Sponsored bills

Relates to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund

Relates to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund and the effectiveness thereof.

J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to contribution requirements for the capital acquisition fund

Relates to percent of wagers made at off-track betting facilities conducted by in-state thoroughbred racing corporations.

J. Gary PretlowVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the registration and regulation of interactive fantasy sports contests

Relates to the registration and regulation of interactive fantasy sports contests.

J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to authority for track owners and directors to race horses at such tracks

Provides authority for track owners and directors to race horses at such tracks subject to the consent of the certified representative organization of horsemen at such tracks.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a process server to obstruct the server's duty

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a process server to obstruct from performing his or her lawful duty, or as…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the county of Westchester to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland

Authorizes the county of Westchester to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland.

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the registration and regulation of interactive fantasy sports contests

Relates to the registration and regulation of interactive fantasy sports contests; requires all operators to register in New York state.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Relates to allowing certain interactive poker games

Allows certain interactive poker games be considered games of skill rather than games of luck; includes definitions, authorization, required safeguards and minimum standards, the scope of licensing…

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Relates to including assistant wardens as eligible members for performance of duty disability retirement benefits

Relates to including assistant wardens as eligible members for performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing mail-loan checks without request or application therefor

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing mail-loan checks without request or application therefor; provides that failure to destroy or return a mail-loan check does not constitute an acceptance…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the operation of video lottery terminals at Aqueduct racetrack

Relates to the operation of video lottery terminals at Aqueduct racetrack.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers

Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers.

J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon

Relates to prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon.

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Makes provisions with respect to student awards, loans and tuition assistance programs

Requires the higher education services corporation to make a determination of financial eligibility of a student for financial aid, awards and loans within 60 days from the day of the receipt of the…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Relates to electronic bell jar games

Relates to electronic bell jar games.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Relates to prohibiting the removal, confiscation or destruction of lottery tickets prior to such game's expiration date

Relates to prohibiting the removal, confiscation or destruction of lottery tickets prior to such game's expiration date.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Relates to process server records

Relates to process server records; provides for oversight of process server records by third party contractors.

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Relates to New York bred and/or wholly owned harness races

Relates to New York bred and/or wholly owned harness races.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Criminalizes acting as a runner or soliciting or employing a runner to procure patients or clients

Criminalizes acting as a runner or soliciting or employing a runner to procure patients or clients.

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Provides for the declaration of housing emergencies for rental housing accommodations located in buildings owned by certain limited-profit housing companies

Provides for the declaration of housing emergencies for rental housing accommodations located in buildings owned by certain limited-profit housing companies.

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries

Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Requires a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state

Requires a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state.

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Relates to disputes between a surrogate and a hospital or individual health care provider

Relates to disputes between a surrogate and a hospital or individual health care provider; cites when the requirement of a provider to provide life-sustaining treatment following a surrogate's…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Provides for certain health insurance benefits for Yvonne D. Mosca upon her retirement

Provides for certain health insurance benefits from the city of Mount Vernon for Yvonne D.

J. Gary PretlowGovernmental Employees Committee

Requires department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines for disqualification of stand-by contractors

Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance,…

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Relates to providing funds from the purse cushion fund to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. for two thousand sixteen

Relates to providing funds from the purse cushion fund to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. for 2016 of up to two million dollars.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry.

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Provides for the licensing and regulation of the profession of reflexology

Provides for the licensing and regulation of the profession of reflexology.

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Requires certain health insurance policies and contracts to provide coverage for human leukocyte antigen testing for use in tissue typing for bone marrow testing

Requires certain health insurance policies and contracts to provide coverage for human leukocyte antigen testing, also referred to as histocompatible locus antigen testing, for A, B, and DR…

J. Gary PretlowInsurance Committee

Relates to permitting licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychiatrists and licensed psychologists to form a single corporate structure

Relates to permitting licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychiatrists and licensed psychologists to form a single corporate structure.

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Yonkers Police Benevolent Association on March 4, 2016

J. Gary PretlowAdopted

Adopted

Commending David A. Ford, Sr. upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition for his worthy contributions to the Westchester Community

J. Gary PretlowAdopted

Adopted

Relates to fiscal requirements with respect to conducting horse races at raceways and racetracks

Amends provisions relating to disposition of revenues from video lottery gaming and vendor's capital awards, and payments from simulcasting of out-of-state thoroughbred races.

J. Gary PretlowRacing And Wagering Committee

Relates to video lottery gaming in the counties of Suffolk and Nassau; repealer

Relates to video lottery gaming in the counties of Suffolk and Nassau.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Requires lottery sales agents to return previously purchased lottery tickets to the persons submitting them to such agents for verification of prizes

Requires lottery sales agents to return previously purchased lottery tickets to the persons submitting them to such agents for verification of prizes won or lost; requires lottery ticket dispensing…

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Enacts the omnibus telecommunications reform act of 2016

Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act of 2016".

J. Gary PretlowCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diagnostic testing for ovarian cancer

Provides that every health insurance policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide coverage for the standard diagnostic testing for ovarian cancer upon the…

J. Gary PretlowInsurance Committee

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Authorizes wagering on professional sports

Authorizes wagering on professional sports.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Calls for legislative conference committees; requires appropriate legislative committee to act on a bill if requested by the sponsor of the bill

Calls for legislative conference committees; requires appropriate legislative committee to act on a bill if requested by the sponsor of the bill.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Requires each branch of state government and political subdivision of the state to establish and abide by a code of ethics

Requires each branch of state government and political subdivision of the state to establish and abide by a code of ethics; requires ethics commissions; sets standards for codes.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Authorizes certain gambling games

Authorizes certain gambling games, including poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, slot machines and other games where the outcome may be determined by skill or luck.

J. Gary PretlowJudiciary Committee

Prohibits approved providers of child health insurance coverage from discriminating against health care providers not participating in the insurers network

Prohibits approved organizations providing coverage under the child health insurance plan from discriminating against health care providers which do not participate in the organization's health care…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Provides that state cosmetology curriculums and examinations reflect instruction concerning cultural and ethnic awareness in regard to hair type

Provides that state cosmetology curriculums and examinations reflect instruction concerning cultural and ethnic awareness in regard to hair type.

J. Gary PretlowConsumer Protection Committee

Permits licensed clinical social workers, creative arts therapists, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors and psychoanalysts to form a single corporate structure

Permits licensed clinical social workers, licensed creative arts therapists, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed mental health counselors and licensed psychoanalysts to form a single…

J. Gary PretlowStricken

Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a NFP to administer the program

Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a not-for-profit entity to administer the program.

J. Gary PretlowCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to the crediting of video lottery gaming winnings

Relates to the crediting of video lottery gaming winnings; the crediting for winnings shall only be applied if the winnings are subject to federal income tax withholding for slot machines.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee

Exempts low-emission and energy efficient vehicles from retail sales and compensating use taxes

Exempts low-emission and energy efficient vehicles from retail sales and compensating use taxes.

J. Gary PretlowWays And Means Committee