Senate · District 1 · 2013–14
Kenneth P. LaValle
SD-1No longer in office
Chair, Higher Education
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslavalle@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
433
318 bills, 115 resolutions
Passed a house
57
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
16
by the governor
Avg impact
—
no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
39 of 434 sponsored bills passed (13.8%), ranking #7 of 62 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
318 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S2357In Senate Committee· Mar 25, 2014Prohibits the application of certain lawn fertilizers to any watersheds and drainage basins in certain counties
- S2359In Senate Committee· May 15, 2014Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems
- S2355In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections
- S2354In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Makes provisions with respect to service of real property assessment challenges upon fire districts
- S2279In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Provides a tax exemption from certain taxes for open spaces and open areas owned by a local government or not-for-profit corporation
- S2281In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Provides for the development of individual site specific disaster preparedness plans for nuclear power plants operating within 50 miles of the state's borders
- S2277In Senate Committee· Feb 19, 2014Increases income limitations and tax credits for real property tax circuit breaker credit
- S2282In Assembly Committee· Jun 3, 2014Provides that the territory of central high school districts that merge in the county of Suffolk does not need to be contiguous
- S2278In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Removes a cap on allowable real property tax exemptions available to certain veterans
- S2280In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to inspection stations in certain Suffolk county towns
- S2223In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Amends the definition of allowable college tuition expenses and establishes a new schedule of tax credits for allowable college tuition expenses
- S2224In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Enlarges the definition of the term agency for certain purposes
- S2220In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to pre and post test reporting requirements, test site registration and sign in, and establishes crime related to educational testing fraud
- S2219In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Establishes a demonstration program of physician assistant training in underserved areas by students of foreign institutions
- S2188Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 10, 2013Authorizes the diminishment of beach erosion control districts in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk
- S2178In Assembly Committee· May 7, 2014Prohibits the taking of striped bass during the period of January 1 to April 15
- S2127In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the consolidation of school districts
- S2126In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accept government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city
- S2125In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Decreases application fees for tidal wetlands permits
- S2123In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Grants volunteer ambulance workers preferential treatment when applying to medical schools within New York state which receive funding from the state
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules