Bills by

Kenneth P. LaValle

Senator

433 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →lavalle@nysenate.gov

2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

433 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

S4576Senate· Moved Mar 7, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Provides tax credit for allowable college expenses
Provides tax credit for allowable college expenses.
Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee
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S6755Senate· Moved Mar 6, 2014· Referred to insurance
Removes the state insurance funds exemption from licensing and other requirements of the insurance law
Removes the state insurance fund's exemption from licensing and other requirements of the insurance law; requires the superintendent of insurance to approve the rules adopted by the state insurance…
Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee
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S2038Senate· Moved Mar 6, 2014· Referred to children and families

Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued

Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued.

Kenneth P. LaValleChildren And Families Committee

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S2405Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2014· Referred to higher education

Relates to the unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers

Prohibits the sale of academic dissertations, theses and term papers whether written or provided through electronic media.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S347Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Provides that the judgment of sale in a mortgage foreclosure action shall direct that each individual of a group purchasing the premises disclose his or her name

Provides that the judgment of sale in a mortgage foreclosure action shall direct that in the event such premises is purchased collectively by more than one individual, the names of each individual…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S349Senate· Moved Feb 21, 2014· Opinion referred to judiciary

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to temporarily serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence.

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S3523Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Relates to exemptions available to veterans

Relates to exemptions available to veterans.

Kenneth P. LaValleVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S2449Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Opinion referred to judiciary

Provides for a constitutional amendment directing the legislature to establish a procedure for the creation of Peconic county

Provides for a constitutional amendment directing the legislature to establish a procedure for the creation of Peconic county; provides that Peconic county shall consist of the towns of East…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S2398Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Establishes procedures and guidelines for which a test subject may request and obtain information and materials regarding a standardized test

Establishes procedures and guidelines for which a test subject may request and obtain information and materials regarding a standardized test.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S2277Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Increases income limitations and tax credits for real property tax circuit breaker credit

Increases to $36,000 the household gross income limitations for tax credits for real property tax circuit breaker credit; makes such tax credits available to disabled persons as well as to those…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2029Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S2021Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides an exemption from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax for certain equipment purchased by companies located in college incubator facilities

Provides an exemption from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax for equipment, with a purchase price of five hundred dollars or greater, purchased by companies located in college incubator…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1848Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Enacts the "school buildings carbon monoxide detectors act"

Enacts the "school building carbon monoxide detectors act"; requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in elementary and secondary school buildings; authorizes the commissioner of…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S1651Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Opinion referred to judiciary

Establishes a procedure for a people's veto of laws enacted by the legislature

Establishes a procedure for a people's veto of laws enacted by the legislature.

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S2030Senate· Moved Feb 7, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Provides timeline for the election by the legislature of the regents

Provides that regents of the University of the state of New York in office March 31, 2014 shall hold office until June 30th of the year in which such term expires; also provides that commencing July…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S6539Senate· Moved Feb 4, 2014· Referred to education

Requires the state to pay down the gap elimination adjustment

Requires the state to pay down the gap elimination adjustment; such gap elimination adjustment for the 2014-2015 school year shall equal 50% and the gap for fiscally distressed districts shall equal…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S5860Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2014· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development

Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases

Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases; creates a local option in counties in New York state to provide…

Kenneth P. LaValleHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S4419Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2014· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Authorizes the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southold, and Southampton in the county of Suffolk to adopt local laws in certain cases related to taking wild deer

Authorizes the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southold, and Southampton in the county of Suffolk to adopt local laws in certain cases related to the taking of wild deer.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S4002Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Relates to certain tuition payments by school districts for general education and special students residing in such school districts

Relates to certain tuition payments by school districts for general education and special students residing in such school districts.

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S3642Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2014· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Clarifies the definition of "permanent place of abode" for the purposes of the residency rules under the personal income tax

Provides that a permanent place of abode shall not include a dwelling that is owned, leased, or maintained by the individual or the individual's spouse where such dwelling is not used as the…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4597Senate· Moved Jan 23, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Provides that the trustees of SUNY may authorize the establishment of a new category of tuition for non-resident students enrolled in distance learning courses

Provides that the trustees of the state university of New York may authorize the establishment of a new category of tuition for non-resident students enrolled in distance learning courses.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S3527Senate· Moved Jan 23, 2014· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Directs the department of environmental conservation to grant Robert Zickmund, Sr. a license to fish conch

Directs the department of environmental conservation to grant Robert Zickmund, Sr. a license to fish conch.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1762Senate· Moved Jan 23, 2014· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Authorizes the catching and possession of up to 5 times the daily limit of fish during any 7 day period of time

Authorizes the catching and possession of up to 5 times the daily limit of fish during any 7 day period of time; authorizes the catching and possession on a single vessel of the maximum daily limit…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S766Senate· Moved Jan 23, 2014· Amend and recommit to finance

Establishes an office of education legal services

Establishes an office of education legal services within the department of law which shall provide all legal services to school districts except for school districts in the cities of New York,…

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

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S6420Senate· Moved Jan 22, 2014· Referred to higher education

Enacts the "pay it forward, pay it back program"

Enacts the "pay it forward, pay it back" program; directs the board of trustees of the state university to identify two four-year institutions of the state university and two community colleges to…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S2921Senate· Moved Jan 22, 2014· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Authorizes the village of Sagaponack, town of Southampton to enter into an inter-municipal agreement for the provision of police services with any town in Suffolk county with which it shares a border

Authorizes the village of Sagaponack, town of Southampton to enter into an inter-municipal agreement for the provision of police services with any town in Suffolk county with which it shares a border.

Kenneth P. LaValleStricken

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S2033Senate· Moved Jan 17, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Enacts the "higher education community service opportunity act"

Enacts the "higher education community service opportunity act" to encourage and promote a program whereby students who have benefitted from society's assistance with their post secondary education…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S1656Senate· Moved Jan 17, 2014· Amend and recommit to infrastructure and capital investment

Establishes the "rebuild and renew public higher education facilities fund"

Establishes the "rebuild and renew public higher education facilities fund".

Kenneth P. LaValleInfrastructure And Capital Investment Committee

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S1560Senate· Moved Jan 17, 2014· Amend and recommit to higher education

Requires mandatory continuing education for nurses

Requires 45 hours of mandatory continuing education in a three year period for registered professional nurses; permits exemptions for illness, military duty and nurses who are not engaged in the…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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