Co-sponsored bills

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

Approves land transactions relating to implementation of the settlement of property disputes

Approves land transactions relating to implementation of the settlement of property disputes in Township 40, in the town of Long Lake.

Steven EnglebrightOn 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

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 adding St. Lawrence county sheriff as an additional firearm licensing officer

Relates to adding St. Lawrence county sheriff as an additional firearms licensing officer.

Kenneth BlankenbushCodes Committee

Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services

Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services.

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Expands the coverage to include cancer of the lymphatic or hematological systems, the digestive, urinary, prostate, neurological, breast or reproductive systems or melanoma

Expands the coverage to include cancer of the lymphatic or hematological systems, the digestive, urinary, prostate, neurological, breast or reproductive systems or melanoma.

Aileen GuntherLocal Governments Committee

Permits commercial applicators of pesticides to apply pesticides in a dosage, concentration or frequency less than that specified on the labeling

Permits commercial applicators of pesticides to apply pesticides in a dosage, concentration or frequency less than that specified on the labeling.

William MageeEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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

Relates to lump sum appropriation allocation reform

Relates to establishing the lump sum allocation advisory committee (Part A); relates to requiring transparency, identification and disclosure of certain appropriations (Part B); relates to…

Robert OaksWays And Means Committee

Relates to compensation of district attorneys

Provides that any increases in compensation to district attorneys after January first, two thousand sixteen, resulting from actions of the New York state commission on legislative, judicial and…

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Relates to annual teacher evaluations

Relates to eliminating the student performance category of teacher evaluations and replacing it with a teacher evaluation category created by a committee consisting of certified educators of this…

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to animals during the commission of a felony.

James TediscoCodes 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

Relates to the registration of vintage snowmobiles

Relates to the registration of vintage snowmobiles.

Anthony BrindisiTransportation Committee

Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage

Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, that may be paid to a youth who has no…

Brian KolbLabor Committee

Relates to repealing a section of the education law relating to takeover and restructuring of schools

Relates to takeover and restructuring of schools.

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Relates to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and increase the test's transparency

Relates to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and increase the test's transparency.

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Relates to the New York state career development and occupational studies commencement credential

Provides that the New York State career development and occupational studies commencement credential shall be considered a diploma and shall be awarded to students with certain disabilities who have…

Edward RaEducation Committee

Enacts the "safe water infrastructure action program act"

Enacts the "safe water infrastructure action program act".

James TediscoLocal Governments Committee

Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?

Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?"

Stephen HawleyLocal Governments Committee

Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations

Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations; provides that no school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools appropriated in excess of the…

Amy PaulinEducation Committee

Enacts "Officer Randolph Holder's law"

Enacts "Officer Randolf Holder's law"; relates to the judicial diversion program for certain felony offenders.

Nicole MalliotakisCodes Committee

Relates to limitations upon school district tax levies

Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax…

Donna LupardoEducation Committee

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course and while under the supervision of the instructor thereof.

Carrie WoernerCodes Committee

Enacts the "American made flag act of 2016" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States.

Brian F. CurranGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses; removes the requirement that leave be used when a person's spouse is on leave while deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

Stephen HawleyLabor Committee

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for…

Chad A. LupinacciHigher Education Committee

Relates to a sales tax exemption for fresh cut evergreen trees and fresh cut evergreen products intended for holiday celebrations

Relates to a sales tax exemption for fresh cut evergreen trees and fresh cut evergreen products intended for holiday celebrations during the period from the first Friday in December ending the…

Carrie WoernerStricken

Authorizes the carrying of firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers

Authorizes the carrying of service-issued firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers while on duty.

David DiPietroGovernmental Operations Committee

Develops a comprehensive plan and operational guidelines to promote veteran-owned business enterprises

Develops a comprehensive plan and operational guidelines to promote veteran-owned business enterprises.

John T. McDonald IIIStricken

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act; repealer

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act.

Nily RozicGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the small business full employment act; repealer

Enacts the small business full employment act; enacts various measures to provide tax and regulatory relief for small businesses to encourage growth.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Relates to the right to bear and keep arms

Relates to the right of the people to bear and keep arms.

William A. BarclayJudiciary Committee

Provides that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a budget within 72 hours from the beginning of the state fiscal year a default budget shall take effect

Reforms the state budget process to provide that upon failure by the legislature to act upon a state budget within seventy-two hours from the beginning of the state fiscal year, a default budget…

Robert OaksJudiciary Committee

Relates to permitting class A-1 and B-1 distilleries to sell liquor manufactured by the licensee for consumption on the premises

Permits class A-1 and B-1 distilleries to sell liquor manufactured by the licensee for consumption on the premises.

Anthony H. PalumboEconomic Development Committee

Clarifies the qualification of member items, discretionary funds and unitemized lump sum appropriations

Clarifies the qualification of member items, discretionary funds and unitemized lump sum appropriations; authorizes the legislative ethics commission to review violations and requires that all be…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to eliminating state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizing localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level; repealer

Relates to eliminating state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels and authorizing localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level; reduces the tax rate from…

John CerettoWays And Means Committee

Relates to calculation of the earned income credit

Relates to calculation of the earned income credit.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Relates to calculation of the personal income tax

Relates to calculation of the personal income tax.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Relates to the real property tax cap and the current required school district override super majority vote

Relates to the real property tax cap; removes the current required school district override super majority vote.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Enacts the common core parental refusal act

Enacts the common core parental refusal act.

James TediscoEducation Committee

Relates to the election of regents

Relates to the election of regents.

Al GrafEducation Committee

Enacts the "Learning for Work" act; appropriation

Enacts the "Learning for Work" act; appropriates moneys therefor.

Chad A. LupinacciEducation Committee

Relates to updating reporting requirements for institutions of higher education

Relates to updating reporting requirements for institutions of higher education.

Chad A. LupinacciHigher Education Committee

Relates to the amount of a tax deduction allowed to a taxpayer owing money on an education loan

Relates to the amount of a tax deduction allowed to a taxpayer owing money on an education loan.

Chad A. LupinacciWays And Means Committee

Provides for an increase in the rates of compensation for gold star parents

Provides for an increase in the rates of compensation for gold star parents.

John T. McDonald IIIVeterans' Affairs Committee