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

A84Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health
Directs commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a food service establishment
Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health…
Amy PaulinHealth Committee
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A110Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation
Grants a director of a municipality the power to enforce the redemption of beverage containers at redemption centers
Grants a director of a municipality the power to enforce the redemption of beverage containers at redemption centers; grants the same powers as environmental conservation officers pursuant to the…
Jeffrey DinowitzEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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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A47Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for members of the Navy League of the United States

Provides for the issuance of license plates bearing the Navy League of the United States emblem and the words "Navy League of the United States"; provides that such plates shall be made available to…

Michael MontesanoTransportation Committee

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A44Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Enacts the New York state flood mitigation grant act and makes an appropriation therefor

Enacts the New York state comprehensive flood mitigation grant act; appropriates $5,000,000 therefor.

George LatimerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A45Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Prohibits real estate brokers from providing legal advice or preparing legal documents in real estate matters unless such person is a New York state licensed attorney

Prohibits real estate brokers from providing legal advice or preparing legal documents in real estate matters unless such person is a New York state licensed attorney; warning for first offense,…

George LatimerJudiciary Committee

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A49Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in codes

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of an internet domain name to a terrorist group, a class A misdemeanor

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of an internet domain name to a terrorist group or organization listed by the office of homeland security as posing a terrorist threat, a class A misdemeanor.

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

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A46Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in judiciary

Relates to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance

Relates to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance of such illegal rental.

Michael MontesanoJudiciary Committee

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A43Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to the applicability of noise ordinances on school construction work sites

Provides that the education department shall set guidelines relating to noise and work hours on school construction sites.

George LatimerEducation 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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A26Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws

Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws.

Kevin CahillEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A59Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Includes net economic impact as a factor to consider in awarding state procurement contracts

Includes net economic impact as a factor to consider in awarding state procurement contracts.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations 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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A31Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Establishes the New York International Scholarship program and makes an appropriation therefor

Establishes the New York International Scholarship program; creates a program to supplement individuals receiving grants under the Benjamin A.

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

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A29Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy

Establishes New York state renewable electric generation pilot programs

Establishes New York state renewable electric generation pilot programs to authorize the development of up to three hundred megawatts renewable electric capacity statewide, in order to stimulate the…

Kevin CahillEnergy Committee

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A60Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability under the New York state human rights law in the areas of employment, public accommodations and government…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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A32Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Includes the alternative and complementary integration and application of scientific principles in the scope of the practice of dietetics and nutrition

Includes the alternative and complementary integration and application of scientific principles in the scope of the practice of dietetics and nutrition; provides that the primary function of a…

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

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A56Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for procedural limits on the sale of real property by certain public officers to the state

Provides for procedural limits on the sale of real property by certain public officers to the state similar to the sale of goods and services.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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A23Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools or home-instructed pupils upon request of persons in parental relationship

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools or home-instructed pupils upon request of persons in parental relation, except in cities with a…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A24Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires the public service commission to consider the economic impact of utility rates and charges

Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to…

Kevin CahillCorporations, Authorities And Commissions 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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A61Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Makes the visual observation of a patient by unnecessary personnel without consent an unlawful discriminatory practice

Provides that it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any physician, hospital or other health care provider to subject a patient with a disability to visual observation during the course…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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A63Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides that the N.Y. city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from…

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A65Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides that a lien filed by the crime victim's board shall have no negative impact on the victim's consumer credit rating or application for credit

Provides that a lien filed by the crime victim's board shall have no negative impact on the victim's consumer credit rating or application for credit.

Jeffrey DinowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

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A70AssemblyS4734· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Gives preference to service disabled veteran owned small businesses with respect to state contracts

Gives preference to service disabled veteran owned small businesses with respect to state contracts.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations 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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A40Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Restricts transfers by candidates' political committees to committees of other candidates to $500 and to any party committee or constituted committee to $1000

Restricts transfers of funds by political committees of candidates to committees of other candidates to $500 annually; and to any party committee or constituted committee to $1000 annually; imposes…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

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A76Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to agriculture

Regulates the treatment and display of elephants

Regulates the treatment and display of elephants; requires persons who bring elephants into the state as part of a traveling exhibition to file an itinerary of the elephant's stay in the state with…

Amy PaulinAgriculture Committee

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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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S316Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board; requires dog control officers to give victims a card with notice thereof.

Ruben DiazCrime Victims, Crime And Correction 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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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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