Sponsored bills

Relates to the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent

Relates to the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Extends health care professionals' authorizations to practice in this state at an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners

Relates to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners;…

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to requiring certain employees of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras

Relates to requiring certain employees of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras.

Bill PerkinsCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Directs the department of state and public service commission to study and report upon disclosure by utilities to credit reporting agencies of late payments

Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone…

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election

Allows a U.S. citizen, who is seventeen years of age, to vote in a primary election, including presidential, if he or she will turn eighteen by the date of the corresponding general election.

Bill PerkinsElections Committee

Relates to modifications reducing federal adjusted gross income

Allows taxpayers to subtract interest paid on an education loan and education debt from federal adjusted gross income.

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan

Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and…

Bill PerkinsHealth Committee

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewals

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewals; provides for a one-time renewal where removal of the sidewalk shed may expose the public to potential harm.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Bill PerkinsCities Committee

Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state

Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Prohibits a grand jury from inquiring into an offense or misconduct involving a shooting or use of excessive force by a peace officer that led to the death of a person being detained or arrested

Prohibits a grand jury from inquiring into an offense or misconduct that involves a shooting or use of excessive force by a police officer and/or peace officer that led or leads to the death or…

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to requiring gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports

Relates to requiring gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires all public authorities owning, leasing, and controlling critical infrastructure to study the potential consequences of privatization

Requires all public authorities owning, leasing, and controlling critical infrastructure to study the potential consequences of privatization.

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments

Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments.

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to when booking photographs taken after arrest of a person or the defendant shall be made publicly available

Relates to when booking photographs taken after arrest of a person or the defendant shall be made publicly available.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to discovery requirements and procedures; repealer

Relates to discovery requirements and procedures.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority.

Bill PerkinsTransportation Committee

Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law

Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law.

Bill PerkinsTransportation Committee

Provides for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations to affected communities

Provides for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations to affected communities.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to confidential informants

Relates to confidential informants; defines terms; requires the law enforcement agencies which use confidential informants to establish policies and procedures to assess the suitability of using a…

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Provides for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption by any increase in the consumer price

Provides for annual adjustment by the commissioner of housing and community renewal of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and for…

Bill PerkinsAging Committee

Defines blighted properties and areas; repealer

Defines blighted properties and areas.

Bill PerkinsJudiciary Committee

Relates to requiring utility companies to include a notice of public hearings concerning rate increases

Requires utility companies to include on their bills notice of any and all public hearings concerning rate hikes.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, the legislature, the executive and the chairman of the state

Requires utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, legislature, the executive, and the chairman of the state energy planning board detailing…

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer.

Bill PerkinsInsurance Committee

Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects

Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects.

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options

Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and…

Bill PerkinsCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state.

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha shall be school holidays in the city school district of the city of New York

Provides that the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha shall be school holidays in the city school district of the city of New York.

Bill PerkinsEducation Committee

Relates to the New York city housing authority

Relates to the New York city housing authority.

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits warehousing of housing accommodations and harassment of tenants; provides penalties therefor

Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Expands the definition of "public body"

Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 459-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.

Bill PerkinsHealth Committee

Provides that qualified persons who are not registered to vote may register on a day of election at their polling places

Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires…

Bill PerkinsElections Committee

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor; specifies the manner in which such appropriation is to be utilized.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Creates new law on recording interrogations

Provides that, as a general rule, any statement made during a custodial interrogation is inadmissible unless such interrogation was electronically recorded; provides exceptions as to when a…

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Establishes tenant's rights to repair habitability-impairing conditions and receive offset cost against rent payments under certain conditions

Allows tenants in multiple dwellings and multiple residences to offset against rent the cost of repairing habitability-impairing conditions in such dwelling or residence; establishes conditions and…

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2015; repealer

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2015 to make enforcement of lead hazard control standards in the state of New York more certain and more effective; creates a…

Bill PerkinsHealth Committee

Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning

Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning; bars discrimination in the leasing of rental property against families receiving public assistance or governmental housing subsidies.

Bill PerkinsSocial Services Committee

Provides for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued

Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Prohibits the consumption of food in New York city subways

Prohibits the consumption of food on New York city subways; defines subways to include trains, stations, platforms and shops operated by the MTA.

Bill PerkinsTransportation Committee

Relates to charter schools

Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located.

Bill PerkinsEducation Committee

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Bill PerkinsEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to extending the amount of time between notice of a project and a public hearing

Relates to extending the amount of time between notice of a project and a public hearing.

Bill PerkinsVetoed

Vetoed

Extends health care professionals' authorizations to practice at NYRR event

Extends health care professionals' authorizations to practice in this state at an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to conditions for granting scaffolding permit renewals on construction projects involving public housing provided by the New York city housing authority

Relates to conditions for granting scaffolding permit renewals on construction projects involving public housing provided by the New York city housing authority.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted