Sponsored bills

Relates to the farm workforce retention credit

Provides a tax credit for the total number of eligible farm employees.

Patty RitchieWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Relates to business income base and certain small business taxpayers

Relates to business income base and certain small business taxpayers.

Thomas F. O'MaraWays And Means Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14, 2016, as Library Assistants' Day in the State of New York

Thomas AbinantiAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 19, 2016, as Day of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness in New York State

Joseph MorelleAdopted

Adopted

Relates to freshwater wetlands and repeals section 24-1305 relating thereto

Relates to the definition of freshwater wetlands; repeals section relating to the applicability of the freshwater wetlands article; provides authority of DEC over wetlands which are one acre or…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2016 as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

Felix OrtizAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the farm workforce retention credit

Provides a tax credit in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk for the total number of eligible farm employees.

Kenneth P. LaValleWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Relates to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

Susan SerinoTransportation Committee

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue…

John J. FlanaganEducation Committee

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as city parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhattan and to convey such interest to the United States

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as city parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhattan and to convey such interest to the United States for park, monument, historic,…

Brad Hoylman-SigalOn the Senate floor

Establishes a New York state physical fitness and activity education campaign

Establishes a New York state physical fitness and activity education campaign.

Michael CusickHealth CommitteeHealth

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes.

Susan SerinoWays And Means Committee

Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation

Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation.

David CarlucciHealth Committee

Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds

Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds.

Liz KruegerFinance Committee

Relates to stroke centers

Relates to the designation of comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke ready hospitals; relates to communication between centers; relates to emergency services…

Michael SimanowitzHealth Committee

Establishes the crime of stolen valor

Establishes the crime of stolen valor.

Thomas CrociCodes Committee

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

Establishes crimes relating to false receipts and universal product code labels

Establishes crimes relating to false receipts and universal product code labels; defines terms.

Michael VendittoCodes Committee

Enacts the New York state fair pay act

Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin…

Michele TitusLabor Committee

Directs the department of motor vehicles to maintain an internet link of motor vehicle safety recalls, and cause an inquiry to be made thereof upon the annual vehicle inspection

Directs the department of motor vehicles to maintain an internet link of motor vehicle safety recalls; requires official inspection stations to make an inquiry of such link upon inspection of a…

Betty LittleTransportation Committee

Prohibits possession of e-cigarettes on school grounds

Prohibits use of e-cigarettes on school grounds.

Patty RitchieCodes CommitteeLegal

Expands the coverage to include cancer of the digestive, hematological, lymphatic, urinary, prostate, neurological, breast and reproductive systems

Provides that any: (i) melanoma; or (ii) condition of cancer affecting lymphatic, digestive, hematological, urinary, prostate, neurological, breast and reproductive systems, resulting in total or…

Michael F. NozzolioLocal Governments Committee

Relates to cemetery desecration

Removes the $250 amount of damage from cemetery desecration in the second degree; makes cemetery desecration in the second degree a class E felony to apply to any damage or theft regardless of…

Michael F. NozzolioCodes Committee

Authorizes consecutive sentences for homicide offenses

Permits sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively, when one of such crimes is a homicide.

Susan SerinoCodes Committee

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

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one…

Kevin S. ParkerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners of intention to develop in wetland areas

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding to provide to any business entities in which such members, domestic partners or certain relatives hold official or legal positions

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding through state grants or member items and subsequently providing such funding to any business entities or not-for-profit entities in which…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of…

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

Relates to assessment of certain title insurance corporations

Relates to assessment of certain title insurance corporations.

James L. SewardFinance Committee

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child and provides for consecutive sentencing upon certain multiple convictions

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child; increases age from 16 to 18 for application of existing sexual performance crimes; creates crimes of use of a child in a sexual…

David CarlucciCodes Committee

Includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance identification card

Includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in…

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Increases the penalties for crimes related to sexual performances by children

Increases the penalties for crimes related to sexual performances by children.

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

Relates to the authenticity, attribution and authorship of fine works of art

Relates to the authenticity, attribution and authorship of fine works of art; defines the term authenticator and stipulates that in a civil action regarding authenticity, the claimant must specify…

Betty LittleTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Provides that an elementary or secondary student shall not have capacity to consent to sexual conduct with a school employee

Provides that a full time elementary or secondary student shall not have capacity to consent to sexual conduct with a school employee at his or her school or a co-located school, including…

Betty LittleCodes Committee

Creates the crimes of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image in the first and second degrees as a class E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively

Creates the crimes of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image in the first and second degrees as a class E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively.

Phil BoyleCodes Committee

Establishes occupational safety and health and disease prevention centers

Establishes occupational safety and health and disease prevention centers.

Nily RozicHealth Committee

Relates to the definition of mentally disabled and the crime of larceny

Relates to the definition of mentally disabled and the crime of larceny.

Patrick M. GallivanCodes CommitteeLegal

Provides that stalking by technological means shall be prohibited and shall be included in the crimes of stalking in the first, second and third degrees

Provides that stalking by technological means, including illegal wiretapping, cell phones, caller ID, Internet, cameras and GPS systems, shall be prohibited and shall be included in the crimes of…

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Relates to the site selection of community facilities in N.Y. city

Relates to the site selection of community facilities in cities with a population of one million or more by municipalities; includes group homes, homeless shelters, detention centers, drug…

Michael BenedettoCities Committee

Enacts "Officer Randolph Holder's law"

Enacts "Officer Randolf Holder's law"; relates to the judicial diversion program for certain felony offenders.

Nicole MalliotakisCodes Committee

Relates to limitations upon school district tax levies

Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax…

Donna LupardoEducation Committee

Establishes a task force on veteran employment opportunities

Establishes a task force on veteran employment opportunities, including membership requirements and powers and duties of the task force.

Michael DenDekkerVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to the improvement and operation of sober living homes

Relates to the improvement and operation of sober living homes including the process for certification, inspections, and violations and the establishment of a toll free hotline to respond to…

Al GrafAlcoholism And Drug Abuse CommitteeHealth

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course and while under the supervision of the instructor thereof.

Carrie WoernerCodes Committee

Requires lithium batteries of less than one inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings related thereto

Requires lithium batteries of less than 1 inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings that swallowing such batteries has been known to cause death.

Leroy ComrieConsumer Protection CommitteePublic Safety & Consumer Affairs

Honoring the SUNY Delhi National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter upon the occasion of capturing Third Place in the NAHB Residential Construction Management Competition

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

Relates to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

Aileen GuntherTransportation Committee