Bills by

Kevin S. Parker

Senator

989 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →parker@senate.state.ny.us

2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

989 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S2772Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to housing, construction and community development
Relates to representation in certain real property actions
Relates to representation in certain real property actions.
Kevin S. ParkerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee
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S2773Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications
Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval
Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval; provides such plans shall set forth training and planning for…
Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

S2770Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Requires the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America

Establishes the Lymphology study, requiring the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S2704Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony

Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

Kevin S. ParkerCodes Committee

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S2701Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to eliminating net operating loss carryback deductions

Relates to eliminating net operating loss carryback deductions.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2695Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Requires insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage

Requires insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage.

Kevin S. ParkerInsurance Committee

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S2700Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Requires that notice of increase in mortgage escrow account be given in advance

Provides that a mortgage investing institution that maintains a mortgage on any real property in the state of New York shall give ten days written notice prior to requiring payment of an increase in…

Kevin S. ParkerJudiciary Committee

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S2696Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose onerous or unreasonable conditions for the payment of benefits thereunder

Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose "onerous or unreasonable conditions" for the payment or continued payment of benefits thereunder, and…

Kevin S. ParkerJudiciary Committee

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S2699Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Enacts the "Thruway to Fuelway" act

Enacts the "Thruway to Fuelway" act; establishes a pilot program for bio-fuel production in the thruway right of way and provides that bio-fuel produced as a result of such pilot program shall be…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S2697Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Prohibits the New York city water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer

Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.

Kevin S. ParkerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S2698Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle safety and awareness component, and the driver's license examination to include questions

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle awareness and safety component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle awareness and…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S2705Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Codifies state university of New York educational opportunity centers

Codifies state university of New York educational opportunity centers which provide an integrated system of education, vocational training and student support services targeted to higher education…

Kevin S. ParkerHigher Education Committee

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S2638Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to infrastructure and capital investment

Creates a sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a regulatory system to achieve goal of sustainable development

Creates a fifteen member sustainable development task force to study the feasibility of adopting a goal oriented and performance based regulatory system to achieve the goal of sustainable…

Kevin S. ParkerInfrastructure And Capital Investment Committee

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S2639Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Authorizes utility corporations, telegraph and telephone corporations, and cable television corporations to provide notice of bills to third parties

Authorizes utility corporations, telegraph and telephone corporations, and cable television corporations to provide notice of bills to third parties at the request of the customer.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S2641Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program.

Kevin S. ParkerLocal Government Committee

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S2643Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to finance

Establishes a program and a fund to assist public service attorneys practicing public service law to repay their student loans

Establishes the "public interest legal services loan assistance fund" of the state of New York (to consist of a portion of bar examination fees and other funds appropriated by the legislature…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S2634Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to elections

Provides for early voting in primary and general elections during the 2 week period prior to the election

Provides for early voting in primary and general elections during the 2 week period prior to the election.

Kevin S. ParkerElections Committee

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S2632Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to consumer protection

Requires the registration of mail-in second-hand precious metals dealers with the department of state, regulates the conduct of the business thereof

Requires the registration of mail-in second-hand precious metals dealers with the department of state and regulates the conduct of the business thereof.

Kevin S. ParkerConsumer Protection Committee

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S2631Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to elections

Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions; repealer

Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions by repealing certain provisions in the election law.

Kevin S. ParkerElections Committee

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S2629Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Provides for ULURP to apply to the locating of any charter schools in New York city

Provides for uniform land use review procedure to apply to the locating of any charter schools in New York city.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S2628Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Provides civilian review boards with the option to petition the court for an order that would permit the disclosure of all personnel records of certain officers

Provides civilian review boards with the option to petition the court for an order that would permit the disclosure of all personnel records if those records relate to an officer who was involved in…

Kevin S. ParkerCodes Committee

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S1841Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to civil service and pensions

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports annually relating to diversity within state government

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports annually relating to diversity within state government.

