Sponsored bills

Limits the maximum post-retirement earnings of public employees

Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2012 and thereafter to $32,500.

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

Extends, from 2 years to 4 years, the time between parole eligibility for certain inmates

Extends, from 2 years to 4 years, the time between parole eligibility for certain inmates.

Greg BallFinance Committee

Relates to bills being available to the public in printed or electronic printable format before voting or passage

Relates to bills being available to the public in printed or electronic printable format before voting or passage.

Carl L. MarcellinoFinance Committee

When external indices are utilized to determine sales and use tax due, requires such indices to reflect local economic conditions

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance, when using external indices to determine sales and compensating use tax due because of failure to file a return or filing of an incorrect return,…

Catharine YoungWays And Means Committee

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose a fee on probationary people for the cost of drug tests

Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose fees on people serving probation for the actual cost of drug tests up to $600 per year.

John J. FlanaganFinance Committee

Creates the well water and water supply education act; requires public education program on the potential hazards of private water supplies

Creates the well water and water supply education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of private water supplies;…

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Provides for a sales tax exemption for farm abstracts

Exempts from sales tax the sale of an abstract of title to real property to be used for agricultural purposes to either a prospective purchaser of real property or to an attorney representing a…

Patty RitchieWays And Means Committee

Relates to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment

Relates to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment; requires concurrent sentences for crimes against correctional employees.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system

Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system receiving retirement benefits, to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers'…

Nancy CalhounGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and…

Ellen C. JaffeeWays And Means Committee

Allows members who join the New York state and local police and fire retirement system between 7/01/09 and 1/10/10 to enroll in a special retirement plan

Allows members who join the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on or after July 1, 2009 and before January 10, 2010 to enroll in a special retirement plan.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

Requires purchasers of real property within 500 feet of an agricultural district to be provided with disclosure of farming activities within such district

Requires purchasers of real property within 500 feet of the boundary of an agricultural district to be provided with disclosure of farming activities within such district.

Aileen GuntherAgriculture Committee

Allows vesting of a health care proxy authority without incapacity of ward

Relates to individuals allowing their health care agents' authority to vest immediately, without a determination of incapacity.

Richard GottfriedCodes Committee

Creates an extra transfer for pay-per-ride Metrocard users

Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Bases state aid to institutions of higher learning on resident students; repealer

Relates to state aid for resident students; defines resident student and provides for annual apportionments to institutions based on the number of degrees conferred to certain medical, nursing and…

Deborah GlickWays And Means Committee

Authorizes and directs the thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge along the thruway in the Syracuse area

Authorizes and directs the thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge along the thruway in the Syracuse area.

John A. DeFranciscoFinance CommitteeFinance

Provides a preference in state contracts for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses

Provides a preference in state contracts for service disabled veteran owned small businesses.

Greg BallGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a temporary commission of child abuse prevention

Establishes a temporary commission on child abuse prevention.

Martin J. GoldenGovernmental Operations Committee

Eliminates the $2,500 limit for emergency crime victim awards when the award is used to replace necessary medical equipment not covered by insurance

Relates to eliminating certain monetary limits for emergency crime victim awards when the award is used to replace medical equipment necessary for the survival of the claimant and such replacement…

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of nail polish and nail hardener containing certain dibutyl phthalates (DBP), toluene, or formaldehyde

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of nail polish and nail hardener containing certain dibutyl phthalates (DBP), toluene, or formaldehyde; prohibits the use of such nail polish and…

Linda RosenthalCodes CommitteeLegal

Authorizes boards of education or trustees of school districts to allow certain pupils diagnosed with respiratory illnesses to carry a prescribed inhaler

Authorizes boards of education or trustees of school districts to allow certain pupils diagnosed with asthma or other potentially life-threatening respiratory illnesses to carry and use a prescribed…

Felix OrtizEducation CommitteeEducation

Requires the development of a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New York interstate highways

Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation in consultation with the department of motor vehicles to develop a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New York…

