Bills by

David J. Valesky

Senator

96 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →valesky@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

96 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

S5430Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to energy
Relates to net metering standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities
Relates to net metering standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities.
David J. ValeskyEnergy Committee
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S5330Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to economic development
Expands the items which may be sold by a licensed farm cidery and the licensees to whom a farm cidery may sell its cider for resale
Expands the items which may be sold by a licensed farm cidery and the licensees to whom a farm cidery may sell its cider for resale.
David J. ValeskyEconomic Development Committee
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S642Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to governmental operations

Authorizes state agencies to publish certain rule making notices by electronic means

Authorizes state agencies to publish and transmit certain rule making notices by electronic means; provides for the provision of the state register by electronic means; authorizes the legislative…

David J. ValeskyGovernmental Operations Committee

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S7060Senate· Moved Apr 4, 2016· Amend and recommit to education

Relates to the city school district of Syracuse

Relates to transportation services for children residing in the city school district of the city of Syracuse.

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

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S639Senate· Moved Mar 22, 2016· Referred to aging

Authorizes banks to refuse payment of moneys when there is reason to believe that a vulnerable adult is being financially exploited

Authorizes banks to refuse payment of moneys when there is reason to believe that a vulnerable adult is being financially exploited.

David J. ValeskyAging Committee

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S4092Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2016· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a personal income tax credit for low and middle income taxpayers 60 years of age or older, for emergency repairs or modifications to their primary residence

Establishes a personal income tax credit for low and middle income taxpayers 60 years of age or older, for emergency repairs or modifications to their primary residence.

David J. ValeskyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S623Senate· Moved Mar 11, 2016· Amend and recommit to education

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that…

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

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S627Senate· Moved Mar 2, 2016· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Regulates the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs

Regulates the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs.

David J. ValeskyConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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S5831Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes the safe not suspended driver retraining pilot program and the safe not suspended driver retraining pilot program fund

Establishes the safe not suspended driver retraining pilot program and the safe not suspended driver retraining pilot program fund.

David J. ValeskyStricken

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S5128Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to land banks, including their powers, exemptions from fee clerks, access to property, liability exemptions, disposition of property and authority to hold title to real property

Relates to powers of a land bank, land bank exemptions from fee clerks, access to parcels of property that land banks may acquire, land bank liability exemptions, the disposition of property by a…

David J. ValeskyStricken

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S621Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to establishing the New York state telehealth/telemedicine act

Promotes the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services in New York state; establishes a telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund.

David J. ValeskyStricken

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S6673Senate· Moved Feb 4, 2016· Referred to elections

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations.

David J. ValeskyElections Committee

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S6496Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2016· Referred to health

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and maintain an electronic database, accessible to the public, of known synthetic cannabinoids

Directs the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the division of criminal justice services, to establish and maintain an electronic database, accessible to the public, of known synthetic…

David J. ValeskyHealth Committee

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S6085Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Prohibits smoking within fifteen feet of a designated school bus stop during certain times

Prohibits smoking within fifteen feet of a designated school bus stop during certain times.

David J. ValeskyHealth Committee

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S5572Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Relates to diagnosis, care and treatment of injured employees by certified nurse practitioners

Relates to diagnosis, care and treatment of injured employees by certified nurse practioners.

David J. ValeskyLabor Committee

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S5122Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on social adult day care programs and provide such materials to hospital discharge coordinators

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on social adult day care programs and provide such materials to hospital discharge coordinators.

David J. ValeskyAging Committee

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S4684Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to filing requirements for the annual statement of financial disclosure

Relates to filing requirements for the annual statement of financial disclosure.

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

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S4532Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of district attorney

Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of assistant district attorney.

David J. ValeskyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4197Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings; eliminates the tax levy cap for expenditures related to school building…

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

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S4091Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Establishes, in the department of agriculture and markets, the matching enterprise grants for agriculture program to provide moneys to new farmers

Establishes, in the department of agriculture and markets, a matching enterprise grants for agriculture program to provide moneys to new farmers; provides a tax incentive to domestic life insurance…

David J. ValeskyAgriculture Committee

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S626Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Establishes the capital infrastructure improvement and development for older New Yorkers grant program

Establishes the capital infrastructure improvement and development for older New Yorkers grant program.

David J. ValeskyAging Committee

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S5892Senate· Signed Dec 11, 2015· Signed chap.556

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on aging agency programs and requires hospitals to provide such materials on discharge

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on agency programs and requires hospitals to provide such materials on discharge.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S4990Senate· Signed Dec 11, 2015· Signed chap.549

Authorizes paramedics to transport injured police work dogs to appropriate facilities in certain cases

Authorizes paramedics to transport injured police work dogs to appropriate facilities in certain cases.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S4393Senate· Signed Dec 11, 2015· Approval memo.18

Relates to certain matters relating to the issuance of debt and associated matters of the Oneida Public Library

Relates to certain matters relating to the issuance of debt and associated matters of the Oneida Public Library.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S5777Senate· Signed Oct 26, 2015· Signed chap.407

Relates to the acquisition and disposition of property by land banks

Relates to the acquisition and disposition of property by land banks; provides for no filing or recording fees for land banks.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S5146Senate· Vetoed Oct 26, 2015· Vetoed memo.218

Relates to the meaning of the term "equipment" for purposes of department of taxation and finance audit or enforcement proceedings

Relates to the meaning of the term "equipment" for purposes of department of taxation and finance audit or enforcement proceedings.

David J. ValeskyVetoed

Vetoed

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OutcomeVetoed

S2Senate· Signed Oct 21, 2015· Signed chap.363

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S5335Senate· Signed Aug 13, 2015· Signed chap.103

Relates to state routes

Designates a portion of state route four hundred eighty-one between exit 5 and exit 6 as the "Deputy Sheriff Glenn Searles Memorial Highway".

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S4392Senate· Signed Aug 13, 2015· Signed chap.172

Extends authorization of the county of Madison to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2017

Extends from November 30, 2015 to November 30, 2017, the authorization granted to the county of Madison to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S1810Senate· Signed Aug 13, 2015· Signed chap.155

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty years and older

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty years and older.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S1809Senate· Signed Aug 13, 2015· Signed chap.154

Relates to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens

Makes technical corrections to chapter 525 of the laws of 2014 relating to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens;…

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

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S1865Senate· Moved Jun 9, 2015· Substituted by a3563c

Exempts certain persons who administer and score objective psychological tests from provisions of law relating to the practice of the profession of psychology

Exempts certain persons who administer and score objective psychological tests from provisions of law relating to the practice of the profession of psychology.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

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S4225Senate· Moved May 27, 2015· Substituted by a5953

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to bus maintenance contracts for the Madison-Oneida board of cooperative educational services

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to bus maintenance contracts for the Madison-Oneida board of educational services.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

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S628Senate· Moved May 27, 2015· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to granting SUNY community college campus peace officers access to criminal history record information pursuant to 9 NYCRR 6051.1

Grants SUNY community college campus peace officers access to criminal history record information pursuant to 9 NYCRR 6051.1.

David J. ValeskyStricken

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