Sponsored bills

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

Transfers certain lands to city of New York to be used as parklands

Transfers certain lands to the city of New York to be used as parklands.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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

Enacts the "bird-friendly building council act" to establish a council to promote the use of bird-friendly building materials and design features in buildings

Enacts the "bird-friendly building council act" to establish a council to promote the use of bird-friendly building materials and design features in buildings; research the magnitude of problems…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means 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 villages with the local option to make unlawful the sale of alcoholic beverages within such villages

Grants the electors of villages with the option to make unlawful the sale of alcoholic beverages within such villages if the petition therefor is approved at a general election.

Fred ThieleEconomic Development Committee

Requires market-based assessments on real property owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a condominium basis

Requires market-based assessments of real property owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a condominium basis which is converted or constructed on or after January 1, 2014.

Sandy GalefReal Property Taxation Committee

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

Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof

Sets up rules and regulations for the operation of lease-hold retirement communities to provide adequate housing for senior citizens wishing to retire and locate in a lease-hold retirement…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, allowing children of military families to achieve educational success by facilitating smoother transfers between…

Michael BenedettoEducation Committee

Relates to preemption of local laws; repealer

Relates to preemption of local law.

Linda RosenthalCodes Committee

Establishes a biodiesel fuel tax exemption

Establishes a biodiesel fuel tax exemption.

Joseph A. GriffoFinance Committee

Creates a sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a regulatory system to achieve goal of sustainable development

Creates a fifteen member sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a goal oriented and performance based regulatory system to achieve the goal of sustainable…

Kevin S. ParkerCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business 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

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing mail-loan checks without request or application therefor

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing mail-loan checks without request or application therefor; provides that failure to destroy or return a mail-loan check does not constitute an acceptance…

John L. SampsonBanks 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 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 submission of electronic bids in the awarding of certain contracts in certain municipalities

Relates to the submission of electronic bids in the awarding of certain contracts in the village of Port Chester and the city of New Rochelle.

Suzi OppenheimerConsumer Protection Committee

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 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

Prohibits cyber-bullying

Enacts provisions to ensure that New York state public schools are safe and free from cyber-bullying.

Mickey KearnsEducation Committee

Relates to rental discrimination based on income

Relates to rental discrimination based on income.

Rafael EspinalOn the Assembly floor

Requires state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public

Requires state law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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

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

Relates to personnel records of public school teachers and public school principals

Relates to personnel records of public school teachers and public school principals; provides for the release of information under certain circumstances.

Ellen C. JaffeeEducation Committee

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

Establishes the task force to explore the incorporation of the principles of universal design for learning into the education systems in the state

Establishes the task force to explore the incorporation of the principles of universal design for learning into the education systems in the state.

Michael BenedettoWays And Means Committee

Directs schools to provide information on meningococcal disease immunization to students and parents of students in seventh grade

Directs schools to provide information on meningococcal disease immunization to students and parents of students in seventh grade, and requires such schools to maintain record of responses as to…

Kemp HannonFinance CommitteeFinance