Sponsored bills

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…

George D. MaziarzInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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 Committee

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

Honoring Rabbi Dr. David S. Halpern and his wife, Mrs. Sheila Halpern after 60 years of dedicated leadership to the Flatbush Park Jewish Center

Alan MaiselAdopted

Adopted

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps.

Roy J. McDonaldVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Provides coverage for biologically-based mental illness under the Healthy New York program

Provides coverage for biologically-based mental illness, psychiatric or psychological services or diagnosis or treatment of mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments under the Healthy New…

Kevin S. ParkerInsurance Committee

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 trapping license to trap snapping turtles

Relates to trapping license to trap snapping turtles.

David J. ValeskyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during certain periods; appropriation

Provides up to three years of service credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during times of peace; removes requirement that such military service…

William J. Larkin Jr.Civil Service And Pensions 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

Relates to the release of mental hygiene records pertaining to allegations and investigations of abuse or mistreatment

Relates to the release of mental hygiene records pertaining to allegations and investigations of abuse or mistreatment.

Roy J. McDonaldMental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

William J. Larkin Jr.Governmental Employees Committee

Prohibits certain persons from controlling the disposition of a decedent's remains

Prohibits persons who were the subject of an order of protection protecting a decedent or who have been arrested or charged in the death of a decedent from controlling the disposition of the…

Michael H. RanzenhoferCodes Committee

Relates to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware

Relates to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware.

Charles LavineEconomic Development Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms actions of the Belleville Henderson central school district with respect to certain building aid contracts

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms actions of the Belleville Henderson central school district with respect to certain building aid contracts.

Kenneth BlankenbushStricken

Prohibits assessors from increasing the assessments of forestland based on the stumpage value of the trees thereon

Prohibits assessors from increasing the assessments of forestland based on the stumpage value of the trees thereon; establishes the forestland taxation task force to study and make recommendations…

Aileen GuntherReal Property Taxation Committee

Requires residential health care facilities to allow patients and prospective patients to examine financial audits

Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed.

Annette RobinsonSocial Services Committee

Provides a tax check off box on personal income tax return forms for the life pass it on trust fund

Provides a tax checkoff box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research.

Michele TitusInvestigations And Government Operations CommitteeLegal

Provides for election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than May

Provides for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than in May; creates a timetable for the electoral proceedings therefor; extends…

Mark GrisantiEducation Committee

Provides that any train operating without a conductor is prohibited from passing under any body of water

Provides that any train operating without a conductor is prohibited from passing under any body of water.

Joseph LentolOn the Assembly floor

Creates a definition of residence under the sex offender registry act

Defines residence under the sex offender registry act.

George D. MaziarzCorrection Committee

Creates a mechanism for taxpayers to contribute on their tax return to the homeless housing and assistance fund

Establishes the gift to the housing assistance fund; provides that on or after January 1, 2012 an individual may contribute to the housing assistance fund for homeless housing projects; requires tax…

David GanttInvestigations And Government Operations Committee