Senate · District 45 · 2011–12

Betty Little

SD-45No longer in office

Chair, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation

In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslittle@senate.state.ny.us

Effectiveness

26 of 243 sponsored bills passed (29.4%), ranking #16 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.

Sponsored bills

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105 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions

S6718In Assembly Committee· May 15, 2012Relates to applications for minor and major projects before the Adirondack park agency
S6719Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 5, 2012Authorizes office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to lease and license the use of buildings and facilities within Knox Farm state park
S6714In Assembly Committee· May 14, 2012Provides that an elementary or secondary student shall not have capacity to consent to sexual conduct with a school employee
S6670Signed by Governor· Aug 1, 2012Authorizes remote net metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-hydroelectric generating equipmentSigned into law
S6663Vetoed· Oct 3, 2012Establishes the "tourism economic development fund" to be funded with revenue from the licensing of the "I Love NY" brandVetoed
S6501Signed by Governor· Jul 18, 2012Extends from December 1, 2012 until December 1, 2015, the expiration of the authority of the county of Hamilton to impose a mortgage taxSigned into law
S6398In Senate Committee· Feb 3, 2012Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards
S6394Senate Floor Calendar· Apr 19, 2012Authorizes the town of Inlet to offer a 20 year retirement plan to police officer John Harrington
S6266In Assembly Committee· Jun 12, 2012Grants sales and use tax exemption for certain tangible personal property and services used in the operation of recreational skiing facilities
S6192Signed by Governor· Jun 29, 2012Authorizes health care professionals licensed in other jurisdictions and appointed by World Triathlon Corporation to practice in this state at a triathlonSigned into law
S6127Signed by Governor· Aug 17, 2012Provides for mutual aid to and by member states of the Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and states which are members of other compactsSigned into law
S6125In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes school districts to establish a reserve fund to cover the costs and expenses of providing special education programs
S5726In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Enacts the flood assessment relief act of 2011
S5670In Assembly Committee· Mar 26, 2012Establishes the Corinth and Warren railroad authority to improve and operate a 56 mile section of railroad
S5606In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires sexual harassment training for hotel and motel employees
S5591Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2011Authorizes certain campgrounds without dumping stations to provide a list of dumping stations
S5525Signed by Governor· Aug 1, 2012Authorizes municipalities and districts thereof to contract for certain goods and services jointly with the state or other municipalitiesSigned into law
S5475Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 13, 2011Authorizes town justices in the town of Benson, in the county of Hamilton, to reside outside of such town
S5372Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 13, 2011Extends through January 1, 2013, provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased craft without a boating safety certificate
S5188In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Makes state lands within the Adirondack park subject to the local land use plan of the municipality in which the land is located

Committees

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And RecreationChair
Civil Service And Pensions
Consumer Protection
Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Environmental Conservation
Finance
Judiciary
Local Government