Bills by

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Senator

62 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →addabbo@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

62 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

S8043Senate· Signed Nov 28, 2016· Signed chap.499
Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay and the effectiveness thereof
Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay and the effectiveness thereof; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Signed by Governor
Signed into law
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OutcomeSigned into law
S2842Senate· Vetoed Nov 28, 2016· Vetoed memo.267
Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"
Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducing occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Vetoed

S4113Senate· Vetoed Nov 14, 2016· Vetoed memo.224

Relates to additional considerations for public arbitration panels relating to certain employees of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel

Establishes public arbitration panels that shall take into consideration for employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority who are employed as bridge and tunnel officers and are peace…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Vetoed

Vetoed

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OutcomeVetoed

S3005Senate· Moved Jun 17, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Provides a tax credit to home owners who repair cock loft fire hazards in their homes

Provides a tax credit to homeowners who repair cock loft fire hazards in their homes.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Ways And Means Committee

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S3209Senate· Moved Jun 15, 2016· Referred to libraries and education technology

Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants

Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Libraries And Education Technology Committee

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S2496Senate· Moved Jun 8, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Ways And Means Committee

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S4093Senate· Moved May 23, 2016· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4233Senate· Moved May 16, 2016· Referred to higher education

Allows the granting of academic credit at city or state operated institutions to veterans

Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Higher Education Committee

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S7831Senate· Moved May 13, 2016· Referred to codes

Grants police officer status for members of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; repealer

Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

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S7239Senate· Moved Apr 11, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to providing notice to school districts of certain construction projects

Relates to providing notice to school districts of certain construction projects; requires county superintendents to provide written notice to school districts of all construction projects…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Transportation Committee

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S7046Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2016· Referred to codes

Includes certain activity in transit and transportation facilities with the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree

Includes certain activity in transit and transportation facilities with the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

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S7047Senate· Moved Mar 18, 2016· Referred to elections

Relates to requiring elected officials for certain elected offices to post certain information regarding contributions on such candidate's campaign website

Relates to requiring elected officials for certain elected offices to post certain information regarding contributions on such candidate's campaign website; requires the listing of donor names, and…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Elections Committee

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S2495Senate· Moved Mar 16, 2016· Referred to veterans' affairs

Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at certain veterans' organization facilities

Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at congressionally chartered veterans' organization facilities.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Veterans' Affairs Committee

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S2497Senate· Moved Mar 14, 2016· Reported and committed to finance

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

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S2857Senate· Moved Mar 1, 2016· Amend and recommit to elections

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Elections Committee

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S2845Senate· Moved Mar 1, 2016· Amend and recommit to elections

Relates to political contribution activities by an intermediary

Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires that when contributions made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee are over $1,000, the name, occupation and…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Elections Committee

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S3001Senate· Moved Feb 22, 2016· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Establishes the New York state climate change task force

Establishes the New York state climate change task force; establishes the membership of the task force; establishes the powers and duties of the task force.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Environmental Conservation Committee

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S3003Senate· Moved Feb 22, 2016· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores

Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Agriculture Committee

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S6777Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2016· Referred to higher education

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business hours

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Higher Education Committee

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S6774Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Relates to requiring the lobby area or entrance of a licensed massage therapist office be clearly visible from the outside

Relates to requiring the lobby area or entrance of a licensed massage therapist office be clearly visible from the outside.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Consumer Protection Committee

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S6775Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Relates to the duty of landlords to verify the licensure of massage therapist tenants

Relates to the duty of landlords to verify the licensure of massage therapist tenants; subjects landlords to a civil penalty for failure to so verify.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Judiciary Committee

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S6776Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Relates to massage therapist locations that promote prostitution and/or practice massage therapy without a professional license

Relates to massage therapist locations that promote prostitution and/or practice massage therapy without a professional license.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Judiciary Committee

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S6773Senate· Moved Feb 19, 2016· Referred to higher education

Relates to the enforcement of certain provisions relating to the practice of massage therapy in New York city

Provides for the enforcement of certain provisions relating to the practice of massage therapy in New York city by the NYC department of consumer affairs.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Higher Education Committee

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S3002Senate· Moved Feb 8, 2016· Amend and recommit to racing, gaming and wagering

Establishes the legislative task force on responsible gaming

Establishes the legislative task force on responsible gaming to develop policies and procedures that foster responsible gaming practices by gaming facilities in New York state.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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S3604Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2016· Referred to governmental employees

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, EMTs and paramedics killed in the line of duty

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Governmental Employees Committee

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S3004Senate· Moved Jan 27, 2016· Amend and recommit to labor

Provides benefits for injury, sickness, pregnancy or family leave

Provides workers' compensation benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or family leave; applies to an employee and to family members taking family leave to care for an employee.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Labor Committee

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S4539Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Grants police officer status for members of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; repealer

Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

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S3958Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of persons sixty-five years of age and older

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of persons sixty-five years of age and older.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

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S3207Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Relates to the denial of certain insurance claims

Relates to the denial of certain insurance claims and requires municipal and government entities to notify mortgagees and lien holders when such entities are denied access to inspect certain real…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

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S3006Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Exempts state and public corporations from liability for injuries and death of persons kayaking, surfboarding or scuba diving when lifeguards are not on duty

Exempts state and public corporations from liability for injuries and death of persons kayaking, surfboarding or scuba diving when lifeguards are not on duty.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

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S2499Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2016· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

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S6098Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to rules

Requires certain waste transported by rail to be covered with hard tarping

Requires putrescible and non-putrescible waste to be covered by a hard tarp when transported by rail.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Rules Committee

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S6096Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises

Relates to requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S4230Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to new york city education subcommittee

Provides that no school located in a city with a population of one million or more shall be in session on the day of a primary or general election

Provides that no school located in a city with a population of one million or more shall be in session on general election day.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.New York City Education Subcommittee Committee

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S3961Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers when such birds have not yet been fully weaned

Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers when such birds have not yet been fully weaned.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Agriculture Committee

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S3210Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Provides a mechanism for the awarding of grants by state agencies to not-for-profit corporations

Provides a mechanism for the awarding of grants by state agencies to not-for-profit corporations.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

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S3208Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

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S3000Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of harassment in the first degree

Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Codes Committee

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S2923Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires school districts to establish programs for gifted and twice-exceptional pupils

Requires that school districts establish a gifted and talented program for gifted and twice-exceptional pupils; establishes guidelines as to the development of such programs and the identification…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Education Committee

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S2922Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Directs that teachers be trained in the education of gifted students, and provides start-up funding for such training; repealer; appropriation

Directs that teachers be trained in the education of gifted students, and provides start-up funding for such training; authorizes necessary rule and/or regulation changes to properly implement the…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

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S2859Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to elections

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees; requires such statements to include the occupation of the…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Elections Committee

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S2858Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Prohibits political contributions by businesses that have been awarded state contracts

Prohibits political contributions by businesses that have been awarded state contracts.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

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S2840Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time

Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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