Bills by

David Gantt

Assembly Member

38 bills as co-sponsorProfile and scorecard →

2011-2012 session

Co-sponsored bills

38 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

A9666Assembly· Signed Dec 17, 2012· Signed chap.504
Designates security services officers of the University of Rochester as peace officers
Designates security services officers of the University of Rochester as peace officers.
Harry B. BronsonSigned by Governor
Signed into law
ImpactPending
OutcomeSigned into law
A10545Assembly· Signed Jul 18, 2012· Signed chap.177
Repeals section 71-c of the navigation law, relating to capacity plates
Relates to the repeal of section 71-c of the navigation law, relating to capacity plates.
N. Nick PerrySigned by Governor
Signed into law

A10512Assembly· Moved Jun 21, 2012· Reported referred to rules

Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics; repealer

Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics.

William MagnarelliRules Committee

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A10149Assembly· Moved Jun 20, 2012· Referred to rules

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment within the health care and wellness education and outreach program

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment, especially among children and adolescents, within the health care and wellness education and outreach program of the…

Peter RiveraRules Committee

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A10298Assembly· Moved Jun 18, 2012· Substituted by s6715

Relates to roundabouts and makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to lane-use control signal indications, circular intersections and RR crossings

Relates to roundabouts and makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to lane-use control signal indications, circular intersections and railroad grade crossings.

Nelson CastroOn the Assembly floor

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A7860Assembly· Moved Jun 18, 2012· Reported referred to ways and means

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan and makes an appropriation to the temporary commission on implementation of the plan

Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents: provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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A1008Assembly· Moved Jun 6, 2012· Ordered to third reading rules cal.42

Prohibits possession of certain condoms as evidence

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting…

Barbara ClarkOn the Assembly floor

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A655Assembly· Moved Jun 5, 2012· Reported referred to rules

Requires health care providers to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment, services that provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk thereof

Requires health care providers (i.e., an entity licensed/certified under certain articles of the public health law or the mental hygiene law, a health care practitioner licensed/registered/certified…

Richard GottfriedRules Committee

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A10125Assembly· Moved Jun 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with…

Marcos CrespoTransportation Committee

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A6477Assembly· Moved May 8, 2012· Referred to transportation

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases; makes limited exceptions.

Sandy GalefTransportation Committee

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A7569Assembly· Moved Apr 18, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to education

Permits the parents of pupils attending a persistently lowest-achieving school to choose an education intervention model

Creates the parent empowerment pilot program which permits the parents of pupils attending a persistently lowest-achieving school to choose an education intervention model.

Crystal Peoples-StokesEducation Committee

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A2288Assembly· Moved Apr 18, 2012· Referred to finance

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic…

Keith L.T. WrightFinance Committee

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A8326Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Establishes the safe drivers act of 2011 relating to the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle

Establishes the safe drivers act of 2011 relating to the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle; relates to accident prevention courses and penalties for driving while…

Harvey WeisenbergTransportation Committee

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A8077Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental employees

Requires the use of fire insurance taxes to pay for health and dental insurance benefits for firefighters in the city of Rochester

Requires the use of fire insurance taxes to pay for health and dental insurance benefits for firefighters in the city of Rochester.

Joseph MorelleGovernmental Employees Committee

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A5004Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to labor

Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol

Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol within three hours of such discharge; establishes…

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

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A4702Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to children and families

Requires the furnishing of pre-school day care for children at public expense

Provides state funding for pre-school and kindergarten programs which are operated by day care centers.

Vito LopezChildren And Families Committee

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A3906Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Authorizes the SUNY chancellor to remove the trustees of community colleges and establishes removal procedure

Authorizes the SUNY chancellor to remove the trustees of community colleges and establishes removal procedure.

Joseph MorelleHigher Education Committee

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A3085Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides for the abolishment of the Monroe county water authority; repealer

Provides for the abolishment of the Monroe county water authority.

