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
- S4212In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Extends provisions relating to the New York state licensed social worker loan forgiveness program
- S4046In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations
- S3998In Assembly Committee· Jun 13, 2012Clarifies the definition of "permanent place of abode" for the purposes of the residency rules under the personal income tax
- S3987Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 22, 2011Authorizes performance of credit, security clearance and criminal background checks of employees of the New York state higher education services corporation
- S3927In Senate Committee· Jan 31, 2012Provides for the sale, availability and distribution of healthy foods and beverages on school property and at school sponsored functions
- S3906In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides credit against personal income tax and corporate franchise tax for wine bottling, packaging and labelling expenses of wineries
- S3908In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides for the labeling of food or food products that contain a genetically modified material or that are produced with a genetically modified material
- S3907In Senate Committee· Mar 5, 2012Includes the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the center for excellence program
- S3909In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Prohibits insurance companies from limiting the quantity of drugs dispensed pursuant to a prescription and increases the quantity that may be prescribed to 90 days
- S3899In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Requires mandatory restitution and reparation by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim is such officer's school district
- S3874In Senate Committee· Mar 6, 2012Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Greenport public school district
- S3861In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Establishes an independent office of school inspector general for school districts outside of the city of New York
- S3833In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Provides that policies which provide hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall provide coverage for hysterectomies
- S3835In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents
- S3832In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Authorizes the commissioner of education to restrict the sale and advertisement of alcoholic beverages at certain sporting events
- S3836In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Removes the state insurance funds exemption from licensing and other requirements of the insurance law
- S3834Signed by Governor· Aug 17, 2011Relates to the economic development fundSigned into law
- S3801Signed by Governor· Aug 1, 2012Requires health insurers to cover breast reconstruction surgery after a partial mastectomySigned into law
- S3800In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district
- S3799In Senate Committee· Jan 4, 2012Designates park rangers of the town of Brookhaven as peace officers
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules