Sponsored bills

Relates to adoptions from a foreign country

Relates to adoptions from a foreign country.

Charles LavineSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide.

Charles LavineSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides additional health services and employment benefits for veterans

Provides additional benefits for veterans; provides for services and counseling related to post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries; requires reports to the legislature concerning the…

Charles LavineVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to establishing the repowering and local mitigation fund

Relates to establishing the repowering and local mitigation fund for payments to certain electric generating facilities.

Charles LavineWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the town

Authorizes the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the town.

Charles LavineSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to regulations for indoor air quality in ice skating rinks using ice resurfacing equipment

Requires operators of ice arenas in which a resurfacing machine is used to have a certificate of acceptable air quality for the ice arena.

Charles LavineHealth Committee

Authorizes the city of Glen Cove to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the city

Authorizes the city of Glen Cove to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the city.

Charles LavineOn the Assembly floor

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

Charles LavineAdopted

Adopted

Relates to permitting financing by the Nassau county interim finance authority for the benefit of the Nassau county health care corporation

Relates to permitting financing by the Nassau county interim finance authority for the benefit of the Nassau county health care corporation.

Charles LavineCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to an exemption to certain provisions of law relating to risk-based capital for property/casualty insurance companies; repealer

Exempts medical malpractice insurance companies from provisions of law relating to the risk based financial standards applying to all property casualty insurance companies until December 31, 2016;…

Charles LavineOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the real property exemption for certain portions of property owned by veterans' organizations

Authorizes municipalities to extend the real property exemption for property owned by veterans' organizations to portions of the property which are used by entities which are not entitled to the…

Charles LavineRules Committee

Relates to laboratory testing and sample analysis of mineral resources

Requires that laboratory testing and sample analysis of mineral resources which are required by the commissioner of health shall be done at approved laboratories.

Charles LavineOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the determination of overpayment recovery amounts for health care providers

Provides that a health plan shall not determine an overpayment recovery amount against a health care provider through the use of extrapolation, except where there is evidence of fraud or intentional…

Charles LavineInsurance Committee

Relates to the adoption registry

Relates to the adoption registry; permits applications from persons born outside the state but adopted within the state.

Charles LavineOn the Assembly floor

Requires reimbursement for surgical first assistant services

Requires reimbursement for surgical first assistant services.

Charles LavineWays And Means Committee

Provides that the disposition of a future estate not subject to a condition precedent vests per stirpes

Relates to the disposition to issue or brothers and sisters of testator not to lapse and the application to class dispositions.

Charles LavineJudiciary Committee

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database.

Charles LavineCodes Committee

Relates to alternative institutional support programs for school districts

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts.

Charles LavineEducation Committee

Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum

Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum.

Charles LavineElections Committee

Regulates claims settlement communications between liability insurers and unrepresented claimants

Regulates claims settlement communications between liability insurers and unrepresented claimants.

Charles LavineInsurance Committee

Prohibits creditors from seeking debts in facilities licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law

Prohibits creditors from seeking debts in facilities licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law.

Charles LavineConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to vision testing of students for hyperopia within six months of admission to the school

Requires that all students who enroll in a school of this state shall be vision tested for hyperopia within six months of admission to school.

Charles LavineEducation Committee

Relates to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware

Relates to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware.

Charles LavineEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to accept an application from the Locust Valley Water District for a real property tax exemption

Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to accept an application for exemption from real property tax for the Locust Valley water district for a certain parcel of land located in the town of Oyster…

Charles LavineReal Property Taxation Committee

Provides that requirements to report wage information to employees may be waived for employers deemed to pose a lower risk of underpayment of wages

Provides that requirements to report wage information to employees may be waived for employers deemed to pose a lower risk of underpayment of wages, provided that an employee may request a copy of…

Charles LavineLabor Committee

Relates to physical assault of a process server

Provides that physical assault of a process server is assault in the second degree.

Charles LavineCodes Committee

Requires that three percent of all state contracts be procured to veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses

Requires that three percent of all state contracts be procured to veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned.

Charles LavineVeterans' Affairs Committee

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises.

Charles LavineVeterans' Affairs Committee

Requires inmates incarcerated for a class A-I felony, requesting a delay of their parole hearing, to submit such request to the state board of parole

Requires inmates incarcerated for a class A-I felony, requesting a delay of their parole hearing, to submit such request to the state board of parole.

Charles LavineCorrection Committee

Relates to community benefits agreements

Relates to community benefits agreements; places the benefit at the discretion of the applicant.

Charles LavineLocal Governments Committee

Requires general hospitals to establish policies/procedures regarding domestic violence; to establish training programs; to designate staff to coordinate services

Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates…

Charles LavineHealth Committee

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age.

Charles LavineCodes Committee

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes; includes instances where defendant pleads not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps.

Charles LavineVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to small business regulation guides

Relates to providing information and assistance to small businesses to prevent common regulatory violations.

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes the state internship database

Establishes the state internship database; requires the commissioner of the department of labor to establish and maintain a database on the department's website of all internship opportunities…

Charles LavineLabor Committee

Provides for payment of restitution for certain offenses committed where no other victim is seeking restitution and the municipality has expended funds

Provides for payment of restitution for certain offenses committed where no other victim is seeking restitution and the municipality has expended funds for the purpose of rehabilitation or clean-up…

Charles LavineCodes Committee

Commending Dr. Shetal I. Shah for his many years of dedicated service and his professional achievements in the service of children's health

Charles LavineAdopted

Adopted

Permits interior designers to enter into joint enterprise or partnership of a design corporation

Permits interior designers to enter into joint enterprise or partnership of a design corporation.

Charles LavineCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to temporarily serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence.

Charles LavineJudiciary Committee

Relates to electronic prescribing software

Relates to requirements for electronic prescribing software under the medical assistance program; prohibits the use of advertising or messaging in such software, requires such software to include a…

Charles LavineHigher Education Committee

Increases the sanctions for underage drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated

Increases the sanctions for underage drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated; dedicates fines to a fund for the purposes of funding education programs detailing the effects of driving while…

Charles LavineTransportation Committee

Relates to the distribution of the state register; repealer

Relates to the distribution of the state register; requires the department of state make available at no cost an online version of the weekly state register, quarterly index and any special issues…

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations 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

Relates to the enforcement of violations

Prohibits state agencies from imposing or suggesting any enforcement quotas or from using quotas as a reward to evaluation method.

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Streamlines regulatory analysis documents

Streamlines regulatory analysis documents.

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to electronic permit applications and electronic recordkeeping

Relates to electronic permit applications and electronic recordkeeping.

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon act

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon act to prevent contractors who have violated certain labor provisions on federal work projects from bidding on or being…

Charles LavineLabor Committee