Co-sponsored bills

Relates to the identification of unknown dead and missing persons

Relates to the identification of unknown dead and missing persons; requires the county medical examiner and coroner to provide certain information to the division of criminal justice services and to…

Steven OtisSigned 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

Relates to providing for identification cards for individuals with autism spectrum disorder

Relates to providing for identification cards for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

Angelo SantabarbaraRules 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 designating certain employees of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center as peace officers

Relates to designating employees of the Jacob K.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property

Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property.

Latrice WalkerOn the Assembly floor

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

Relates to affordable housing for persons with a disability or having attained the age of sixty-two

Relates to affordable housing for persons with a disability or having attained the age of sixty-two.

Angelo SantabarbaraOn 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

Establishes a rebuttable presumption to the right to title of an incumbrancer in certain cases

Establishes a rebuttable presumption to the right to title of an incumbrancer in certain cases.

Walter T. MosleyOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the regulation of distressed home loans

Provides for the regulation of distressed home loans.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; makes such provisions permanent.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the development of school codes of conduct and to the treatment of students subject to certain disciplinary actions

Relates to the development of school codes of conduct and to the treatment of students subject to certain disciplinary actions, including suspension of pupils for violation of the school codes of…

Catherine NolanCodes 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

Enacts tuition-free NY to provide free tuition at SUNY, CUNY and community colleges

Makes tuition free for New York state residents at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges; requires community service and state residency and employment for a period of five years after…

James SkoufisWays And Means Committee

Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies

Relates to providing for multi-formatted service menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with…

Angelo SantabarbaraWays And Means Committee

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in pet products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in pet products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Matthew TitoneCodes 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 communications by mercantile establishments attempting to settle civil actions deriving from larceny prosecutions

Relates to communications by mercantile establishments attempting to settle civil actions deriving from larceny prosecutions.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to designating a portion of the highway system the "Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Highway"

Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system in Kings county the "Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Highway".

Peter AbbateTransportation Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority

Relates to the power and duties of the dormitory authority of the state of New York; includes within the definition of "public library" any library chartered by the state board of regents or…

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

Prohibits grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requires grocery stores to provide recyclable paper bags at no charge to customers

Prohibits grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requires grocery stores to provide recyclable paper bags at no charge to customers.

Michael DenDekkerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to bioheating fuel

Relates to bioheating fuel requirements and bioheating fuel tax credits.

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to establishing the paint stewardship program

Relates to establishing the paint stewardship program, minimizing the public sector involvement in the management of post-consumer paint, and negotiating agreements to collect, transport, reuse,…

Albert A. StirpeEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the New York state program for older prisoners act authorizing geriatric parole for certain prisoners over 60 years of age

Enacts the New York state program for older prisoners act authorizing geriatric parole for certain prisoners over 60 years of age.

Daniel O'DonnellCodes Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2016 as Russian American History Month in the State of New York

Guillermo LinaresAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the availability of pre-sentence reports

Relates to the availability of pre-sentence reports.

Walter T. MosleyCodes Committee

Grants real property tax abatement to rent-controlled or rent regulated properties when the maximum authorized rent exceeds 1/2 of the tenants' household income

Authorizes application of the property tax abatement for rent-controlled or rent regulated properties occupied by senior citizens or disabled persons, to those units occupied by tenants paying the…

Mark GjonajAging Committee

Relates to establishing topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit

Establishes topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

Requires the petitioner for appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person

Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits…

Helene WeinsteinMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

Relates to limits on outside income earned by members of the legislature, certain campaign contributions, communications with journalists and monies received and expenditures made by a party committee

Relates to limits on outside income earned by members of the legislature; campaign contributions by limited liability companies; communications with journalists and monies received and expenditures…

Carl HeastieInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to erroneously excluded evidence and trial orders of dismissal, and repealing provisions thereof

Relates to erroneously excluded evidence and trial orders of dismissal.

Latoya JoynerCodes Committee

Provides N.Y. city may assess tickets for professional sporting events for use by city school district

Provides city of one million or more may assess tickets for professional sporting events for use by city school district.

Barbara ClarkStricken

Enacts the "2016 Fair Elections Act"

Enacts the "2016 Fair Elections Act"; relates to providing for optional partial public financing of certain election campaigns in this state; relates to identification of the source of certain…

Carl HeastieElection Law Committee

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act; repealer

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act.

Nily RozicGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes sex offender residency restrictions

Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the…

Daniel O'DonnellCorrection Committee

Requires municipalities to maintain sidewalks abutting streets; repealer

Requires municipalities to maintain sidewalks abutting streets.

Michael DenDekkerLocal Governments Committee

Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled

Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled.

Anthony BrindisiSocial Services Committee

Relates to the control and stabilization of rent; repealer

Relates to the control and stabilization of rent.

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement and…

Michelle SchimelCodes Committee

Relates to a minority and women-owned business enterprise participation goal requirement in order to receive grant or appropriation money

Relates to a minority and women-owned business enterprise participation goal requirement in order to receive grant or appropriation money.

Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes the autism spectrum disorders advisory board

Establishes the autism spectrum disorders advisory board.

Angelo SantabarbaraHealth Committee

Establishes a veteran fee waiver program within the State University of New York system

Establishes a veteran fee waiver program within the state university of New York system; provides for eligibility, applicability and amounts of such waivers.

Felix OrtizHigher Education Committee

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land by the eminent domain procedure for a state park commemorating Marylander Green, America's first battle memorial

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land by the eminent domain procedure for a state park commemorating Marylander Green, America's first…

Jo Anne SimonJudiciary Committee

Provides that teachers, principals, and superintendents are no longer required to sign confidentiality agreements

Provides that teachers, principals, and superintendents are no longer required to sign confidentiality agreements.

Catherine NolanOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a temporary task force on the variable supplements fund program

Establishes a temporary task force on the variable supplements fund program to make findings and recommendations.

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to performance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals and the comprehensive review of education standards administered by the state department of education

Relates to annual performance review public comment period; directs the release of statewide English language arts and mathematics exam questions; relates to the addition of student characteristics…

Catherine NolanOn the Assembly floor