Senate · District 50 · 2013–14
John A. DeFrancisco
SD-50No longer in office
Chair, Finance
In office since 2009 · 5 sessionsjdefranc@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
219
116 bills, 103 resolutions
Passed a house
42
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
15
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
26 of 220 sponsored bills passed (25.7%), ranking #15 of 62 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
All sponsored legislation
219 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- S2310In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Repeals article 21 of the tax law relating to imposition of a highway use tax for the privilege of operating any vehicular unit upon the public highways
- S1974In Assembly Committee· Jun 10, 2014Provides for release of subcontractor's retainage held by a public owner or contractor sixty days after substantial completion of work
- S1790In Assembly Committee· May 20, 2014Makes certain convictions for operating under the influence predicates for other operating under the influence convictions
- S1215In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Makes indemnification agreements relating to construction contracts void as against public policy
- S1217In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Provides for a reasonable amount of construction contract sum to be deposited in a separate interest bearing escrow account with a third party escrow agent
- S1216In Assembly Committee· Jun 18, 2014Relates to the unenforceability of a contract clause requiring a contractor or subcontractor to continue unapproved or disputed work
- S1045In Senate Committee· Feb 19, 2014Relates to the taking of private property; repealer
- S1046In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"
- S564In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the use of eminent domain
- S563In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to criminal mischief in the third degree
- S552In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Authorizes public welfare officials to withhold rent from a landlord when real estate taxes for the rental property are unpaid
- S553In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Permits municipalities the local option of providing a tax exemption to certain National Guard members and reservists
- S554In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Repeals section 474-a of the judiciary law relating to contingent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice
- S551In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought
- S555In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions
- S340In Assembly Committee· May 21, 2014Relates to mandatory orders of protection for personal information pertaining to victims and relates to service of a subpoena by pro se litigant
- S338In Assembly Committee· Jun 23, 2014Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims based on pricing caps and from recommending a particular repair facility, and requires notice to insureds
- S339In Assembly Committee· May 12, 2014Increases the penalties for persons leaving the scene of a boating accident
- S337Signed by Governor· Sep 27, 2013Provides for the payment of restitution to volunteer fire companies in certain instancesSigned into law
Committees
- FinanceChair
- Banks
- Cities
- Codes
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Judiciary
- Labor