Bills by

Kenneth P. LaValle

Senator

537 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →lavalle@nysenate.gov

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

537 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

S4442Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education
In relation to establishing regional secondary schools
Relates to establishing regional secondary schools.
Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee
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S4443Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government
Relates to establishing a procedure for the creation of new counties
Relates to establishing a procedure for the creation of new counties; requires a population as large as an assembly district and at least 250 square miles to create; requires a feasibility study to…
Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee
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S4438Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Provides a wind speed limit of 109 miles per hour for light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

Provides that in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, light frame wood construction shall be designed and properly installed to withstand external pressure and wind born debris from a storm with…

Kenneth P. LaValleHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S4436Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases

Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases; creates a local option in counties in New York state to provide…

Kenneth P. LaValleHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S4433Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations

Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations who do not meet all of the graduate course or teaching…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S4435Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof

Sets up rules and regulations for the operation of lease-hold retirement communities to provide adequate housing for senior citizens wishing to retire and locate in a lease-hold retirement…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S4434Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Restricts the residency of certain sex offenders

Restricts the residency of certain sex offenders; provides guidelines for the location of level two and level three sex offenders; allows municipalities to reject the placement of additional level…

Kenneth P. LaValleCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S4415Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates the responsible retirement of racehorses fund; horse registration fee

Creates the responsible retirement of racehorses fund; establishes a horse registration fee; provides such funds be expended to support responsible retirement of racehorses in this state.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

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S4335Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to granting tier II retirement benefits in the New York city retirement system to Elisabeth Beavan

Relates to granting tier II retirement benefits in the New York city employees' retirement system to Elisabeth Beavan.

Kenneth P. LaValleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S4334Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Provides that an owner of real property shall have no duty to keep the premises safe from entry or use by others for swimming or bathing in state or municipal waters

Provides that an owner of real property shall have no duty to keep the premises safe from entry or use by others for swimming or bathing in state or municipal waters.

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S4190Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Requires mandatory restitution and reparation by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim is such officer's school district

Requires mandatory restitution by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim of such crime is such officer's school district; mandates that the court require…

Kenneth P. LaValleCodes Committee

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S4174Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Provides a vehicle registration refund for persons seventy-five years of age or older who surrender their registration

Provides a vehicle registration refund for persons seventy-five years of age or older who surrender their registration.

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

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S4167Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Provides that no candy or confection shall be sold in this state which resembles marijuana or marijuana products or imitates the flavor of marijuana

Provides that no candy or confection sold in this state shall be packaged, shaped or manufactured to resemble marijuana or marijuana products or to imitate the flavor of marijuana.

Kenneth P. LaValleConsumer Protection Committee

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S4157Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Provides for the sale, use and storage of nitric acid

Requires each retail sale of nitric acid to be recorded by the seller thereof; such record shall include the photographic identification number, telephone number and address of the purchaser;…

Kenneth P. LaValleVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S4152Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Provides that where a senior citizen purchases real property after the taxable status date, such person shall be eligible for the enhanced STAR exemption

Provides that where a person who meets the requirements for an enhanced exemption for property owned by senior citizens purchases real property after the levy of taxes, such person may file an…

Kenneth P. LaValleAging Committee

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S3967Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation authority

Creates the Peconic Bay Regional Transportation Authority, embracing the towns of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold in the county of Suffolk.

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

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S3954Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S3815Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Prohibits a producer, refiner or distributor from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer

Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer unless such producer or refiner makes certain offers to such dealer.

Kenneth P. LaValleConsumer Protection Committee

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S3810Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Relates to the enforcement by governing boards of municipal corporations of interests in real property acquired for the purposes of open space or open areas

Relates to the enforcement by governing boards of municipal corporations of interests in real property acquired for the purposes of open space or open areas.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S3465Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems

Increases the value of the exemption for certain renewable energy systems or farm waste energy systems; provides that where the municipality does not tax at full value such exemption shall be…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S3147Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Establishes an animal abuser statewide registry

Establishes an animal abuser statewide registry with community notification requirements.

Kenneth P. LaValleAgriculture Committee

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S2930Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen

Directs the attorney general to bring legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or state agency challenging existing inequitable fishing quotas that…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2929Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to central high school districts in the county of Suffolk

Provides that in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton in the county of Suffolk, where at least one of the school districts has an enrollment of less than one thousand students and does not…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S2811Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections

Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S2501Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to elections

Provides for the submission to the people the question of whether or not to convene a constitutional convention

Provides for the submission to the people the question of whether or not to convene a constitutional convention for the sole and limited purposes of choosing a lieutenant governor in the event of a…

Kenneth P. LaValleElections Committee

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S2488Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to social services

Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accept government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city

Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accepts government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city of New York.

