Sponsored bills

Relates to electronic prescriptions and generic substitution

Defines the terms electronic prescription and electronic signature and enacts provisions for their use.

Kemp HannonOn the Senate floor

Prohibits discrimination based upon the occupation of a person under certain circumstances

Prohibits discrimination based upon the occupation of a person under certain circumstances, such as seeking a house exclusively for residential purposes; defines the term "occupation".

RoAnn DestitoStricken

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.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Creates a private right of action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater

Creates a private right to action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater, or both, in addition to right of action granted to…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires commercial insurers to make available an option to parents/guardians to cover their mentally or physically challenged dependents

Requires commercial insurers to make available an option to parents/guardians purchasing family health insurance policies to cover their mentally or physically challenged dependents.

Ruben DiazStricken

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment.

Steven EnglebrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Commending The Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition on May 26, 2011

Carl L. MarcellinoFinance Committee

Urging the US Congressional delegation to remove the penalty associated with being a married individual with a disability receiving benefits

Timothy M. KennedyFinance Committee

Relates to the residency requirements of stenographers for the county of Jefferson

Relates to the residency requirements of stenographers for the county of Jefferson.

Addie JenneOn the Assembly floor

Requires a warning to be printed on baby-bottle and sippy cup packaging concerning tooth decay

Requires a warning to be printed on baby-bottle and sippy cup packaging concerning tooth decay.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires public schools to incorporate instruction in Indo-Caribbean studies into their existing curriculum

Requires public schools to incorporate instruction in Indian Subcontinent/Indo-Caribbean studies into their existing curriculum.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Extends certain provisions relating to installment loans and obligations evidencing installment loans

Extends certain provisions relating to installment loans and obligations evidencing installment loans.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Relates to redistributing 2011 bond volume allocations

Relates to redistributing 2010 bond volume allocations, allocating the unified state bond volume ceiling, and enacting the private activity bond act of 2011.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the discount buying club consumer protection act

Enacts the discount buying club consumer protection act.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Relates to the identity theft protection services

Relates to the identity theft protection services.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Relates to the operations of credit services businesses

Relates to the operations of credit services businesses.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Expands the authority of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil transportation in child safety zones

Expands the authority of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil transportation in child safety zones.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Regulates vehicle licensing recovery fees as they relate to rental vehicles

Regulates vehicle licensing recovery fees as they relate to rental vehicles.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Authorizes the village of Port Jefferson to discontinue the use of certain city lands as parkland and to alienate and convey such lands

Authorizes the village of Port Jefferson, town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to discontinue the use of certain city lands as parkland and to alienate and convey such lands.

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to provisions concerning debt collection procedures

Relates to provisions concerning debt collection procedures.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Prohibits the retail sale, distribution or offer to sell at retail to any person in the state, novelty lighters

Prohibits the retail sale, distribution or offer to sell at retail to any person in the state, novelty lighters; provides definition of novelty lighters; establishes civil penalties; makes exception…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Restricts age, geographical and other forms of discrimination in the rental of motor vehicles

Restricts age, geographical and other forms of discrimination in the rental of motor vehicles; provides for both attorney general and private right of action; limits maximum allowable deposit used…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires health insurance policies to cover comprehensive ultrasound screening and magnetic resonance imaging for breast cancer in certain cases

Requires individual and group health insurance policies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for comprehensive ultrasound screening and/or magnetic resonance imaging and/or…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive parents

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive parents.

Barbara ClarkOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes distinctive license plates for Korean Defense veterans or the spouse of any such veteran

Authorizes distinctive license plates for Korean Defense veterans who were awarded the Korean Defense Service Medal; provides that an additional one time service charge of ten dollars shall be…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Prohibits the operation of a school, camp, or charter omnibus with any passenger standing

Prohibits, without exception, the operation of a school, camp, or charter omnibus with any passenger standing.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Relates to the payment of restitution by registered and unregistered repair shops

Establishes that if financial loss has been made and a registrant or unregistered repair shop fails to comply with an order to pay restitution, the commissioner shall, by order, increase the amount…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"; criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes the crime of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise; relates to the authorization of…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires children aged 5 to 15 on school buses equipped or required to be equipped therewith to use safety belts

