Senate · District 45 · 2013–14

Betty Little

SD-45No longer in office

Chair, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation

In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslittle@senate.state.ny.us

Effectiveness

29 of 234 sponsored bills passed (30.9%), ranking #13 of 62 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.

Sponsored bills

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108 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions

S5140Signed by Governor· Jul 31, 2013Authorizes the village of Hudson Falls to offer a 20 year retirement plan to police officer Brandon KommerSigned into law
S5139In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Grants up to 3 years service credit in the public retirement systems of the state for military service in hostilities from October 7, 2001 until the end of hostilities in Afghanistan
S4825In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to including certain information in the study of minority and women-owned business enterprise programs
S4809Signed by Governor· Dec 18, 2013Implements the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, Long LakeSigned into law
S4722In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Establishes provisions for the net energy metering of neighborhood electricity usage
S4723In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Requires the education department to provide teachers of pupils taking a common core curriculum exam to provide the results of such pupils and pupils statewide
S4689Passed Assembly· Jun 19, 2013Authorizes the legislature to settle the land dispute between the state and private parties in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase in Long Lake (Second Passage)
S4688Passed Assembly· Jun 19, 2013Authorizes the state to engage in a land exchange with NYCO Minerals, Inc. relating to certain land in the town of Lewis, county of Essex, within the forest preserve (second passage)
S4558In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional three-quarters of one percent of sales and compensating use taxes
S4531Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 21, 2013Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose and extends expiration thereof
S4463Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 4, 2013Extends the expiration of the authority of the county of Franklin to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax
S4462Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 4, 2013Extends Clinton county's authorization to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax
S4358In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Authorizes the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to lease or license certain structures and facilities within certain state parks; repealer
S4282In Senate Committee· May 29, 2014Relates to applications for minor and major projects before the Adirondack park agency
S4273In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Authorizes the beneficiaries of John E. Johnson to receive a death benefit which is not reduced because he was over 60 years of age
S3932In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Establishes the Corinth and Warren railroad authority to improve and operate a 56 mile section of railroad
S3933Signed by Governor· Jul 12, 2013Provides that the town justice of the town of Piercefield, in the county of St. Lawrence, need not be a resident of such townSigned into law
S3766Signed by Governor· Nov 13, 2013Authorizes political subdivisions to purchase apparatus, materials, equipment and related services through contracts let by other government entitiesSigned into law
S3735In Assembly Committee· Jun 10, 2014Directs the Franklin county civil service commission to provide for the employment of retired police officers as part-time municipal police officers
S3497In Senate Committee· Jan 17, 2014Increases civil and criminal penalties for failure to pay wages or to differentiate the rate of pay based on sex

Committees

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And RecreationChair
Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Consumer Protection
Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Education
Environmental Conservation
Finance
Judiciary
Rules