All bills

Relates to contributions made to college savings accounts

Relates to contributions made to family tuition accounts; provides that a taxpayer may deposit a sum derived from his or her personal income tax refund into college savings accounts.

David BuchwaldSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the powers and duties of the receiver of taxes and assessments

Relates to the powers and duties of the receiver of taxes and assessments and school boards.

Ellen C. JaffeeVetoed

Vetoed

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

Margaret MarkeySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Exempts an employer from paying into the unemployment insurance fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees

Exempts an employer from paying into the unemployment insurance fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees and direct the commissioner of labor and the…

Bill NojayStricken

Provides that the open season for hunting coyotes shall be all year long

Provides that the open season for hunting coyotes shall be all year long.

Bill NojayStricken

Authorizes school districts to grant the Cold War veterans' real property tax exemption

Authorizes school districts to grant the Cold War veterans' real property tax exemption.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repealer

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; repealers

Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; provides certain exemptions and requires continuing education.

Charles LavineHigher Education Committee

Requires certain pharmacies to pursue a non-patient specific prescription to disperse an opioid antagonist or to register as an opioid overdose prevention program

Requires any chain pharmacy with twenty or more locations to pursue or maintain a non-patient specific prescription with an authorized health care professional to disperse an opioid antagonist to a…

Shelley MayerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires state reimbursement to counties the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services

Requires state reimbursement to counties and cities in which a county is located of the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services.

Patricia FahyOn the Assembly floor

Congratulating Jack Furmanek upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on July 9, 2016

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Thomas Forrester upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Jeremy Langdale Jr. upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Jason Hranitz upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Relates to supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school students in the East Ramapo Central School District

Relates to supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school students in the East Ramapo Central School District; appropriates funds therefor.

Ellen C. JaffeeOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the reduction or revocation of the public pension of a public officer

Relates to providing for the reduction or revocation of the public pension of a public officer; authorizes the court to determine whether to reduce or revoke such pension based on the defined terms.

David BuchwaldRules Committee

Establishes a tax credit for farmers who make food donations to food banks or other public, charitable or not-for-profit emergency food programs

Establishes a tax credit for farmers who make food donations to food banks or other public, charitable or not-for-profit emergency food programs.

Margaret MarkeyRules Committee

Relates to the creation of a toll-free hotline and a website where motorists can report potholes

Creates a toll-free hotline and a website where motorists can report potholes.

Thomas AbinantiRules Committee

Relates to licenses to purchase, use or store certain compounds

Relates to licenses to purchase, store or use certain compounds; $50 fee.

David BuchwaldRules Committee

Provides medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk which is medically necessary for certain prematurely born infants

Provides medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk which is medically necessary for certain prematurely born infants.

Michaelle C. SolagesOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act"

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum…

Aileen GuntherRules Committee

Relates to qualifications to serve as an emergency medical technician

Relates to qualifications to serve as an emergency medical technician.

James SkoufisOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the use of oral medications by optometrists

Relates to the use of oral medications by optometrists.

Amy PaulinHigher Education Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim October 2016, as Czech-American Heritage Month in the State of New York

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Provides that the abbreviation of "D.P.T." and title "doctor of physical therapy" may only be used by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by article 136 of the education law to practice physical therapy

Provides that the abbreviation of "D.P.T." and title "doctor of physical therapy" may only be used by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by article 136 of the education law to practice…

Michelle SchimelHigher Education Committee

Establishes the "public higher education quality initiative endowment" fund; repealer

Establishes the "public higher education quality initiative endowment" fund.

Deborah GlickFinance Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim October 2016, as German-American Heritage Month in the State of New York

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the superintendent of financial services to suspend crediting of underwriting earnings for a fiscal year for the purpose of accumulating a subscriber's operating reserve

Authorizes the superintendent of financial services to suspend crediting of underwriting earnings for a fiscal year for the purpose of accumulating a subscriber's operating reserve.

John T. McDonald IIIOn the Assembly floor

Requires public schools to display a poster depicting first aid procedures used to treat a person who is choking

Requires public schools to display a poster depicting first aid procedures used to treat a person who is choking.

Linda RosenthalWays And Means Committee

Includes credit unions and federal credit unions within the definition of bank, trust company or national bank for purpose of banking development district program

Relates to including credit unions and federal credit unions within the definition of bank, trust company or national bank for the purpose of the banking development district program (which was…

Annette RobinsonOn the Assembly floor

Provides fishing and hunting tax credits for members of the United States armed forces in active service stationed within the state

Provides a personal income tax credit in the amount of any fishing and/or hunting fees paid by members of the United States armed forces in active service.

Stephen HawleyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to adoptee rights

Relates to adoptee rights; clarifies language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they reach…

David WeprinChildren And Families Committee

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a certified physical therapist assistant.

Kenneth ZebrowskiOn the Assembly floor

Requires state reimbursement to counties the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services

Requires state reimbursement to counties and cities in which a county is located of the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services.

Patricia FahyFinance Committee

Grants a full real property tax exemption for a severely injured soldier of the armed forces of the United States

Grants a full real property tax exemption for a severely injured soldier of the armed forces of the United States.

James SkoufisWays And Means Committee

Relates to credit unions

Relates to credit unions.

Robert J. RodriguezWays And Means Committee

Requires school administrators in private schools to report allegations of child abuse in an educational setting

Requires school administrators in private schools to report allegations of child abuse in an educational setting; includes private schools in the reporting requirements relating to child abuse in an…

Fred ThieleEducation Committee

Relates to town police departments in any village in town of Tuxedo

Relates to town police departments in any village within the town of Tuxedo.

Karl BrabenecLocal Governments Committee

Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work

Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work.

Harry B. BronsonCodes Committee

"Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by delinquent mortgage

Establishes the "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by a delinquent mortgage.

Helene WeinsteinHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon Act

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Harry B. BronsonLabor Committee

Creates a "Grown in New York" program campaign to increase awareness and consumption of locally grown and produced foods and related products

Creates a "Grown in New York" program campaign to increase awareness and consumption of locally grown and produced foods and related products, and to increase the production and improve the…

William MageeWays And Means Committee

Relates to establishing the Barbara Clark leaders of tomorrow scholarship

Relates to establishing the Barbara Clark leaders of tomorrow scholarship; provides funds be distributed from the New York state lottery and given to one eligible senior from every participating…

Luis R. SepúlvedaHigher Education Committee

In relation to on duty auxiliary police officers

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

David WeprinCodes Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim August 2016, as Swiss-American Heritage Month in the State of New York

Karl BrabenecAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one…

Thomas AbinantiStricken

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during certain periods; appropriation

Provides up to three years of service credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during times of peace; removes requirement that such military service…

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to creating the commission on exceptional standards for New York state; repealer

Relates to creating the commission on exceptional standards for New York State and creating a new teacher and principal evaluation system.

Edward RaEducation Committee