Sponsored bills

Provides for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile

Provides for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile.

Liz KruegerFinance Committee

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state.

Betty LittleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses.

John J. BonacicEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child

Creates a new class D violent felony offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; converts the current offense of endangering the welfare of a child to a second degree crime.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Relates to a five year elimination of the local share for medicaid

Relates to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and the administration thereof; authorizes a five…

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that…

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Relates to non-divisible load permits

Relates to non-divisible load permits.

Jeffrey D. KleinTransportation Committee

Requires department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines for disqualification of stand-by contractors

Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance,…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions

Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions.

Martin J. GoldenChildren And Families Committee

Authorizes prosecuting agency to move to have identity of undercover public officers and employees protected while testifying in court

Authorizes the people in a criminal proceeding, the presentment agency in a juvenile delinquency proceeding and a governmental agency or public employer in a civil enforcement action to move to…

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

Congratulating Jacob J. Torres upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors

Robert OaksAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Michael J. Facci upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors

Mark C. JohnsAdopted

Adopted

Senate budget resolution in response to the 2016-2017 Executive Budget submission

John J. FlanaganAdopted

Adopted

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry.

George AmedoreHigher Education Committee

Relates to contact by siblings in child protective, permanency and termination of parental rights proceedings

Relates to contact by siblings in child protective, permanency and termination of parental rights proceedings.

Tony AvellaOn the Senate floor

Relates to the substitution of the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings

Substitutes the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings.

Tony AvellaOn the Senate floor

Relates to expanding opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises

Expands opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises.

Kathleen A. MarchioneFinance Committee

Authorizes the Good Seed Church of God, Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the Good Seed Church of God, Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the hamlet of Islip Terrace.

Phil BoyleStricken

Provides that veterans who hold either a federal Golden Access Passport or federal Access Pass shall be granted use of public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation free of charge

Provides that veterans who hold either a federal Golden Access Passport or a federal Access Pass upon a determination of a permanent disability shall be granted use of public campsites, parks and…

Kathleen A. MarchioneFinance Committee

Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance

Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office…

Terrence P. MurphyFinance Committee

Relates to owner liability for failure to comply with traffic control indications

Permits the installation of cameras on traffic lights in the town of Wallkill; relates to owner liability for failure to comply with traffic control indications.

Aileen GuntherTransportation Committee

Relates to voting rights

Relates to voting rights including voter protection, voter's bill of rights, illegal voter suppression and intimidation, vote dilution, and preclearance.

Michael BlakeElection Law Committee

Establishes the veterans service organizations fund

Establishes the congressional chartered veterans service organizations fund and provides for gifts made to such fund on an individual's personal income tax return.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Michael F. NozzolioFinance Committee

Relates to offering kitchen incubators to immigrant, minority- and women-owned businesses

Relates to offering kitchen incubators to immigrant, minority- and women-owned businesses.

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee

Relates to the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals

Relates to the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals by shelters; requires animals to be made available for adoption for 90 days unless a veterinarian certifies that such animal…

Martin J. GoldenAgriculture Committee

Allows a plaintiff to have a small claims court hearing in the municipality in which the claim arose

Allows a plaintiff to have a small claims court hearing in the municipality in which the claim arose.

Fredrick J. Akshar IIJudiciary CommitteeLegal

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that…

Martin J. GoldenAgriculture Committee

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups; repealer

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups.

James L. SewardSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the promulgation of rules and regulations for tattoo studios and body piercing studios

Relates to the promulgation of rules and regulations for tattoo studios and body piercing studios.

Kenneth ZebrowskiSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to enrollment periods for pregnant women in health maintenance organizations; repealer

Relates to enrollment periods for pregnant women in health maintenance organizations.

James L. SewardSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to requiring pet dealers to provide instructions pertaining to the care of small animals

Relates to requiring pet dealers to provide instructions pertaining to the care of small animals.

Tony AvellaSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to time restrictions on continued pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River

Relates to time restrictions on continuous pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River.

William J. Larkin Jr.Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the board of directors of domestic life insurance companies

Relates to the board of directors of domestic life insurance companies.

James L. SewardSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs whenever such accompaniment is reasonable under the circumstances

Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs whenever such accompaniment is reasonable under the circumstances.

David CarlucciSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to raising the age for prosecution of certain crimes

Relates to raising the age for prosecution of certain crimes.

Velmanette MontgomeryJudiciary Committee

Grants retroactive membership with Tier 1 status in the New York teachers' retirement system to James J. DeMarco

Grants retroactive membership with Tier 1 status in the New York state teachers' retirement system to James J.

David DiPietroGovernmental Employees Committee

Establishes a personal income tax credit for low and middle income taxpayers 60 years of age or older, for emergency repairs or modifications to their primary residence

Establishes a personal income tax credit for low and middle income taxpayers 60 years of age or older, for emergency repairs or modifications to their primary residence.

David J. ValeskyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that…

David J. ValeskyEducation Committee

Relates to the use of youthful offender adjudications in making recommendations for the supervision of sex offenders

Relates to the use of youthful offender adjudications in making recommendations for the supervision of sex offenders.

Michael SimanowitzCorrection Committee

Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs

Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs; prohibits, in the city of New York, tethering for more than 3 hours or a time approved in writing by animal control but not to exceed 12 hours in any 24 hour…

Martin J. GoldenAgriculture Committee

Relates to requirements of sheltering of dogs outside

Enacts stricter requirements for sheltering of dogs outside including protection from wind and loss of body heat.

Martin J. GoldenAgriculture Committee

Requires the secretary of state to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit

Requires the secretary of state to establish standards for a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally…

Thomas F. O'MaraFinance Committee

Relates to the sale of ammunition for assault weapons

Relates to the sale of ammunition for assault weapons; class E felony.

Roxanne J. PersaudCodes Committee

Relates to the restriction of the sale of ammunition to only individuals authorized to possess such weapon

Relates to the restriction of the sale of ammunition to only individuals authorized to possess such weapon.

Roxanne J. PersaudCodes Committee

Enacts the "truth in spending act"

Enacts the "truth in spending act"; creates disclosure requirements prior to the allocation of certain funds.

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the use of elevators that are not properly certified or maintained

Relates to elevator safety, specifically the operation of an elevator without proper certification, with an open violation or a cease-use order; makes offenses punishable as a class A or B…

Guillermo LinaresCities CommitteeLocal Government