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531 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
Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote.
Enacts the "voting rights act" to prohibit the establishment of an at-large election district in a political subdivision which would impair representation of a protected class of voters.
Provides for the phase-out on varying time schedules of state use of various categories of pesticides on state property; does not apply to certain antimicrobial pesticides; requires the department…
Requires that gaps in services to the multiply disabled be identified and filled in the statewide goals and objectives of the offices of the department of mental hygiene; requires the statewide…
Prohibits, for elections after September 1, 2013, the at large election of members of town and village legislative bodies; requires county boards of elections to establish wards for such elections;…
Establishes mental health parity in the family health plus program.
Makes technical corrections to provisions relating to the review of eligible federally qualified health center capital projects.
Signed into law
Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide.
Signed into law
Relates to the powers of chairman and members of the state liquor authority.
Signed into law
Relates to requirements for pet dealers for the care and sale of cats and dogs; requires the implementation of an appropriate plan for the exercise of animals in their possession.
Signed into law
Authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance certain facilities of Xavier High School in New York City.
Relates to election canvass procedures; removes certain provisions relating to return of canvass.
Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automatic people moving devices and creates…
Enacts the voter friendly ballot act of 2012.
Relates to payment of independent contractors and authorizes the department of labor to investigate complaints, make claims for compensation, assess liquid damages, civil penalties and criminal…
Relates to the disqualification of tax delinquent bidders with some exceptions; provides that no agency shall be permitted to enter into a contract with a bidder or subcontractor who has an…
Creates state liquor authority community liaisons to act between the state liquor authority and community boards of the city of New York; requires the community boards to be given at least sixty…
Mandates a study of energy-efficient and sustainable forms of power to replace power generated by Indian Point units 2 and 3.
Prohibits the possession, sale, offering for sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.
Directs the commissioner of health to establish a schedule of fees for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners used by residents of adult homes, enriched housing programs and residences…
Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any…
Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes.
Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement and…
Relates to the composition of boards of elections.
Relates to making the provisions governing liquor licenses consistent with respect to public interest factors.
Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified…
Relates to the functioning of the port authority as an open, transparent and accountable interstate public authority.
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…
Provides that an owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit who commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's…
Prohibits rental car companies from discriminating on the basis of the geographical location of the residence of the person attempting to enter into the rental agreement; prohibits imposing of…
Creates a temporary state commission on personal privacy, in light of the rapid advancement of technology in recent years, and provides for its powers, functions and duties; provides that said…
Provides for a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies course in obstetrics or midwifery.
Prohibits the procurement of human body parts for use in human transplantation except as provided by law; requires that procurement of body parts be performed only at registered facilities and…
Requires children under the age of eighteen to wear protective headgear while skiing or snowboarding; imposes civil fines for violations thereof; applies safety in skiing code requirements to…
Relates to the construction of certain facilities for the New York city housing authority.
Relates to the commercial display of human remains; requires the department of health to implement a permit process for anyone displaying human remains for payment or other consideration; exempts…
Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes…
Relates to the appointment and qualifications of members of rent boards.
Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats.
Relates to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord; limits a landlord's ability to take possession of units for their own primary residence, permit recovery of only one unit, and…
Permits the declaration of an emergency pursuant to the EMTPA for rental housing accommodations located in buildings covered by a project based assistance contract pursuant to section 8 of the…
Relates to alternative hardship applications for properties subject to the rent stabilization code.
Limits the amount of rent increase after the vacancy of a housing accommodation.
Establishes a methodology for determining major capital improvements (MCI) rent surcharges based on a seven year schedule; provides that such MCI's shall be calculated as a rent surcharge and shall…
Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.
Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments in NYC and Westchester and Nassau counties; suspends operations of the maximum base rent program.
Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling…
Provides for the regulation of the licensure and practice of immigration providers by the department of state in order to protect immigrants from exploitation.
Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of electric lamps that contain mercury in excess of specified amounts; provides exceptions and fines for violations.
Establishes the New York state automatic identification technology privacy task force, to consist of: the superintendent of the department of financial services, the secretary of state, the…
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