Carl L. MarcellinoFinance Committee

Provides for corporate franchise and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for lung cancer education and prevention; sets up education/prevention fund

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for lung cancer education and prevention; establishes the lung cancer education and prevention…

Vanessa GibsonHealth CommitteeHealth

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 14-18, 2012, as Marrow Donor Awareness Week in New York State

Jeffrion AubryAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim June 9, 2012, as Belmont Stakes Day in the State of New York, and commending NYRA on the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes

Michael G. MillerAdopted

Adopted

Does away with various taxes on motor fuel; repealer

Repeals article 12-A of the tax law in relation to taxes on gasoline and similar motor fuel; establishes exemptions from state sales tax and the petroleum business tax for retail sales of motor fuel…

Mark GrisantiInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with…

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

Relates to the powers of the commissioner; technical amendments

Relates to the powers of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Steven CymbrowitzLocal Government Committee

Relates to records of parole release interviews for certain inmates

Relates to records of parole release interviews for inmates detained as sex offenders.

Joseph A. GriffoOn the Senate floor

Provides that an elementary or secondary student shall not have capacity to consent to sexual conduct with a school employee

Provides that a full time elementary or secondary student shall not have capacity to consent to sexual conduct with a school employee at his or her school, including volunteers, when the employee is…

Betty LittleCodes Committee

Prohibits the sale of unsafe cribs and restricting the use of such cribs in certain settings

Prohibits the sale of unsafe cribs and restricts the use of such cribs in certain settings.

Jeffrey DinowitzConsumer Protection Committee

Authorizes certain institutions to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees

Authorizes certain institutions to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees during the period from April 1, 2009 to May 1, 2009.

John McEnenyHigher Education Committee

Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms

Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Relates to outreach, status and time limits relating to the tax abatement program

Relates to outreach, status and time limits relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment through May 14, 2013

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment through May 14, 2013.

Carl L. MarcellinoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if release would pose an imminent threat to society

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if, by convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes…

Anthony BrindisiCorrection Committee

Authorizes the district attorney to intervene in a proceeding brought by the owner of premises upon which the tenant's occupancy is illegal

Authorizes the district attorney to intervene in a proceeding brought by the owner of premises upon which the tenant's occupancy is illegal based upon it's use.

Jeffrey D. KleinJudiciary Committee

Provides small businesses with grants to commercialize energy and environmental technology innovations in-state

Provides small businesses with grants of up to $100,000 to commercialize energy and environmental technology innovations and ideas in-state to stimulate economic development.

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services.

George LatimerInsurance Committee

Requires the commissioner of health to create a list of long-term care contact information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program

Requires the commissioner of health to create a list of information by means of which to contact the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program.

Jeffrey DinowitzHealth Committee

Expands the powers and duties of the office of community gardens

Expands the powers and duties of the office of community gardens.

Vivian CookFinance Committee

Authorizes commissioner of transportation to exempt certain signs from highway law

Authorizes commissioner of transportation to exempt certain signs from highway law.

Patty RitchieTransportation Committee

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid; defines the chemical compounds which constitute a synthetic cannabinoid; makes a violation of such prohibition a…

Felix OrtizEconomic Development Committee

Relates to access to patient or client records in the investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings

Relates to access to patient or client records in the investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.

John J. FlanaganHigher Education Committee

Requires that bottle deposits retained by the state shall be allocated to the environmental protection fund

Requires that bottle deposits retained by the state shall be allocated to the environmental protection fund.

George LatimerFinance Committee

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing.

Joseph E. RobachCorrection Committee

Requires signatures of mayors of the villages of Hempstead, Garden City and Freeport for payments in lieu of taxes from town of Hempstead and Nassau IDA's

Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead, Garden City and Freeport for payments in lieu of payments prior to the grant of application or the effectiveness of any such…

Earlene HooperLocal Government Committee

Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands

Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

David CarlucciStricken