Provides that children ages 5 through 15 inclusive must use safety belts when riding on a school bus equipped with safety belts or required by law to be equipped with safety belts; driver is subject…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Provides for the establishment of a New York city liquor authority to license and regulate the retail alcoholic beverage business in the city

Provides for the establishment of a New York city liquor authority to license and regulate the retail alcoholic beverage business in the city; provides for its functions, powers, and duties; places…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires immediate suspension of liquor license upon third reported incident in nine month period

Requires immediate suspension of liquor license of a premises licensed by the state liquor authority upon the third reported incident occurring either in, on or adjacent to its premises or in its…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Sets standards for time for the furnishing of certain information to municipalities and community boards by applicants for certain alcohol licenses

Sets standards for the time for the furnishing of certain information to municipalities and community boards by applicants for certain original, renewal, or alteration alcoholic beverage licenses…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Directs the triborough bridge and tunnel authority to issue short distance commuter passes on the Marine Parkway Bridge

Directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to issue short distance commuter passes (permitting travel at no charge between intersections and barriers in the permit area) on the Marine…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Provides for discontinuance of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge toll plaza in the county of Queens

Provides for the discontinuance by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge toll plaza in the county of Queens for the collection of tolls.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Redesignates the office of employee relations as the office of employee and retiree relations

Redesignates the state office of employee relations as the office of employee and retiree relations and creates a bureau for retired employees within such office to assist the director on all…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Establishes failure to pay association fees and carrying charges as grounds for eviction and requiring attorneys' fees and late charges to be assessed

Establishes failure to pay association fees and carrying charges as grounds for eviction and for requiring attorneys fees and late charges to be assessed when a tenant fails to make arrears payments.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Increases the fine that may be imposed for violations of real estate licensing laws and provides for procedures in connection with nonsolicitation orders

Increases the fine that may be imposed for violations of real estate licensing laws and provides for procedures in connection with violations involving nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires registration of home improvement contractors

Requires registration of home improvement contractors with the department of state; permits denial of registration for convictions for fraud; provides for civil penalties for operating without…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Imposes criminal responsibility on juvenile offenders for felony murders resulting from the attempt to commit juvenile offenses

Imposes criminal responsibility on juvenile offenders for felony murders resulting from the attempt to commit juvenile offenses.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires stores that sell meat, poultry or seafood to place a conspicuous sign informing consumers of their right to know when the food was cut and packaged

Requires stores that sell meat, poultry or seafood to place a conspicuous sign informing consumers of their right to know when the food was cut and packaged.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of identity theft

Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of identity theft.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Directs the board of regents and the state education department to develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility

Authorizes and directs the board of regents and the state education department to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing education programs across the state and develop a model for improved…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Relates to subcutaneous implanting of an identification device

Relates to subcutaneous implanting of an identification device.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Provides that the salaries of the public administrators of the counties within the city of New York shall be at least 90% of salary of surrogate's court judges

Provides that the salaries of the public administrators of the counties within the city of New York shall be at least ninety percent of the salary of surrogate's court judges.

Audrey PhefferStricken

Prohibits certain limitations on discounts for use of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge

Prohibits provision in bonds or notes issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority limiting discounts or requiring a minimum toll on the Cross Bay…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Protects directors, officers and trustees of certain corporations from liability

Limits the civil liability of directors, officers and trustees of corporations described in §501 (c) (4) of the internal revenue code (charitable organizations) under provisions that limit their…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires health club employee training the same as is required for coaches of after-school athletic activities, including first-aid and adult CPR

Requires health club employee first aid training to be the same as is required for coaches of after-school athletic activities as certified by the commissioner of education; includes first-aid and…

Audrey PhefferStricken

Requires the posting of signs near pre-packaged salads offered for sale notifying consumers of the advisability of washing the produce before consumption

Requires the posting of signs near pre-packaged salads offered for sale by retail food stores notifying consumers of the advisability of washing the produce before consumption and referring them to…

Audrey PhefferStricken