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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

Requires posting notice of the department of financial services toll free consumer's hotline telephone number

Requires posting notice of the department of financial services toll free consumer's hot-line telephone number.

Felix OrtizCodes 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

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

Authorizes the New York city employees' retirement system to consider the application for disability retirement benefits from Peter DiMario

Authorizes the New York city employees' retirement system to consider the application for disability retirement benefits from Peter DiMario.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions 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

Establishes a defense for underage sale of alcoholic beverages to licensees which perform transaction scans and have no violations for 2 years

Establishes a defense for underage sale of alcoholic beverages to licensees which perform transaction scans and have no violations for 2 years.

Marcos CrespoEconomic Development 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

Relates to unlawful manufacture, production or reproduction of a vehicle identification number with intent to defraud

Relates to unlawful manufacture, production or reproduction of a vehicle identification number with intent to defraud.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Relates to extending the effective date for chapter 119 of the laws of 1997

Relates to extending certain provisions authorizing the department of health to establish certain payments to general hospitals.

Matthew TitoneFinance Committee

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

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

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

Relates to the care and collection of animals on vacant property

Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an…

Linda RosenthalJudiciary Committee

Relates to the examination of persons ordered to obtain assisted outpatient treatment in counties with a population of less than 75,000

Provides that the state office of mental health is directed to make available, at no cost to the county, a qualified physician for the purpose of examination of persons ordered to obtain assisted…

Felix OrtizMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

Extends the occupancy tax in the city of New Rochelle until September 1, 2015

Extends the occupancy tax in the city of New Rochelle until September 1, 2015.

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

Extends the occupancy tax in the city of Rye until September 1, 2015

Extends the occupancy tax in the city of Rye until September 1, 2015.

Suzi OppenheimerOn 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

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing to receive services they could get at home

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing, shelters and residences to receive services they could otherwise receive if they…

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee