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Provides for the recalculation and re-establishment of civil service lists based upon eligibility for credits pursuant to section 85-b as amended by chapter 376 of 2013

Provides for the recalculation and re-establishment of civil service lists based upon eligibility for credits granted to children and siblings of deceased firefighters and police officers pursuant…

Martin J. GoldenSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides a preference in state contracts for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses

Provides a preference in state contracts for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires public adjusters to work for the benefit of insureds and requires disclosure of conflicts of interest

Requires public adjusters to work for the benefit of insureds and requires disclosure of conflicts of interest.

Jeffrey D. KleinStricken

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child and provides for consecutive sentencing upon certain multiple convictions

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child; increases age from 16 to 18 for application of existing sexual performance crimes; creates crimes of use of a child in a sexual…

Jeffrey D. KleinStricken

Relates to voter pre-registration

Relates to voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration.

David CarlucciElections Committee

Enacts the "safe patient handling act"

Enacts the safe patient handling act to establish a statewide safe patient handling policy for health care facilities in the state; creates the statewide safe patient handling work group.

George D. MaziarzHealth Committee

Provides for the creation of a drug guide for seniors regarding the drugs commonly used by people over 62 years of age

Provides for the creation of a drug guide for seniors regarding the drugs commonly used by people over 62 years of age; provides that such guide will include functions and drug interactions.

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Mourning the death of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa

Dean G. SkelosAdopted

Adopted

Commending the Colonel Francis S. Gabreski Cadet Squadron upon the occasion of presenting the colors at the start of the session of the New York State Senate, January 13, 2014

Kenneth P. LaValleAdopted

Adopted

Establishes an "Amber Alert" system for missing developmentally disabled persons

Establishes an "Amber Alert" system for missing developmentally disabled persons.

Greg BallStricken

Relates to a study on the economic impact of the establishment of kitchen incubators

Requires the Empire State Development Corporation, in consultation with SUNY, CUNY, and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities to conduct a study on the economic impact of the…

Marcos CrespoHigher Education Committee

Requires certain health insurance policies and contracts to provide coverage for human leukocyte antigen testing for use in tissue typing for bone marrow testing

Requires certain health insurance policies and contracts to provide coverage for human leukocyte antigen testing, also referred to as histocompatible locus antigen testing, for A, B, and DR…

George LatimerInsurance CommitteeFinance

Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote

Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote.

Michael GianarisElections Committee

Prohibits the purchase of more than 1 firearm during any period of 30 days

Establishes the class A misdemeanor of unlawful procurement of a firearm, for the purchase or acquisition of more that 1 firearm during any period of 30 days.

Michael GianarisCodes Committee

Makes the failure to provide appropriate shelter to a dog left outside a misdemeanor

Makes the failure to provide appropriate shelter to a dog left outside a misdemeanor.

Cecilia TkaczykAgriculture Committee

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee"

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee".

Diane J. SavinoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to proceedings regarding prostitution offenses committed by juveniles

Provides that local criminal courts shall treat and retain persons aged 16 and 17 who commit certain prostitution offenses as PINS proceedings.

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

Relates to licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.

Dan QuartVetoed

Vetoed

Requires all heating oil sold within certain counties to be bioheating fuel

Requires all heating oil sold within the counties of Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester and the counties of the city of New York to be bioheating fuel that contains at least two percent…

Robert SweeneyVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes Talmud Torah Ohr Yochanan to file an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes Talmud Torah Ohr Yochanan to file an application for exemption from real property taxes.

David CarlucciVetoed

Vetoed

Enacts the "veterans employment act" to grant veterans the right to temporary appointments by state agencies, rather than using temporary employment service companies

Enacts the "veterans employment act" to grant veterans the right to temporary appointments by state agencies, rather than using temporary employment service companies.

Greg BallSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York

Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

Kenneth P. LaValleVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the cessation of the powers, jurisdiction and duties of the board of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority

Relates to the cessation of the powers, jurisdiction and duties of the board of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority.

Sean RyanVetoed

Vetoed

Provides for the regulation of the profession and practice of applied behavior analysis

Provides for the regulation of the profession and practice of applied behavior analysis.

Joseph MorelleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to sentences of probation and pre-sentence reports

Relates to imposing sentences of probation and to waiving pre-sentence investigations and written reports thereon in any city having a population of one million or more for certain offenses.

