Senate · District 1 · 2011–12
Kenneth P. LaValle
SD-1No longer in office
Chair, Higher Education
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslavalle@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
420
302 bills, 118 resolutions
Passed a house
52
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
21
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
44 of 421 sponsored bills passed (16.2%), ranking #7 of 63 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
302 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S1807In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires institutions of higher education to disclose financial aid policies
- S1806In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires the regents to include certain information with respect to increased costs when altering or amending rules or regulations
- S1808In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires disclosure of gifts made to certain foundations by foreign governments, persons and entities
- S1802In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Enacts the New York state school taxpayers' protection act
- S1803In Senate Committee· Jun 13, 2012Regulates the practice of naturopathic medicine
- S1801In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes town of Brookhaven to establish a housing and community court, and provides for its powers and duties
- S1800In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes a registry program for saltwater recreational anglers; repealer
- S1804In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accept government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city of
- S1760In Senate Committee· Jan 31, 2012Grants James Ryan retirement service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system
- S1758In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the consolidation of school districts
- S1759In Senate Committee· May 2, 2012Exempts wholesalers from filing annual information returns with the commissioner of taxation and finance for sales made to and from farm wineries
- S1756In Assembly Committee· Apr 17, 2012Permits Suffolk County to refund penalties and interest associated with non-payment of real property taxes where customary payment-due notice was not provided
- S1757In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Grants volunteer ambulance workers preferential treatment when applying to medical schools within New York state which receive funding from the state
- S1755In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Decreases application fees for tidal wetlands permits
- S1720In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment
- S1721In Senate Committee· Jan 18, 2012Relates to the granting of higher education degrees by authorized institutions; repealer
- S1672In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections
- S1671In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires the installation and maintenance of lockout devices on lottery vending machines by licensed lottery sales agents to prevent use by minors
- S1601In Senate Committee· Feb 3, 2012Enacts the "Peconic Bay estuary protection act"
- S1599In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Prohibits the imposition of certain fees at the expiration of a term on a motor vehicle lease which constitutes administrative, clerical or handling charges
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules