Bills by

Velmanette Montgomery

Senator

181 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →montgome@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

181 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

S3279Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection
Requires hotel, motel and inn keepers to offer condoms for sale to registered guests
Requires hotel, motel and inn keepers to offer, in the registration office, condoms or similar prophylactic devices for sale to registered guests of such hotel, motel or inn.
Velmanette MontgomeryConsumer Protection Committee
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S3245Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection
Prohibits any party from charging consumers for unordered or unrequested goods or services; repealer
Prohibits any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof from offering for sale tangible or intangible goods or services which have not been actually ordered…
Velmanette MontgomeryConsumer Protection Committee

S3244Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Prohibits waivers for nominees to the office of chancellor of NYC school districts

Prohibits waivers for nominees to the office of chancellor of the NYC school district.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1791Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits

Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1749Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants and establishes application requirements; makes an appropriation therefor.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S1578Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to harassment of students

Relates to harassment of students using electronic means and requires commissioner of education to implement a process for reporting of incidents and requires investigation of reports by school…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1579Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates youth employment and career development program in N.Y. city high schools administered by N.Y. city board of education; appropriation

Creates a youth employment and career development program in New York city high schools administered by New York city board of education to encourage the development of part and full-time jobs for…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S1576Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change

Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1575Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires schools that offer continuing education adult classes to maintain student records for a minimum of ten years

Requires schools that offer continuing education adult classes to maintain student records for a minimum of ten years and to notify students of such classes that such records and transcripts will be…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1568Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S1321Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Relates to claims for unemployment benefits

Relates to the right of employees to a review of claims for unemployment benefits which are denied based upon wilful misrepresentation or false documentation made by the employer.

Velmanette MontgomeryLabor Committee

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S1325Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Requires a police officer upon the arresting of a youth or upon the issuing of an appearance ticket to notify the parent or person legally responsible for such youth

Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants and appearance tickets upon a youth; provides for the police officer to immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of…

Velmanette MontgomeryCodes Committee

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S1324Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

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…

Velmanette MontgomeryInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1285Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Imposes additional requirements with respect to the duty of a landlord to provide tenants with a written receipt for rent paid

Imposes additional requirements with respect to the duty of a landlord to provide tenants with a written receipt for rent paid and directs the office of court administration to embark upon a…

Velmanette MontgomeryJudiciary Committee

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S1261Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to eminent domain in N.Y. city

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the city council shall approve or disapprove a not-for-profit corporation's use of eminent domain by majority vote, after holding at…

Velmanette MontgomeryCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S1061Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Adds certain school based health services to list of services which need not be provided by a managed care program

Adds certain school based health services (i.e., services provided by certain clinics which provide primary health care services within an elementary or secondary public school setting) to the list…

Velmanette MontgomeryHealth Committee

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S1062Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to allowing community boards to apply and receive grants for waterfront revitalization programs for coastal areas and inland waterways

Allows community boards to apply and receive grants for waterfront revitalization programs for coastal areas and inland waterways, in the same manner that local governments currently do.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S1050Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to requiring reports by state agencies relating to certain grants and expenditures made to community based organizations

Requires reports by state agencies relating to certain grants and expenditures made to community based organizations; requires listing by zip code of such grants.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S1042Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Requires leases in N.Y. city to contain a rider concerning the rights and duties with regards to the housing part of court

Requires leases in cities with a population of one million or more to contain a rider describing the rights and duties with regards to such city's housing part of civil court; directs the office of…

Velmanette MontgomeryJudiciary Committee

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S1049Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Relates to requiring a registered nurse on staff at facilities certified for enhanced assisted living or special needs assisted living

Relates to requiring a registered nurse on staff at facilities certified for enhanced assisted living or special needs assisted living.

Velmanette MontgomeryAging Committee

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S1018Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Prohibits using possession of a condom as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting…

Velmanette MontgomeryCodes Committee

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S1017Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the…

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1011Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S1010Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Increases the age of a person deemed a youth for youthful offender status

Increases the age of a person from nineteen to twenty-two to be deemed a youth for youthful offender status.

Velmanette MontgomeryCodes Committee

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S1013Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to enforcement of orders of child support against inmates

Relates to enforcement of orders of child support against inmates; requires that inmates be notified of their right to seek modification of child support orders; provides a 180 day stay of…

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1014Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to expanding prison work release program eligibility and participation

Relates to expanding prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1015Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates a temporary state commission to study sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S976Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to the segregated confinement of inmates with serious mental illness

Relates to the segregated confinement of inmates with serious mental illness.

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S984Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Authorizes certain inmates serving an indeterminate sentence to receive good time allowances of up to 1/3 of their minimum sentences

Authorizes inmates serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for offenses involving controlled substances and marihuana to receive good time allowances against the minimum terms of their…

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S980Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to controlled substances and indeterminate sentences; to the expansion of merit time; repealer

Relates to controlled substances and indeterminate sentences; relates to the expansion of merit time and repeals provisions relating to the allowance of limited credit time for inmates.

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S977Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facilities; appropriation

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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S985Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances.

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S975Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons; repealer

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.

Velmanette MontgomeryHigher Education Committee

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S974Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

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S969Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to college admissions for persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses

Relates to college admissions for persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

Velmanette MontgomeryCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S970Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens

Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens; requires all high schools within the state to conduct an assembly on domestic abuse.

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

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S966Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Relates to requiring first consideration of persons defined in the federal workforce investment act programs for hiring for positions created as a result of economic development assistance

Relates to requiring first consideration of unemployed individuals, low-income individuals, dislocated workers, individuals training for nontraditional employment, as defined in the federal…

Velmanette MontgomeryEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S967Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature; the notification shall include a breakdown…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S964Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program

Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program; grants awards for the purpose of enhancing opportunities for higher education for children and young adults receiving foster…

Velmanette MontgomeryHigher Education Committee

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S923Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Amends the education law relating to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities

Relates to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S924Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Prohibits school districts from entering into telecommunications contracts as delineated herein

Prohibits school districts from entering into telecommunications contracts as delineated herein which grant exclusive rights or deals with exclusive advertising rights.

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S908Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Requires certain persons and officials, teachers, superintendents and certain professionals to complete training in reporting cases of suspected child abuse

Requires certain persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse and maltreatment to complete ongoing training; further requires all teachers, school superintendents and licensed…

Velmanette MontgomeryChildren And Families Committee

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S907Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board for adolescents in foster care

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board and regional teams for adolescents in foster care to provide mentorship of youths in foster care; requires reporting.

Velmanette MontgomeryChildren And Families Committee

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S904Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to mayoral control of the city school district of the city of New York

Relates to the mayoral control of the city school district of the city of New York; relates to the appointment of members of the New York city school board of education; provides four of the members…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S905Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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