Bills by

Carl Heastie

Assembly Member

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2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

55 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

A8106Assembly· Signed Dec 29, 2014· Approval memo.30
Increases penalties for wage payment violations; relates to liability of members of limited liability companies and establishes the wage theft prevention account
Increases penalties for wage payment violations; relates to liability of members of limited liability companies and establishes the wage theft prevention enforcement account.
Carl HeastieSigned by Governor
Signed into law
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A9834Assembly· Signed Jul 22, 2014· Signed chap.134
Amends chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 extending the effectiveness of provisions relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations
Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations.
Carl Heastie

A8343Assembly· Moved Jun 10, 2014· Amended on third reading (t) 8343a

Relates to the increase in the minimum wage and provides that on each December 31st the rate shall be indexed to inflation; repealer

Relates to the increase in the minimum wage and provides that on December 31st, 2016 and each December 31st thereafter, the rate shall be indexed to inflation.

Carl HeastieOn the Assembly floor

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A6818Assembly· Moved Jun 3, 2014· Reported referred to codes

Establishes the public employee safety and health reform act

Establishes the "public employee safety and health reform act"; relates to prohibiting retaliatory acts against public employees.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

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A7961Assembly· Moved May 6, 2014· Reported referred to codes

Relates to establishing statutory guidelines for return to work by partially disabled workers

Provides that benefits for partially disabled workers who have actual earnings shall be based on such earnings; provides that benefits for partially disabled workers who have no actual earnings…

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

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A6671Assembly· Moved Apr 14, 2014· Amend (t) and recommit to labor

Enacts the "fair broadcast employment act of 2014" to authorize the use of certain contract provisions for the employment of key employees in the broadcast industry

Enacts the "fair broadcast employment act of 2014" to authorize the use of certain contract provisions for the employment of key employees in the broadcast industry.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A8919Assembly· Moved Mar 5, 2014· Referred to labor

Relates to compelling family reasons and the continuance of unemployment benefits

Relates to the continuance of unemployment benefits for an individual who provides child care where reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care have been made.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A4142Assembly· Moved Mar 5, 2014· Amend and recommit to education

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools must take a financial literacy and personal finances course

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools must take a financial literacy and personal finances course.

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

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A6635Assembly· Moved Feb 25, 2014· Reported referred to ways and means

Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"

Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"; provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent…

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

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A3732Assembly· Moved Jan 27, 2014· Referred to finance

Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller; repealer

Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller.

Carl HeastieFinance Committee

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A7757Assembly· Moved Jan 22, 2014· Enacting clause stricken

Relates to contesting personal injury or wrongful death actions

Relates to contesting personal injury or wrongful death actions; provides that determinations made by the workers' compensation board or ALJ as to cause of injury, degree of disability and/or…

Carl HeastieStricken

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A1034Assembly· Moved Jan 22, 2014· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program on personal income tax forms

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the tuition assistance program fund on personal income tax forms; establishes the gifts to the tuition assistance program fund.

Carl HeastieWays And Means Committee

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A7825Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Relates to unemployment insurance benefits; unlawful hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies; repealer

Relates to unemployment insurance benefits; relates to unlawful hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies; prohibits concurrent payments.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A7765Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A7151Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Establishes a fee schedule covering the costs of ambulance services provided to injured employees

Establishes a fee schedule covering the costs of ambulance services provided to injured employees.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A6902Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A6685Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Requires establishment of treatment guidelines for professional sporting team members who suffer concussions; requires NYS sporting teams to sign affidavit certifying adoption of such guidelines

Requires the commissioner of labor, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to establish nationally recognized evidence based treatment guidelines for professional sporting team members who…

Carl HeastieLabor Committee

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A5958Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Ordered to third reading cal.278

Enacts the New York state fair pay act

Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin…

Carl HeastieOn the Assembly floor

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A3774Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

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A3664Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in certain circumstances

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

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A1505Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course.

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

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A1175Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to the NYC transit authority on-track and surface omnibus safety program

Relates to the NYC transit authority on-track and surface omnibus safety program.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A1107Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to correction

Establishes a commission to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons

Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

Carl HeastieCorrection Committee

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A1109Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires timely payments and interest in the event that payments are untimely to contractors

Requires timely payments and interest in the event that payments are untimely to contractors.

Carl HeastieConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A1112Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to banks

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

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A1114Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to agriculture

Requires retail food stores in N.Y. city to have alternative power sources

Requires retail food stores in cities having a population of one million or more to have alternative power sources.

Carl HeastieAgriculture Committee

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A1108Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides that N.Y. city shall require qualified manholes to contain locking devices

Provides that cities with a population of one million or more shall require qualified manholes to contain locking devices.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A1110Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment.

Carl HeastieCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A1111Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to banks

Requires banks to disclose negative consequences of establishing alternative payment schedule on a loan

Requires banks to disclose any negative consequences of establishing an alternative payment schedule on a loan.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

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A1113Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to banks

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"; authorizes licensed cashers of checks to provide short-term loans under certain circumstances.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

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A1106Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to election law

Requires non-profit organizations to file statements regarding contributions they receive over ten thousand dollars

Requires non-profit organizations to file statements with the attorney general regarding contributions they receive over ten thousand dollars.

Carl HeastieElection Law Committee

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A1087Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to governmental operations

Requires notaries public to provide evidence of identity for a notarial act and maintain an official journal of notarial acts

Requires notaries public to provide evidence of identity for a notarial act and maintain an official journal of notarial acts.

Carl HeastieGovernmental Operations Committee

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A1090Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Requires insurance coverage for the influenza vaccine in certain circumstances

Requires insurance coverage for the influenza vaccine when such vaccine is administered in an elementary or secondary school.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

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A1067Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle safety and awareness component, and the driver's license examination to include questions

Requires five hour pre-licensing course to include a motorcycle awareness and safety component, and the driver's license examination to include two questions concerning motorcycle awareness and…

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

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A1059Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Establishes a twenty-four hour toll-free statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession of a weapon

Establishes a twenty-four hour toll-free statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession of a weapon.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

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A1037Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225 and extends the authorization for such program

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225.

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

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A1036Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in…

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

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A1035Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Directs the regents to ensure that a course in the use of the stock market is included during grades nine through twelve

Directs the regents to ensure that a course in the use of the stock market is included during grades nine through twelve; course to include investment concept, savings and relationship to the…

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

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A1033Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state; defines salvia divinorum; sets penalties for sale and provides a defense.

Carl HeastieCodes Committee

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A930Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to banks

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Carl HeastieBanks Committee

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A928Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to correction

Creates a felony possession of a firearm registration act

Creates a felony possession of a firearm registration act; provides that persons who are convicted of sections 265.02, 265.03 or 265.04 of the penal law have a duty to register with the division of…

Carl HeastieCorrection Committee

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A931Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Includes tobacco dependence treatments as covered services for certain insureds, policyholders or enrollees

Includes tobacco dependence treatments as covered services for certain insureds, policyholders or enrollees.

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

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A932Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy

Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy when insurer fails to make timely payment; such failure of…

Carl HeastieInsurance Committee

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