Martin J. GoldenSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Raises the threshold for estate tax under applicable internal revenue code provisions

Raises the threshold for estate tax under applicable internal revenue code provisions; increases to five million dollars over a period of five years.

John A. DeFranciscoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to preemption of local laws; repealer

Relates to preemption of local law.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Expands the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of counsel fees and expenses in certain actions against the state

Expands the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of counsel fees and expenses in certain actions against the state, to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was…

Mark GrisantiJudiciary Committee

Relates to truth in testing for the common core

Relates to truth in testing for the common core.

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

Establishes crimes relating to false receipts and universal product code labels

Establishes crimes relating to false receipts and universal product code labels; defines terms.

Lee M. ZeldinCodes Committee

Prohibits sex offenders from being entitled to licenses as state certified and licensed real estate appraisers

Prohibits sex offenders from being entitled to licenses as state certified and licensed real estate appraisers; requires real estate appraisers convicted of sex offenses to, within five days of the…

Greg BallFinance Committee

Relates to directing an examination concerning homeowners insurance coverage for sewer backup

Relates to directing an examination by the superintendent of financial services concerning the treatment of concurrent causation provisions in homeowners insurance contracts for coverage of sewer…

Martin J. GoldenInsurance Committee

Authorizes granting of school tax exemption to veterans with at least forty percent disability

Provides that after a public hearing a school district may adopt a resolution providing a school tax exemption on residential property owned by a veteran with at least a forty percent disability;…

Martin J. GoldenVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards core curriculum content for secondary schools

Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards core curriculum content for secondary schools; defines computer science.

Andrew HevesiEducation Committee

Requires health insurance coverage for lymphedema

Requires health insurance policies and contracts shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema; and requires such coverage shall include benefits for equipment, supplies,…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Creates the crime of criminal practices with an access device

Creates the crime of criminal practices with an access device.

Lee M. ZeldinCodes Committee

Relates to the New York state prostate cancer research, detection and education fund

Relates to the New York state prostate cancer research, detection and education fund; disposition to cancer centers designated as comprehensive by the national institutes of health operating in the…

Michael H. RanzenhoferFinance Committee

Requires health insurers to offer coverage of health care provided by out of network providers

Requires health insurers to offer coverage of health care provided by out-of-network providers.

Kemp HannonInsurance Committee

Relates to coverage for mammography and other image screening for occult breast cancer

Relates to coverage for mammography and other image screening for occult breast cancer and providing notification of test results to patient's physician.

Ellen C. JaffeeInsurance Committee

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Education Committee

Requires the attorney general to prosecute New York city police officers charged with a criminal offense in violation of any of the laws of this state

Requires the attorney general to prosecute New York city police officers charged with a criminal offense in violation of any of the laws of this state.

Kevin S. ParkerLocal Government Committee

Relates to the surcharge on utility bills for the renewable portfolio standard

Provides that surcharges imposed on ratepayer's utility bills for programs including the renewable portfolio standard shall not be allocated to assist persons whose facilities are located outside of…

George D. MaziarzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to prompt payments to local governments of state aid payments associated with disaster relief

Enacts procedures to ensure prompt payments to local governments of state aid payments associated with disaster relief.

James L. SewardFinance Committee

Provides for funding of early intervention services

Provides for state grant funding to municipalities for early intervention services for toddlers with disabilities and their families.

Terry GipsonHealth Committee

Relates to civil service credits for step children of and children raised and financially supported by firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty

Relates to civil service credits for step children of and children raised and financially supported by firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Civil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to the form of proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions

Relates to the form of proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions; requires form of language to be un-biased.

Patricia FahyElection Law Committee

Provides veterans with access to certain economic programs and incentives, and expands the population served by the division of minority and women's business development

Provides veterans with access to certain economic programs and incentives; expands the population served by the division of minority and women's business development to include veterans; makes…

John T. McDonald IIIVeterans' Affairs Committee

Requires mercantile establishments to cease collections upon a court finding of not guilty of larceny in mercantile establishments

Requires mercantile establishments to cease collections upon a court finding of not guilty of larceny in mercantile establishments.

Ruben DiazJudiciary CommitteeLegal