Senate · District 51 · 2013–14
James L. Seward
SD-51No longer in office
Chair, Insurance
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionsseward@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
225
148 bills, 77 resolutions
Passed a house
40
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
18
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
42 of 226 sponsored bills passed (30.2%), ranking #6 of 62 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
148 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S4329Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2013Relates to providing for increased efficiency for certain insurance regulations
- S4327Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2013Relates to extending authorization for certain exemptions from filing requirements
- S4328In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the discontinuance of a class of group of blanket policy or contract of hospital, surgical or medical expense insurance and relates to a marketplace withdrawal
- S4226In Senate Committee· Apr 24, 2014Relates to the registration of vintage snowmobiles
- S4172In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to extending authorization for certain exemptions from filing requirements
- S4171Signed by Governor· Dec 18, 2013Relates to life insurance policies that credit additional amounts in accordance with an equity indexSigned into law
- S4166In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to communication service surcharges applied to the county of Cortland
- S4167In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Increases the wireless surcharges for the county of Cortland from thirty cents to one dollar per month
- S4103In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to authority for the joint underwriting association to issue broad form insurance coverage
- S4034In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller; repealer
- S4019Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 4, 2013Relates to extending authorization for additional sales tax in the county of Schoharie until 2015
- S4020Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 4, 2013Authorizes the county of Schoharie to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property
- S4018Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 4, 2013Relates to extending authorization for additional sales tax in the county of Otsego until 2015
- S3949Signed by Governor· Jul 31, 2013Relates to the residency requirements for public health director in the county of HerkimerSigned into law
- S3858In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to domestic excess line insurance companies
- S3857Senate Floor Calendar· Mar 6, 2013Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law establishing an excess line advisory organization
- S3815In Assembly Committee· Jun 19, 2014Grants retroactive tier I status to David Reardon based upon employment with the town of Little Falls
- S3773In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Creates various programs to protect safety of truck drivers
- S3772In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the franchise on business corporations
- S3765Signed by Governor· Nov 8, 2013Designates a portion of state highway 23 in the county of Delaware as the "Davenport Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway"Signed into law
Committees
- InsuranceChair
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Health
- Higher Education
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Rules