Co-sponsored bills

Enacts various provisions of law deemed necessary by the state including establishing a domestic violence fatality review team; and issues related to confidentiality

Establishes a domestic violence fatality review team; adds members to the advisory council on domestic violence (part A); prohibits certain persons from controlling the disposition of a decedent's…

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes the "tourism economic development fund" to be funded with revenue from the licensing of the "I Love NY" brand

Establishes the "tourism economic development fund" to be funded with revenue from the licensing of the "I Love NY" brand; moneys from such fund shall be appropriated for the promotion, attraction,…

Betty LittleVetoed

Vetoed

Establishes December third as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities"

Establishes December third as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities".

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to prescription drug reform; repealer

Enacts the Internet system for tracking over-prescribing (I-STOP) act and creates a prescription monitoring program registry (part A); relates to prescription drug forms, electronic prescribing and…

Andrew J. LanzaSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members

Relates to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members.

Mark GrisantiSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to adding a second non-voting member to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority

Adds a second non-voting member to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority who shall represent the transit dependent or disabled community.

George D. MaziarzSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes 2 or more municipalities to agree to annex territory

Authorizes the governing boards of two or more municipalities which have mutually agreed to study the annexation of territory to, by joint resolution, propose the annexation of such territory, as an…

Catharine YoungSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits bullying and cyberbullying in public schools

Prohibits bullying and cyberbullying in public schools.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring Nikolas Wallenda for his accomplishments as an American high-wire artist, acrobat and daredevil

George D. MaziarzAdopted

Adopted

Enables veterans to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license

Enables veterans to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

Gustavo RiveraRules Committee

Designates sweet corn as the state vegetable

Designates sweet corn as the state vegetable.

Michael F. NozzolioRules Committee

Relating to selectively cutting timber

Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities.

Catharine YoungRules Committee

Relates to persons designated as peace officers

Relates to persons designated as peace officers.

Mark GrisantiOn the Senate floor

Prohibits certain sex offenders from residing near school grounds

Prohibits certain sex offenders from residing within 1,350 feet of school grounds, except that in cities having a population of one million or more, no such sex offender may reside within 500 feet…

Michael F. NozzolioRules Committee

Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft and for a report on the economic impact thereof

Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft.

William J. Larkin Jr.Rules Committee

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid; establishes a defense of lack of knowledge of the content of such product

Prohibits sale or distribution of any product containing a synthetic cannabinoid; defines the chemical compounds which constitute a synthetic cannabinoid; imposes a civil penalty of not more than…

John J. FlanaganRules Committee

Establishes sex offender employment act; prohibits sex offenders from working with children

Relates to sex offender registry check for certain employers.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Rules Committee

Prohibits the employment of sex offenders in any position having substantial contact with children

Prohibits the employment of a sex offender in any position having substantial contact with children; defines "substantial contact" as any activity involving children; establishes criminal penalties…

George D. MaziarzRules Committee

Establishes offense for the electronic stalking of minors

Establishes offense for the electronic stalking of minors within the class A misdemeanor of stalking in the third degree; establishes offenses of criminal impersonation by electronic means; includes…

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Increases maximum income eligibility levels for real property tax exemptions for seniors

Increases maximum income eligibility levels for real property tax exemptions for seniors.

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

Mourning the death of civil rights and labor pioneer Dr. Annie B. Martin

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Commending Kaitlin Monte for her many outstanding achievements and accomplishments, and for bringing pride to the State of New York

Jeffrey D. KleinAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 2012 as Caribbean American Heritage Month in the State of New York

John L. SampsonAdopted

Adopted

Honoring the Borinqueneers, the only Hispanic-segregated unit in United States military history

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting

Enacts "Alix's law"; relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it; also relates to operating a vehicle while under the influences of alcohol or drugs.

Patrick M. GallivanTransportation Committee

Enacts "Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders

Enacts "Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special 900 telephone number; requires the…

Joseph A. GriffoCorrection Committee

Relates to preemption of local laws; repealer

Relates to preemption of local law.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Agriculture Committee

Enacts the "foreclosure fraud prevention act of 2012"

Enacts "the foreclosure fraud prevention act of 2012"; creates the crimes of residential mortgage foreclosure fraud in the first and second degrees.

Stephen M. SalandRules Committee

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators

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…

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

Establishes the Shop: Pride of New York program for food sellers which sell foods produced in New York state

Establishes the Shop: Pride of New York program for food sellers which sell foods produced in New York state.

David CarlucciFinance Committee

Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

James S. AlesiEducation Committee

Relates to eligibility for state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning

Relates to eligibility for state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning; provides that a former two-year institution may elect to continue to receive associate level degree…

Mark GrisantiOn the Senate floor

Exempts contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

Exempts contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions.

Mark GrisantiLabor Committee

Establishes mandatory reporting of alleged incidents of abuse, mistreatment or neglect of residents in assisted living and adult care facilities

Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of…

James S. AlesiFinance Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim November 2012, as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Toby Ann StaviskyAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Munich 11 tragedy and honoring the memory of the 11 Israeli athletes during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

David StorobinAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 202nd Anniversary of Colombia's Declaration of Independence

José PeraltaAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

Roy J. McDonaldAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Anthony Mancinelli upon the occasion of holding the Guinness World Record for oldest practicing barber

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Honoring the veterans participating in Honor Flight by the Hudson Valley Chapter of Honor Flight

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Honoring Erik Divan and Daniel O'Neill of Riverhead High School upon the occasion of winning the 2012 SRAA National Rowing Championship

Kenneth P. LaValleAdopted

Adopted

Allows certain police and firefighters to participate in an optional 20 year retirement plan in certain circumstances

Provides that an individual who became a tier III or a tier V member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system between July 1, 2009 and March 31, 2012 and whose employer has…

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, allowing children of military families to achieve educational success by facilitating smoother transfers between…

Michael H. RanzenhoferEducation Committee

Provides that a tanning facility shall not permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons sixteen years of age and under

Provides that a tanning facility shall not permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons sixteen years of age and under.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.On the Senate floor

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to cooperate with municipalities in establishing adopt-a-park programs

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to cooperate with municipalities in establishing adopt-a-park programs; municipalities may enter into agreements with…

Mark GrisantiOn the Senate floor

Eliminates the requirement that persons 65 years of age or older, who are eligible for real property tax exemption, annually reapply for such exemption

Eliminates the requirement that persons 65 years of age or older, who are eligible for a real property tax exemption, annually reapply for such exemption.

Kemp HannonAging Committee

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.

Michael F. NozzolioFinance Committee

Congratulating Johan Santana of the New York Mets upon the occasion of pitching the first no-hitter in Mets' history

Martin J. GoldenAdopted

Adopted