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Relates to a pilot program providing a tax credit for universal visitability

Relates to a credit for purchase, construction or retrofitting of a principal residence to achieve universal visitability pursuant to guidelines developed by the division of code enforcement and…

Charles LavineVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes the office for the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating to elder abuse

Authorizes the office for the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating to elder abuse.

Steven CymbrowitzSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to establishing the temporary advisory board for upstate transit funding

Relates to establishing the temporary advisory board for upstate transit funding.

Anthony BrindisiVetoed

Vetoed

Makes provisions for payment to certain parole officers employed by department of corrections and community supervision for salary and medical expenses while subject to sickness

Makes provisions for payment to certain parole officers employed by the department of corrections and community supervision for salary and medical expenses while subject to sickness.

James SkoufisVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the residence and domicile of sex offender registrants

Relates to the residence of sex offender registrants.

Aileen GuntherVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to pay for military duty

Relates to pay for military duty covering forty working days or sixty calendar days.

Phillip GoldfederStricken

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of police officers, peace officers, court officers, emergency medical technicians or paramedics

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of police officers, peace officers, court officers, emergency medical technicians or paramedics; provides that such crime is a class E felony.

Phillip GoldfederStricken

Grants a waiver of half of the civil service examination fee for veterans

Grants a waiver of half of the civil service examination fee for veterans.

Phillip GoldfederStricken

Relates to the effectiveness of payments in lieu of taxes made by certain entities for property located at One Nirvana Plaza, Forestport, New York

Relates to the effectiveness of payments in lieu of taxes made by certain entities for property located at One Nirvana Plaza, Forestport, New York.

Anthony BrindisiSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to insurance reserve funds of certain school districts

Grants the Scarsdale union free school district and Vernon Verona Sherrill central school district the authority to establish insurance reserve funds.

Anthony BrindisiSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to establishing the School Energy Efficiency Collaborative Act of 2016

Establishes the School Energy Efficiency Collaborative Act of 2016 to reduce redundancies, raise awareness, and promote the efficient implementation of energy projects in school districts across the…

Marcos CrespoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp.

Donna LupardoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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 BuchwaldJudiciary Committee

Authorizes any voter at least sixty-two years of age to request an absentee ballot and vote absentee

Authorizes any qualified voter at least sixty-two years of age to request an absentee ballot and vote absentee.

Thomas AbinantiElection Law Committee

Relates to railroad safety

Relates to railroad safety; requires joint inspection of traffic signals; increases penalties for the failure to comply with regulations; aligns railroad bridge inspection requirements with federal…

David BuchwaldOn 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 FahyOn the Assembly floor

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a station cleaner or terminal cleaner

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a station cleaner or terminal cleaner employed by a mass transit company, while such…

Diana RichardsonOn the Assembly floor

Relates to third party litigation financing

Establishes contract requirements for third party litigation financing which includes requiring contracts to contain a right of rescission, a written acknowledgement by the attorney retained, a…

Michael SimanowitzOn the Assembly floor

Elevates assault of a utility worker to the class D felony of assault in the second degree

Elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony; includes an employee of an entity governed by the public service law within such provisions.

Francisco MoyaOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

James F. BrennanRules Committee

Relates to coverage for the detection of breast cancer, requiring certified mammography facilities to provide extended hours and excused leave to undertake a breast cancer screening

Relates to coverage for the detection of breast cancer; requires certified mammography facilities to provide extended hours; allows certain public employees excused leave to undertake a breast…

Didi BarrettOn the Assembly floor

Relates to enacting the New York state secure choice savings program act

Creates a self-sufficient retirement savings program in the form of an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA, and establishes an administrative board responsible for promoting greater…

Robert J. RodriguezOn 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

Relates to home improvement contract provisions

Relates to home improvement contract provisions.

Anthony BrindisiRules Committee

Provides that members of a public pension or retirement system convicted of a felony involving breach of public trust be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits, rights and privileges

Provides that members of a public pension or retirement system convicted of a felony involving breach of public trust be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits, rights and privileges.

David BuchwaldOn the Assembly floor

Relates to requiring a medical facility or related services to obtain express prior written consent before the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment

Relates to requiring a medical facility or related services to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.

Edward BraunsteinOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the voter friendly ballot act; repealer

Enacts the voter friendly ballot act; relates to the form of the ballot for elections; removes additional provisions for primary elections for New York city.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Provides for the timeliness of commencing criminal and civil action for sexual offenses committed against children

Provides that the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of a sexual offense committed against a child shall not begin to run until the child turns 23 years of age; provides that a civil…

Margaret MarkeyRules Committee

Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations

Provides that prior to the 2019-2020 school year, a school district shall not be subject to a withholding of yearly increases in general support for public schools from funds appropriated from the…

Catherine NolanOn the Assembly floor

Relates to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments

Relates to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments.

Aravella SimotasRules Committee

Relates to freedom of information requests and attorneys' fees

Establishes that in a FOIL proceeding, the court shall assess against an agency reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation costs incurred when a person substantially prevails unless the court…

Amy PaulinWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the use of chemical flame retardants on residential upholstered furniture

Prohibits the use of chemical flame retardants on residential upholstered furniture.

Anthony BrindisiRules Committee

Makes the restrictions relating to smoking in public areas applicable to electronic cigarettes

Makes the restrictions relating to smoking in public areas applicable to electronic cigarettes.

Linda RosenthalRules 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

Relates to eliminating the canal corporation; repealer

Relates to eliminating the canal corporation in relation to an implementation plan for continuing and reconstituting the NYS canal corporation as a subsidiary corporation of the power authority of…

James F. BrennanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to eliminating the canal corporation; repealer

Relates to eliminating the canal corporation in relation to an implementation plan for continuing and reconstituting the NYS canal corporation as a subsidiary corporation of the power authority of…

James F. BrennanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees

Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees.

Donna LupardoOn 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 the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleRules 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

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health…

Crystal Peoples-StokesOn the Assembly floor

Relates to expedited utilization review of prescription drugs

Relates to expedited utilization review of prescription drugs.

Matthew TitoneOn the Assembly floor

Creates standards by which the public service commission reviews and approves a merger or acquisition between telephone corporations, cable corporations and combination telephone and cable corporations

Creates standards by which the public service commission reviews and approves a merger or acquisition between telephone corporations, cable corporations and combination telephone and cable…

James F. BrennanOn the Assembly floor

Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families

Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families.

Thomas AbinantiOn the Assembly floor

Creates the lupus research enhancement program and the lupus research enhancement fund

Creates the lupus research enhancement program; creates the lupus research enhancement fund.

Crystal Peoples-StokesWays And Means Committee

Honoring The Reverend Paul Angelicchio, Frederick A. Normand, and Monsignor Francis Culkin posthumously for a Francis J. Bellamy Award

Anthony BrindisiAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York

Relates to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York.

Nily RozicOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy

Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy; requires that when an autopsy shows a person died as a result of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such cause shall be noted on…

Anthony BrindisiHealth Committee