Co-sponsored bills

Designates the bridge on Bryant Pond road crossing the Taconic state parkway as the "Disabled American Veterans Bridge"

Designates the bridge on Bryant Pond road crossing the Taconic state parkway, in the town of Putnam Valley and county of Putnam, as the "Disabled American Veterans Memorial Bridge".

Sandy GalefSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

Relates to the rights to contract for the burial of cremains in pet cemeteries and requiring notice relating thereto

Relates to the rights to contract for the burial of cremains in pet cemeteries; requires notice relating thereto.

Thomas AbinantiRules Committee

Exempts certain veterans in state veterans homes or adult day care at a state veterans home from requirements to enroll in a medicaid managed care plan or a medicaid long term care plan

Exempts honorably discharged military veterans, their widow or spouse, and eligible Gold Star parents in state veterans homes or adult day care at a state veterans home from requirements to enroll…

Michelle SchimelOn the Assembly floor

Relates to municipal energy aggregation programs

Relates to municipal energy aggregation programs; authorizes inter-municipal agreement for the purpose of coordinating efforts by municipal energy aggregators to requests bids for and potentially…

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

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

Limits animal dealers exempt under the provision of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs

Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to…

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the filing of petitions of designation or nomination in the county of Westchester

Relates to the filing of petitions of designation or nomination in the county of Westchester.

Amy PaulinElections Committee

Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dog

Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dog.

Kenneth ZebrowskiOn the Assembly floor

Honoring Douglas J. Hovey as recipient of the Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr. Advocacy Award

David WeprinAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim Monday, May 19, 2014, as New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day

David WeprinAdopted

Adopted

Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st Century and Curriculum

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

Edward RaEducation Committee

Provides managed care enrollees access to the services of the foot center of New York

Provides managed care enrollees access to the services of the foot center of New York.

Robert J. RodriguezWays And Means Committee

Relates to the filing of papers in Westchester county

Relates to the filing of papers in Westchester county; requires all applicable papers to be filed with the BOE in NYC and Westchester must actually be received by such BOE on or before the last day…

Amy PaulinStricken

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act.

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to animals during the commission of a felony.

James TediscoAgriculture Committee

Proposes the removal of pension and retirement benefits from persons convicted of certain felonies

Proposes the removal of pension and retirement benefits from persons convicted of certain felonies.

Sandy GalefJudiciary Committee

Relates to acts of the Legislature having fiscal impacts on local governments

Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or…

Christopher FriendJudiciary Committee

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall

Provides for initiative and referendum and recall; empowers the electors with the ability to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution, approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes, and…

Brian KolbJudiciary Committee

Establishes a defined contribution plan

Establishes a defined contribution plan for all non-civil service appointees and elected officials of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are not yet vested in a state…

Michael J. FitzpatrickGovernmental Employees Committee

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless two-thirds of the legislature is present and requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity

Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.

James TediscoJudiciary Committee

Enacts "Charlotte's Law" relating to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators

Enacts "Charlotte's Law"; relates to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators who have been convicted of certain violations three times in a 25 year…

James TediscoTransportation Committee

Enacts the "omnibus emergency services volunteer incentive act" to provide certain benefits to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers

Enacts the "omnibus emergency services volunteer incentive act" to provide benefits to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers; increases the personal income tax deduction after four or more…

Philip PalmesanoWays And Means Committee

Provides for separate personal income tax credits for solar electric, solar thermal and wind energy systems installed upon the residence of a taxpayer

Provides for separate personal income tax credits for solar electric, solar thermal and wind energy systems installed upon any residence of a taxpayer.

Dennis H. GabryszakStricken

Establishes luring or enticing of a child a crime

Establishes luring or enticing of a child shall be a class B felony.

Dennis H. GabryszakStricken

Provides that the New York historical society shall be a member of the university of the state of New York and an education corporation

Provides that the New York historical society shall be a member of the university of the state of New York and an education corporation of the state education department in order to maintain the…

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

Establishes procedures for the growing of industrial hemp

Establishes procedures for the growing of industrial hemp.

Donna LupardoAgriculture 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

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending under the federal GI bills

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of the state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharge veterans attending, within 12…

Joseph LentolHigher Education Committee

Relates to state aid for library construction and infrastructure services

Relates to state aid for library construction and infrastructure services.

Philip PalmesanoLibraries And Education Technology Committee

Enacts the military spouse act of 2013

Enacts the military spouse act of 2013, which: requires a workshop to investigate and report about licensing and the difficulties encountered by military spouses (Part A); authorizes the state to…

Claudia TenneyHigher Education 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

Includes certain veterans in the definition of resident as it relates to community colleges and state-aided four-year colleges

Includes active duty military and certain veterans going to college under the new GI bill in the definition of resident as it relates to community colleges and state-aided four-year colleges.

Joseph LentolHigher Education Committee

Authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a four percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; repealer

Authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a four percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; preserves the authority of certain counties and a city to impose…

Sandy GalefWays And Means Committee

Relates to establishing the crime of allurement of a minor through electronic means

Establishes the crime of allurement of a minor through electronic means.

Al GrafCodes Committee

Grants excused leave to civil service employees who are volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers during state of emergency

Grants excused leave to civil service employees during states of emergency as declared by the federal, state or a municipal government, when such employees are members of a volunteer fire department…

Robert OaksGovernmental Employees Committee

Allows tax deduction up to $10,000 on personal income for certain child care

Allows tax deduction up to $10,000 on personal income for certain child care; allows deduction to parent of pre-school child or child of another.

Robert OaksWays And Means Committee

Enacts the taxpayer protection and mandate relief act; repealer

Enacts the taxpayer protection and mandate relief act; enacts various reforms relating to government spending including a spending growth cap, employee contributions to health insurance, limiting…

Brian KolbLocal Governments Committee

Relates to reimbursement by Medicaid for services required by state law

Relates to reimbursement for Medicaid for services required by state law; provides department of health must pay 100% of the non-federal share for services required by state law, not federal.

Joseph GiglioHealth Committee

Requires a three year moratorium on unfunded mandates from the legislature; repeals existing unfunded mandates

Requires a three year moratorium on unfunded mandates from the legislature; invalidates legislation that does not contain a detailed fiscal note identifying a funding source for certain costs to a…

Robert OaksLocal Governments Committee

Repeals chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearms licenses; private sale or disposal of firearms, rifles or shotguns

Repeals chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearms licenses; private sale or disposal of firearms, rifles or…

David DiPietroCodes Committee

Prohibits increase in state legislator's salary or allowance during lame duck session

Prohibits the legislature from increasing the salary or allowance payable to members of the legislature by a law enacted during the period running from the date of the general election until 12/31…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals

Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals and requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated…

James TediscoAgriculture Committee

Relates to repealing chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, relating to the New York Safe Act of 2013

Repeals chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, relating to the New York Safe Act of 2013.

Claudia TenneyCodes Committee

Establishes the New York state cornerstone program and the New York state discovery program and net income base and other taxes; repealer

Establishes the New York state cornerstone program and the New York state discovery program.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Suspends the Triborough amendment; requires the mandate relief team to prepare a list of unfunded mandates; expires in two years

Suspends the Triborough amendment; requires the mandate relief team to prepare a list of unfunded mandates; expires in two years.

Claudia TenneyGovernmental Employees Committee

Declares the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders

Declares the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders and grants such organization various benefits available to specified veterans' organizations.

Claudia TenneyVeterans' Affairs Committee