Bills by

Joseph A. Griffo

Senator

267 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →griffo@nysenate.gov

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

267 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

S5624Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2012· Amend and recommit to local government
Provides total disability benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers for injuries sustained on or after July 1, 2012
Provides total disability benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers for injuries sustained on or after July 1, 2012.
Joseph A. GriffoLocal Government Committee
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J3272Senate· Moved Feb 15, 2012· Adopted
Honoring Colonel John P. Bartholf upon the occasion of his retirement from the United States Air Force
Joseph A. GriffoAdopted
Adopted
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S3753Senate· Moved Feb 14, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to banks

Extends certain provisions relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act

Extends certain provisions relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

Joseph A. GriffoBanks Committee

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S3644Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Relates to a timely state budget and the consideration of legislation other than budget bills and resolutions after the end of the state fiscal year

Relates to a timely state budget and the consideration of legislation other than budget bills and resolutions after the end of the state fiscal year.

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S3266Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for special elections for the offices of comptroller and attorney general for vacancies during a term

Provides for special elections for the offices of comptroller and attorney general for vacancies during a term.

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2870Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by the senate and assembly

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly.

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2867Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a budget within seventy-two hours from the beginning of the state fiscal year a default budget shall take effect

Reforms the state budget process to provide that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a state budget within sixty days from the beginning of the state fiscal year, a default budget shall take…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2869Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; also provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2490Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Relates to a limited constitutional convention to amend articles III, IV, V and VIII of the constitution only

Relates to a limited constitutional convention to amend articles III, IV, V and VIII of the constitution only.

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2453Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2012· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall; empowers the electors with the ability to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution, to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes;…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S2008Senate· Moved Jan 13, 2012· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Relates to taxes on cigarettes sold on an Indian reservation to non-members of the Indian nation or tribe

Relates to taxes on cigarettes sold on an Indian reservation to non-members of the Indian nation or tribe; reverts the tax back to the previous $2.75 if taxes on such cigarettes are not collected by…

Joseph A. GriffoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3903Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to racing, gaming and wagering

Prohibits the state racing and wagering board from granting a license to any harness horse racetrack located within seventy-five miles of another already licensed track

Prohibits the state racing and wagering board from granting a license to any harness horse racetrack located within seventy-five miles of a harness horse racetrack already licensed for the same…

Joseph A. GriffoRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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S5181Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes psychedelic phenethylamine as a Schedule I hallucinogenic controlled substance

Designates psychedelic phenethylamine as a Schedule I hallucinogenic controlled substance.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S3900Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees; provides that criminal interference in the first degree be a class E felony and in the second…

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S3752Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to extending the dates of application of the investment tax credit

Relates to extending the dates of application of the investment tax credit.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S3754Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Extends the provisions relating to the franchise tax on banking

Extends the provisions relating to the franchise tax on banking.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S3750Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Extends the provisions relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act

Extends the provisions relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S3656Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes the solar or wind or farm waste energy system tax stabilization funds

Establishes the solar or wind or farm waste energy system tax stabilization funds.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S2489Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees; provides that criminal interference in the first degree be a class E felony and in the second…

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S1204Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Authorizes the state university of New York institute of technology to lease certain lands

Authorizes the state university of New York institute of technology to lease certain lands to Upstate Cerebral Palsy, Inc.

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S1203Senate· Moved Jan 9, 2012· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Designates dog control officers of the city of Utica as peace officers for purposes of enforcing certain provisions of the agriculture and markets law

Designates dog control officers of the city of Utica, who have been named constables by the common council for purposes of enforcing certain provisions of the agriculture and markets law, as peace…

Joseph A. GriffoStricken

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S5625Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Entitles a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker to certain benefits when such volunteer provides services when there is no jurisdictional officer in command present

Entitles a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker to certain benefits when such volunteer provides services when there is no jurisdictional officer in command present.

Joseph A. GriffoLocal Government Committee

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S5589Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Directs court to establish a period of commitment for persons found not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect

Directs a criminal court to establish a period of commitment for persons found not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect; a person so committed shall not be eligible for release from the…

Joseph A. GriffoCodes Committee

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S5472Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Authorizing trust companies to make affiliated investments and to receive fiduciary compensation for making such investments

Authorizes trust companies to make affiliated investments and to receive fiduciary compensation for making such investments.

Joseph A. GriffoBanks Committee

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S5465Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Relates to penalties for certain violations of laws or regulations by banking entities; repealer

Relates to penalties for certain violations of laws or regulations by banking entities.

Joseph A. GriffoBanks Committee

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S5426Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· To attorney-general for opinion

Constitutional amendment relating to gaming in New York state

Relates to gaming in New York state and applying certain proceeds from such gaming to the community development in the locality or region in which such gaming occurs.

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S5090Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Relates to the establishment of rates of payment and delivery of health care services

Relates to the establishment of rates of payment and delivery of health care services; directs the chair of the workers' compensation board to biennially prepare and establish a schedule of fees.

Joseph A. GriffoLabor Committee

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S4877Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Limits tenure of temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leaders and committee chairs

Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and minority leader of the assembly to 12 years; limits the tenure of the chairman…

Joseph A. GriffoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4782Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Repeals and reenacts provisions on time limitations on certain actions against professional engineers, architects, other designers and construction contractors

Repeals and reenacts statute of limitation provisions on wrongful death, personal injury and property damage actions against professional engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S4542Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Relates to making service upon a financial institution of orders of attachment in aid of enforcement of judgments effective upon any account

Relates to making service upon a financial institution of orders of attachment and notices and orders in aid of enforcement of judgments effective upon any account as to which the institution is a…

Joseph A. GriffoJudiciary Committee

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S4147Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Entitles law enforcement agencies for restitution for the costs of storage and destruction of goods or articles seized with arrests for trademark conterfeiting; repealer

Entitles law enforcement agencies to restitution for the costs of storage and destruction of goods or articles seized with arrests for trademark counterfeiting.

Joseph A. GriffoCodes Committee

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S3751Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Relates to the rate of interest to be paid on judgments and accrued claims

Relates to the rate of interest to be paid on judgments and accrued claims; ties the rate of interest to the maturity treasury yield as published by the federal reserve.

Joseph A. GriffoBanks Committee

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S3735Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to consumer protection

Establishes the uniform debt-management services act

Establishes the uniform debt-management services act.

Joseph A. GriffoConsumer Protection Committee

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