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
- S4865In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to zoning provisions for temporary family health care structures
- S4863In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to undertake projects to protect the Montauk Lighthouse from shore erosion
- S4862In Senate Committee· May 21, 2012Establishes the solar feed-in tariff pilot program
- S4853Stricken· May 10, 2011Revives the presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters
- S4789In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for the sale, use and storage of nitric acid
- S4788In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes health care organization accountability for delay, failure or refusal to approve, provide, arrange or timely pay for certain health care services
- S4761In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the change in the use of the land comprising the manufactured home park
- S4624In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Creates a tax credit for the purchase and installation of a sun tunnel in a principal residence
- S4623In Senate Committee· May 31, 2012Extends the solar energy system equipment tax credit carryover period
- S4604In Senate Committee· Jun 21, 2012Authorizes the use of mechanical harvesting gear within the entire boundary of a lease issued, regardless of lease size, given a cultivation plan is made available
- S4605Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 21, 2012Relates to the establishment, extension, powers and expenses of watershed protection improvement districts
- S4603In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the practice of land surveying
- S4602In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Grants Louis P. Mannino certain retirement service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system
- S4552In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the sale of certain foods in vending machines on school grounds or property
- S4546Signed by Governor· Jul 20, 2011Extends provisions relating to the issuance of land installment purchase obligationsSigned into law
- S4547In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires reduction of a parent's child support obligation by the amount of social security dependent benefits received by the child
- S4473Senate Floor Calendar· May 23, 2011Relates to the regulation of vessels in the village of North Haven in the county of Suffolk
- S4404Signed by Governor· Aug 31, 2011Relates to the conveyance of land formerly used as an armory to the town of Riverhead in the county of SuffolkSigned into law
- S4268Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 19, 2012Relates to the licensure of private proprietary schools; repealer
- S4258In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for the development of individual site specific disaster preparedness plans for nuclear power plants operating within 50 miles of the state's borders
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules