Senate · District 2 · 2011–12
John J. Flanagan
SD-2No longer in office
Chair, Education
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionsflanagan@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
175
163 bills, 12 resolutions
Passed a house
33
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
6
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
20 of 176 sponsored bills passed (12.5%), ranking #25 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
163 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S5689In Senate Committee· Feb 17, 2012Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability
- S5676In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for licensure of school psychologists
- S5650Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 18, 2012Relates to early childhood education in daycare centers
- S5648In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires assessments of the persistently lowest achieving schools
- S5647In Assembly Committee· Jun 12, 2012Continues early college high schools in the state
- S5593Signed by Governor· Jul 20, 2011Relates to the Randolph Academy union free school district and the dissolution of union free school district number 3 in the town of HamburgSigned into law
- S5581In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the practice of licensed professions by special education schools and early intervention agencies and their employees; repealer
- S5543In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to payments of commissions for funeral directing
- S5524Signed by Governor· Sep 23, 2011Amends education law, creates waivers for certain institutions and repeals certain provisions of such law relating theretoSigned into law
- S5510Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 18, 2012Allows a parent to request an additional parent residing in the school district to participate in committees on special education
- S5508Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 11, 2012Allows electronic access to student's individualized education program
- S5502In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the state university to lease certain lands at the state university at Stony Brook for the purpose of constructing medical offices and related parking
- S5382In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Allows members of organized units of Suffolk county correction officers to transfer service credit from any New York state and local retirement system up to 7 years
- S5384In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Increases the availability of adult day health care programs by authorizing adult care facilities to operate such programs
- S5383In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes Suffolk county correction officers to transfer certain retirement service credit
- S5315Stricken· Jun 11, 2012Validates capital improvement projects undertaken by the Smithtown Central School District
- S4900Senate Floor Calendar· May 17, 2011Authorizes Hands Across Long Island, Inc. to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property in Ronkonkoma
- S4811In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to creating a senior school tax freeze exemption for school tax purposes for certain persons sixty-five years of age or older
- S4813Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 14, 2011Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities
- S4805In Senate Committee· May 15, 2012Authorizes counties and the city of New York to impose a fee on probationary people for the cost of drug tests
Committees
- EducationChair
- Codes
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs