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

A9492Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Held for consideration in insurance
Relates to requirements for inspection of vehicles for purposes of physical damage coverage
Removes and amends certain requirements for inspection of vehicles for purposes of physical damage coverage.
David DiPietroInsurance Committee
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A9513Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Referred to energy
Relates to enacting the renewable energy credit opportunity and exchange protection act
Relates to enacting the "renewable energy credit opportunity and exchange protection act" establishing the rights of consumers and businesses to own and trade renewable energy credits.
Marcos CrespoEnergy Committee
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A9478Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Referred to racing and wagering

Relates to providing funds from the purse cushion fund to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. for two thousand sixteen

Relates to providing funds from the purse cushion fund to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. for 2016 of up to two million dollars.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

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A9481Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Relates to translation services for certain orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

Requires orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued in family court or in criminal court to be translated by an interpreter into the native language of the parties.

Marcos CrespoJudiciary Committee

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A9505Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Referred to health

Relates to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose

Relates to requiring the compilation of the number of deaths by opioid overdose.

Steven McLaughlinHealth Committee

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S6964Senate· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to gift for city university of New York

Allows an individual in any taxable year to elect to contribute to the City University of New York (CUNY); all revenues collected shall be credited to the City University Construction Fund.

Roxanne J. PersaudInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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A1795Assembly· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Advanced to third reading cal.430

Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

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S1282Senate· Moved Mar 10, 2016· Amend and recommit to finance

Repeals the sales tax on transportation service

Repeals the sales tax on transportation service; excludes from the definition of "affiliated livery vehicle" in a city of a population of one million or more, for-hire vehicles dispatched from a…

José PeraltaFinance Committee

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A9473Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to communications with professional journalists and newscasters; relates to reporting of certain funding by lobbyists

Relates to communications with professional journalists and newscasters; requires reporting of five thousand dollars or more for reportable compensation and expenses for lobbying by lobbyists;…

Matthew TitoneGovernmental Operations Committee

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A9472Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to mental health

Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the…

Pamela HarrisMental Health Committee

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S6850Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Amend and recommit to aging

Grants a total exemption from real property taxation for school tax purposes for certain persons seventy years of age or over

Grants a total exemption from real property taxation for school tax purposes for certain persons seventy years of age or over.

Kenneth P. LaValleAging Committee

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A9370Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Amend and recommit to aging

Grants a total exemption from real property taxation for school tax purposes for certain persons seventy years of age or over

Grants a total exemption from real property taxation for school tax purposes for certain persons seventy years of age or over.

Fred ThieleAging Committee

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A9284Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Held for consideration in governmental operations

Creates a unicameral legislature consisting of seventy-five senators called the senate

Creates a unicameral legislature consisting of seventy-five senators called the senate.

Mark C. JohnsJudiciary Committee

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A8227Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Relates to the funding of the multi-year capital program of the metropolitan transportation authority; appropriation

Relates to the funding of the multi-year capital program of the metropolitan transportation authority; makes an appropriation therefor.

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

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S5725Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to correction

Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks

Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks.

Andrew J. LanzaCorrection Committee

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S4967Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Negates the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of child custody

Provides that the issue of military deployment shall not be considered as a factor in the awarding of custody where a suitable child care plan is presented; provides, upon return of a military…

Thomas CrociJudiciary Committee

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S4602Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to education

Relates to the eligibility of parents of children attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a community district education council

Relates to the eligibility of parents of children attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a community district education council.

Jesse HamiltonEducation Committee

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A5475Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Allows for a gift to the love your library fund on corporate and personal income tax return forms

Allows a taxpayer to elect to contribute a gift to the love your library fund on corporate and personal income tax return forms.

Sandy GalefInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3850Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation

Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation.

Andrew J. LanzaCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S2896Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to correction

Relates to conforming criminal provisions of the mortgage banking provisions to those relating to mortgage loan originators

Conforms criminal provisions of the mortgage banking provisions to those relating to mortgage loan originators.

Hugh T. FarleyCorrection Committee

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A3070Assembly· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Enacting clause stricken

Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the…

Matthew TitoneStricken

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S1600Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

Relates to penalties for causing a death while committing aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

John J. BonacicTransportation Committee

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S1216Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to transportation

Provides that the town board of certain towns may establish maximum speed limits on certain town highways

Provides that the town board of any town, exclusive of suburban towns and towns having a population exceeding fifty thousand, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum…

Betty LittleTransportation Committee

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S613Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Substituted by a4910a

Excludes services of a sole employee who is the owner of an employer from the definition of "employment" for purposes of unemployment insurance provisions

Excludes the services of the sole employee of an employer that is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, when such employee is the owner of such employer, from the definition of…

Phil BoyleOn the Senate floor

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S425Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to real property taxation

Requires businesses that make payments in lieu of taxes to provide local governments and school districts with notice of their intention to change assessment

Requires businesses that make payments in lieu of taxes to provide local governments and school districts with notice of their intention to file for a change in assessment.

Carl L. MarcellinoReal Property Taxation Committee

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S22Senate· Moved Mar 9, 2016· Referred to correction

Requires school districts, upon notification from law enforcement agencies, to notify residents of sex offenders living in the district

Requires school districts, upon notification from law enforcement agencies, to notify persons in parental relation to its students, of level two and three sex offenders living in the district;…

Kenneth P. LaValleCorrection Committee

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S6946Senate· Moved Mar 8, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Relates to expediting actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency

Relates to expediting actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency.

Andrew J. LanzaJudiciary Committee

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S6940Senate· Moved Mar 8, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to revocable sentences of probation or conditional discharge and imprisonment

Relates to revocable sentences of probation or conditional discharge and imprisonment.

Fredrick J. Akshar IICodes Committee

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A9464Assembly· Moved Mar 8, 2016· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Relates to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of credit history in making decisions

Relates to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of credit history in making decisions.

Luis R. SepúlvedaConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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