Bills by

Kevin S. Parker

Senator

850 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →parker@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

850 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S1935Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health
Requires the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America
Establishes the Lymphology study, requiring the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America.
Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee
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S1925Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance
Establishes an independent fatality review board to investigate deaths appearing to be from unnatural causes, where domestic violence is apparent
Establishes an independent fatality review board to review and assess domestic violence cases which result in a fatality and compile a report and make recommendations to certain state agencies based…
Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

S1924Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Enacts the Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Competition Act

Enacts the Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Competition Act.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1917Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Relates to the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program and the community health and workforce reinvestment account; effectiveness

Extends certain provisions relating to the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program and the community health and workforce reinvestment account.

Kevin S. ParkerMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S1905Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school

Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the…

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1908Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Establishes a program of tiered eligibility for services offered by OPWDD for persons with learning disabilities and other complex neurological impairments

Establishes a program of tiered eligibility for services offered by the office for people with developmental disabilities for persons with learning disabilities and other complex neurological…

Kevin S. ParkerMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S1906Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1890Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Regulates cadmium in substrate in children's jewelry

Regulates cadmium in substrate of children's jewelry; provides that no children's jewelry shall be sold or distributed in this state that contains cadmium in accessible metal or plastic substrate…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1892Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Enacts the protection in the workplace act

Enacts the "protection in the workplace act"; provides that injuries to employees as a result of the commission of a sexual offense shall entitle such employee to all rights and benefits available…

Kevin S. ParkerLabor Committee

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S1893Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to insurance

Provides for health insurance coverage for nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists

Provides for health insurance coverage for nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists.

Kevin S. ParkerInsurance Committee

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S1889Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act

Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program through the department of health to be a comprehensive age-appropriate program conducted by an eligible applicant; authorizes the…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1891Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following…

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1887Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to the siting of the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar Evers college

Relates to the siting of the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar Evers college.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1885Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships

Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1886Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates the New York state community service loan board; appropriation

Creates the New York state community service loan board to fund state businesses adversely affected by state agency actions; provides for the organization, powers and duties thereof; provides for…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1818Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to eliminating net operating loss carryback deductions; repealer

Relates to eliminating net operating loss carryback deductions.

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1819Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Prohibits charitable organizations from using charitable donations for confidentiality agreements or closed settlement agreements

Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1776Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires N.Y. city to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other facilities

Requires local solid waste management plans for cities over one million to include a plan for litter control including provision for placement of an adequate number of receptacles for trash and…

Kevin S. ParkerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1779Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Requires a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property in good faith

Requires a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property in good faith.

Kevin S. ParkerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S1769Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Requires return of a security deposit by a landlord within 30 days unless the landlord gives written notice of retention for legally authorized cause

Requires a landlord to return to a tenant the full security deposit within thirty days of the surrender of the premises by such tenant unless the landlord provides such tenant with a written…

Kevin S. ParkerJudiciary Committee

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S1767Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Provides for the establishment of life long learning centers within the state university to provide courses to persons 40 or older seeking to explore life options

Provides for the establishment of lifelong learning centers within the state university of New York to provide courses in community colleges and colleges and universities in the state university…

Kevin S. ParkerHigher Education Committee

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S1771Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Authorizes a victim of domestic violence to apply to remove the violent felony offender from deed of co-owned real property

Authorizes a victim of domestic violence to apply to the county clerk to remove the violent felony offender from deed of co-owned real property in such county.

Kevin S. ParkerSocial Services Committee

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S1772Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Relates to compliance with federal reporting standards for incidences of sexual assault on SUNY and CUNY campuses

Relates to compliance with federal reporting standards for incidences of sexual assault on SUNY and CUNY campuses.

Kevin S. ParkerHigher Education Committee

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S1773Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Establishes a legislative intelligence committee to provide oversight, review, approval and audits of appropriations and expenditures of counterterrorism agencies

Establishes a legislative intelligence committee to provide oversight, review, approval and audits of appropriations and expenditures of counterterrorism agencies.

Kevin S. ParkerVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S1768Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools

Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1756Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Relates to restraint of individuals in facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health

Relates to restraint of individuals in facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health.

Kevin S. ParkerMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S1753Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Requires state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public

Requires state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public upon initiation of law enforcement activity.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1735Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Provides for a public health study by the department of health on the installation of synthetic turf

Provides for a public health study by the department of health on the installation of crumb rubber in synthetic turf.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1731Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Establishes a pilot program related to making the gluten content of food available at certain state owned, operated, or leased cafeterias

Establishes a pilot program related to making the gluten content of food available at certain state owned, operated, or leased cafeterias.

Kevin S. ParkerHealth Committee

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S1733Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Incorporates environmental justice considerations into major utility transmission facility siting

Incorporates environmental justice considerations into major utility transmission facility siting.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1734Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Codifies state university of New York educational opportunity centers

Codifies state university of New York educational opportunity centers which provide an integrated system of education, vocational training and student support services targeted to higher education…

Kevin S. ParkerHigher Education Committee

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S1728Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records

Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.

Kevin S. ParkerCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1729Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in…

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1730Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within office for the prevention of domestic violence to study, report on and make recommendations on such violence

Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to study, report on and make recommendations on the prevalence,…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

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S1727Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias-related offenses to law enforcement agencies.

Kevin S. ParkerEducation Committee

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S1726Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Increases penalty for leaving scene of an accident without reporting to class E felony

Increases penalty for leaving scene of an accident without reporting to class E felony.

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S1720Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Enhances the fitness and safety requirements for certain licensed individuals

Enhances the fitness and safety requirements for certain licensed individuals and establishes the "New York state task force on the effects of aging on driving ability".

Kevin S. ParkerTransportation Committee

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S1723Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to banks

Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state the interest rate and the total cost of loan in a dollar amount

Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in…

Kevin S. ParkerBanks Committee

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