Bills by

Catharine Young

Senator

272 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →cyoung@senate.state.ny.us

2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

272 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

S6908Senate· Moved Mar 27, 2014· Referred to social services
Relates to certain educational requirements for public assistance
Relates to requiring participation in education programs leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma for those seeking public assistance.
Catharine YoungSocial Services Committee
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J4178Senate· Moved Mar 25, 2014· Adopted
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Pioneer Oil Museum of New York, Inc.
Catharine YoungAdopted
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S2192Senate· Moved Mar 24, 2014· Referred to agriculture

Relates to the transportation of bulk milk

Allows the department of transportation, in conjunction with the department of agriculture and markets, to investigate and resolve any barriers to bulk milk transportation; enables the state…

Catharine YoungAgriculture Committee

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S2203Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2014· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides definition of integrated pest management

Provides for definition of integrated pest management.

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S6745Senate· Moved Mar 5, 2014· Referred to health

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S2205Senate· Moved Mar 5, 2014· Referred to codes

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to child witnesses.

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

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S2677Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2014· Referred to agriculture

Directs department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to define farm conservation practices conducted by professionals

Directs the department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to review and define farm conservation practices which are within the professions of…

Catharine YoungAgriculture Committee

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S4355Senate· Moved Feb 26, 2014· Referred to health

Consolidates provisions relating to telemedicine and telehealth into a single article of the public health law; repealer

Consolidates provisions relating to telemedicine and telehealth into a single article of the public health law.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S6640Senate· Moved Feb 21, 2014· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Enacts the "integrated employment, economic development and safety net system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act"

Enacts the "integrated employment, economic development and safety net system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act"; directs the commissioner of developmental…

Catharine YoungMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S2711Senate· Moved Feb 14, 2014· Amend and recommit to insurance

Regulates step therapy and first fail health insurance policies and contracts

Regulates step therapy and first fail health insurance policies and contracts.

Catharine YoungInsurance Committee

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S2681Senate· Moved Feb 4, 2014· Reported and committed to finance

Establishes a historic preservation revolving loan program to provide interest free loans to municipalities for historic preservation projects

Establishes a historic preservation revolving loan program, within the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, to provide interest free loans to municipalities for historic…

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S4795Senate· Moved Jan 30, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Provides for the establishment of regional secondary schools

Provides for the establishment of regional secondary schools.

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S3893Senate· Moved Jan 30, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain supervisory districts to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain supervisory districts to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school.

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S3778Senate· Moved Jan 30, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain supervisory districts to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain supervisory districts to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school.

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S3515Senate· Moved Jan 30, 2014· Amend and recommit to codes

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

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S2249Senate· Moved Jan 30, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a working farmland property tax credit for owners of agricultural assessment land within agricultural districts

Establishes a working farmland property tax credit for owners of agricultural assessment land within agricultural districts.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5718Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Authorizes Livingston county to impose an additional mortgage recording tax and authorizing such county to expend on necessary county services

Authorizes Livingston county to impose an additional mortgage recording tax and authorizes such county to expend on necessary county services.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4316Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Provides that the gap elimination adjustment be determined based on the 2010 federal census

Provides that the gap elimination adjustment shall be determined on the basis of the 2010 federal census.

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S3910Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops

Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops.

Catharine YoungAgriculture Committee

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S3895Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to local government

Excludes the value of trees for the purposes of real property tax assessments in certain counties

Excludes the value of trees for the purposes of real property tax assessments in the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates.

Catharine YoungLocal Government Committee

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S3899Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to increasing the number of family court judges in Chautauqua county

Increases the number of family court judges in Chautauqua County.

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S3900Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of duty station

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of where such person is stationed.

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3780Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district during the 2014 - 2015 school year

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district for the 2014 - 2015 school year.

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S3277Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Catharine YoungHigher Education Committee

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S3083Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to finance

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos; such payments shall be in lieu of payments that the state is otherwise required to…

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S2740Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Relates to providing state aid for transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities

Provides that fifty percent of the cost of transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities shall be included in regular aidable transportation; provides that a school district…

Catharine YoungEducation Committee

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S2690Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Provides for aquaculture and shellfish regulation; repealer

Provides for aquaculture and shellfish regulation.

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2684Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Exempts farm operations from limited liability filing fees and certain business franchise taxes

Exempts farm operations from limited liability filing fees and certain business franchise taxes.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2685Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Exempts domestic and imported animals harvested as game animals from the sales and compensating use tax

Exempts domestic and imported animals harvested as game animals from the sales and compensating use tax.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2682Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a personal income tax credit for the cost of replacing concord grapevines by farmers

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers whose federal gross income from farming is at least two-thirds of excess federal gross income, for the cost of replacing concord grapevines by…

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2683Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a credit against the franchise tax on business corporations for the cost of replacing concord grapevines by a farm

Establishes a credit against the franchise tax on business corporations for the cost of replacing concord grapevines by a farm.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2676Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, and the special districts therein for state lands in such town

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, and the special districts therein for state lands in such town.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2675Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend (t) and recommit to civil service and pensions

Eliminates the maximum age for taking the civil service examination for appointment as a police officer or as an environmental conservation officer

Eliminates the maximum age for taking the civil service examination for appointment as a police officer or as an environmental conservation officer.

Catharine YoungCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S2709Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans to 85% of the cost thereof

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof.

Catharine YoungAgriculture Committee

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S2615Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to transportation

Relates to updating the fire safety components of school buses

Relates to updating the fire safety components of school buses; requires the commissioner of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for testing to promote the fire…

Catharine YoungTransportation Committee

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S2614Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Exempts other states and possessions of the United States, and their political subdivisions from state sales taxes

Exempts other states and possessions of the United States and their political subdivisions from state sales taxes.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2254Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to health

Authorizes physician assistants under the supervision of a physician to perform most medical services that a physician can perform

Authorizes physician assistants under the supervision of a physician to perform most medical services that a physician can perform, including the signing of death certificates.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S2194Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes

Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level.

Catharine YoungEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S2083Senate· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides that excess investment tax credit amounts may be refundable to operators of a farm operation

Provides that excess investment tax credit amounts may be refundable to operators of a farm operation.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4073Senate· Moved Jan 28, 2014· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development

Provides for high income decontrol of housing accommodations based upon the average annual income of the tenants for the previous 2 years

Provides for high income decontrol of rent regulated housing accommodations based upon the average annual income of the tenants for the previous two years.

Catharine YoungHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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