Co-sponsored bills

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); repealer

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); transfers the monies saved to the state university of New York and the city university of New…

Peter RiveraStricken

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state.

Francisco MoyaHigher Education Committee

Relates to charitable bail organizations

Relates to charitable bail organizations; authorizes the superintendent to issue certificates to a charitable bail organization to deposit money as bail under certain circumstances.

Jeffrion AubrySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the the exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards; repealer

Relates to the the exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards; relates to a partial abatement of real property taxes for…

Vito LopezWays And Means Committee

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

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.

Jeffrion AubryRules Committee

Enhances the criminal penalties for assaulting certain employees of a local social services district while in the performance of their duties

Enhances the criminal penalties for assaulting certain employees of a local social services district while in the performance of their duties; elevates it to assault in the second degree, a class D…

Peter RiveraOn the Assembly floor

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household's temporary increase in income.

Linda RosenthalAging Committee

Enacts the "safe patient handling act"

Enacts the safe patient handling act to establish a statewide safe patient handling policy for health care facilities in the state; creates the New York state safe patient handling work group.

Aileen GuntherHealth Committee

Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property

Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property.

Vito LopezCodes Committee

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

Hakeem JeffriesOn the Assembly floor

Relates to small business revolving loan funds

Relates to small business revolving loan funds.

William ScarboroughSmall Business Committee

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate; repealer

Establishes the independent office of child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of legal rights for youth in juvenile justice facilities; repeals certain provisions relating to the…

Barbara ClarkSocial Services Committee

Establishes the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program

Establishes the "Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program", requiring the department of health, in consultation with the office of the medicaid inspector general and the…

Naomi RiveraHealth Committee

Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance

Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance; exempts distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

Extends until July 1, 2015, the expiration of the authorization to the New York Zoological Society to offer a free one day admission to the zoological park

Extends from July 1, 2012 until July 1, 2015, the expiration of the authorization to the New York Zoological Society to offer a free one day admission to the zoological park.

Jose RiveraOn the Assembly floor

Creates the New York DREAM fund commission and makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a taxpayer identification number

Creates the New York DREAM fund commission, which shall be committed to advancing the educational opportunities of children of immigrants through scholarship programs that provide assistance with…

Francisco MoyaHigher Education Committee

Requires school district to provide supplemental educational services (independent tutors) to low-income students in failing schools

Requires school districts to provide supplemental education services (independent tutors) to low-income students in failing schools.

Karim CamaraEducation Committee

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes or when such service or worship is deemed not disruptive of normal…

Nelson CastroEducation Committee

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse and the sealing of records; repealer

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse of persons receiving care and services in residential health care facilities and the sealing of records where the commissioner of…

Joan MillmanAging Committee

Relates to extending the effectiveness of the New York state infrastructure fund

Extends provisions relating to mortgage pool insurance.

Hakeem JeffriesHousing Committee

Relates to providing health insurance coverage to domestic partners of insured persons

Requires insurers providing family health insurance coverage to offer coverage for the domestic partner of an insured person according to qualification standards to be adopted by the superintendent.

Daniel O'DonnellInsurance Committee

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse and the sealing of records; repealer

Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse of persons receiving care and services in residential health care facilities and the sealing of records where the commissioner of…

Jeffrey DinowitzStricken

Makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number

Makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number.

Francisco MoyaGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency to an increase in certain bond and note authorizations

Relates to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency to increase certain bond and note authorizations and extends to July 23, 2013 certain other finance powers of the HFA.

Vanessa GibsonHousing Committee

Establishes the online voter registration act of 2011

Establishes the online voter registration act of 2011 providing for online voter registration.

Charles LavineElection Law Committee

Provides benefits for injury, sickness, pregnancy or family leave

Provides workers' compensation benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or family leave; applies to an employee and to family members taking family leave to care for an employee.

Catherine NolanLabor Committee

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability;…

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Enacts the "Stony Brook university quality higher education and economic development act"

Enacts the "Stony Brook university quality higher education and economic development act".

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools

Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools; exempts buildings that have replaced…

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program.

Harvey WeisenbergBanks Committee

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

Creates requirment for MTA to refund monies on all expired pay-per-ride metrocards

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to transfer any remaining money on an expired pay-per-ride MetroCard to a new MetroCard, and enacting certain other technical provisions.

Jeffrey DinowitzCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Enacts the automobile fraud prevention act of 2011

Enacts the automobile fraud prevention act of 2011.

Joseph MorelleInsurance Committee

Relates to removing certain requirements for absentee voting; repealer

Relates to removing certain requirements for absentee voting.

Charles LavineElection Law Committee

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Amends the education law, in relation to adjusting the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York

Adjusts the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York; requires adjustment to reflect the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York-Northern New…

Linda RosenthalEducation Committee

Establishes health care organization accountability for delay, failure or refusal to approve, provide, arrange or timely pay for certain health care services

Provides for accountability of "health care organizations" (i.e., entities, other than a health care provider, that approve, provide, arrange for or pay for health care services, including a health…

Richard GottfriedJudiciary Committee

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

Imposes additional tax on certain food and drink items, and imposes a tax on video games, commercials, and movies

Imposes additional tax on certain food and drink items, and imposes a tax on video games, commercials, and movies.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D; authorizes the commissioner of health to create a system to incorporate co-payments billed to a recipient under Medicare Part D…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Relates to preliminary procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants

Relates to procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants; defines abandoned infant; sets forth preliminary procedures; and provides for sustaining or dismissing a petition…

Amy PaulinJudiciary Committee

Provides for health insurance and supplemental benefits to retirees of the New York city off track betting corporation

Provides for health insurance and supplemental benefits to retirees of the New York city off track betting corporation.

Peter AbbateVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to requiring reports by state agencies relating to certain grants and expenditures made to community based organizations

Requires reports by state agencies relating to certain grants and expenditures made to community based organizations; requires listing by zip code of such grants.

Inez BarronOn the Assembly floor

Extends various chapters relating to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the New York state mortgage agency

Extends various chapters relating to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the New York state mortgage agency.

Vito LopezOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the application and effective date of chapter 199 of the laws of 2008

Relates to the application and effectiveness of provisions of the private housing finance law relating to the low income housing trust fund program.

Vito LopezOn the Assembly floor

Extends the expiration of provisions authorizing the imposition of a required fee at the New York Botanical Garden

Extends the expiration of provisions authorizing the imposition of a required fee at the New York Botanical Garden until 2015.

Jose RiveraOn the Assembly floor