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
Sponsored
242
105 bills, 137 resolutions
Passed a house
38
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
15
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
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
105 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S822In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires the governor to appoint the 5 members of the Adirondack park agency who reside in the park, from a list established by the county legislatures
- S821In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Makes residential facilities controlled by state agencies subject to local site plan review
- S823In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes a 10 year statute of limitations to enforce violations of rules and regulations of Adirondack park agency committed within the Adirondack park
- S552In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes the Empire State Fishing Trail program with the department of economic development
- S553In Assembly Committee· Apr 19, 2012Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers
- S554In Assembly Committee· Jan 30, 2012Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles
- S555In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Directs commissioner of transportation, upon finding that a bridge has defects, to establish and implement an emergency plan for drivers and communities affected
- S547In Assembly Committee· Feb 7, 2012Provides that the town board of certain towns may establish maximum speed limits on certain town highways
- S546In Senate Committee· Jan 11, 2012Relates to the taxation of property owned by a cooperative corporation
- S549In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes fire districts to impose ad valorem levies and special assessments on otherwise tax exempt real property
- S548In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes reassessment of real property based upon substantial change in valuation based on physical, statutory or economic conditions without affecting state aid
- S550In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate a uniform assessment code
- S506In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes state residents to gather fallen timber from the floor of the state forest preserve when such timber is within 50 feet of a public highway
- S344In Senate Committee· Jan 11, 2012Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose
- S346In Assembly Committee· Jun 20, 2012Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes
- S340In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining with component school district employees
- S343In Assembly Committee· Feb 6, 2012Eliminates requirement for consent of an authority having jurisdiction over state land in the Adirondack park when the location of a highway thereon is changed
- S341In Assembly Committee· Apr 17, 2012Requires open space conservation projects to be undertaken with willing sellers
- S342In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Prohibits the Adirondack park agency from implementing any rule or regulation relating to campgrounds which is inconsistent with department of health rules
- S345In Assembly Committee· Apr 30, 2012Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park
Committees
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And RecreationChair
- Civil Service And Pensions
- Consumer Protection
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Judiciary
- Local Government