Bills by

Timothy M. Kennedy

Senator

184 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →kennedy@nysenate.gov

2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

184 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

S823Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations
Provides personal income tax credit for real property taxes paid by certain veterans and their spouses; repeals real property tax law veterans' tax exemptions
Replaces current system which grants veterans real property tax exemptions funded by local governments with a system funded by the state; provides that honorably discharged veterans of certain wars…
Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee
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S822Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business
Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program
Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program offering a tax credit program for businesses within New York state that opt to make large capital investments and maintain certain job levels.
Timothy M. KennedyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

S545Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty.

Timothy M. KennedyLabor Committee

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S546Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions.

Timothy M. KennedyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S547Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Requires disclosure of addiction risks for certain prescription drugs

Requires disclosure of addiction risks for certain prescription drugs; requires physicians, nurses and pharmacists to provide information on prevention, mitigation and treatment of prescription drug…

Timothy M. KennedyHealth Committee

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S544Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two year terms in either house

Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two year terms in either house; regardless of terms, service is limited to ten years in each house and no more than twenty…

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S540Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Exempts the amount of any service award paid to any volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker from personal income tax

Exempts the amount of any service award paid to any volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker from personal income tax.

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S541Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens.

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

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S543Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection for persons fifty years of age or older; requires the superintendent of insurance to provide…

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

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S539Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Relates to establishing centers of workforce achievement programs and of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private businesses

Establishes centers of workforce achievement to advance the creation of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private businesses.

Timothy M. KennedyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S537Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to consumer protection

Establishes a cap on the amount of money municipalities within the county of Erie may annually charge a mobile food vendor

Establishes a cap on the amount of money municipalities within the county of Erie may annually charge a mobile food vendor.

Timothy M. KennedyConsumer Protection Committee

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S529Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides for the corporation to do studies in targeted areas of Buffalo as part of a retail revitalization program

Provides for the corporation to do studies in targeted areas of Buffalo as part of a retail revitalization program; requires final report to legislature no later than January 1, 2015.

Timothy M. KennedyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S534Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program; provides that counties shall have the option to establish such program by the…

Timothy M. KennedyHigher Education Committee

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S533Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes a tax free time period for storm related products for the month of September

Establishes a tax free time period for storm related products for the month of September.

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S535Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission

Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission.

Timothy M. KennedyCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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S530Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault or an attempted assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree.

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

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S528Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for a corporate franchise tax credit for employee training expenses in an eligible business facility

Establishes a five percent investment tax credit against the franchise tax imposed upon corporations for a portion of training or retraining expenses incurred by them in an eligible business…

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S531Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without…

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

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S480Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Requires the department to draft guidelines for the transition of patients from substances with a high risk of addiction to those with a low risk

Requires the department to draft guidelines for the transition of patients from substances with a high risk of addiction to those with a low risk.

Timothy M. KennedyHealth Committee

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S482Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly.

Timothy M. KennedyMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S489Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires vehicles equipped with wheelchair lifts to have safety belts that are used to secure individuals in wheelchairs while being lifted from or into a vehicle

Requires vehicles equipped with wheelchair lifts to have safety belts that are used to secure individuals in wheelchairs while being lifted from or into a vehicle.

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S483Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists

Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists; requires three hours of training on the prevention, treatment and mitigation of opiate analgesics and…

Timothy M. KennedyHigher Education Committee

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S488Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Provides that students who have an IEP shall not be required to take more than one regents examination in any given day

Provides that students who have an IEP shall not be required to take more than one regents examination in any given day.

Timothy M. KennedyEducation Committee

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S481Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders

Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders.

Timothy M. KennedyMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S484Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides business tax credit for employer provided day care

Provides employers with a tax credit in an amount not to exceed 20% of expenses incurred in providing day care services to the children and wards of its employees and in training persons employed by…

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S487Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires the appointment of a transit dependent and para-transit dependent representative on various transporation authorities

Requires the appointment of a transit dependent and para-transit dependent representative on various transportation authorities.

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S475Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Requires health care professionals to report any diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder to a registry maintained by the department of health

Requires health care professionals to report any diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder to a registry maintained by the department of health.

Timothy M. KennedyHealth Committee

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S380Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle when such death was caused committing a major traffic…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S381Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Authorizes superintendent of insurance to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to prohibit retroactive charge-backs of health insurance rates

Authorizes superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to prohibit retroactive charge-backs of health insurance rates.

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

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S374Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus; allows permissive suspension of a driver's license for up to six months for such violation, and creates the crime of…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S377Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program which program shall be funded by a mandatory surcharge imposed upon persons who unlawfully use parking spaces…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S376Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Relates to the safety of funeral processions

Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S375Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Creates the crimes of domestic abuse in the first, second and third degrees; creates a judicial diversion program for domestic abuse defendants

Creates the crimes of domestic abuse in the first, second and third degrees; creates a judicial diversion program for domestic abuse defendants.

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

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S367Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Provides for a review of rating territory definitions for non-business automobile insurance policies

Establishes as a distinct territory for purposes of rating private passenger nonbusiness automobile insurance policies, a certain city with a population between 19,040 and 25,000 which is…

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

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S368Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to finance

Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes fund; appropriation

Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes the urban open space program fund; makes an appropriation of 10…

Timothy M. KennedyFinance Committee

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S370Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires fire company command vehicles to be equipped with a partition or cage separating the front and rear seats

Requires fire company command vehicles to be equipped with a partition or cage separating the front and rear seats.

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

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S362Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to aging

Exempts veteran disability payments from the income of persons sixty-five years of age or over entitled to a real property tax exemption

Exempts veteran disability payments from inclusion as income of persons sixty-five years of age or over to determine eligibility for a real property tax exemption.

Timothy M. KennedyAging Committee

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S365Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict; amends the current law which provides regents awards to children of certain veterans of wars and disabled veterans in…

Timothy M. KennedyHigher Education Committee

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S363Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Forfeits per diem payments to members of the legislature when the budget is late

Forfeits per diem payments to members of the legislature when the budget is not passed by April 1.

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S360Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Reduces certain on-premises liquor license fees

Reduces the annual fee for a license to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises in cities having a population of more than 100,000 and less than one million which are outside of the…

Timothy M. KennedyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S359Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses.

Timothy M. KennedyVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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