Senate · District 51 · 2011–12
James L. Seward
SD-51No longer in office
Chair, Insurance
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionsseward@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
211
159 bills, 52 resolutions
Passed a house
46
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
30
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
46 of 212 sponsored bills passed (30.1%), ranking #5 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
159 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S7806In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2012Establishes the New York state automatic identification technology privacy task force
- S7787Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2012Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance
- S7781In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2012Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance
- S7780In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2012Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance
- S7779In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2012Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance
- S7748In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2012Relates to assessments on workers' compensation policies and removes the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for certain non-scheduled cases
- S7666In Senate Committee· Jun 12, 2012Prohibits a mortgage servicer from obtaining force-placed insurance in certain circumstances
- S7663In Assembly Committee· Jun 18, 2012Relates to the franchise on business corporations
- S7562In Senate Committee· Jun 4, 2012Requires quarterly financial statements on a calendar year basis for the state insurance fund (SIF); repealer
- S7468In Senate Committee· May 23, 2012Removes the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for non-scheduled permanent partial disability cases
- S7337In Senate Committee· May 31, 2012Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance
- S7332In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to identical measurement of group size when reviewing premium rate increases or decreases and when determining dividends or credits
- S7334In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to health maintenance organization benefit designs
- S7333In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to requiring the superintendent of financial services to fairly calculate compliance with minimum loss ratios in the Healthy New York insurance program
- S7336In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Restricts limitations on non-affiliated physicians from becoming a network provider of any health care plan or health maintenance organization
- S7312Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2012Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for ambulance services, volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance services
- S7314Signed by Governor· Jul 18, 2012Relates to self-funded student health benefit plansSigned into law
- S7311In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to the definition of employer for purposes of group health insurance
- S7310In Assembly Committee· Jun 12, 2012Relates to admitted assets for annuity risk where a single premium annuity contract has been purchased
- S7306Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 14, 2012Relates to derivative transactions and derivative instruments
Committees
- InsuranceChair
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Health
- Higher Education
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Rules