Senate · District 7 · 2011–12
Jack M. Martins
SD-7
Chair, Local Government
In office since 2011 · 5 sessionsmartins@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
405
108 bills, 297 resolutions
Passed a house
21
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
12
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
37 of 406 sponsored bills passed (42.2%), ranking #9 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
108 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S7791In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2012Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities
- S7750In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2012Relates to government service
- S7706Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 19, 2012Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept from Family Life Worship Center Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes
- S7696In Senate Committee· Jun 14, 2012Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire districts for fire district elections
- S7645Signed by Governor· Jun 29, 2012Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate reliefSigned into law
- S7641Signed by Governor· Dec 17, 2012Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"Signed into law
- S7560In Senate Committee· Jun 12, 2012Enacts the "Steven Kovacs Law" to impose an affirmative duty upon a host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency
- S7555Signed by Governor· Jul 18, 2012Relates to the time frame in which municipalities and school districts that incur debt can make adjustments to their budget, updating the types of obligations and other technical amendmentsSigned into law
- S7554Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 13, 2012Extends until 1/1/2024 the authority of counties, cities, towns & villages to exclude from constitutional debt limits indebtedness related to sewage facilities
- S7528In Senate Committee· May 31, 2012Relates to limitations on expenditures from the insurance reserve fund
- S7527In Senate Committee· Jun 11, 2012Prohibits smoking on the grounds of general hospitals and residential health care facilities
- S7514Signed by Governor· Oct 3, 2012Relates to an exemption to certain provisions of law relating to risk-based capital for property/casualty insurance companies; repealerSigned into law
- S7445In Senate Committee· May 18, 2012Changes the definition of "employment number" with respect to empire zones to include employees of contract operators
- S7433In Senate Committee· Jun 14, 2012Relates to limitations on school district tax levies
- S7380In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Amends provisions of the election law to address certain issues affecting village elections
- S7279In Assembly Committee· Jun 20, 2012Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts
- S7236In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to special proceedings to convey title to abandoned real property to cities, towns or villages
- S7235In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Relates to the criminal enforcement of violations of the state's uniform fire prevention and building code
- S7234In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Establishes certain waivers from the project notification fee imposed for certain asbestos removal projects
- S7233In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Expands the residential-commercial exemption program to include any municipality regardless of the population of the county in which it is located
Committees
- Local GovernmentChair
- Civil Service And Pensions
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Insurance
- Labor
- Social Services