Bills by

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Senator

6,983 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →addabbo@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

6,983 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

A8648Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation
Relates to payments of taxes in installments in certain school districts affected by floods or natural disasters
Authorizes school districts to permit payments of taxes in installments in certain school districts affected by floods or natural disasters.
Donna LupardoReal Property Taxation Committee
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S5896Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Enacts Danielle DiMedici and Jessica Tush's Law; creates a registry for domestic abuse offenders
Enacts Daniella DiMedici and Jessica Tush's Law; creates a registry for domestic abuse offenders; defines domestic abuse offender; allows discretion of the court to place offender on registry.
Diane J. SavinoCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

A8643Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Establishes a credit against income tax for residents and business owners who incurred damage to property as a result of tropical storms Irene and Lee

Establishes a credit for sales tax paid by victims who incurred damage as a result of tropical storms Irene and Lee.

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

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A8640Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Requires future state officers and employees to be state residents

Requires future state officers and employees to be state residents.

Ann RabbittGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8633Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if it's a new county

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if the voter moves to a new county.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

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A8632Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to election law

Provides that the board of elections shall accept voter registrations electronically through its website

Provides that the board of elections shall accept voter registrations electronically through its website.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

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A8634Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011

Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011 for the counties of Albany, Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Nassau, New…

Kevin CahillReal Property Taxation Committee

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A8587Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Exempts veterans from hunting and gun licensing fees and allows veterans to keep their combat weapons

Relates to exempting veterans of the armed forces from hunting and gun licensing fees and to allow veterans of the armed forces to retain combat firearms purchased from the United States.

Donald R. MillerCodes Committee

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A8599Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to mental health

Requires service providers for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled to provide written notice to police of any violent residents in community residences

Requires providers of services to the mentally ill or developmentally disabled to provide written notice to police of any violent residents in community residences and supportive living facilities.

Naomi RiveraMental Health Committee

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A8601Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to a pedestrian's right of way

Relates to a pedestrian's right of way; all pedestrians shall be given the right of way by all traffic when facing a steady yellow light.

Linda RosenthalTransportation Committee

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A8596Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in codes

Enacts Caylee's law; establishes the crime of failure to report a child's disappearance or death

Enacts Caylee's law; establishes the crime of failure to report a child's disappearance or death; class D felony; exception where child dies while under the medical care of a licensed physician.

Ann RabbittCodes Committee

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A8600Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to banks

Enacts the private automated teller machine safety act

Enacts the private automated teller machine safety act; requires operators of private automated teller machines to register their machines with the superintendent of financial services; imposes a…

Linda RosenthalBanks Committee

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A8607Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Prohibits certain person previously convicted of a drug felony to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing 20 lbs or more and trained to attack or exhibiting viciousnes

Provides that it shall be a class A misdemeanor for any person previously convicted of a controlled substance felony offense to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing twenty pounds or more that has…

Matthew TitoneCodes Committee

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A8597Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to making it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child

Makes it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child.

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

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A8598Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Held for consideration in transportation

Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans

Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans.

Ann RabbittTransportation Committee

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A8609AssemblyS5110· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Prohibits first fail accident and/or health insurance policies

Prohibits first fail accident and/or health insurance policies; enacts penalties and defines terms.

Matthew TitoneInsurance CommitteeFinance

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A8608Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Relates to the definition of income for purposes of the senior citizen rent increase exemptions (SCRIE) program

Excludes social security payments and supplemental security income from the definition of "income" for the purposes of determining eligibility under the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE).

Matthew TitoneReal Property Taxation Committee

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A8613Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to aging

Provides for Alzheimer's detection, education and mapping program

Provides for alzheimer's detection, education and mapping program; promote screening and detection of alzheimer's, provide counseling services and mapping locations of alzheimer's in the state.

Matthew TitoneAging Committee

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A8612Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Establishes the office of risk assessment and management within the office of general services

Establishes the office of risk assessment and management within the office of general services to determine the state's potential exposure to liability for its acts and omissions; such office shall…

Matthew TitoneGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8610Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to energy

Provides incentives for energy conservation through voltage regulation

Provides incentives for energy conservation through voltage regulation; allows utility companies to recover lost revenue when installing voltage regulation devices.