Joseph MorelleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2798Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established under the human rights law.

Rhoda JacobsGovernmental Operations Committee

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A2659Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to judiciary

Authorizes certain people to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license

Authorizes certain military personnel to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license.

Joseph MorelleJudiciary Committee

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A2548Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to codes

Prohibits the sale of ammunition without proof of a firearm license

Prohibits the sale of handgun ammunition to any person unless the person can produce proof of a firearm license; defines "ammunition"; imposes a civil penalty of between $500 and $1,000 for each…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

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A2341Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent; applies to the corporation tax, franchise tax on business corporations, personal income tax, franchise tax on…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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A2292Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to higher education

Establishes a teacher preparation program to strengthen education opportunities available to children in low income areas

Establishes a teacher preparation program to train and retrain teachers to prepare them for teaching assignments in areas having concentrations of low-income families; provides that the commissioner…

Barbara ClarkHigher Education Committee

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A974Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home"

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home".

Crystal Peoples-StokesTransportation Committee

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A808Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program through the department of health to be a comprehensive age-appropriate program conducted by an eligible applicant; authorizes the…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A661Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to health

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

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A562Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Establishes the "say yes to education demonstration program"

Establishes a demonstration program in the city school district of the city of Syracuse and in up to five other cities with a population of less than one million.

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

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A308Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies; defines terms; provides that on and after January 1, 2012, one hundred percent of all new light-duty vehicles purchased by…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

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A172Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to transportation

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of…

Kevin CahillTransportation Committee

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A22Assembly· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Referred to education

Enacts the "New York YouthBuild demonstration program"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; creates YouthBuild Inter-agency board, sets program requirements; authorizes the nine member board to make grants to eligible YouthBuild participants and…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

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A8233Assembly· Moved Jun 7, 2011· Referred to transportation

Relates to registering for the department of health's donate life registry when applying for a driver's license

Relates to registering for the department of health's donate life registry when applying for a driver's license.

Mike SpanoTransportation Committee

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A5007Assembly· Moved Apr 20, 2011· Enacting clause stricken

Enacts "Nixzmary Brown's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; repealer

Enacts "Nixzmary Brown's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall…

Nettie MayersohnStricken

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A2437Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2011· Enacting clause stricken

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Harvey WeisenbergStricken

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David Gantt

Co-sponsored bills

Designates security services officers of the University of Rochester as peace officers

Repeals section 71-c of the navigation law, relating to capacity plates

Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics; repealer

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment within the health care and wellness education and outreach program

Relates to roundabouts and makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to lane-use control signal indications, circular intersections and RR crossings

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan and makes an appropriation to the temporary commission on implementation of the plan

Relates to discovery requirements and procedures; repealer

Prohibits possession of certain condoms as evidence

Requires health care providers to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment, services that provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk thereof

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases

Permits the parents of pupils attending a persistently lowest-achieving school to choose an education intervention model

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Greater Rochester Area Partnership for the Elderly

Establishes the safe drivers act of 2011 relating to the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle

Requires the use of fire insurance taxes to pay for health and dental insurance benefits for firefighters in the city of Rochester

Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol

Requires the furnishing of pre-school day care for children at public expense

Authorizes the SUNY chancellor to remove the trustees of community colleges and establishes removal procedure

Relates to qualified trusts and qualified reserve credits; repealer

Provides for the abolishment of the Monroe county water authority; repealer

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established

Authorizes certain people to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license

Prohibits the sale of ammunition without proof of a firearm license

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent

Establishes a teacher preparation program to strengthen education opportunities available to children in low income areas

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home"

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments

Establishes the "say yes to education demonstration program"

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

Enacts the "New York YouthBuild demonstration program"; appropriation

Relates to the use of portable electronic devices

Relates to registering for the department of health's donate life registry when applying for a driver's license

Enacts "Nixzmary Brown's Law" to establish the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; repealer

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device