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
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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
- S6772In Senate Committee· Mar 7, 2014Gives justice courts limited equity powers to compel compliance with local zoning, building and fire prevention codes
- S6768In Assembly Committee· Jun 2, 2014Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to undertake projects to protect national historic landmarks from shore erosion
- S6767In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Extends the time period for the taking of deer in the county of Suffolk from December thirty-first until March thirty-first
- S6755In Senate Committee· Mar 6, 2014Removes the state insurance funds exemption from licensing and other requirements of the insurance law
- S6749In Senate Committee· Mar 5, 2014Relates to tuition assistance program awards
- S6722In Senate Committee· May 15, 2014Authorizes a certain individual to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer
- S6721In Senate Committee· Jun 3, 2014Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer of certain public lands owned by school districts
- S6713In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Relates to the establishment, extension, powers and expenses of watershed protection improvement districts
- S6701Senate Floor Calendar· Apr 30, 2014Provides for the transfer of police officers of the parks department of the county of Suffolk to the county police department
- S6667In Assembly Committee· Jun 18, 2014Imposes a moratorium on any plan or proposed plan of the department of environmental conservation to designate the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species or eliminate the mute swan from New York state
- S6666Senate Floor Calendar· May 5, 2014Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to physical therapy assistants
- S6630Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2014Relates to hunting in the county of Suffolk and the requirement that towns issue hunting permits
- S6539In Senate Committee· Feb 4, 2014Requires the state to pay down the gap elimination adjustment
- S6495Signed by Governor· Jul 22, 2014Permits the county of Suffolk to extend the real property tax payment deadline for the town of East Hampton residentsSigned into law
- S6418In Assembly Committee· Jun 18, 2014Relates to the penalties for the confinement of companion animals in vehicles at times of extreme temperature
- S6420In Senate Committee· Jan 22, 2014Enacts the "pay it forward, pay it back program"
- S6419Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 9, 2014Relates to the definition of immediate family
- S6337In Senate Committee· Apr 24, 2014Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony
- S6303In Assembly Committee· Jun 10, 2014Establishes operating accounts for three state university of New York medical hospitals; repealer
- S6300Signed by Governor· Mar 17, 2014Makes technical changes to the effectiveness of chapter 486 of the laws of 2013 relating to mandatory continuing education for licensed mental health counselors and other professionalsSigned into law
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules