Senate · District 4 · 2011–12
Owen H. Johnson
SD-4No longer in office
Vice chair, Finance
In office since 2009 · 2 sessionsojohnson@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
117
92 bills, 25 resolutions
Passed a house
16
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
7
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
22 of 118 sponsored bills passed (24.6%), ranking #22 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
92 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S4740In Assembly Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to a motor vehicle accident prevention course for drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated or while under the influence of drugs
- S4416In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the county of Suffolk to discontinue use as parkland, and to sell certain lands to the First Baptist Church of Bay Shore
- S4287Signed by Governor· Jul 31, 2012Establishes seagrass protection actSigned into law
- S4281In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings of awarding shared parenting of minor children
- S4282In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes municipalities in Suffolk county to establish programs for senior citizen rent real property tax exemptions and abatements
- S4278Stricken· Jan 30, 2012Vests the DEC with the authority to regulate the management of crabs and certain marine fish; technical amendments to commercial fishing licenses
- S4279Stricken· Jan 30, 2012Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage various aquatic species
- S4197Stricken· Apr 26, 2012Authorizes the county of Suffolk to operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at up to 100 intersections
- S4196Signed by Governor· Jul 12, 2011Extends until November 30, 2013, the authority of the county of Suffolk to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use taxSigned into law
- S4061In Senate Committee· Jan 27, 2012Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000
- S4059In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires security guards employed at mercantile establishments to complete training on awareness and sensitivity to mental illness
- S4060In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes extension by local law of an exemption to un-remarried spouses of deceased five year members of volunteer fire companies or ambulance services; repealer
- S4048Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 21, 2011Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Michelle Merlino
- S4010In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires the registrar of title to real property to provide notice of the change of ownership to property upon the death of the registered owner thereof
- S4009In Assembly Committee· May 30, 2012Authorizes members of the state police to engage in certain outside employment
- S4012Signed by Governor· Aug 3, 2011Authorizes Breast Cancer Help, Inc. to apply to the assessor of the town of Islip for a real property tax exemptionSigned into law
- S4008In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Eliminates the $5,000 limit on small estates for which a public administrator must file an informatory accounting
- S4011In Senate Committee· Feb 7, 2012Authorizes Pamela Lewanduski, widow of Edward F. Lewanduski, to purchase 10 months of military service to total 20 years service with the state police
- S3830In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Includes the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle within the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree
- S3831In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides that a child shall not be taken into protective custody based on parent's Munchausen syndrome by proxy without a family court hearing thereon
Committees
- FinanceVice chair
- Banks
- Children And Families
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Environmental Conservation
- Labor
- Transportation