Bills by

Catharine Young

Senator

310 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →cyoung@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

310 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

J6019Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Adopted
Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
Catharine YoungAdopted
Adopted
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OutcomeAdopted
J6020Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Adopted
Congratulating Florence L. Sherman upon the occasion of celebrating her 100th Birthday
Catharine YoungAdopted
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OutcomeAdopted

S3076Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Referred to transportation

Provides for an exemption requirement from registration for ATVs operated on lands owned by the owner or to which the owner has certain contractual rights

Provides for an exemption requirement from registration for ATVs operated on lands owned by the owner or to which the owner has certain contractual rights when the ATV is not operated elsewhere in…

Catharine YoungTransportation Committee

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S3064Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides definition of integrated pest management

Provides for definition of integrated pest management.

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3019Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to creating incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud

Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S1978Senate· Moved Jun 2, 2016· Referred to transportation

Authorizes issuance of distinctive number plates to members of the Seneca Nation of Indians

Authorizes issuance of distinctive number plates to members of the Seneca Nation of Indians.

Catharine YoungTransportation Committee

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S6655Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S3017Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2016· Referred to local governments

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to establish workers' compensation reserve funds

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to establish workers' compensation reserve funds.

Catharine YoungLocal Governments Committee

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S1982Senate· Moved Jun 1, 2016· Ordered to third reading cal.733

Relates to ultraviolet nail dryers

Relates to requiring the department of health to review the safety of ultraviolet nail dryers and authorizes the department of state to promulgate any regulations deemed appropriate for governing…

Catharine YoungOn the Assembly floor

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S7953Senate· Moved May 31, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to rates of reimbursement for telehealth services

Relates to rates of reimbursement for telehealth services; requires insurers to reimburse telehealth providers at the same rate as they would if the services had been provided in person.

Catharine YoungHealth Committee

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S4722Senate· Moved May 25, 2016· Referred to mental health

Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program and eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law

Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program; eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law.

Catharine YoungMental Health Committee

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S6564Senate· Moved May 24, 2016· Reported and committed to rules

Enacts the "fair broadcast employment act of 2016" to authorize the use of certain contract provisions for the employment of key employees in the broadcast industry

Enacts the "fair broadcast employment act of 2016" to authorize the use of certain contract provisions for the employment of key employees in the broadcast industry.

Catharine YoungRules Committee

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S5265Senate· Moved May 24, 2016· Referred to labor

Directs the workers' compensation board to establish and operate a video conferencing hearing site in the city of Hornell, county of Steuben

Directs the workers' compensation board to establish and operate a video conferencing hearing site in the city of Hornell, county of Steuben.

Catharine YoungLabor Committee

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S3505Senate· Moved May 24, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to grant an easement through the Boutwell Hill state forest for electric generation facilities associated with a wind powered electric generation project

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to grant an easement through the Boutwell Hill state forest for electric generation facilities associated with a wind powered electric…

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2065Senate· Moved May 23, 2016· Amend and recommit to insurance

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts…

Catharine YoungInsurance Committee

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S2276Senate· Moved May 19, 2016· Amend and recommit to aging

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing to receive services they could get at home

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing, shelters and residences to receive services they could otherwise receive if they…

Catharine YoungAging Committee

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S2277Senate· Moved May 17, 2016· Referred to housing

Provides that the low income housing tax credits shall be treated as overpayments of the applicable tax, to be credited or refunded

Provides that the low income housing tax credits shall be treated as overpayments of the applicable tax, to be credited or refunded.

Catharine YoungHousing Committee

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S6259Senate· Moved May 16, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Directs the court to provide notice to the former owners of foreclosed property of the right to file a claim for the excess funds from the sale of the real property

Directs the court to provide notice to the former owners of foreclosed property of the right to file a claim for the excess funds from the sale of the real property.

Catharine YoungJudiciary Committee

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S3014Senate· Moved May 16, 2016· Substituted by a1407b

Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services

Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services.

Catharine YoungOn the Senate floor

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S3013Senate· Moved May 16, 2016· Referred to ways and means

When external indices are utilized to determine sales and use tax due, requires such indices to reflect local economic conditions

Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance, when using external indices to determine sales and compensating use tax due because of failure to file a return or filing of an incorrect return,…

Catharine YoungWays And Means Committee

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S7737Senate· Moved May 12, 2016· Referred to codes

Requires a written determination to be made, on each application for issuance or renewal of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, within 180 days of receipt

Requires a written determination to be made, on each application for issuance or renewal of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, within 180 days of receipt; requires refund of all…

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

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S3071Senate· Moved May 11, 2016· Referred to children and families

Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed

Enacts "Renee's Law"; directs the commissioner of children and family services to provide training to all employees of programs and facilities in which youths are placed or committed; grants access…

Catharine YoungChildren And Families Committee

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S2075Senate· Moved May 10, 2016· Reported and committed to finance

Establishes real property tax abatement for the value of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass used for the production of ethanol or biodiesel

Establishes a real property tax abatement for the value of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass used for the production of ethanol or biodiesel, including willow.

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S5164Senate· Moved May 9, 2016· Referred to codes

Designates, as peace officers, special deputy sheriffs of the county of Chautauqua within the grounds of and properties owned by the Chautauqua Institution

Designates, as peace officers, special deputy sheriffs of the county of Chautauqua within the grounds of and properties owned by the Chautauqua Institution.

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

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S3058Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of duty station

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of where such person is stationed.

Catharine YoungEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S4191Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson and special districts therein for state land operated by the department of environmental conservation

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of New Hudson and special districts therein for state land operated by the department of environmental conservation.

Catharine YoungInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S5351Senate· Moved May 3, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Provides that commissioners of the Chautauqua utility shall not be elected unless he or she is an elector of the town

Provides that commissioners of the Chautauqua utility need to have their primary residence in the town of Chautauqua.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S3509Senate· Moved May 3, 2016· Amend and recommit to transportation

Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus

Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school…

Catharine YoungTransportation Committee

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S3212Senate· Moved May 3, 2016· Referred to codes

Establishes the offenses of promoting and possessing a sex offense against a child

Establishes the class B felony of promoting a sex offense against a child for producing, directing or promoting any visual or audio representation of the commission of a sex offense against a person…

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

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S5649Senate· Moved Apr 12, 2016· Reported and committed to finance

Requires completion of annual training by persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

Requires completion of annual training by persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment; such training shall be offered online free of charge and address…

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S5056Senate· Moved Apr 11, 2016· Referred to aging

Grants real property tax abatement to rent-controlled or rent regulated properties when the maximum authorized rent exceeds 1/2 of the tenants' household income

Authorizes application of the property tax abatement for rent-controlled or rent regulated properties occupied by senior citizens or disabled persons, to those units occupied by tenants paying the…

Catharine YoungAging Committee

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