Co-sponsored bills

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant.

Kenneth ZebrowskiLabor Committee

Enacts the New York sun act of 2014

Enacts the New York sun act of 2014; establishes a solar energy incentive and financing program.

Steven EnglebrightEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Establishes an alternative resolution program for veterans accused of certain felonies

Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies.

Anthony BrindisiCodes Committee

Provides that any state officer or local officer convicted of a felony involving breach of public trust be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits

Provides that any state officer or local officer convicted of a felony involving breach of public trust be subject to forfeiture of pension rights or retirement benefits.

David BuchwaldCodes 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

Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st Century and Curriculum

Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st Century and Curriculum.

Edward RaEducation Committee

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

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2014 as Autism Awareness Month in the State of New York

Harvey WeisenbergAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, allowing children of military families to achieve educational success by facilitating smoother transfers between…

Michael BenedettoEducation Committee

Enacts the "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act"

Enacts the "Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act"; develops a comprehensive plan and operational guidelines to promote service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.

Felix OrtizOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act.

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Requires health insurance to cover drug and alcohol abuse and dependency treatment services

Requires health insurance to cover drug and alcohol abuse and dependency treatment services.

Michael CusickInsurance Committee

Provides for the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders

Provides for the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders.

James TediscoTransportation Committee

Relates to enacting the New York state thruway authority accountability act

Enacts the New York state thruway authority accountability act; names the commissioner of DOT as chair of the thruway authority board; directs the commissioner of DOT to submit a plan to merge the…

Brian KolbCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of persons fifty-five years of age and older

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of persons fifty-five years of age and older.

Edward BraunsteinWays And Means Committee

Regulates step therapy and first fail health insurance policies and contracts

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

Matthew TitoneInsurance Committee

Eliminates the sales tax on transportation services; repealer

Eliminates the sales tax on transportation services.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

Relates to financial responsibility and reimbursement for payment for early intervention services

Relates to financial responsibility and reimbursement for payment for early intervention services.

Patricia FahyHealth Committee

Provides that the availability of bills in electronic printable format shall constitute a printed bill for purposes of section 14 of article 3 of the constitution

Provides that the availability of bills in an electronic printable format shall constitute a printed bill for purposes of section 14 of article 3 of the constitution.

James TediscoJudiciary Committee

Provides that trained personnel of the Physical Security Organization of a nuclear facility be given peace officer status

Provides that trained personnel of the Physical Security Organization of a nuclear facility be given peace officer status but shall not carry or possess a firearm.

William A. BarclayCodes Committee

Authorizes courts to suspend a driver's license where the holder fails to adhere to the court

Authorizes courts to suspend a driver's license where the holder fails to appear before the court, pay a fine, complete an alcohol awareness program or complete community service within the period…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

Allocates certain tax revenue to the tobacco use prevention and control program fund

Allocates certain tax revenue to the tobacco use prevention and control program fund for programs to help smokers quit and to keep children from smoking.

Marcos CrespoWays And Means Committee

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement.

Donna LupardoLabor Committee

Eliminates the sales tax on transportation services; repealer

Eliminates the sales tax on transportation services.

Dennis H. GabryszakStricken

Provides for lifetime sportsman license for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

Amends the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing for lifetime sportsman licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Dennis H. GabryszakStricken

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement

Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement.

Dennis H. GabryszakStricken

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

Relates to preemption of local laws; repealer

Relates to preemption of local law.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Eliminates certain fees for veterans who request the addition of a veteran notation to valid licenses

Eliminates certain fees for veterans who request the addition of a veteran notation to valid licenses.

Raymond WalterTransportation 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

Relates to pay for military duty

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

Phillip GoldfederGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program

Relates to the common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program.

Al GrafEducation Committee

Requires all plea agreements offered to public officers and former public officers to include pension forfeiture

Requires all plea agreements offered to public officers and former public officers to include pension forfeiture.

Kieran Michael LalorGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the public officers accountability act

Enacts the public officers reform act; relates to disqualifying certain individuals from holding office; disqualifies certain people from bidding on state contracts; bans certain people from acting…

Brian KolbGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires person convicted of an alcohol related driving offense to carry no fewer than two single use disposable breathalyzers

Requires person convicted of an alcohol related driving offense to carry no fewer than two single use disposable breathalyzers.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

Authorizes criminal and family courts to issue lifetime orders of protection in the presence of aggravating circumstances after a hearing

Authorizes criminal and family courts to issue lifetime orders of protection in the presence of aggravating circumstances after a hearing.

Mark GjonajCodes Committee

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension.

David DiPietroGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the "Commitment to Military Education Act" to provide tuition assistance to members of the armed forces who were enrolled in a tuition assistance program cancelled or suspended

Enacts the "Commitment to Military Education Act" to provide tuition assistance to members of the armed forces who were enrolled in a tuition assistance program cancelled or suspended.

Aileen GuntherHigher Education Committee

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps; includes college coaches, athletic directors, professors, graduate assistants and college presidents…

James TediscoChildren And Families Committee

Enacts the "over-expenditure, under-expenditure, transfer notification (OUT) act" to provide for the use of surplus appropriated funds and over-expenditure approval

Enacts the "over-expenditure, under-expenditure, transfer notification (OUT) act" to provide for the use of surplus appropriated funds and over-expenditure approval.

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

Relates to an exemption for real property owned by an incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department

Relates to an exemption for real property owned by an incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department; provides such property shall be removed from the tax rolls immediately by the county…

Thomas McKevittReal Property Taxation Committee

Provides for mandatory imprisonment and plea restrictions for offenses victimizing the elderly and physically disabled

Defines the felonies of victimizing the elderly or physically disabled in the 3rd degree, 2nd degree and 1st degree and provides that a sentence of imprisonment must be imposed upon conviction of…

Andrew RaiaCodes Committee

Imposes additional penalties upon persons convicted of animal abuse

Requires unsealing of court records of youthful offenders convicted of animal abuse offense; provides that such persons undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment where necessary.

James TediscoAgriculture Committee

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated for unlawful possession of marihuana or unlawful possession of…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

Limits ownership or possession of companion animals by "Buster's Law" violators

Limits ownership or possession of companion animals by "Buster's Law" violators and adds definition of equine companion while taking horses out of farm animal definition.

James TediscoAgriculture Committee

Enacts the senior environmental corps act

Enacts the senior environmental corps act; establishes the senior environmental corps within the department of environmental conservation; establishes a mechanism for seniors to volunteer their…

Gary FinchEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates a sales tax exemption for green technology companies purchasing manufacturing equipment

Creates a sales tax exemption for green technology companies purchasing manufacturing equipment.

Steve KatzWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the investment of public pension funds in entities doing business in Sudan

Prohibits the investment of public pension funds in entities doing business in Sudan.

Karim CamaraGovernmental Employees Committee