Sponsored bills

Requires drivers licenses issued to registered sex offenders to bear a code identifying them as sex offenders

Requires state driver's licenses to indicate whether the holder is a registered sex offender; makes additional amendments regarding sex offender registration obligations and dissemination of…

Patty RitchieCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Awards aid to the General Brown central school district

Awards aid to the General Brown central school district.

Patty RitchieEducation Committee

Authorizes the free use of campsites to any person who is semi-ambulatory

Authorizes the free use of campsites to any person who is semi-ambulatory.

Patty RitchieCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Authorizes special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals

Authorizes special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals.

Patty RitchieEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires public utility companies to charge volunteer ambulance corps and volunteer fire companies the same rates and charges applicable to residential customers

Requires public utility companies to charge volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance corps the same rates, charges, etc. applicable to residential customers for the same services; prohibits…

Patty RitchieEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault

Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault or homicide; also states situations when it does not constitute an assault on an unborn…

Patty RitchieCodes Committee

Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil

Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil and notifying consumers of the use thereof.

Patty RitchieHealth Committee

Authorizes residents of the state who are sixty years of age or older to use campsites at a reduced rate

Authorizes residents of the state who are sixty years of age or older to use campsites at a reduced rate.

Patty RitchieCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Relates to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA

Relates to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA; provides that payment of such grants shall be made no later than ninety days after notification.

Patty RitchieEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Expands the school districts that may, by district vote, consolidate their school district with a school district of a city with less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants

Expands the school districts that may, by district vote, consolidate their school district with a school district of a city with less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants.

Patty RitchieEducation Committee

Relates to persistent sexual abuse

Relates to persistent sexual abuse.

Patty RitchieCodes Committee

Authorizes residents of the counties of St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Oswego to collect downed lumber from state owned forest lands outside the forest preserve

Authorizes residents of the counties of St.

Patty RitchieEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to permitting prospective jurors having attained the age of seventy-five to be exempt from jury duty

Relates to permitting prospective jurors having attained the age of seventy-five to be exempt from jury duty.

Patty RitchieJudiciary Committee

Relates to reducing farm-based taxes

Relates to reducing farm-based taxes.

Patty RitchieInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to water withdrawal reporting and FOIL protection

Relates to water withdrawal reporting and FOIL protection.

Patty RitchieAgriculture Committee

Relates to a three phase power revolving loan program

Relates to a three phase power revolving loan program.

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

Requires the division of criminal justice services to check the wanted felon status and other information of people applying for public assistance

Requires the division of criminal justice services to check the wanted felon status and probation or parole violator status of people applying for public assistance.

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

Requires parole violators to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility

Requires parole violators, after 10 days in a local correctional facility, to either be transferred to state correctional facilities or remain in such local facility with all associated costs borne…

Patty RitchieCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Relates to providing a credit against tax for the purchase of low vision devices

Relates to providing a credit against tax for the purchase of low vision devices.

Patty RitchieInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products; violation by any person other than manufacturer constitutes fine of $100 for each individual package sold or offered for sale; provides for a civil…

Patty RitchieHealth Committee

Establishes parameters of civil liability for persons involved in equine activities

Enacts the "equine activity safety code act"; provides that an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person, which shall include a corporation or partnership, shall not be…

Patty RitchieJudiciary Committee

Exempting certain school organizations from sales tax on certain items sold or resold and services provided for educational purposes

Exempts certain school organizations from sales tax on certain items sold or resold and services provided for educational purposes.

Patty RitchieInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to establishing a young farmer apprentice program

Relates to establishing a young farmer apprentice program.

Patty RitchieEducation Committee

Relates to the enforcement of taxes in certain school districts

Relates to the enforcement of taxes in certain school districts.

Patty RitchieLocal Government Committee

Relates to requiring the New York state department of transportation to maintain drainage systems that serve the state highway facility

Relates to requiring the department of transportation to maintain drainage systems that serve the state highway facility.

Patty RitchieTransportation Committee

Requires the consumer protection division to develop an unsecured furniture, television, and appliance public awareness campaign

Requires the consumer protection division to develop an unsecured furniture, television, and appliance public awareness campaign.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides grants and low interest loans to dairy farms who make energy efficient improvements

Creates the dairy farm improved energy efficiency program; provides grants and low interest loans to dairy farms who make energy efficient improvements.

Patty RitchieVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes the village of Clayton, county of Jefferson to transfer and convey certain parklands to Dean Hyde in exchange for certain lands owned by Dean Hyde

Authorizes the village of Clayton, county of Jefferson to transfer and convey certain parklands to Dean Hyde in exchange for certain lands owned by Dean Hyde which shall be used as parkland and as…

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to extending authorization for an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax in the county of Oswego

Relates to extending authorization for an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax in the county of Oswego.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for the issuance of receipts for the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas by electronic means

Provides for the issuance of receipts for the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas by electronic means.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to community and economic vitality, environment and energy, nutrition and healthy families and youth development under a form of organization and administration approved by Cornell university

Relates to community and economic vitality, environment and energy, nutrition and healthy families and youth development under a form of organization and administration approved by Cornell university.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the hotel or motel tax in county of Oswego

Relates to the hotel or motel tax in the county of Oswego.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the authorization of St. Lawrence county to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes

Extends the authorization of St.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends and increases the sales and compensating use taxes authorized for the county of Jefferson

Extends and increases the sales and compensating use tax authorized for the county of Jefferson through November 30, 2017.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to extending the authorization of the city of Oswego to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes

Relates to extending the authorization of the city of Oswego to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes.

Patty RitchieSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Gives the commissioner of agriculture and markets the power to establish a federal food safety compliance program to support farmers in complying with federal food safety rules

Gives the commissioner of agriculture and markets the power to establish a federal food safety compliance assistance program to support farmers in complying with federal food safety rules.

Patty RitchieVetoed

Vetoed

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ontario Orchards in Oswego, New York

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating student-athlete Bryanna Fazio upon the occasion of her selection as a 2015 High School All-American girls lacrosse player

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating student-athlete Benner Geurtsen upon the occasion of his selection as a 2015 High School All-Academic boys lacrosse player

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating student-athlete Cole Johnson upon the occasion of his selection as a 2015 High School All-American boys lacrosse player

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating student-athlete Noah Taylor upon the occasion of his selection as a 2015 High School All-American boys lacrosse player

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the powers of the Ogdensburg bridge authority and the Ogdensburg port authority

Relates to the powers of the Ogdensburg bridge authority and the Ogdensburg port authority with regard to the Ogdensburg International Airport.

Patty RitchieOn the Senate floor

Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Wilbrod O. Paige upon the occasion of celebrating their 70th Wedding Anniversary

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pluff upon the occasion of celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hodkinson upon the occasion of celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Commending the Central Square American Legion Post 915 and the Town of Hastings upon the occasion of celebrating its Army Tank Dedication

Patty RitchieAdopted

Adopted

Provides for training for police regarding animal cruelty and protection laws

Provides for training for police regarding animal cruelty and protection laws.

Patty RitchieOn the Senate floor

Relates to the creation of the child care regulatory review task force

Relates to the creation of the child care regulatory review task force.

Patty RitchieOn the Senate floor