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
- S1076In Assembly Committee· Apr 30, 2012Requires the inclusion of a fiscal note with the adoption of resolutions or rules and regulations governing educational institutions, which have a fiscal impact
- S1007Signed by Governor· Oct 3, 2012Exempts from the imposition of sales tax, the purchase of military service flags, prisoner of war flags and blue star bannersSigned into law
- S1001In Senate Committee· Feb 3, 2012Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students
- S962In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Extends powers of municipal corporations to acquire public utilities by the power of eminent domain
- S963In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Deems goods to be on sale or return as to creditor claims when goods delivered to person dealing in goods of the kind involved
- S826In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Sets forth the manner by which an owner of real property in the town of Southampton which is bisected by a school district boundary shall pay school taxes
- S815In Assembly Committee· Mar 12, 2012Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued
- S816In Assembly Committee· May 2, 2012Directs that a certain annual service fee between the custodial and noncustodial parent be evenly distributed
- S818In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Exempts factory-built home shells delivered to residential real property sites from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax
- S817In Senate Committee· May 22, 2012Establishes a tax credit for the removal or permanent enclosure of a residential fuel oil storage tank
- S809In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to a residential housing downpayment credit
- S810In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Makes provisions with respect to service of real property assessment challenges upon fire districts
- S813In Senate Committee· Jan 26, 2012Establishes an office of education legal services
- S811In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law
- S814In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for an increase in federal itemized deduction for home improvements which promote water quality
- S812In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires school districts to develop a policy limiting the use of school-owned cell phones to school related purposes
- S806In Assembly Committee· May 23, 2012Authorizes certain towns in the Peconic Bay region to establish community housing opportunity funds
- S808In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes a registry of wills and codicils
- S805In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license
- S807In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Adds national estuary implementation projects as projects eligible for state funding pursuant to the environmental protection fund
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules