Co-sponsored bills

Establishes the commission on prosecutorial conduct

Establishes the commission on prosecutorial conduct.

N. Nick PerryRules Committee

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during certain periods

Provides up to three years of service credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during times of peace; removes requirement that such military service…

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Honoring the recipients of the LeadingAge New York 2014 Long Term Care Employees of Distinction Awards

Richard GottfriedAdopted

Adopted

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic…

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that…

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases

Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases; makes limited exceptions.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings

Relates to standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings.

Nily RozicJudiciary Committee

Requires health care providers to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment, services that provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk thereof

Requires health care providers (i.e., an entity licensed/certified under certain articles of the public health law or the mental hygiene law, a health care practitioner licensed/registered/certified…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Makes an appropriation to the Children's Environmental Health Centers for the purposes of services and expenses of Children's Environmental Health Centers

Makes an appropriation to the Children's Environmental Health Centers for the purposes of services and expenses of Children's Environmental Health Centers.

Robert SweeneyStricken

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan

Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents: provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

Establishes the "education investment incentives act"

Establishes the "education investment incentives act"; provides credits against income and corporate franchise tax for various qualified education investments including scholarships, education funds…

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act.

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes the commissioner of education to make grants to eligible YouthBuild programs and to establish application…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

Relates to enacting the credit for rural broadband act of 2014

Creates a refundable tax credit for broadband deployment to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.

William MageeGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act, granting collective bargaining rights, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits to farmworkers

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week;…

Catherine NolanLabor Committee

Relates to pay for military duty

Relates to pay for military duty covering forty working days or sixty calendar days.

Phillip GoldfederGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol

Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol within three hours of such discharge; establishes…

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Prohibits the sale of ammunition without proof of a firearm license

Prohibits the sale of handgun ammunition to any person unless the person can produce proof of a firearm license; defines "ammunition"; imposes a civil penalty of between $500 and $1,000 for each…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit

Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established under the human rights law.

Rhoda JacobsGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home"

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home".

Crystal Peoples-StokesTransportation Committee

Prohibits using possession of a condom as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting…

Barbara ClarkOn the Assembly floor

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program through the department of health to be a comprehensive age-appropriate program conducted by an eligible applicant; authorizes the…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent

Raises tax credits for long-term care insurance from twenty percent to fifty percent; applies to the corporation tax, franchise tax on business corporations, personal income tax, franchise tax on…

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies; defines terms; provides that on and after January 1, 2014, one hundred percent of all new light-duty vehicles purchased by…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to discovery requirements and procedures; repealer

Relates to discovery requirements and procedures.

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

Provides that certain supplies that are purchased for use at school shall be exempt from sales and compensating use tax

Provides that certain supplies that are purchased for use at school shall be exempt from sales and compensating use tax.

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

Establishes a teacher preparation program to strengthen education opportunities available to children in low income areas

Establishes a teacher preparation program to train and retrain teachers to prepare them for teaching assignments in areas having concentrations of low-income families; provides that the commissioner…

Barbara ClarkHigher Education Committee

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of…

Kevin CahillTransportation Committee

Appropriates money to the office for people with developmental disabilities for the funding of various programs

Appropriates money to the office for people with developmental disabilities for the funding of various programs.

Harvey WeisenbergSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring the recipients of the LeadingAge New York 2013 Long Term Care Employees of Distinction Awards

Richard GottfriedAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the suspension of certain driver's licenses for violations relating to the use of mobile telephones or portable electronic devices while driving

Relates to the suspension of certain driver's licenses for violations relating to the use of mobile telephones or portable electronic devices while driving.

Edward HennesseyOn the Assembly floor

Requires the furnishing of pre-school day care for children at public expense

Provides state funding for pre-school and kindergarten programs which are operated by day care centers.

Vito LopezStricken