Co-sponsored 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Provides for distribution, on the internet, of information to the public regarding credit card and banking rates, charges and other terms

Provides for distribution to the public, over the internet, of information regarding credit card rates, charges, terms and other conditions; further provides for dissemination of information over…

Peter RiveraStricken

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances.

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the department of economic development to establish a consortium to operate a database on the emerging domestic marketplace

Directs the department of economic development to establish a consortium to operate a database on the emerging domestic marketplace.

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the state comptroller to invest monies in the abandoned property fund in capital market investments in emerging domestic markets

Directs the state comptroller to invest monies in the abandoned property fund in capital market investments in emerging domestic markets.

Peter RiveraStricken

Enacts the "New York state health kids act"

Enacts the "New York state healthy kids act", to provide that only healthy foods and beverages be served, during the school day, in all schools in the state; directs the board of regents and the…

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that drug utilization review and the preferred drug program shall not apply to certain drugs

Provides that drug utilization review and the preferred drug program shall not apply to certain drugs.

Peter RiveraStricken

Restricts plea bargaining for the crime of rape in the first degree

Prohibits plea bargaining to any lesser offense when a defendant is charged or indicted for the crime of rape in the first degree.

Peter RiveraStricken

Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions

Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and…

Peter RiveraStricken

Proscribes intentional damaging of a house of worship (as defined) by starting a fire, within the class B felony of arson in the second degree

Proscribes intentional damaging of a house of worship by starting a fire, within the class B felony of arson in the second degree and the class A-I felony of arson in the first degree; increases the…

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires that gaps in services to the multiply disabled be identified and filled in the statewide goals and objectives of the offices of mental hygiene

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…

Peter RiveraStricken

Makes it a class A misdemeanor for any candidate for any elected position or any person working on behalf thereof to provide any thing of value within day of election

Prohibits any person acting on behalf of any campaign for election to any position to give, offer or promise to give anything of value to any person within 24 hours prior to the opening of the polls…

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the state to establish equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs for state civil service employment

Directs the state to establish equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs for state civil service employment; requires the president of the state civil service commission to…

Peter RiveraStricken

Creates the insurer fund for underserved neighborhood/rural area development corporation

Creates the insurer fund for underserved neighborhood/rural area development corporation; provides that such corporation shall operate in accordance with a plan of operation; provides that the…

Peter RiveraStricken

Prohibits credit card issuers from increasing interest rate or imposing fee upon account of holders based on indebtedness or late payment to other creditor

Prohibits the issuer of a credit card from increasing the rate of interest or imposing a fee on the account of a holder who has made timely payments and in the minimum amounts required, based on…

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the commissioner of health to create cultural education demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers

Authorizes the commissioner of health to create cultural education demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers to instruct them on how to treat patients while being sensitive to their…

Peter RiveraStricken

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan.

Peter RiveraStricken

Prohibits at large election of members of town and village legislative bodies; requires election of members by wards; repealer

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;…

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires the employers of police officers to provide such officers with a bullet proof and knife proof vest that provides front, back and side protection; repealer

Requires the employers of police officers to provide such officers with a bullet proof and knife proof vest that provides front, back and side protection.

Peter RiveraStricken

Relates to course work or training in early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders

Relates to course work or training in early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders.

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires notice of risk of deportation of non-citizens, prior to accepting plea to a misdemeanor or violation

Requires courts, prior to accepting a plea to a misdemeanor or violation, to provide notice to the defendant that such plea and the acceptance thereof could result in deportation, removal from the…

Peter RiveraStricken

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); repealer

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); transfers the monies saved to the state university of New York and the city university of New…

Peter RiveraStricken

Makes the owner of a vehicle used to pass or overtake a stopped school bus jointly liable with the operator thereof when violation is on camera or observed

Makes the owner of a vehicle used to pass or overtake a stopped school bus jointly liable with the operator thereof when such violation is captured on a camera or observed by a school bus driver;…

Peter RiveraStricken

Requires commercial airports to identify and maintain a record of all minors unaccompanied by an adult

Directs commercial air carrier airports to identify and maintain a record of each child under 18 who arrives unaccompanied by an adult; such information shall be reported to the civil rights bureau…

Peter RiveraStricken

Establishes a gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness on personal income tax returns

Establishes a gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness on personal income tax returns; establishes the mental illness anti-stigma fund into which such gifts shall be deposited;…

Peter RiveraStricken

Directs the education department to study and report upon the establishment of a 4 day school week for public schools

Directs the education department to study and report upon the establishment of a 4 day school week for students in public schools.

Peter RiveraStricken

Makes the provisions relating to contracts for minority and women owned businesses applicable to cities

Makes the provisions relating to contracts for minority and women owned businesses applicable to cities.

Peter RiveraStricken

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of toys and child care products containing phthalates

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of certain toys and child care products containing phthalates; imposes a civil fine of not less than $10,000 a day for violation of such provisions.

Peter RiveraStricken

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions; directs the department of civil service to establish…

Peter RiveraStricken