Bills by

Fredrick J. Akshar II

Senator

8,887 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →akshar@nysenate.gov

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

8,887 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

A5752Assembly· Moved May 6, 2016· Amend and recommit to governmental operations
Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists
Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family…
Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee
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S2231Senate· Moved May 6, 2016· Amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers
Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers in the service of the department of environmental conservation.
Betty LittleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

S7507Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Tony AvellaEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S7506Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to elections

Enacts the "integrity in elections act of 2016" to restrict the amounts and sources of campaign contributions; repealer

Enacts the "integrity in elections act of 2016"; requires the majority vote of the entire party committee for the jurisdiction in which a candidate for public office is running, in order to nominate…

Jeffrey D. KleinElections Committee

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S7504Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to transportation

Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor

Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor.

Kemp HannonTransportation Committee

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S7494Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium

Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium.

Fredrick J. Akshar IICorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S7488Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to taxi and limousine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles

Relates to taxi and limousine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

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S7486Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to state assistance for eligible cities and eligible municipalities with a video lottery gaming facility

Relates to state assistance for eligible cities and eligible municipalities with a video lottery gaming facility; includes new criteria for newly eligible municipalities.

Phil BoyleFinance Committee

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A9234Assembly· Moved May 5, 2016· Amend and recommit to higher education

Allows the granting of academic credit at state operated institutions to veterans, members of the military, and reservists

Allows the granting of academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of New York to veterans, members of the…

Michael DenDekkerHigher Education Committee

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A7759Assembly· Moved May 5, 2016· Advanced to third reading cal.545

Relates to creating a cemetery disclosure form

Requires cemetery corporations to post and provide customers with the New York state cemetery disclosure form.

Erik DilanOn the Assembly floor

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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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S4882Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to economic development

Prohibits the sale or purchase of certain items as scrap

Prohibits the sale or purchase of certain items as scrap: street signs, funeral markers, government entity, utility, cemetery or railroad items; preempts local laws.

Robert OrttEconomic Development Committee

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A7055Assembly· Moved May 5, 2016· Advanced to third reading cal.543

Authorizes and directs the office of alcoholism and substance abuse to commission a statewide evaluation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to commission a statewide evaluation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents.

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

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S4422Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to designating a portion of the highway system the "Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Highway"

Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system in Kings county the "Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Highway".

Martin J. GoldenTransportation Committee

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A5612AssemblyS7507· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeEnvironment & Energy

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S3644Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to real property taxation

Establishes a green development home tax exemption in certain counties

Establishes a green development home tax exemption for certain counties authorizing a 35% exemption from local real property taxation for homes that are part of green developments as LEED certified…

Marc PanepintoReal Property Taxation Committee

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S3389SenateA3170· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to transportation

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation CommitteeTransportation

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A4489Assembly· Moved May 5, 2016· Advanced to third reading cal.537

Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals

Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting, planning the torture or improper…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

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S3106Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses.

Patty RitchieEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3082Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to requiring the payment of small business grants within one hundred twenty days of notification of such funding

Relates to requiring the payment of small business grants within one hundred twenty days of notification of such funding.

Michael H. RanzenhoferCorporations, Authorities And Commissions 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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S2951Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Protects certain information on hunting, fishing and trapping license and permit applications from disclosure

Protects certain information on hunting, fishing and trapping license and permit applications from disclosure or release outside of the department of environmental conservation.

Michael H. RanzenhoferEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2821Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to economic development

Exempts certain officers of the departments of correction and sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards

Exempts certain officers of the department of correction and the department of sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards; designates correction officers of…

Andrew J. LanzaEconomic Development Committee

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S2394Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Reported and committed to finance

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements to house local inmates to alleviate overcrowding in local correctional facilities

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements with counties and the city of New York to take custody of inmates serving a definite sentence of more than 90 days to…

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

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A3382Assembly· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones; provides that high local environmental impact…

Crystal Peoples-StokesEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2210Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Substituted by a3379a

Authorizes school districts to grant the Cold War veterans' real property tax exemption

Authorizes school districts to grant the Cold War veterans' real property tax exemption.

William J. Larkin Jr.On the Senate floor

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S1626Senate· Moved May 5, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Permits commercial applicators of pesticides to apply pesticides in a dosage, concentration or frequency less than that specified on the labeling

Permits commercial applicators of pesticides to apply pesticides in a dosage, concentration or frequency less than that specified on the labeling.

Carl L. MarcellinoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S7481Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to local government

Relates to requiring limits on the number of cases a public defender may be assigned in any given year

Relates to requiring limits on the number of cases a public defender may be assigned in any given year.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLocal Government Committee

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S7479Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to the driver training and highway safety instruction course

Requires that the pre-licensing course be given by a state-approved classroom or online provider.

Martin J. GoldenTransportation Committee

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S7465Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to authorizing certain transfers of public employees in the unclassified service

Authorizes employees in the unclassified service of the state to be transferred to the office of general services and ensures no employee who is transferred shall suffer a reduction in basic annual…

Martin J. GoldenInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S7466Senate· Moved May 4, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to long term care insurance for state and retired state employees

Relates to long term care insurance for state and retired state employees.

Martin J. GoldenCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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