All bills

Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote

Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote.

Brian KavanaghElection Law Committee

Relates to requiring voting materials to be provided in Russian

Relates to requiring voting materials to be provided in Russian.

Steven CymbrowitzVetoed

Vetoed

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a standard prior prescription drug authorization request form for managed care providers

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a standard prior prescription drug authorization request form for managed care providers.

Peter RiveraSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that recoupments and reductions of medical assistance payments for home care services shall not be subject to interest and shall be payable monthly

Provides that recoupments and reductions of medical assistance payments for home care services shall not be subject to interest.

Anthony BrindisiVetoed

Vetoed

Extends the provisions of chapter 517 of the laws of 2011 relating to the rates of payment for the treatment and care of injured employees by two years

Extends provisions relating to the rates of payment for the treatment and care of injured employees by two years.

Keith L.T. WrightVetoed

Vetoed

Enacts the Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act

Enacts the "Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act"; directs the veterans affairs commission to develop and update a New York state interagency plan to improve outreach, assessment and…

William MagnarelliSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists

Relates to the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists; defines terms.

Kevin CahillVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to review of existing rules

Provides for more effective review of existing rules; requires more frequent review of certain rules and publication of agencies which fail to review rules; extends certain provisions relating to…

Charles LavineSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence.

Rhoda JacobsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Sets nutrition standards for restaurants distributing incentive items aimed at children

Sets nutrition standards for restaurants distributing incentive items aimed at children.

Gustavo RiveraRules Committee

Relates to permitted deductions from wages

Relates to permitted deductions from wages.

Joseph MorelleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or private educational institutions

Prohibits smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or private educational institution; exempts smoking in or around a private residence.

Jeffrey DinowitzSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to persons under 18 years of age

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to persons under 18 years of age.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to including certain information in the study of minority and women-owned business enterprise programs

Relates to including certain information in the study of minority and women-owned business enterprise programs.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to prescription drugs in Medicaid managed care programs; repealer

Relates to coverage and payment for prescription drugs in Medicaid managed care programs.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires the screening of public school students for eating disorders

Requires public school students to be screened for eating disorders.

Peter RiveraStricken

Enacts the "voting rights act" to prohibit the establishment of an at-large election district which impairs representation of a protected class of voters

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.

Peter RiveraStricken

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires medical assistance managed care providers to provide coverage for medically necessary prescription drugs and medical supplies

Requires medical assistance managed care providers to provide coverage for medically necessary prescription drugs and medical supplies.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires at least one parent of a child attending a charter school to be a member of the board of education and the various councils of the New York city school district

Requires at least one parent of a child attending a charter school to be a member of the board of education and the various councils of the city school district of the city of New York.

Peter RiveraStricken

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit

Includes writer's salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students.

Peter RiveraStricken

Allows certain persons to enlist the assistance of a parent, guardian or authorized person when claiming unemployment insurance benefits

Requires the department of labor to allow persons with learning disabilities to enlist the assistance of a parent, guardian or authorized person when claiming unemployment insurance benefits.

Peter RiveraStricken

Authorizes gas stations to purchase motor fuel from alternative suppliers

Authorizes gas stations to purchase motor fuel from alternative suppliers.

Peter RiveraStricken

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

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

Peter RiveraStricken

Limits the undertaking required of tobacco manufacturers and affiliates during appeals of the tobacco master settlement agreement

Limits the undertaking required of tobacco manufacturers and affiliates during appeals of the tobacco master settlement agreement to $100,000,000 for all appellants collectively, unless the appellee…

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires the guardian of a deceased incapacitated person to notify the local department of social services within 20 days of such death

Requires the guardian of a deceased incapacitated person to notify the local department of social services within 20 days of such death.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to the membership of the state apprenticeship and training council

Relates to the membership of the state apprenticeship and training council.

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that subcontractors on minority and women-owned business enterprise contracts shall be subject to the same supervision as contractors are

Expands the application of provisions relating to minority and women-owned business enterprises to subcontractors.

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that state agency affirmative action officers and administrators shall be subject to the exclusive supervision of the agency head

Provides that state agency affirmative action officers and administrators shall be subject to the exclusive supervision of the agency head; establishes the powers and duties of such officers and…

Peter RiveraStricken

Creates the crime of engaging in criminal street gang activity; establishes such crime shall be a class A misdemeanor

Creates the crime of engaging in criminal street gang activity; establishes such crime shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Peter RiveraStricken

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts and which shall have no more than 5,000 participants.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity

Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; public ed program; appropriation

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical…

Peter RiveraStricken

Enacts the "wireless telephone right to know law"

Enacts the "wireless telephone right to know law" to require wireless telephone retailers to provide consumers with information on radiofrequency emittance risks and precautions.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires written notification to be given to persons in parental relation to student attending school district or BOCES when wireless facility is constructed

Requires each school district and board of cooperative educational services to provide written notification to persons in parental relation to its students, of the terms of any agreement providing…

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires written notification to be given to local residents when wireless facility is constructed at public housing, senior citizen housing or nursing home

Requires each municipality or licensing authority to provide written notification to local residents, of the terms of any agreement providing for the construction and/or installation of a wireless…

Peter RiveraStricken

Prohibits the placement and operation of wireless communication facilities on public housing, senior citizen housing and nursing home property

Prohibits the placement and operation of wireless communication facilities on public housing, senior citizen housing and nursing home property.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires hotels and motels with wireless communication facilities to provide guests with health warnings related to such facilities

Requires hotels and motels with wireless communication facilities to provide guests with health warnings related to such facilities.

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the DOH and DEC to commission a study on the effects of exposure to long-term, low radiation emissions from cellular phone antennas on human beings

Authorizes the department of health and the department of environmental conservation to commission a study on the effects of long-term, low radiation emissions from cellular phone antennas on human…

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that expired cable television franchises shall be deemed extended with an increase in fees paid by cable television company

Provides that expired cable television franchises shall be deemed extended with an increase in the fees to be paid by cable television company which shall not exceed 5% of the company's gross annual…

Peter RiveraStricken

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to filing requirements for HMO claims, payment of claims for medical care, HMO electronic remittance advices, and establishes HMO reporting requirements

Relates to filing and payment requirements for HMO claims, payment of claims for medical care, HMO electronic remittance advices, health care professional credentialing, and establishes HMO…

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides for the phase-out of state use of pesticides on state property and for state agency pest management plans

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…

Peter RiveraStricken

Prohibits issuers of credit cards and debit cards from knowingly accepting or soliciting financial information of a cardholder from a third-party

Establishes issuers of credit cards and debit cards are prohibited from knowingly accepting or soliciting personal financial information of a cardholder from a third-party; establishes a civil…

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature

Requires higher education research foundations to submit reports of budget information to the governor and legislature; provides for additional oversight of higher education research foundations.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to exculpatory material

Relates to exculpatory material and requires for disclosure of such to the defense.

Peter RiveraStricken