Sponsored bills

Requires the commissioner to update a licensee's photo image at least every eight years

Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to update a licensee's photo image at least every eight years.

Sandy GalefTransportation Committee

Relates to prohibiting election commissioners from being chairs of political parties

Relates to prohibiting election commissioners from being chairs of political parties.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Relates to marriage officers

Relates to marriage officers.

Sandy GalefJudiciary Committee

Relates to annual and special fire district elections and repeals certain provisions of the town law relating thereto

Relates to annual and special fire district elections and repeals certain provisions of the town law relating thereto.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Establishes a temporary commission of child abuse prevention

Establishes a temporary commission on child abuse prevention.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides where marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic abuse such spouse must consent to the divorce

Provides that in order to qualify to file for no fault divorce, where a marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic violence by the…

Sandy GalefJudiciary Committee

Exempting certain capital projects undertaken by a municipality jointly with another municipal corporation from the spending tax cap

Exempts certain capital projects undertaken by a municipality jointly with another municipal corporation from the spending tax cap.

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

Provides that any records indicating the proposed terms of a collective bargaining agreement be made available to the public

Provides that any records indicating the proposed terms of a collective bargaining agreement be made available to the public immediately following approval of such proposed terms by a public…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to providing an exemption for school districts from requirements for separate specifications for public works

Provides an exemption for school districts from requirements for separate specifications for public works; permits school district to assign contract to a single responsible person, firm or…

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

Excludes a statement of apology or regret, made by a health care provider, as an admission of liability

Excludes a statement of apology or regret, made by a health care provider, as an admission of liability in a medical, dental or podiatric malpractice lawsuit.

Sandy GalefJudiciary Committee

Establishes a commission to study the feasibility of establishing a bank owned by the state of New York and report thereon within 2 years

Establishes a commission to study the feasibility of establishing a bank owned by the state of New York or an authority constituted by the state of New York and report thereon.

Sandy GalefBanks Committee

Authorizes the installation of solar energy systems on individual condominium units

Prohibits condominium associations from banning the installation of solar arrays in their by-laws or rules and regulations.

Sandy GalefHousing Committee

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of superintendent of highways to appointive

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of superintendent of highways to appointive.

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

Creates a collective bargaining by region for school districts that choose to opt in

Creates a collective bargaining by region for school districts that choose to opt in; provides that such regional agreements shall apply to all districts which choose to opt-in, whether BOCES…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to the position of assessor in villages

Relates to the position of assessor in villages.

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

Requires a holder of a class DJ or MJ learners permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver

Requires a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver; further authorizes the…

Sandy GalefTransportation Committee

Relates to the procedural continuity of legislation during the two-year session

Provides that bills which have reached order of third reading but which shall not have been acted on by the house before the end of the first year of the two-year legislative session shall maintain…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of receiver of taxes

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of receiver of taxes.

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

Authorizes the board of elections to place the names of candidates on multiple pages of a ballot

Authorizes the board of elections to place the names of candidates on multiple pages of a ballot for any election.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Establishes a personal income tax credit for portion of residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the household gross income

Establishes a personal income tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the taxpayer's household gross income; provides that the…

Sandy GalefWays And Means Committee

Requires a warning label attached to any holiday decorations containing lead

Requires a warning label attached to any holiday decorations containing lead: "WARNING: CONTAINS LEAD.

Sandy GalefConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Restricts the imposition of unfunded mandates on local governments

Restricts the imposition of additional unfunded mandates on local governments by the state until such time as those mandates are fully funded by the state; provides for certain exceptions; provides…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

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

Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to an election

Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides for the waiver of annual fees for professional fundraisers who complete a course of instruction in the law of ethics in fundraising

Provides for the waiver of annual fees for professional fundraisers who complete a course of instruction in the law of ethics in fundraising.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of assessors

Establishes a petition to start the process to change the elective office of assessors.

Sandy GalefLocal Governments Committee

Prohibits the use of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for road spreading for dust control or de-icing

Prohibits the use of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for road spreading for dust control or de-icing.

Sandy GalefEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to chief administrative officers, staff and office allocations, introduction of legislation and continuity of legislative sessions

Relates to chief administrative officers, staff and office allocations, introduction of legislation and continuity of legislative sessions.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Prohibits certain functions in the county of Albany whenever the legislature is in session

Prohibits certain functions in the county of Albany whenever the legislature is in session.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Restricts transfers by candidates' political committees to committees of other candidates to $500 and to any party committee or constituted committee to $1000

Restricts transfers of funds by political committees of candidates to committees of other candidates to $500 annually; and to any party committee or constituted committee to $1000 annually; imposes…

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Requires legislative fiscal impact notes to include objective calculations of anticipated economic impacts for next three years on state or subdivisions; repealer

Requires legislative fiscal impact notes to include objective calculations of anticipated economic impacts for next three years on state or political subdivisions.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires the state board of elections to maintain on its official website electronic voter registration forms which contain the county board of elections' address

Requires the state board of elections to maintain on its official website electronic voter registration forms which contain the county board of elections' address.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Establishes a board of cooperative educational services school district restructuring committee

Establishes a board of cooperative educational services school district restructuring committee to study and review the organization and operation of all component and non-component school districts…

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued; relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter by including within the definition of such crimes the operation of a vehicle…

Sandy GalefTransportation Committee

Establishes the New York state independent budget office

Creates the New York state independent budget office with a director to be appointed, upon the recommendations of an independent budget office advisory committee, by the speaker of the assembly and…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Creates some exceptions for excused leave for certain purposes

Creates some exceptions for excused leave for certain purposes.

Sandy GalefGovernmental Employees Committee

Requires all assessing units to participate in the enhanced school tax relief exemption

Requires all assessing units to participate in the enhanced school tax relief exemption.

Sandy GalefSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes the crime of failure to file campaign statements, a class A misdemeanor

Enacts the "campaign finance reporting accountability act"; establishes the crime of failure to file campaign statements, a class A misdemeanor.

Sandy GalefStricken

Relates to abolishing committees, boards and panels; repealers

Relates to abolishing committees, boards and panels, including the plant industry advisory committee, and the New York state collectable series panel.

Sandy GalefSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Expands the residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring, county of Putnam

Expands the residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring, county of Putnam.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes local governments to deliver proposed local laws to members of their legislative bodies by means of e-mail

Authorizes local governments to deliver proposed local laws to members of their legislative bodies by means of e-mail.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Repeals section 586 of the general municipal law, relating to the Ossining urban renewal agency

Repeals provisions relating to the Ossining urban renewal agency.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Provides that oil, gas, and mineral rights shall be sold along with any property sold pursuant to a tax foreclosure sale

Provides that oil, gas, and mineral rights shall be sold along with any property sold pursuant to a tax foreclosure sale.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Congratulating the Ossining Girls Basketball Team on capturing the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship

Sandy GalefAdopted

Adopted

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of the Ossining Children's Center on April 26, 2015

Sandy GalefAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January 9, 2015, as Theatre Arts Day of Celebration in the State of New York

Sandy GalefAdopted

Adopted

Commending the New York State Association of Counties upon the occasion of celebrating its 90th Anniversary

Sandy GalefAdopted

Adopted