Kevin S. ParkerCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S1844Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Provides for the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include language violative of civil rights laws

Provides for notice of illegal restrictive covenant language in documents to be recorded and the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include…

Kevin S. ParkerJudiciary Committee

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S1840Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to infrastructure and capital investment

Prohibits the state from entering into certain contracts with companies requiring employees to stipulate to binding arbitration for all disputes

Prohibits the state from entering into certain contracts with companies requiring employees to stipulate to binding arbitration for all disputes unless it excludes disputes involving sexual assault.

Kevin S. ParkerInfrastructure And Capital Investment Committee

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S1838Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to consumer protection

Relates to residential wireless telephone service

Relates to residential wireless telephone service; disclosure, notification and consumer protection requirements in wireless telecommunications consumer transactions; plain language disclosures to…

Kevin S. ParkerConsumer Protection Committee

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S1834Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Enacts parental involvement leave act requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave to attend school conferences or classroom activities

Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the…

Kevin S. ParkerLabor Committee

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S1642Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Provides residential electric customers with an option for greater control of the cost of such service by installing real time smart meters

Provides residential electric customers with an option for greater control of the cost of such service by the installation of real time smart meters; establishes sales, rental and service providers…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1640Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1641Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in…

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1638Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes a personal income tax credit for voltage regulation technology equipment

Establishes a personal income tax credit for voltage regulation technology equipment.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1635Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to social services

Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten year plan and guidelines

Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten year plan and guidelines to address long-term and short-term housing.

Kevin S. ParkerSocial Services Committee

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S1636Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to infrastructure and capital investment

Relates to encouraging public-private partnerships to help spread broadband deployment

Relates to encouraging public-private partnerships to help spread broadband deployment.

Kevin S. ParkerInfrastructure And Capital Investment Committee

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S1634Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"; establishes minimum staffing levels for various health care workers in different health care facilities; requires submission of staffing pans;…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1626Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to children and families

Removes a certain time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net program

Provides that the time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net assistance program that was not funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families…

Kevin S. ParkerChildren And Families Committee

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S1627Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Establishes New York state renewable electric generation pilot programs

Establishes New York state renewable electric generation pilot programs to authorize the development of up to three hundred megawatts renewable electric capacity statewide, in order to stimulate the…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1630Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to banks

Provides that there shall be no solicitation for credit card holders through state or city university of NY unless credit education courses are provided

Provides that there shall be no solicitation for credit card holders through state or city university of NY unless credit education courses are provided.

Kevin S. ParkerBanks Committee

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S1631Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Forbids owners of multi-tenant buildings to discriminate against telephone companies in physical access to the property to install equipment and provide services

Forbids building owners of multi-tenant properties to discriminate against telephone companies in physical access to the property to install equipment and provide telecommunications services; gives…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1633Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to freezing per diems for legislators with secondary incomes exceeding 20 percent of their legislative salaries

Relates to freezing per diems for legislators with secondary incomes exceeding 20 percent of their legislative salaries.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1632Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Requires the public service commission to review compensation paid to certain high level policy making employees of gas or electric corporations

Requires the public service commission to review at least once every three years, compensation paid to certain high level policy making employees of gas and/or electric corporations where such…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1629Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to environmental conservation

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a…

Kevin S. ParkerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1623Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services; allows the attorney general to bring a civil action against any internet provider that violates certain requirements.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1625Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the operation of N.Y. city transit authority subways or trains without a conductor on board

Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board; requires a conductor on any subway or train operated by such authority whenever the subway…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S1624Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides that residential buildings shall be deemed eligible buildings for the green building tax credit

Provides that residential buildings shall be deemed eligible buildings for the green building tax credit.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1613Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires passenger cabs be inspected for carbon monoxide levels and requires information on warning signs of such to be distributed with each operator's license

Requires passenger cabs be inspected for unsafe carbon monoxide levels and requires information on the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning to be distributed with each operator's license,…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S1618Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Enacts the "electric super highway act of 2014"

Enacts the "electric super highway act of 2014", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2014 and to provide each recommended…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1612Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires a holder of a class DJ or MJ learners permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver

Requires a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver; further authorizes the…

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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