Co-sponsored bills

Relates to the number of judges of the family court

Relates to the number of judges of the family court in certain counties.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to maintaining kindergarten programs

Relates to maintaining kindergarten programs when school districts are receiving state funds to operate pre-kindergarten programs.

Catherine NolanRules Committee

Relates to automobile manufacturers and unfair practices by franchisors

Relates to automobile manufacturers and unfair practices by franchisors.

David GanttSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

Relates to payment of independent contractors

Relates to payment of independent contractors and authorizes the department of labor to investigate complaints, make claims for compensation, assess liquid damages, civil penalties and criminal…

Sheldon SilverLabor Committee

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automated people moving conveyances and…

Keith L.T. WrightFinance Committee

Relates to the definition of autism and autism spectrum disorder

Relates to the definition of autism and autism spectrum disorder.

Thomas AbinantiOn the Assembly floor

Increases the number of family court judges in the city of New York, and the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester

Increases the number of family court judges in the city of New York, and the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onieda, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

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

Prohibits the collection of rent arrearages accruing prior to the date of approval of an application for an adjustment in the legal regulated rent based upon a major capital improvement

Prohibits the collection of rent arrearages accruing prior to the date of approval of an application for an adjustment in the legal regulated rent based upon a major capital improvement.

Shelley MayerHousing Committee

Caps the amount of collectible rent increases due to major capital improvements at six percent of the legal regulated rent

Caps the amount of collectible rent increases due to major capital improvements at six percent of the legal regulated rent.

Shelley MayerHousing Committee

Relates to capping compensation for hospital executives

Relates to capping compensation for hospital executives.

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases

Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases.

Jeffrion AubryCodes Committee

Requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Jeffrion AubryCodes 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

Establishes the nurse practitioners modernization act

Establishes the nurse practitioners modernization act which allows the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified nurse practitioner to include diagnosis and performance without…

Richard GottfriedStricken

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act

Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act.

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Amy PaulinHigher Education Committee

Requires the legislature to provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries

Provides a constitutional guarantee that the legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries, wherein all the residents of this state may be provided…

Barbara LiftonJudiciary Committee

Establishes the "Women's Equality Act"; relates to the prohibition of differential pay because of sex

Establishes the "Women's Equality Act"; relates to prohibition of differential pay because of sex (part A); relates to unlawful discriminatory practices (part B); provides for attorney's credit…

Michele TitusLabor Committee

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.

Jeffrion AubryEducation Committee

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state.

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations 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.

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

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

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes or when such service or worship is deemed not disruptive of normal…

Marcos CrespoEducation Committee

Allows certification of disability by the United States veterans' administration

Allows certification of disability by the United States veterans' administration.

Claudia TenneyTransportation Committee

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

Karim CamaraOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services.

Rhoda JacobsInsurance Committee

Makes provisions relating to the suspension of licenses

Provides that the owner of a hazard vehicle service or of a taxicab, livery, bus, coach, limousine, van or wheel chair accessible van service, who has permitted an employee to operate such a vehicle…

Vivian CookTransportation Committee

Requires the public service commission to conduct an in-depth public interest analysis of proposed mergers by telephone corporations and other telecom service providers

Requires the public service commission to conduct an in-depth public interest analysis of proposed mergers by telephone corporations and other telecommunications services providers; requires the…

James F. BrennanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs

Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs.

Amy PaulinEducation Committee

Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first

Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first.

Amy PaulinEducation 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

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.

Joan MillmanJudiciary Committee

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.

Steven EnglebrightLabor Committee

Excludes certain boards of cooperative educational services from liability for certain administrative expenses

Excludes certain boards of cooperative educational services from liability for certain administrative expenses.

Shelley MayerEducation Committee

Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia

Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia; provides for the issuance of a certification to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist upon the filing of…

Richard GottfriedHigher Education Committee

Relates to the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist

Relates to profession of nurse anesthetist; defines "certified registered nurse anesthetist"; requires the department of education to certify such nurses.

Richard GottfriedHigher Education Committee

Requires public administrators to provide notice prior to the disposal of certain properties

Requires public administrators to provide notice to the local government and municipal landmark board prior to the disposal of certain historic properties.

Shelley MayerJudiciary Committee

Increases the earned income disregard and repeals the one hundred eighty-five percent standard of need for public assistance applicants; repealer

Relates to monthly grants and allowances of public assistance; increases the earned income disregard to sixty-seven percent and repeals the one hundred eighty-five percent standard of need for…

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

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

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases; requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and…

Marcos CrespoHealth Committee

Relates to insurance coverage of early intervention services

Relates to insurance coverage of early intervention services.

Amy PaulinInsurance Committee

Relates to preliminary procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants

Relates to procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants; defines abandoned infant; sets forth preliminary procedures; and provides for sustaining or dismissing a petition…

Amy PaulinJudiciary Committee

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit

Includes writer's salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit.

Ellen C. JaffeeWays And Means Committee

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm

Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm where such offenses occur at the residence of a child under age of fourteen.

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Relates to expanding the definition of bus to include certain buses owned and operated for the transportation of children less than school age

Expands the definition of bus to include those owned by public or governmental agency, pre-school, nursery school or private school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the…

David GanttTransportation Committee