Sponsored bills

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to identify certain advisory panels, boards, and task forces

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to identify any advisory panel, board, task force, and other similar entity which has been established in the environmental conservation law…

Robert SweeneyStricken

Provides the community guardianship program

Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current…

Patrick M. GallivanMental Health Committee

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability; requires notice of reserve funds; amends the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services; requires resolution for…

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

Relates to the investigation of crimes and crime reporting on college and university campuses

Relates to the investigation of crimes and crime reporting on college and university campuses.

Edward BraunsteinHigher Education Committee

Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area

Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area to end the double taxation of certain town residents.

William J. Larkin Jr.Libraries And Education Technology Committee

Relates to reducing farm-based taxes, fees and regulatory burdens

Enacts the let New York Farm act; relates to reducing farm-based taxes, fees and regulatory burdens to help grow the agricultural economy and benefit family farms.

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

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…

Catharine YoungAging Committee

Regulates cadmium in substrate in children's jewelry

Regulates cadmium in substrate in children's jewelry; provides that no children's jewelry shall be sold or distributed in this state that contains cadmium in accessible metal or plastic substrate…

James S. AlesiConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Greenport public school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Greenport public school district.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature on their websites.

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services.

Kemp HannonHealth Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City union free school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City school district.

Kemp HannonFinance Committee

Designates a portion of state route 434 in the county of Tioga as the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of state route 434 in the county of Tioga as the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway".

Tom LibousTransportation Committee

Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway"

Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the "General David H.

William J. Larkin Jr.Transportation Committee

Commending The New York State Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs upon the occasion of celebrating their 35th Anniversary

Sheldon SilverAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Dr. Allan Gerstenlauer upon the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of the Longwood School District

Dean MurrayAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Francis X. Comerford upon the occasion of his designation as Grand Marshal of the New York City 2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Honoring St. Patrick and all persons of Irish descent upon the occasion of the 2012 celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Saturday, March 17, 2012

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2013

Enacts the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2013 to provide monies for the preservation, enhancement, restoration and improvement of the quality of the state's transportation infrastructure.

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

Relates to providing a tax abatement for private land owners who allow snowmobiling on such land

Provides a tax abatement of 10% for landowners allowing snowmobiling on such land; such abatement limited to those parcels crossed by a trail which is maintained by a county, city, town or village…

Donald R. MillerReal Property Taxation Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 5, 2012 as Canada Day in the State of New York

Robin SchimmingerAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim 2012 as the "Year of the Girl" in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America

Michele TitusAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 6, 2012, as Public Higher Education Day in the State of New York

Deborah GlickAdopted

Adopted

Requires businesses that purchase silver, gold and platinum to display current silver, gold and platinum prices

Requires businesses that purchase silver, gold and platinum to display current silver, gold and platinum prices.

J. Gary PretlowConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Enlarges the definition of the term agency for certain purposes

Enlarges the definition of the term "agency" for certain purposes; adds provisions relating to foundations of state-operated campuses.

Deborah GlickGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses.

John J. BonacicEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Eastport-South Manor central school district in order to provide tax stability

Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Eastport-South Manor central school district in order to provide tax stability.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Defines the scope of responsibilities of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services regarding recovery services for veterans

Defines the scope of responsibilities of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services regarding recovery services for veterans.

Shirley L. HuntleyAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

Relates to orders of protection in youthful offenders cases

Relates to orders of protection in youthful offender cases.

Patrick M. GallivanCodes Committee

Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations

Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations; defines retail farm operations as a seasonal or annual enterprise operated for the purpose of selling predominantly farm and food products which…

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Includes the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the center for excellence program

Includes the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the center for excellence program.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Enacts the "New York city health and hospitals corporation military pay act"

Enacts the "New York city health and hospitals corporation military pay act"; authorizes military pay to certain employees of the New York city health and hospitals corporation.

Martin J. GoldenGovernmental Employees Committee

Creates process for local disciplinary actions against assessors

Creates a process for local disciplinary actions against assessors.

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

Authorizes Ronald Martin to take the competitive exam for police officer and be placed on the eligible list for a certain position

Authorizes Ronald Martin to take the competitive exam for police officer and be placed on the eligible list for a certain position as village patrolman.

Tom LibousOn the Senate floor

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St. Lawrence County and one trustee to be a resident of Niagara county

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St.

Mark GrisantiCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution 1st degree

Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent,…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period.

Hakeem JeffriesConsumer Protection Committee

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees and aggravated cemetery…

William J. Larkin Jr.Codes Committee

Makes provisions with respect to sexual assault against a child by a person in a position of trust

Establishes offenses of sexual assault against a child by a person in a position of trust for the subjection of a child to sexual contact by a person in a position of trust; defines "person in…

Dean G. SkelosCodes Committee

Prohibits the unauthorized sale of veterans' commemorative property by cemeteries

Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase, sale or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life…

William J. Larkin Jr.Veterans' Affairs Committee

Directs the adjutant general to present a United States flag to the person disposing of the body of a member of the organized militia

Directs the adjutant general, upon request, to present a United States flag to the person designated to dispose of the body of a member of the organized militia, when such member served his or her…

Stephen M. SalandVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to notice upon conviction for certain violations of right to withdraw consent

Relates to notice upon conviction for certain violations of right to withdraw consent.

Stephen M. SalandTransportation Committee

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Authorizes school districts to enforce and continue in effect the suspension of a pupil ordered by the school district that the pupil previously attended

Authorizes school districts to enforce and continue in effect the suspension of a pupil ordered by the school district that the pupil previously attended.

Carl L. MarcellinoEducation Committee

Establishes the offenses of promoting and possessing a sex offense against a child

Establishes the class B felony of promoting a sex offense against a child for producing, directing or promoting any visual or audio representation of the commission of a sex offense against a person…

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

Recognizing the unique characteristics of Plum Island in Suffolk County and opposing its sale

Daniel P. LosquadroEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition

Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition.

Toby Ann StaviskyHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides where marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic abuse such spouse must consent to the divorce

Provides that in order to qualify to file for no fault divorce, where a marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic violence by the…

John McEnenyJudiciary Committee