Sponsored bills

Provides for grants to municipalities under the Hurricane Irene-Tropical Storm Lee Flood Recovery Grant program for lost tax revenue

Provides for grants to municipalities under the Hurricane Irene-Tropical Storm Lee Flood Recovery Grant program for lost tax revenue; extends to 1 year the deadline for municipalities and real…

Peter LopezWays And Means Committee

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language.

Rafael EspinalEducation CommitteeEducation

Grants a waiver of half of the civil service examination fee for veterans

Grants a waiver of half of the civil service examination fee for veterans.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Civil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes a tax credit for alternative energy systems and generating equipment

Establishes an alternative energy systems and generating equipment tax credit for qualified expenditures meeting the criteria prescribed by the department of taxation and finance, in consultation…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age

Establishes the period of limitation for the prosecution of a sex offense defined in article 130 of the penal law; establishes that incest in the first or second degree or use of a child in a sexual…

Dov HikindCodes Committee

New York solar industry development and jobs act of 2011

Creates the New York solar industry development and jobs act; relates to procurement of solar renewable energy credits; establishes schedule with annual percentages to be met for compliance years.

Steven EnglebrightStricken

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding certain licensures and employment

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal…

Jeffrion AubryOn the Assembly floor

Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a weapon, outside the home, while intoxicated

Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, outside the home, while impaired or intoxicated by use…

Matthew TitoneCodes Committee

Creates various programs to protect safety of truck drivers

Enacts Jason's Law; relates to programs that promote and protect the safety of truck drivers in New York state.

Peter LopezTransportation Committee

Provides person/entity with authority to operate a hospital shall be subject to approval by public health and health planning council for establishment of hospital and other actions

Makes various provisions regarding establishment of a hospital: provides that any person and various other listed entities (i.e., partnership, company, stockholder, member, corporation or other…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes nurse practitioners to certify that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health

Authorizes nurse practitioners to certify that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the procurement of banking services

Relates to the procurement of banking services.

Brian KavanaghBanks Committee

Provides for suspension of license penalties for licensed drivers under the age of eighteen for violations of certain restrictions

Provides for suspension of license penalties for licensed drivers under the age of eighteen for violations of certain restrictions; suspension of license for ninety days for the first violation; and…

Raymond WalterTransportation Committee

Relates to the definition of autism

Relates to the definition of autism.

Thomas AbinantiMental Health Committee

Relates to banning bisphenol A from canned foods

Relates to banning bisphenol A from canned foods.

Mark C. JohnsEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates community college high-technology investment program (C-CHIP) to award grants to community colleges to upgrade their educational, occupational, and training services

Creates community college high-technology investment program (C-CHIP) to award grants of up to $100,000 to community colleges to upgrade their educational, occupational, and training services…

Toby Ann StaviskyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Long Island power authority; repealer

Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Long Island power authority.

Robert SweeneySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that the provisions creating the abuse prevention notification system shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day

Provides that the provisions creating the abuse prevention notification system shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day and providing that the commissioner of the office for people with…

Harvey WeisenbergSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority

Relates to the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority; provides for Ostego county's termination of its membership therein.

William MageeSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority

Relates to authorizing Otsego county to withdraw from the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority.

James L. SewardSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for account wagering on simulcast horse races within and without the state

Provides for account wagering on simulcast horse races within and without the state; authorizes the operation of multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers in this state, subject to the rules…

Eric AdamsRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

Provides for an increased death benefit payment by the N.Y. state and local police and fire retirement system to the beneficiary of police officer Theodore Raffel

Provides for an increased death benefit payment by the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to the survivors of police officer Theodore Raffel, who was a Southampton Village…

Kenneth P. LaValleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Makes provisions with respect to notices of homeowners deductibles triggers for hurricane windstorms

Provides superintendent of insurance shall establish standards for hurricane windstorm deductibles, creating uniformity in the operation of such deductibles with respect to the triggering event.

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Authorizes the Long Island power authority to propose certain rate changes to the public service commission

Authorizes the Long Island power authority to propose certain rate changes to the public service commission in the amount of two and one-half percent.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that motor vehicles, with certain exceptions, shall not be operated with an accumulation of snow or ice on the surface thereof

Provides that motor vehicles, with certain exceptions, shall not be operated with an accumulation of snow or ice on the surface thereof; establishes fines for violation of these provisions and a…

Martin Malavé DilanTransportation Committee

Commemorating the 168th Anniversary of the Dominican Republic Independence

Guillermo LinaresAdopted

Adopted

Relates to transfers or appointments of police officers to competitive or non-competitive positions

Relates to transfers or appointments of police officers to competitive or non-competitive positions.

Crystal Peoples-StokesGovernmental Employees Committee

Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the US Constitution to provide that corporations are not entitled to the entirety of protections or rights of natural persons

James F. BrennanElection Law Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 2012 as Black History Month in the State of New York

Annette RobinsonAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim February 2012 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Harvey WeisenbergAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 3, 2012, as Four Chaplains Day in the State of New York

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Commending Wantagh American Legion Post 1273, Nassau County upon the occasion of its Four Chaplains Memorial Ceremony

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Honoring General Martin E. Dempsey upon the occasion of assuming duty as the 18th and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commemorating Catholic Schools Week 2012

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Honoring Benjamin P. Coe upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the 2011 Israel A. Shapiro Award

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the untimely death of Police Officer Alain Schaberger of the New York Police Department 84th Precinct

Daniel L. SquadronAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Church upon the occasion of its designation as minor basilica

Kenneth P. LaValleAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating the 61 Long Island students named Semifinalists in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search

Jack M. MartinsAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Patrick T. McAsey upon the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of distinguished service to the Long Island Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation

Kemp HannonAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Ozone Park, Queens, New York

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Limits the definition of "estate", for purposes of medical assistance, to all property and assets in an individual's estate and passing under a will or by intestacy

Limits the definition of "estate", for purposes of medical assistance, to all property and assets in an individual's estate and passing under a will or by intestacy.

Kemp HannonFinance Committee

Relates to the adult care facilities training program

Relates to the adult care facilities training program; requires a minimum of 40 hours of training for direct care staff.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes or when such service or worship is deemed not disruptive of normal…

Nelson CastroEducation Committee

Provides a cogent and logical framework for the myriad of identity theft laws that have been passed in response to the rapidly changing nature of identity theft crimes

Relates to offenses involving thefts of identity.

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Prohibits the use of handcuffs on students in schools

Prohibits the use of handcuffs on students in schools.

Catherine NolanCodes Committee

Relates to regulation of telecommunications and cable services

Relates to implementing a new framework for the regulation of telecommunications and cable services.

Joseph MorelleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Enacts the "Safe Streets Security Camera Registry Act"

Enacts the "Safe Streets Security Camera Registry Act".

Gustavo RiveraCities CommitteeLocal Government