Bills by

Fredrick J. Akshar II

Senator

8,887 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →akshar@nysenate.gov

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

8,887 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

A5199Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Held for consideration in transportation
Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge"
Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge".
Sandy GalefTransportation Committee
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S3633Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government
Amends the real property tax law to allow local governments to exempt un-remarried spouses of public safety officials from all or a portion of tax
Relates to exempting un-remarried spouses of paid or volunteer firefighters, ambulance workers or police officers who have fallen in the line of duty from all or a portion of their real property…
Terrence P. MurphyLocal Government Committee

S3629Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending under the federal GI bills

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of the state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending, within 12…

Marc PanepintoHigher Education Committee

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S3613Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Relates to "power purchase agreements" concerning energy technologies eligible for net metering

Relates to "power purchase agreements" concerning energy technologies eligible for net metering.

Joseph A. GriffoEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S3602Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Creates commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges

Creates independent commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges.

Diane J. SavinoHigher Education Committee

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S3582Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to requirements for selecting the lowest responsible bidder for certain public works contracts

Relates to requirements for selecting the lowest responsible bidder for certain public works contracts; requires the submission of a questionnaire to the contracting agency and the comptroller.

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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A5183Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to racing and wagering

Relates to eligibility for New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. benefits

Relates to eligibility for New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. benefits.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

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S3572Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to residential mortgage foreclosure fraud prevention

Relates to residential mortgage foreclosure fraud prevention; creates the crimes of residential mortgage foreclosure fraud in the first and second degrees.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3576Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to ethnic or racial profiling

Relates to ethnic or racial profiling; prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from engaging in racial or ethnic profiling.

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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A5156Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs

Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs.

Michele TitusSocial Services Committee

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A5141Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Directs the commissioner of education to include communication support services as a vocational rehabilitation service

Directs the commissioner of education to include communication support services as a vocational rehabilitation service.

Angelo SantabarbaraEducation Committee

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S3550Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to establishing the L3C act regarding low-profit limited liability companies

Relates to establishing the L3C act regarding low-profit limited liability companies.

Adriano EspaillatCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A5127Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Requires fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions including identifying a source of funding for the annual cost of the legislation

Requires fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions including identifying a source of funding for the annual cost of the legislation.

Dean MurrayGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5088Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Held for consideration in education

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain counties to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain counties to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school.

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

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A5093Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to sealing of dismissals and violations that are more than twenty years old

Relates to sealing of dismissals and violations that are more than twenty years old.

Daniel O'DonnellCodes Committee

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A5102Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Held for consideration in social services

Relates to requiring the homestead exemption used in the calculation for the public assistance to be the same as the homestead exemption under the civil practice law and rules

Requires the homestead exemption used in the calculation for the public assistance to be the same as the homestead exemption under the civil practice law and rules.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

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A5069Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness

Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the…

Jo Anne SimonJudiciary Committee

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S3531Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Directs New York state urban development corporation to implement affirmative action programs for women and women-owned businesses to afford equal opportunity

Requires the state urban development corporation and each of its subsidiaries to take affirmative action so as to assure that business enterprises owned and operated by women be given an equal…

Marc PanepintoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S3526Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Returns the funding levels for municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located to the state fiscal year 2008-2009 levels

Returns the funding levels for municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located to the state fiscal year 2008-2009 levels.

Marc PanepintoFinance Committee

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S3521Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations

Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.

Tony AvellaCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S3516Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

Authorizes Thomas Steier to be reclassified as a Tier II member of the New York city retirement system

Authorizes Thomas Steier to be reclassified as a Tier II member of the New York city employees' retirement system.

Toby Ann StaviskyCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S3487Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Applicant registration for wholesalers or manufacturers of prescription drugs

Relates to applicant registration for wholesalers or manufacturers of prescription drugs; defines criminal history search.

Andrew J. LanzaHigher Education Committee

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S3488Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

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S3485Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized.

Andrew J. LanzaChildren And Families Committee

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S3478Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Establishes domestic abuse offenses, provides for special information for certain felony domestic abuse offenses and designates such offenses as family offenses

Establishes domestic abuse offenses for assaults upon spouses, former spouses, fellow parents of a child in common and domestic partners; provides for issuance of a special information for domestic…

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

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S3475Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Exempts crimes of making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments from youthful offender procedure after defendant is found guilty of such a charge

Exempts crimes of making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments from youthful offender procedure after defendant is found guilty of such a charge.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

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S3477Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when he or she damages property that is public property

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so he or she damages property that is public…

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

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S3473Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Prohibits the imposition and collection of tolls for the passage of motor vehicles over highways in a city having a population of one million or more

Prohibits the imposition and collection of tolls for the passage of motor vehicles over highways in a city having a population of one million or more.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

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S3470Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license

Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

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A5024Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Creates the community opioid rehabilitation program services act and the opioid dependency services fund

Creates the community opioid rehabilitation program services act and the opioid dependency services fund.

Felix OrtizAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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A5018Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to the limitation on highway expenses in the town of Smithtown

Relates to the limitation on highway expenses in the town of Smithtown.

Michael J. FitzpatrickTransportation Committee

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A5037Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Prohibits community colleges from charging the county of residence of a non-resident student for local sponsor costs for more than the costs associated with obtainin

Prohibits community colleges from charging the county of residence of a non-resident student for local sponsor costs for more than the costs associated with obtaining an associate degree or…

Michelle SchimelHigher Education Committee

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A4979Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Held for consideration in tourism, parks, arts and sports development

Establishes the Nissequogue River state park

Establishes the Nissequogue River state park.

Michael J. FitzpatrickTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

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A4992Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local governments

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act; repealer

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act, relating to the requirements for consolidation or dissolution of certain local government entities.

Michelle SchimelLocal Governments Committee

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A4968Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing

Establishes a priority senior housing waiting list and website through the office of the New York city housing authority for use by adults sixty-five years of age and older

Establishes a priority senior housing waiting list and website through the office of the New York city housing authority for use by adults sixty-five years of age and older.

Aravella SimotasHousing Committee

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S3465Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems; provides that where the municipality does not tax at full value such exemption shall be…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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A4961Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to real property taxation

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems; provides that where the municipality does not tax at full value such exemption shall be…

Fred ThieleReal Property Taxation Committee

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S3455Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife

Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife.

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

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S3457Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce certain child protective, domestic relations, or domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability…

Diane J. SavinoJudiciary Committee

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S3454Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to insurance

Requires insurance coverage for the HALO breast pap test to detect risk of developing breast cancer

Requires insurance coverage for the HALO breast pap test to detect risk of developing breast cancer.

Diane J. SavinoInsurance Committee

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S3453Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Relates to input from municipalities relating to the establishment or incorporation of facilities providing chemical dependence services

Relates to input from municipalities relating to the establishment or incorporation of facilities providing chemical dependence services.

Diane J. SavinoAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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A4957Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to governmental employees

Relates to establishing a defined contribution program for which elected officials are deemed mandatory members

Relates to establishing a defined contribution program of which elected officials are deemed mandatory members.

Michael J. FitzpatrickGovernmental Employees Committee

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A4935Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides for reduced fare tokens for residents of Nassau county for use of certain bridges operated by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

Provides for reduced fare tokens (80% of regular rate) for residents of Nassau county for use of the Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck and Verrazano-Narrows bridges operated by the…

Brian F. CurranCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S3438SenateA5110· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Relates to certain educational requirements for public assistance

Relates to requiring participation in education programs leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma for those seeking public assistance.

Catharine YoungSocial Services CommitteeHealth

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