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
- S5956In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Establishes the Long Island water pollution control act
- S5860In Senate Committee· Jan 31, 2014Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases
- S5777Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 18, 2014Relates to certification standards for green buildings
- S5769In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Authorizes the village of Port Jefferson, county of Suffolk, to adopt any ordinance rule or regulation affecting the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles along Main Street
- S5766Signed by Governor· Oct 21, 2013Authorizes Eastport fire district to file an application for a real property tax exemption for the 2013-2014 assessment rollSigned into law
- S5727Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2013Adds certain lands in the Carmans River Watershed to the Central Pine Barrens Area and the Core Preservation Area; repealer
- S5540In Senate Committee· Apr 29, 2014Relates to truth in testing for the common core
- S5400In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Includes nurse practitioners as a provider of services for purposes of collaborative drug therapy management and makes the authorization for pharmacists to perform such management permanent
- S5404In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Exempts the costs associated with the construction of community college capital facilities from the real property tax levy limit for local governments
- S5405In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Provides for financial disclosure by employees of state operated campus foundations, including the Research Foundation of the State University of New York
- S5392In Senate Committee· Jun 13, 2014Relates to conditions of registration for nonresident pharmacies
- S5283Vetoed· Jan 10, 2014Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New YorkVetoed
- S5279In Senate Committee· Jun 20, 2014Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans
- S5269In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the defense and indemnification of towns and villages by the state under the Long Island Pine Barrens Act
- S5266Signed by Governor· Jul 31, 2013Authorizes the village of Quogue, county of Suffolk to offer certain retirement options to police officer Robert J. HammelSigned into law
- S5267Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 20, 2013Authorizes Rocky Point Historical Society to file an application for a real property tax exemption for the 2013-2014 assessment roll
- S5268In Assembly Committee· Jun 3, 2014Exempts certain wineries from the requirement to file annual information returns
- S5105In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve
- S5099In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Requires the installation and maintenance of lockout devices on lottery vending machines by licensed lottery sales agents to prevent use by minors
- S5086Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 21, 2013Provides for mandatory continuing education for mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychoanalysts and creative arts therapists
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules