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
- S1481In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires products labeled as dietary supplements or nutritional supplements to carry a label stating that product has or has not been tested by United States FDA
- S1474In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Exempts tuition payments from items used to determine total spending for purposes of implementing a contingency school budget
- S1460In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides that the maximum deductible allowed on policies for windstorms shall not be greater than $1,500
- S1459In Senate Committee· Jan 27, 2012Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation council; repealer
- S1461In Senate Committee· May 10, 2012Authorizes cooperative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program
- S1462Signed by Governor· Jul 18, 2012Authorizes a municipal corporation to provide a real property tax exemption for improvements to real property meeting certification standards for green buildingSigned into law
- S1458In Assembly Committee· Apr 30, 2012Authorizes agreements for county, city and town social services departments to access death certificates maintained by the department of public health
- S1454In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to municipality responsibility for remedial programs involving hazardous wastes at sites owned by municipalities
- S1456In Assembly Committee· Mar 13, 2012Authorizes the catching and possession of up to 5 times the daily limit of fish during any 7 day period of time
- S1455In Senate Committee· Jan 27, 2012Provides for local tidal wetlands protection
- S1457Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 13, 2011Relates to personal watercraft and certain safety provisions that require their use
- S1453In Senate Committee· Jan 27, 2012Establishes a bi-county commission in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to study the feasibility of establishing the state of Long Island
- S1448In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires inmates to have an acceptable residence to qualify for parole
- S1451In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Grants the power of site plan review to towns and villages over railroad facilities of the MTA
- S1450In Senate Committee· Jan 31, 2012Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation authority
- S1452In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Authorizes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by the towns of Suffolk
- S1449In Assembly Committee· May 30, 2012Requires school districts, upon notification from law enforcement agencies, to notify residents of sex offenders living in the district
- S1311Senate Floor Calendar· Mar 22, 2012Relates to veterans with disabilities
- S1312In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for a constitutional amendment directing the legislature to establish a procedure for the creation of Peconic county
- S1260In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules