Sponsored bills

Honoring Audrey B. Eadie for 10 years of ceaseless, dedicated service to the North Bronx National Council of Negro Women Child Development Center

Carl HeastieAdopted

Adopted

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in certain circumstances

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in certain circumstances.

Carl HeastieRules Committee

Establishes a demonstration program to prevent influenza

Establishes a demonstration program to prevent influenza.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course.

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in…

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

Authorizes NYC to issue new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities

Authorizes NYC to issue new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities; authorizes New York City to issue 18,000 hail taxicab licenses; generally relates to…

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs; relates to applicable terms and conditions of participating mail order or other non-retail pharmacy.

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to obtaining best value for purchase contracts

Enacts a chapter amendment relating to obtaining the best value for contracts for public work and purchase contracts.

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides public and private employees right to review personnel file

Provides public and private employees right to review personnel file.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program on personal income tax forms

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program fund on personal income tax forms; establishes the gifts to the tuition assistance program fund.

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

Relates to the tax on taxicab rides in N.Y. city 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…

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for tinnitus testing and treatment

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for tinnitus testing and treatment.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

Includes tobacco dependence treatments as covered services for certain insureds, policyholders or enrollees

Includes tobacco dependence treatments as covered services for certain insureds, policyholders or enrollees.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

Authorizes the public sale of taxicab licenses in the city of New York

Authorizes the public sale of taxicab licenses in the city of New York.

Carl HeastieCities Committee

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

Requires retail food stores in N.Y. city to have alternative power sources

Requires retail food stores in cities having a population of one million or more to have alternative power sources.

Carl HeastieAgriculture Committee

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225 and extends the authorization for such program

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225 and extends the authorization for such program.

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

Relates to the NYC transit authority on-track and surface omnibus safety program

Relates to the NYC transit authority on-track and surface omnibus safety program.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"; authorizes licensed cashers of checks to provide short-term loans under certain circumstances.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

Requires non-profit organizations to file statements regarding contributions they receive over ten thousand dollars

Requires non-profit organizations to file statements with the attorney general regarding contributions they receive over ten thousand dollars.

Carl HeastieElection Law Committee

Requires banks to disclose negative consequences of establishing alternative payment schedule on a loan

Requires banks to disclose any negative consequences of establishing an alternative payment schedule on a loan.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

Requires notaries public to provide evidence of identity for a notarial act and maintain an official journal of notarial acts

Requires notary publics to provide evidence of identity for a notarial act and maintain an official journal of notarial acts.

Carl HeastieGovernmental Operations Committee

Creates a felony possession of a firearm registration act

Creates a felony possession of a firearm registration act; provides that persons who are convicted of sections 265.02, 265.03 or 265.04 of the penal law have a duty to register with the division of…

Carl HeastieCorrection Committee

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides that N.Y. city shall require qualified manholes to contain locking devices

Provides that cities with a population of one million or more shall require qualified manholes to contain locking devices.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

Establishes a twenty-four hour toll-free statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession of a weapon

Establishes a twenty-four hour toll-free statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession of a weapon.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

Directs the regents to ensure that a course in the use of the stock market is included during grades nine through twelve

Directs the regents to ensure that a course in the use of the stock market is included during grades nine through twelve; course to include investment concept, savings and relationship to the…

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle safety and awareness component, and the driver's license examination to include questions

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle awareness and safety component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle awareness and…

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy

Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy when insurer fails to make timely payment; such failure of…

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

Provides for penalties for third parties designated by employers who fail to file reports or fail to keep records of accidents

Provides for penalties for third parties designated by employers who fail to file reports or fail to keep records of accidents.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state; defines salvia divinorum; sets penalties for sale and provides a defense.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

Requires timely payments and interest in the event that payments are untimely to contractors

Requires timely payments and interest in the event that payments are untimely to contractors.

Carl HeastieConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Establishes a commission to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons

Establishes a commission to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

Carl HeastieCorrection Committee

Relates to New York city livery permits and increases the amount of taxicabs designed to foster increased access and mobility to persons with disabilities

Provides for a greater amount of taxicabs serving the city of New York that are designed to foster increased access and mobility to persons with disabilities; and establishes a task force on areas…

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits health insurers from requiring insureds purchase prescribed drugs from mail order pharmacy

Prohibits health insurers from requiring the insured purchase prescribed drugs from a mail order pharmacy or pay a co-payment fee when such purchases are not made from a mail order pharmacy if a…

Carl HeastieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to obtaining best value for contracts for purchase contracts

Relates to obtaining the best value for contracts for public work and purchase contracts.

Carl HeastieOn the Assembly floor

Congratulating the Monroe College Women's Basketball Team upon the occasion of capturing the 2011 NJCAA Division II National Championship

Carl HeastieAdopted

Adopted