine the award of volunteer firefighter disability benefits to William DuBois of New Paltz, New York

Authorizes and directs the workers' compensation board to redetermine the award of volunteer firefighter disability benefits to William DuBois of New Paltz, New York who was injured in the line of…

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

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A179Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Provides for the determination of tuition assistance program awards

Provides for the determination of tuition assistance program awards; provides such awards may cover mandatory educational fees, excluding fees voted by student body; defines term; increases maximum…

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

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A180Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to economic development

Amends the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages

Amends the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages; changes the time from Sunday from four ante meridiem to two ante meridiem; further changes the time from four ante meridiem to two ante meridiem on…

Kevin CahillEconomic Development 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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A181Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local governments

Establishes a volunteer firefighters' benefit claim assistance unit to initiate contact with firefighter or surviving dependents and assist with claims

Establishes a volunteer firefighters' benefit claim assistance unit to initiate contact with injured firefighter or his or her surviving dependents and assist with filing claims and expediting…

Kevin CahillLocal Governments Committee

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A166Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits the charging of additional fees for the payment of a wireless communications service bill

Prohibits the charging of additional fees for the payment of a wireless communications service bill when such payment is made in person with the assistance of in-store personnel to complete the…

Kevin CahillConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A169Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides for the temporary surrender of firearms where an individual may be a danger to himself or herself or others

Provides for the temporary surrender of firearms to the police by any person who is taken into custody by the police for the purpose of a mental examination and prior to an examination ordered…

Kevin CahillCodes Committee

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A172Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of…

Kevin CahillTransportation Committee

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A173Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Authorizes commissioner of health to issue copies of death certificates for genealogical purposes

Authorizes the commissioner of health to issue copies and transcripts of death certificates, which do not include the cause of death or medical certifications, for genealogical and research purposes.

Kevin CahillHealth Committee

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A168Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without…

Kevin CahillInsurance Committee

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A171Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Relates to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees

Makes the provisions relating to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees retroactive to August 29, 2001.

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

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A174Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Allows for prorated refunds of the licensure and registration fee to the spouse of a deceased professional

Allows for prorated refunds to the spouse of a deceased professional of the licensure and registration fee which reflects the remaining fee from the time of death to the end of the registration…

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

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A170Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Provides the assessor shall issue a receipt to the applicant of proof of submission of a STAR application

Provides the assessor shall issue a receipt to the applicant of proof of submission of a STAR application.

Kevin CahillReal Property Taxation Committee

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S340Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining with component school district employees

Authorizes a board of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining, on a supervisory district-wide basis, with the employee organizations representing teachers and other…

Betty LittleEducation 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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A165Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A107Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Provides eligibility for benefits for injuries sustained while performing the high risk duties of law enforcement

Provides eligibility for benefits for injuries sustained while performing the high risk duties of law enforcement.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Employees Committee

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A148Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in environmental conservation

Prohibits the Adirondack park agency from implementing any rule or regulation relating to campgrounds which is inconsistent with department of health rules

Prohibits the Adirondack park agency from promulgating or implementing any rule, regulation or land use and development plan, related to campgrounds, which is inconsistent with the provisions of any…

Teresa SaywardEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A151Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in environmental conservation

Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park

Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park and regulation by the Adirondack park agency; defines such term as a parcel of land with 5 or more campsites, including buildings and…

Teresa SaywardEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A105Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Enhances protections for homeowners who have paid contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers for home improvements

Enhances protections for homeowners who have paid contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers for home improvements; enhances penalties, civil and criminal for violations of the consumer…

Kevin CahillJudiciary Committee

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A144Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Authorizes local school districts and municipalities to determine and establish school speed limits

Authorizes local school districts and municipalities to determine and establish school speed limits.

Ann RabbittTransportation Committee

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A149Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Eliminates requirement for consent of an authority having jurisdiction over state land in the Adirondack park when the location of a highway thereon is changed

Eliminates, for highways in the Adirondack park, the requirement for the approval and consent of the state authority having jurisdiction over state land when the location of a highway on such land…

Teresa SaywardTransportation Committee

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A155Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in social services

Provides that the social services district from which a recipient moved shall be responsible for his or her alcohol and drug addiction treatment for 180 days

Provides that when a public assistance recipient, receiving care or treatment for alcohol or other drug addiction, moves from one social services district to another such district, the social…

Felix OrtizSocial Services Committee

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A163Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides direct internal control responsibilities over the conduct of certain designated internal control officers shall be exercised by certain other persons

Provides that direct internal control responsibilities over the conduct of designated internal control officers of state agencies and public authorities shall be exercised by certain other persons…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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