Matthew TitoneEnergy Committee

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A8619Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Relates to hiring of police officers in the department of environmental conservation

Relates to hiring of police officers in the department of environmental conservation.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8623Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Relates to certain requirements under rental vehicle reimbursement coverage

Requires that rental vehicle reimbursement coverage provide the insured with a rental vehicle which is similar in size and which provides the same seating capacity as the vehicle for which the claim…

Jeffrey DinowitzInsurance Committee

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A8630Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to mental health

Directs the commissioner of mental hygiene to post information related to receiving treatment for addiction to narcotics

Directs the commissioner of mental hygiene to post information related to receiving treatment for addiction to narcotics.

Dean MurrayMental Health Committee

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S5891Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to local government

Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011

Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011 to permit municipalities to reassess property that has been damaged by a flood in counties in which a disaster has been declared.

John J. BonacicLocal Government Committee

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S5888Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to finance

Requires the state to pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government

Requires the state to pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government where the President has issued a disaster declaration in the…

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

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S5884Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Amends the definition of allowable college tuition expenses and establishes a new schedule of tax credits for allowable college tuition expenses

Amends the definition of allowable college tuition expenses and establishes a new schedule of tax credits for allowable college tuition expenses.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A8562Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item; makes criminal possession of an anti-security item…

Vanessa GibsonCodes Committee

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A8561Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"; criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes the crime of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise; relates to the authorization of…

Vanessa GibsonCodes Committee

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A8557AssemblyS5830· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to environmental conservation

Allows local governments to enact or enforce certain laws and ordinances relating to oil, gas and solution mining; repealer

Allows local governments to enact or enforce certain laws and ordinances relating to oil, gas and solution mining.

Barbara LiftonEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

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A8552Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Reduces the tax on motor fuel, the additional tax on motor fuel and the supplemental tax on motor fuel by a cumulative four percent over three years

Reduces the tax on motor fuel, the additional tax on motor fuel and the supplemental tax on motor fuel; suspends state sales and compensating use tax on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel from the…

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

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A8535Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Relates to financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person

Relates to establishing the crime of financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person and provides for civil liability for financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person.

Naomi RiveraCodes Committee

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A8537Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to insurance

Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations

Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations.

Dov HikindInsurance Committee

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A8525Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to approval of contracts with superintendents of schools

Requires two-thirds school board approval of contracts with superintendents of schools for salary or benefits.

Fred ThieleEducation Committee

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S5860SenateA8525· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to approval of contracts with superintendents of schools

Requires two-thirds school board approval of contracts with superintendents of schools for salary or benefits.

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation CommitteeEducation

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S5854Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in a city of one million or more located in the metropolitan commuter transportation district

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in a city of one million or more located in the metropolitan commuter transportation district; makes chapter amendment to S. 5825 and A. 8496 to extend provisions…

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A8514Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Ordered to third reading cal.297

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange which will facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans in the individual market in NY and will incorporate a small business health…

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

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S5849Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange

Establishes the New York Health Benefit Exchange which will facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans in the individual market in NY and will incorporate a small business health…

James L. SewardCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A8505Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Limits the amount of employer contributions to the state retirement system

Limits the amount of employer contributions to the state retirement system; authorizes an annual increase in employer contribution of the lesser of two percent or an inflation factor.

Thomas AbinantiGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8479Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to establishing an oil, gas or mineral land leases clearinghouse

Relates to establishing an oil, gas or mineral land leases clearinghouse.

Barbara LiftonGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8485Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to real property taxation

Requires oil, gas or mineral land lease to be recorded within thirty days of execution

Requires oil, gas or mineral land lease to be recorded within thirty days of execution.

Barbara LiftonReal Property Taxation Committee

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A8483Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Requires a certain statement to be included in all oil, gas or mineral leases

Requires a certain statement, to be printed in at least ten point bold type and included in all oil, gas or mineral leases which notifies the lessee of the potential effects of such lease.

Barbara LiftonJudiciary Committee

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