Co-sponsored bills

Reduces the salaries of members of the legislature to $35,000 a year and provides that regular session ends on March 31st

Reduces the salaries of members of the legislature to $35,000 a year and provides that regular session ends on March 31st.

Bill NojayStricken

Requires filling stations located within marinas to sell motor fuel that does not contain ethanol

Allows filling stations located within marinas to sell motor fuel that does not contain ethanol.

Bill NojayStricken

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

Repeals provisions of the environmental conservation law requiring hunters to display back tags

Repeals provisions of the environmental conservation law requiring hunters to display back tags.

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

Repeals certain provisions of chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearms licenses

Repeals certain provisions of chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearms licenses.

Bill NojayStricken

Provides that if an assessment is challenged and ultimately reduced, the petitioner is entitled to interest on the refunded amount

Provides that if an assessment is challenged and ultimately reduced, the petitioner is entitled to interest on the refunded amount.

Bill NojayStricken

Relates to repair of damaged pesticide containers

Relates to repair of damaged pesticide containers; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Pamela J. HunterSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

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

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of hazard vehicle

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard vehicle".

Michael DenDekkerOn the Assembly floor

Relates to destruction of personal information stored on copiers, facsimile machines or multifunction devices

Relates to destruction of personal information stored on copiers, facsimile machines or multifunction devices.

Crystal Peoples-StokesRules Committee

Relates to sentences of imprisonment for the murder of a pregnant woman

Relates to sentences of imprisonment for the murder of a pregnant woman.

John T. McDonald IIICodes Committee

Relates to a state transportation plan

Relates to a state transportation plan; requires the commissioner of transportation to submit to the governor and the legislature long-range transportation plans and five-year capital plans.

Nily RozicTransportation Committee

Authorizes farm brewery licensee to sell wine and spirits manufactured by a licensed farm winery or distillery

Authorizes farm brewery licensees to sell wine and spirits manufactured by a licensed farm winery or distillery.

William MageeOn the Assembly floor

Relates to cider sold at retail for consumption

Relates to cider sold at retail for consumption.

Patricia FahyOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations.

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Enacts the New York emergency responder act

Enacts the New York emergency responder act limiting the liability of certain emergency responders.

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

Prohibits the naming of buildings after public officials

Prohibits the naming of buildings after public officials.

John T. McDonald IIIInvestigations And Government Operations 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 school session days

Relates to school session days; adds general election day to the list of days when school will not be in session; allows a school district to elect to require staff attendance on a general election…

Albert A. StirpeEducation Committee

Relates to validity of a license to carry and possess a firearm in the city of New York

Relates to validity of a license to carry and possess a firearm in the city of New York where the licensee is a dealer, manufacturer or gunsmith of firearms and is carrying or possessing the…

Ron Castorina Jr.Codes Committee

Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution in the 1st degree

Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent,…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Repeals the gap elimination adjustment

Repeals the gap elimination adjustment for the 2016-2017 school year and thereafter.

Anthony BrindisiStricken

Repeals part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2016, which provides for the transition of the school tax relief property tax exemption to a personal income tax credit

Repeals provisions relating to the transition of the school tax relief property tax exemption to a personal income tax credit.

Sandy GalefWays And Means Committee

Enacts the triclosan awareness act

Enacts the triclosan awareness act prohibiting the sale of cleaning products containing triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds and establishes a civil penalty for…

Michelle SchimelCodes Committee

Establishes the crime of non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit images

Establishes the crime of non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit images as a class A misdemeanor.

Edward BraunsteinCodes 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

Authorizes certain audiologists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit

Authorizes certain audiologists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit.

David BuchwaldHigher Education Committee

Relates to prohibiting the empire state film production credit for films which feature smoking and associated paraphernalia

Relates to prohibiting the empire state film production credit for films which feature smoking and associated paraphernalia.

Carmen E. ArroyoWays And Means Committee

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding to provide to any business entities in which such members, domestic partners or certain relatives hold official or legal positions

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding through state grants or member items and subsequently providing such funding to any business entities or not-for-profit entities in which…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations 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 purchasing restrictions on persons boycotting Israel and the investment of certain public funds in companies boycotting Israel

Relates to purchasing restrictions on persons boycotting Israel and the investment of certain public funds in companies boycotting Israel; requires the commissioner of general services to compile a…

Charles LavineGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to involuntary substance abuse admission procedures

Relates to involuntary substance abuse admission procedures.

Al GrafAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

Relates to the commissioner of education granting schools variances for alternative assessments

Relates to the commissioner of education granting schools variances for alternative assessments.

Edward RaEducation Committee

Enacts the "truth in spending act"

Enacts the "truth in spending act"; creates disclosure requirements prior to the allocation of certain funds.

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Creates the presumption of intent to sell

Creates the presumption of intent to sell: possession of thirty or more individual packages containing heroin is presumptive evidence that such person possessed such controlled substance with intent…

Angela WozniakCodes Committee

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use and authorizing random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use; authorizes random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Establishes a defined contribution plan

Establishes a defined contribution plan for all non-civil service appointees and elected officials of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are not yet vested in a state…

Michael J. FitzpatrickGovernmental Employees Committee

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act.

Ron KimChildren And Families Committee

Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments

Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments.

James TediscoEducation Committee

Relates to the public safety communications surcharge; repealer

Relates to the public safety communications surcharge and amends the distributions of monies collected pursuant to such surcharge and provides for the repeal of certain provisions relating thereto.

John T. McDonald IIIWays And Means Committee

Limits tenure of temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority and minority leaders and committee chairs

Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly and minority leader…

Sandy GalefGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees Committee

Directs department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to define farm conservation practices conducted by professionals

Directs the department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to review and define farm conservation practices which are within the professions of…

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Relates to eliminating the earnings limitation for retired police officers employed as school resource officers

Eliminates the earnings limitation for retired police officers employed as school resource officers.

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees 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