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
- S6400In Senate Committee· Feb 3, 2012Relates to payments to libraries where certain school districts levy taxes for lands exempt from the real property taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund
- S6382Senate Floor Calendar· May 16, 2012Relates to specifying the time frame under which the village of Southampton shall pay certain retirement costs
- S6366Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 13, 2012Authorizes Suffolk county to regulate taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles
- S6334In Senate Committee· Apr 13, 2012Enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act", to regulate the discovery of burial grounds, human remains and funerary objects
- S6143In Senate Committee· Jan 10, 2012Legalizes actions of the Rocky Point union free school district with respect to certain building aid contracts
- S6136Senate Floor Calendar· Jan 9, 2012Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Long Island power authority; repealer
- S6099In Senate Committee· Jan 18, 2012Relates to regents awards for children of deceased police officers, peace officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters
- S6058Senate Floor Calendar· May 31, 2012Provides for a period of probable usefulness to the payment for a separation incentive program by the town of Southampton
- S5894In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Establishes a procedure to evaluate the claim of the Montaukett Indians for acknowledgment as an Indian tribe by the state of New York
- S5884In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Amends the definition of allowable college tuition expenses and establishes a new schedule of tax credits for allowable college tuition expenses
- S5860In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to approval of contracts with superintendents of schools
- S5797In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Enlarges the definition of the term agency for certain purposes
- S5698In Senate Committee· May 23, 2012Relates to a proposed electric generating facility in the county of Suffolk
- S5684In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Allows the use of spears, spearguns and underwater guns in commercial and recreational bass fishing
- S5663Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2011Adds certain lands within the Carmans River watershed to the core preservation area of the Central Pine Barrens
- S5599In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the use of tuition at the state universities and city university; repealer
- S5597In Senate Committee· Jun 6, 2012Relates to exemptions available to veterans
- S5376Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 1, 2011Extends effectiveness of provisions of chapter 434 of the laws of 1999, relating to deposit of excessive funds in proprietary vocational school supervision account
- S5343Signed by Governor· Aug 1, 2012Creates an option for those submitting applications to submit an affirmation in lieu of an oathSigned into law
- S5218In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Includes the Long Island power authority within the meaning of the terms "utility corporation" and "public utility corporation"
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules