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

S2079Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken
Requires buyers and lessees of residential real property to be given notice of public access to sex offender information
Requires that contracts for the sale or lease of residential real property include a notice that information on high risk sex offenders is available to the public and that the division of criminal…
John J. FlanaganStricken
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S2088Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken
Relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in certain counties
Relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in certain counties; eliminates renewal application requirement under certain circumstances.
John J. FlanaganStricken

S2082Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Changes the age of the victim of aggravated assault, penal law 120.12, from less than eleven to less than fourteen

Changes the age of the intended victim of aggravated assault, from less than eleven to less than fourteen years.

John J. FlanaganStricken

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S2080Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to adding the abuse of a person less than thirteen years old by a person eighteen years old or older to the aggravated sexual abuse crimes

Establishes a person is guilty of aggravated sexual assault in the third degree when he inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra or penis of the other person and the other person is less than…

John J. FlanaganStricken

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S2058Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes; includes instances where defendant pleads not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.

John J. FlanaganStricken

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S2054Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature

Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature.

John J. FlanaganStricken

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S981Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Amend and recommit to finance

Directs the superintendent of state police to develop and institute child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures

Directs the superintendent of state police to develop and institute child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures for instances where police are arresting an individual who is a parent, guardian or…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

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A804Assembly· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Reported referred to ways and means

Creates the well water and water supply education act; requires public education program on the potential hazards of private water supplies

Creates the well water and water supply education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of private water supplies;…

Ellen C. JaffeeWays And Means Committee

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S963Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Amend and recommit to education

Directs the board of regents and the state education department to develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility

Authorizes and directs the board of regents and the state education department to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing education programs across the state and develop a model for improved…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

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S906Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Amend and recommit to social services

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office…

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

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A336Assembly· Moved Jan 21, 2016· Reported referred to ways and means

Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans in certain counties; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

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S6493Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Referred to insurance

Provides for the reduction of property/casualty insurance premiums on residential real property when the insured occupant completed a homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety & loss prevention

Provides for the reduction of property/casualty insurance premiums on residential real property when the insured occupant completes a homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss…

Jeffrey D. KleinInsurance Committee

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A9060Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Referred to higher education

Directs the commissioner of education to require teachers colleges to provide a course of instruction in mental health first aid prior to each student's graduation

Directs the commissioner of education to require teachers' colleges to provide a course of instruction in mental health first aid prior to each student's graduation.

Marcos CrespoHigher Education Committee

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S6488Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Referred to higher education

Establishes under the direction of the state board of pharmacy a drug repository program

Establishes under the direction of the state board of pharmacy a drug repository program to accept and dispense donated drug prescriptions; authorizes such board and the commissioner of health to…

David CarlucciHigher Education Committee

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S6352Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Grants volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers access to state parks free of charge

Grants volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers access to state parks free of charge.

Terrence P. MurphyStricken

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A7090Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Relates to the procurement of locally grown farm and food products

Enacts the local food, farms, and jobs act; relates to the procurement of locally grown farm and food products; sets goals for levels of procurement by state agencies; creates the New York state…

Fred ThieleAgriculture Committee

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A6548Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Enacts the "omnibus obesity and respiratory illness reduction act"

Enacts the "omnibus obesity and respiratory illness reduction act"; provides for the screening for childhood obesity by elementary and secondary schools and promotes the availability of certain…

Marcos CrespoAgriculture Committee

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A6246Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Committed to racing and wagering

Relates to commission hearings of racetrack ejectments and denials of access of commission licensees

Relates to commission hearings of racetrack ejectments and denials of access of commission licensees.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

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A6130Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Amend and recommit to governmental operations

Requires the formation of a cyber security advisory board and the implementation of a cyber security initiative

Requires the formation of a cyber security advisory board and the implementation of a cyber security initiative.

Michael DenDekkerGovernmental Operations Committee

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A6129Assembly· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Amend and recommit to governmental operations

Establishes the New York State Terrorist Registry

Enacts the New York State Terrorist Registry Act; establishes the New York State terrorist registry; provides for terrorist registry information sharing; provides for registry information collection…

Michael DenDekkerGovernmental Operations Committee

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S4118Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes the New York craft beverage council within the department of economic development

Establishes the New York craft beverage council within the department of economic development to develop a marketing strategy to promote the state's fine wines, spirits and craft brews.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S3893Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstance

Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain…

Catharine YoungStricken

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S3783Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Amend and recommit to children and families

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate; repealer

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the care of any state agency or local social services district; repeals…

Kevin S. ParkerChildren And Families Committee

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S3548Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Adds rent, building expenses and the cost of utilities to the items for which the state will provide 50% reimbursement to soil and water conservation districts

Adds rent, building expenses and the cost of utilities to the items for which the state will provide 50% reimbursement to soil and water conservation districts.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1916Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1915Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Includes the production of cellulosic ethanol, densified biofuel and renewable fuel oil within the biofuel production tax credit

Includes the production of cellulosic ethanol, densified biofuel and renewable fuel oil within the biofuel production tax credit; expands the cap for such credit to $10,000,000 a year and expands…

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1394Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions

Authorizes certain municipal legislative bodies, including towns and villages, to enact local laws and ordinances providing for non-binding mediation of land use decisions.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1368Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations

Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations; defines retail farm operations as a seasonal or annual enterprise operated for the purpose of selling predominantly farm and food products which…

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1367Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Authorizes volunteer firefighters from other states to offer and provide their services to fire departments, districts and companies in this state

Authorizes volunteer firefighters from other states to offer and provide their services to fire departments, districts and companies in this state.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1361SenateA6197· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Allows soil and water conservation districts, acting in cooperation with local governments, to be eligible applicants for the local waterfront revitalization grant program

Allows soil and water conservation districts, acting in cooperation with local governments, to be eligible applicants for the local waterfront revitalization grant program.

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1289Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Authorizes real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a partial tax exemption for property purchased by a physician in a physician shortage area

Authorizes real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a partial tax exemption for property purchased by a physician in a physician shortage area, as determined by the commissioner of health, which…

Catharine YoungStricken

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S1288Senate· Moved Jan 20, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Directs the commissioner of health to make recommendations to the governor and legislature on increasing ambulatory patient group rates for services provided by rural critical access hospitals

Directs the commissioner of health to make recommendations to the governor and legislature on increasing ambulatory patient group rates, in the 2016-2017 state fiscal year, for services provided by…

Catharine YoungStricken

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