Co-sponsored bills

Relates to determining safe and adequate service

Provides that a gas or electrical corporation shall not consider the demand used by a volunteer fire company in responding to emergencies when calculating demand charges for the purposes of…

Kevin CahillVetoed

Vetoed

Provides that a web site administrator shall remove any comments posted upon request unless the poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post

Provides that a web site administrator shall remove any comments posted upon request unless the poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post.

Dean MurrayGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes municipalities and districts thereof to contract for certain goods and services jointly with the state or other municipalities

Authorizes municipalities and districts thereof to contract for goods and services jointly with the state or other municipalities.

Addie JenneOn the Assembly floor

Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the United Way of the Southern Tier

Christopher FriendAdopted

Adopted

Increases the reimbursement cap for districts from $30,000 to $60,000

Increases the reimbursement cap for districts from $30,000 to $60,000.

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

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…

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "public assistance integrity act" to prohibit sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products or lottery tickets with public assistance benefits

Enacts the "public assistance integrity act" to prohibit the sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products or lottery tickets with public assistance benefits; prohibits the use of public…

George LatimerSocial Services Committee

Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries

Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries; directs the release of the name, birthdate and date of death of such patients 50 years after the date of death.

Harvey WeisenbergMental Health Committee

Adds the Seneca Lake scenic byway into the state scenic byways system

Adds the Seneca Lake scenic byway into the state scenic byways system.

Brian KolbOn the Assembly floor

Relates to creating the "innovators corps" within the executive department to identify and encourage the growth of technology businesses in New York state

Creates the "innovators corps" within the executive department as a research group whose purpose shall be to identify and encourage the growth of technology businesses in New York state, the primary…

Brian KolbGovernmental Operations Committee

Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth

Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth.

Brian KolbGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes the New York business incubator network

Establishes the New York business incubator network.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Requires the state to pass enabling legislation before entering into any compact, program or other legal agreement with any other state

Requires the state to pass enabling legislation before entering into any compact, program or other legal agreement with any other state.

Christopher FriendGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the BizBoom program act which provides a tax exempt benefit to new businesses relocating to or starting up a new business in New York

Enacts the "BizBoom program act" which provides a tax exempt benefit to new businesses relocating to or starting up a new business in New York.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Establishes high-tech worker-NY

Establishes high-tech worker-NY.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Establishes a tax credit for patent fees

Establishes a tax credit for patent fees.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Enacts Retain-NY by implementing tuition tax credits and increasing the amount of an allowable deduction

Enacts Retain-NY by implementing tuition tax credits and increasing the amount of an allowable deduction.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Establishes Work-NY by implementing tax credits for various businesses; repealer

Establishes Work-NY by implementing tax credits for various businesses.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Enacts Invest-NY by implementing various tax benefits for businesses

Enacts Invest-NY by implementing various tax benefits for businesses.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Relates to prohibiting sex offenders from entering or utilizing campgrounds

Relates to prohibiting sex offenders from entering or utilizing campgrounds.

Janet DupreyCorrection Committee

Increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole shall be determined

Increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole shall be determined.

Fred ThieleCorrection Committee

Expands the residential-commercial exemption program to include any municipality regardless of the population of the county in which it is located

Expands the residential-commercial exemption program to include any municipality regardless of the population of the county in which it is located.

Michelle SchimelReal Property Taxation Committee

Exempts qualifying residential real property from taxation for active duty service members

Exempts qualifying residential real property from taxation for active duty service members.

Daniel BurlingReal Property Taxation Committee

Prohibits cyber-bullying

Enacts provisions to ensure that NYS public schools are safe and free from cyber-bullying.

Jane CorwinStricken

Relates to the Medicaid reimbursement rate for counties in calendar year 2012 and each succeeding calendar year

Relates to the Medicaid reimbursement rate for counties in calendar year 2012 and each succeeding calendar year; reduces the annual increase over the prior year's trend factor to the lesser of 2% or…

Andrew GoodellStricken

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use and authorizing random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use; authorizes random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Relating to establishing the patriot family support fund and providing for tax exempt contributions made to such fund by an income tax return check off box

Relates to establishing the patriot family support fund and enabling for tax exempt contributions to be made to such fund by providing for an income tax return check off box.

Stephen HawleyWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present.

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides a tax exemption for certain tax bills paid by members of volunteer fire companies or volunteer ambulance services

Provides a tax exemption for a portion of the value of the tax bill for a jurisdiction to be paid by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers within certain counties to the extent of…

Andrew RaiaStricken

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2012, as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

James ConteAdopted

Adopted

Requires the department of labor to notify all employers of certain requirements for hiring persons receiving unemployment benefits

Requires the department of labor to notify all employers of certain requirements for hiring persons receiving unemployment benefits.

Clifford CrouchLabor Committee

Requires fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions including identifying a source of funding for the annual cost of the legislation

Requires fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions including identifying a source of funding for the annual cost of the legislation.

Dean MurrayGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires a three year moratorium on unfunded mandates from the legislature; repeals existing unfunded mandates

Requires a three year moratorium on unfunded mandates from the legislature; invalidates legislation that does not contain a detailed fiscal note identifying a funding source for certain costs to a…

Dean MurrayLocal Governments Committee

Establishes the GrowNY pilot program, an economic gardening pilot program within the department of economic development

Establishes the GrowNY pilot program, an economic gardening pilot program within the department of economic development to stimulate investment in the state economy by providing technical assistance…

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish

Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state.

Aileen GuntherJudiciary Committee

Provides for initiative and referendum petitions for electors

Establishes an initiative and referendum process so that voters are able to bring issues to the state legislature for consideration; defines the term "initiative" as the power of the electors to…

Brian KolbJudiciary Committee

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall; empowers the electors with the ability to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution, to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes;…

Brian KolbJudiciary Committee

Relates to acts of the Legislature having fiscal impacts on local governments

Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or…

Daniel BurlingJudiciary Committee

Requires NYSERDA to publish on its public website all information pertaining to participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to publish on its public website all information pertaining to participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Jane CorwinStricken

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim Thursday, April 12, 2012, as Library Assistants' Day in the State of New York

Robert ReillyAdopted

Adopted

Relates to a temporary permit to carry or possess a firearm

Creates a process for the issuance of a temporary permit to carry or possess a firearm for persons who are not residents of the state of New York; provides an affirmative defense to possession of a…

Brian KolbCodes Committee

Prohibits the legislature from recessing after the start of the state fiscal year until it has passed a budget

Prohibits the legislature from recessing after the start of the state fiscal year until it has passed a budget; may only recess during such period for public holidays.

Robert OaksWays And Means Committee

Allows local governments to merge their corporate structure through local initiative

Enacts the "town mergers law;" creates a procedure for the merger of adjoining towns into a single new town; repeals provisions of the town law providing for consolidation of towns.

Aileen GuntherStricken

Relates to synthetic cannabinoid

Relates to defining the term synthetic cannabinoid.

William A. BarclayHealth Committee

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps; includes college coaches, athletic directors, professors, graduate assistants and college presidents…

James TediscoChildren And Families Committee

Provides for the creation of a temporary state commission to determine the future governance of the canal corporation

Provides for the creation of a temporary state commission to determine the future governance of the canal corporation to be called the commission on the future governance of the canal corporation.

James F. BrennanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement.

Dennis H. GabryszakLabor Committee