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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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
- S5216Signed by Governor· Aug 3, 2011Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Feed My Sheep ChurchSigned into law
- S5219In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the Power Authority of the State of New York to acquire the Long Island power authority as a subsidiary of such authority
- S5079In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the town of Southold, county of Suffolk, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands, which are not currently utilized as parklands
- S5080In Senate Committee· Jan 31, 2012Relates to the separate assessment of manufactured homes; repealer
- S5074In Senate Committee· Jun 7, 2012Relates to registry of preliminary sites under investigation for hazardous waste disposal on the DEC's website
- S5073In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs
- S5070In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Enlarges the definition of the term agency for certain purposes
- S5071In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Enlarges the definition of the term election for certain purposes
- S5067In Senate Committee· Jan 30, 2012Relates to certain contracts for state university of New York health care facilities
- S4986In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Enacts the "truth in voting act"
- S4985In Senate Committee· Jan 30, 2012Establishes the pandemic preparedness task force
- S4925In Assembly Committee· Jan 24, 2012Prohibits the sale of carolina fanwort
- S4902In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding paperwork requirements imposed by the department of education
- S4901Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 14, 2011Updates various laws to ensure volunteer firefighters are duly elected or approved members of their respective companies
- S4899Signed by Governor· Aug 17, 2011Provides for a period of probable usefulness to the payment for separation incentive program by the town of East Hampton, county of SuffolkSigned into law
- S4891In Senate Committee· Mar 5, 2012Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Eastport-South Manor central school district in order to provide tax stability
- S4882In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides that certain information concerning standardized test scores shall be provided to all test subjects who do not sign a waiver
- S4883In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires that consumer representatives be appointed to state boards for the professions
- S4884In Senate Committee· Mar 27, 2012Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Riverhead central school district in order to provide tax stability
- S4866In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes a procedure for a people's veto of laws enacted by the legislature
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules