Bills by

Diane J. Savino

Senator

135 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →savino@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

135 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

S7714Senate· Moved May 12, 2016· Referred to health
Requires a study of the implementation of medical marihuana in regards to banking, tax revenue collection, and employment tax collection issues
Requires a study of the implementation of medical marihuana in regards to banking, tax revenue collection, and employment tax collection issues.
Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee
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S7579Senate· Moved May 10, 2016· Referred to health
Relates to the medical aid in dying act
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee
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S5184Senate· Moved May 10, 2016· Reported and committed to finance

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and…

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S7467Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to authorizing additional medical marihuana manufacture and dispensing sites

Authorizes additional medical marihuana manufacturing and dispensing sites.

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

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S3667Senate· Moved Apr 11, 2016· Referred to correction

Enables victims to view parole hearings via closed circuit television or a secure online website

Enables victims and relatives of victims to view parole hearings via closed circuit television or a secure online website.

Diane J. SavinoCorrection Committee

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S7219Senate· Moved Apr 7, 2016· Referred to insurance

Relates to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments

Relates to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments.

Diane J. SavinoInsurance Committee

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S7203Senate· Moved Apr 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes the "Made in America Rating System" or "MARS" act

Establishes the "Made in America Rating System" or "MARS" act requiring the use of American made iron, steel and manufactured products in certain government contracts and establishes a rating system…

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S3242Senate· Moved Apr 6, 2016· Opinion referred to judiciary

Amends the constitution to allow persons who will be 18 years old at the time of a presidential election to vote in primary election if 17 at the time

Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time…

Diane J. SavinoJudiciary Committee

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S4968Senate· Moved Mar 29, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to allowing vehicles containing three or more passengers to utilize the high occupancy lane on the Staten Island expressway

Relates to allowing vehicles containing three or more passengers to utilize the high occupancy lane on the Staten Island Expressway.

Diane J. SavinoStricken

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S3243Senate· Moved Mar 21, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation

Relates to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation and the contact was intentional and with the sole purpose of sexual…

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

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S7042Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to registered organizations for dispensing marihuana for medical use and dispensing sites operated by such registered organizations

Relates to a registered organization's ability to educate and provide information to practitioners regarding medical marihuana and increases the number of dispensing sites owned and operated by…

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

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S6483Senate· Moved Mar 17, 2016· Substituted by a9042a

Relates to the definitions of a switchblade knife and a gravity knife

Relates to the definitions of a switchblade knife and a gravity knife; excludes knives which have a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure and that requires…

Diane J. SavinoOn the Senate floor

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S6696Senate· Moved Mar 16, 2016· Referred to real property taxation

Authorizes Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes and water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls

Authorizes Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes and water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls for the year 2013 to the year 2016.

Diane J. SavinoReal Property Taxation Committee

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S7006Senate· Moved Mar 15, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Provides for securities fraud whistleblower incentives and protections

Provides for securities fraud whistleblower incentives and protections; defines terms; grants whistleblower awards for one or more whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information to the…

Diane J. SavinoConsumer Protection Committee

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S7000Senate· Moved Mar 15, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to regulations governing the use of medical marihuana and creating an advisory committee

Creates an advisory committee on medical use of marihuana to advise the commissioner on making regulations and to decide patient appeals; permits the use of identification cards issued by other…

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

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S6998Senate· Moved Mar 15, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana

Relates to defining additional practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana.

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

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S5296Senate· Moved Mar 15, 2016· Referred to banks

Relates to bank organization examinations

Relates to bank organization examinations; requires an extension from one year to eighteen months where a bank has total assets of less than one billion dollars.

Diane J. SavinoBanks Committee

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S6911Senate· Moved Mar 4, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes the community reinvestment program

Establishes the community reinvestment program to restore residential properties and prevent foreclosures; establishes the community reinvestment program fund council.

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S6890Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; establishes the gun violence research fund

Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; requires the tax commission to include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution; establishes the gun…

Diane J. SavinoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3929Senate· Moved Mar 3, 2016· Amend and recommit to finance

Enacts the "occupational safety and health funding act"

Enacts the "occupational safety and health funding act"; relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund.

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S5917Senate· Moved Feb 29, 2016· Amend and recommit to health

Relates to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and donation registration, and creates the anatomical gift, bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation registry

Relates to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and donation registration, and creates the bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation registry.

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

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S6796Senate· Moved Feb 23, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Bans the use of employer data information

Bans the sale of employment data reports without written consumer consent; provides such employment data reports shall include, but not be limited to, payroll and earnings information, hours worked,…

Diane J. SavinoConsumer Protection Committee

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S3356Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2016· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers.

Diane J. SavinoEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S6000Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Relates to rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of social adult day care programs

Relates to rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of social adult day care programs.

Diane J. SavinoAging Committee

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S5931Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Includes egg cryopreservation in the definition of scientific research and development

Includes egg-cryopreservation in the definition of scientific research and development.

Diane J. SavinoCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S5734Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction on dating violence

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of age-appropriate instruction on dating violence for students in grades seven through…

Diane J. SavinoEducation Committee

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S5709Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to requiring that bidders and all others seeking state contracts disclose their percentage and number of female executives and board members

Requires that bidders and all others seeking state contracts disclose their percentage and number of female executives and board members and their aspirations to include more female members.

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S5484Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Establishes the automobile sales protection act

Establishes the automobile sales protection act; provides for a 3 day cooling off period after the purchase of a used car bought at a dealership.

Diane J. SavinoJudiciary Committee

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S5360Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to refunding certain member contributions and eligible participants in the twenty-five-year and age fifty-five retirement program

Requires refunds to be issued to certain participants having made additional member contributions prior to any election by the New York city transit authority to eliminate such contributions;…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S5361Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to cities

Relates to the continuance of retirement allowance upon election to public office by members of the New York fire department pension fund

Relates to the continuance of retirement allowance upon election to public office by members of the New York fire department pension fund.

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

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S5295Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Relates to deductions from benefits of certain retired members

Relates to deductions from benefits of certain retired members.

Diane J. SavinoHigher Education Committee

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S5242Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions

Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions.

Diane J. SavinoJudiciary Committee

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S5241Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Provides that the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing is not waived because of the defendant's failure to raise such defense in his or her responsive pleading

Provides that the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing is not waived because of the defendant's failure to raise such defense in his or her responsive…

Diane J. SavinoHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S5215Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Requires specification of the average weekly paid wage to employees in contractors' annual employment reports

Requires specification of the average weekly paid wage to employees in contractors' annual employment reports, and requires such reports to be made available in a searchable public database on the…

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

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S5213Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws

Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws.

Diane J. SavinoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S5214Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Enacts the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wage by thirty percent

Enacts the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise the minimum wage by thirty percent.

Diane J. SavinoLocal Government Committee

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S4691Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to cities

Prohibits party boats in Sheepshead Bay

Prohibits party boats within seven hundred fifty feet of the shore of Sheepshead Bay or within one hundred feet of Sheepshead Bay dock; restricts noise; does not apply to fishing boats.

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

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S4405Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires the preparation of supplemental environmental impact statements prior to the renewal of certain permits

Requires the preparation of supplemental environmental impact statements prior to the renewal of certain permits.

Diane J. SavinoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S4247Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Establishes the farmworkers' fair labor practices act

Enacts the Farmworkers' Fair Labor Practices Act; includes farm laborers within provisions pertaining to overtime compensation and unemployment insurance; relates to the eligibility of farm laborers…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

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S3965Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Entitles members to bring one statewide piece of legislation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term

Entitles members to bring one statewide piece of legislation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.

Diane J. SavinoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3928Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against a person who protests against or discloses any bribery or attempted bribery of a public official

Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against a person who protests against or discloses any bribery or attempted bribery of a public official.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

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S3683Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period.

Diane J. SavinoConsumer Protection Committee

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