Sponsored bills

Establishes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Establishes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Jose RiveraSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to certain members who re-enter public service

Relates to certain members who re-enter public service; extends tier reinstatement provisions to a retiree of a public retirement system who was an active member of a public retirement system on or…

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees CommitteeFinance

Relates to life insurance policies that credit additional amounts in accordance with an equity index

Relates to life insurance policies that credit additional amounts in accordance with an equity index; imposes additional requirements on such policies including notice provisions.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

Repeals certain sections of the public authorities law and transfers remaining rights to an identifiable location

Repeals certain sections of the public authorities law and transfers remaining rights to an identifiable location.

Michael H. RanzenhoferOn the Senate floor

Authorizes background checks of the employees of contractors performing services for state agencies

Authorizes background checks of the employees of contractors performing services for state agencies who have access to confidential data or who perform certain types of services where background…

Hugh T. FarleyGovernmental Operations Committee

Includes New York exemptions of a resident individual within the cost of living adjustment and makes adjustment applicable to tax years beginning on or after 1/1/13

Includes New York exemptions of a resident individual within the cost of living adjustment; makes such adjustment applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.

John A. DeFranciscoFinance Committee

Provides that impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor is a class A misdemeanor

Provides that impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor, by carrying or possessing a specialized vending license without authority or any form of insignia or by words or actions; designates such…

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

Authorizes the William Floyd union free school district to enter into contracts to provide school social work and related services

Authorizes the William Floyd Union Free School District to enter into contracts for the purposes of providing school social work and related services to the children of such school district.

Lee M. ZeldinFinance Committee

Extends the solar energy system equipment tax credit carryover period

Extends the solar energy system equipment tax credit carryover period from five years to ten years.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Establishes new criminal discovery rules; repealer

Establishes new criminal discovery rules; amends cross references.

Joseph LentolOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the licensing of physician assistants and the continued registration of specialist assistants

Provides for the licensing of physician assistants and the continued registration of specialist assistants.

Kemp HannonSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires the department of health to report on funding under the affordable care act

Requires the department of health to report on funding under the affordable care act.

Naomi RiveraHealth Committee

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to adopt a local law creating a bureau of administrative adjudication for certain code and ordinance violations

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to adopt a local law creating a bureau of administrative adjudication for code and ordinance violations regarding conditions which constitute a threat or danger to the…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

Makes provisions allowing any individual to make limited loans to family members without requiring an individual to obtain a mortgage banking license

Makes provisions allowing any individual to make not more than three mortgage loans, nor more than five in a two year period, to family members without requiring an individual to obtain a mortgage…

Malcolm A. SmithSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for separate personal income tax credits for solar electric, solar thermal and wind energy systems installed upon the residence of a taxpayer

Provides for separate personal income tax credits for solar electric, solar thermal and wind energy systems installed upon any residence of a taxpayer.

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information

Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Makes the director of the state office for the aging a member of the emergency services council

Makes the director of the state office for the aging a member of the emergency services council.

Steven EnglebrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership to replace and expand the territory of the former Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership

Establishes the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership to replace and expand the territory of the former Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership.

Roy J. McDonaldSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes additional state aid to certain merged public library systems

Creates additional state aid for public library systems which merge after January 1, 2013; provides formulas for increased aid based upon the number of library systems which result from mergers and…

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Establishes a biodiesel fuel tax exemption

Establishes a biodiesel fuel tax exemption.

Joseph A. GriffoFinance Committee

Relates to financial assistance from the office of victim services for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis treatment for victims of sexual assault

Requires financial assistance from the office of victim services for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis treatment for victims of sexual assault.

Ellen C. JaffeeSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes an annual spending growth cap and increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund

Establishes an annual spending growth cap and increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.

Joseph E. RobachWays And Means Committee

Increases killing or injuring a police animal from class A misdemeanor to class D felony

Increases penalties for killing or injuring a police animal by providing that such offense shall be a class D felony; includes the intentional killing or injuring of an animal which can reasonably…

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

Authorizes certain military personnel to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license

Authorizes certain military personnel who are scheduled to be deployed within thirty days to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license.

Joseph E. RobachJudiciary Committee

Relates to phasing out the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Relates to phasing out the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax; reduces the rate of tax imposed on certain counties beginning in 2013 and ends the imposition of all commuter taxes…

Stephen M. SalandInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Honoring Marc J. Yland, M.D. for his dedicated service as President of the Suffolk County Medical Society

Dean MurrayAdopted

Adopted

Honoring the Fayetteville-Manlius High School Olympiad Team upon the occasion of winning its 10th consecutive NYS Science Olympiad Competition

Donald R. MillerAdopted

Adopted

Observing the 10th Anniversary of the completion of recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site

Sheldon SilverAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the administration of medication in residential health care facilities by medication aides

Relates to the administration of medication in residential health care facilities by medication aides.

Patty RitchieHealth Committee

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions.

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 6, 2012, as Running Day in the State of New York

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim June 3, 2012 as Cancer Survivors Day in the State of New York

Steven CymbrowitzAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act

Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act.

Roy J. McDonaldFinance Committee

Requires the commissioner of developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals

Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals.

Roy J. McDonaldFinance Committee

Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging

Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging.

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Relates to rental discrimination based on income

Relates to rental discrimination based on income.

Rafael EspinalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to requirements for pet dealers

Relates to requirements for pet dealers for the care and sale of cats and dogs; requires the implementation of an appropriate plan for the exercise of animals in their possession.

Greg BallOn the Senate floor

Designates public lewdness as public lewdness in the second degree and establishes the class E felony of public lewdness in the first degree for multiple offenses

Designates public lewdness as public lewdness in the second degree and establishes the class E felony of public lewdness in the first degree for committing public lewdness in the second degree after…

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Provides that the commissioner of housing shall establish rules and regulations regarding the creation of interactive maps

Provides that the commissioner shall establish rules and regulations regarding the creation of interactive maps displaying the geographic region or neighborhood of preservation companies and…

Vito LopezHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in vehicles used to transport the developmentally disabled.

Roy J. McDonaldFinance Committee

Waives interest and penalties due on surcharges and assessments due prior to January 1, 2012, relating to payments to health care providers

Waives interest and penalties due on surcharges and assessments due prior to January 1, 2012, relating to payments to health care providers.

Kemp HannonOn the Senate floor

Extends provisions of chapter 371 of the laws of 2009 relating to the residential care off-site facility demonstration project

Extends provisions relating to the residential care off-site facility demonstration project.

Joseph E. RobachOn the Senate floor

Amends chapter 624 of 2007 relating to establishing a pilot grant program to help working artists secure shared use facilities, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof

Extends effectiveness of provisions relating to establishing a pilot grant program to help working artists secure shared use facilities.

John A. DeFranciscoOn the Senate floor

Prohibits persons from owning, possessing, selling, transferring or manufacturing animal fighting paraphernalia

Prohibits persons from owning, possessing, selling, transferring or manufacturing animal fighting paraphernalia with intent to engage in animal fighting.

Patty RitchieOn the Senate floor

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence.

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Includes the Canadarago lake within the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Includes the Canadarago Lake within the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

James L. SewardOn the Senate floor

Relates to promoting understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crimes laws; repealer

Relates to promoting understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crime laws.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Codes Committee

Enacts the Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act

Enacts the "Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act"; directs the veterans affairs commission to develop and update a New York state interagency plan to improve outreach, assessment and…

John A. DeFranciscoOn the Senate floor