Kenneth P. LaValleSocial Services Committee

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S2489Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Establishes a registry of wills and codicils

Provides that each county shall establish and maintain a registry of wills and codicils executed in that county for which the surrogate's court has jurisdiction; establishes what information shall…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S2363Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Provides a real property tax rate freeze for persons over seventy years of age

Provides for a capped real property school tax rate for persons over seventy years of age.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S2111Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Sets forth the dates upon which interest shall be added to the first and second installments of real estate taxes in the county of Suffolk

Sets forth the dates upon which interest shall be added to the first and second installments of real estate taxes in the county of Suffolk; the first one-half of the tax on real estate which is due…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S2113Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Establishes teachers and teaching assistants as licensed professionals

Establishes teachers and teaching assistants as licensed professionals; sets qualifications for such licensure; sets forth requirements for filing and disciplinary procedures and remedies; provides…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S2115Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to the consolidation of school districts

Provides for studies and procedures for the consolidation of school districts.

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S2114Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Provides a tax exemption from certain taxes for open spaces and open areas owned by a local government or not-for-profit corporation

Provides that where a local government or not-for-profit tax exempt conservation organization has acquired open space or open area, such property shall be exempt from taxation and special ad valorem…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S2105Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Includes an advisory committee within the definition of a public body for purposes of the open meetings law

Includes an advisory committee within the definition of a public body for purposes of the open meetings law.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2106Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in certain state-owned lands underwater

Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in state-owned lands underwater over one mile from shore for commercial use…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2108Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Provides that a person may be guilty of the crime disorderly conduct when he makes unreasonable noise which is disturbing to one or more persons

Provides that a person may be guilty of the crime disorderly conduct when he makes unreasonable noise which is disturbing to one or more persons.

Kenneth P. LaValleCodes Committee

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S2110Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Increases the maximum contribution under a defined contribution plan service award

Increases the maximum contribution under a defined contribution plan service award from $700 to $2,100.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S2107Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district

Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2 of 1% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district for the purposes of the…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

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S2103Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Gives justice courts limited equity powers to compel compliance with local zoning, building and fire prevention codes

Gives justice courts limited equity powers to compel compliance with local zoning, building and fire prevention codes; grants justice courts the authority to issue injunctions and temporary…

Kenneth P. LaValleJudiciary Committee

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S2097Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Enacts the "Peconic Bay estuary protection act"

Enacts the "Peconic Bay estuary protection act" to implement a comprehensive conservation and management plan prepared pursuant to the national estuary program; establishes the Peconic Region…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S2101Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Provides for an increase in federal itemized deduction for home improvements which promote water quality

Provides for an increase in federal itemized deduction for certain home improvements; a fifty percent tax exemption is provided to a residential property owner of a one, two or three family home for…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2098Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Amends the tax law in relation to the timing of distribution of mortgage recording tax revenues by counties

Relates to the timing of distribution of mortgage recording tax revenues by counties.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1877Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Establishes a tax credit for the removal or permanent enclosure of a residential fuel oil storage tank

Establishes a tax credit for the removal or permanent enclosure of a residential fuel oil storage tank.

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1875Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to the defense and indemnification of towns and villages by the state under the Long Island Pine Barrens Act

Relates to the defense and indemnification of towns and villages by the state under the Long Island Pine Barrens Act.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1879Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Prohibits the use of pentachlorophenol with regard to new or existing transmission utility poles or facilities

Prohibits the use of pentachlorophenol with regard to new or existing transmission utility poles or facilities.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1878Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Relates to the establishment, extension, powers and expenses of watershed protection improvement districts

Relates to the establishment, extension, powers and expenses of watershed protection improvement districts.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S1873Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Enacts the "pay it forward, pay it back program"

Enacts the "pay it forward, pay it back" program; directs the board of trustees of the state university to identify two four-year institutions of the state university and two community colleges to…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

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S1872Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Prohibits the taking of striped bass during the period of January 1 to April 15

Prohibits the taking of striped bass during the period of January 1 to April 15; changes from December 15.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1874Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer of certain public lands owned by school districts

Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer to certain public lands owned by a school district.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

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S1813Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to assaults on nursing professionals and sanitation workers

Relates to assaults on nursing professionals and sanitation workers.

Kenneth P. LaValleCodes Committee

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