Bills by

Michael Simanowitz

Assembly Member

16 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

16 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

A10095Assembly· Signed Jul 30, 2012· Signed chap.270
Allows body piercing with parental or guardian consent for persons under the age of 18
Allows body piercing with parental or guardian consent for persons under the age of 18.
Michael SimanowitzSigned by Governor
Signed into law
ImpactPending
OutcomeSigned into law
A9683Assembly· Moved Mar 23, 2012· Referred to transportation
Creates the proper tire repair act
Creates the proper tire repair act.
Michael SimanowitzTransportation Committee
ImpactPending

A9651Assembly· Moved Mar 22, 2012· Referred to codes

Authorizes detention when a defendant presents a clear and convincing likelihood of danger to society, the community or any person

Authorizes detention when a defendant presents a clear and convincing likelihood of danger to society, the community or any person.

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9518Assembly· Moved Mar 7, 2012· Referred to codes

Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution 1st degree

Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent,…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9332Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to codes

Provides crime victim's right to attend criminal trial and pretrial proceeding

Provides that victims of crimes or, in cases involving a minor child or homicide, a family member of the victim, shall have the right to be personally present at arraignment, trial (except when the…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9328Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Requires written statement of reasons for parole; allows victim access to statement

Provides that if parole is granted, the reasons for granting parole must be stated in detail in writing; authorizes access to such information to past and any prospective victims; changes from 60 to…

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9331Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Provides for confidentiality of addresses and telephone numbers of victims and witnesses

Provides for the confidentiality of residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of victims of or witnesses to a crime, except in cases where such information is needed by police and other…

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9320Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to codes

Creates the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony

Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony; recodifies prior crime as second degree; makes conforming changes in related provisions of law.

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9321Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to health

Requires hospitals to permit selective pre-surgery blood donation

Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient…

Michael SimanowitzHealth Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9324Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to codes

Requires victims be notified of right to make a victim impact statement and allows them to personally appear at parole hearing and make such a statement

Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition; such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9325Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to governmental operations

Requires notice to crime victims when less than mandatory sentence is considered

Provides that the district attorney must give not less than ten days notice to the victim or victims of a crime in a case where he is considering giving the defendant less than the mandatory sentence.

Michael SimanowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9327Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to children and families

Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant

Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant; presence of such controlled substances establishes a…

Michael SimanowitzChildren And Families Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9322Assembly· Moved Feb 16, 2012· Referred to economic development

Relates to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors

Provides that where a second charge of selling alcohol to minors is alleged in a one year period the officer shall remove the liquor license of such person to be returned at a hearing where a bond…

Michael SimanowitzEconomic Development Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9092Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2012· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires negotiation of fair terms between cable television franchisees and competing independent cable channels

Requires negotiation of fair terms between cable television franchisees and competing independent cable channels; requires the public service commission to conduct arbitration if such terms and…

Michael SimanowitzCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending

A9082Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2012· Referred to housing

Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition

Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition.

Michael SimanowitzHousing Committee

ImpactPending

PassagePending