Co-sponsored bills

Relates to pay for military duty

Relates to pay for military duty covering forty working days or sixty calendar days.

Phillip GoldfederStricken

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

Margaret MarkeySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to rent increase exemption orders

Relates to rent increase exemption orders.

Steven CymbrowitzSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

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

Establishes the opt in program for reporting of suspected financial exploitation

Establishes the opt in program for reporting of suspected financial exploitation.

Annette RobinsonRules Committee

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleRules Committee

Requires the New York city planning commission to hold a public community forum prior to approving the location or continued operation of a supportive housing facility

Requires the New York city planning commission to hold a public community forum prior to approving the location or continued operation of a supportive housing facility.

Michael BenedettoCities Committee

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automatic people moving devices and creates…

Keith L.T. WrightRules 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

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

Requires the New York state power authority and its employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration

Requires the New York state power authority and its employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration.

Peter AbbateFinance 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 exemptions for veterans who have filed for disability compensation

Allows a veteran who has filed for disability compensation and is waiting for a final determination from the U.S. department of veterans affairs, to apply for the additional disabled exemption after…

Didi BarrettWays And Means 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 electronic waste

Relates to electronic waste.

Steven EnglebrightCodes Committee

Establishes a prohibition on the imposition of any tax, fee or local charge on carry out merchandise bags

Establishes a prohibition on the imposition of any tax, fee or local charge on carry out merchandise bags.

Michael CusickWays And Means 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

Authorizes summer camps to hire certain licensed professionals to provide services

Authorizes summer camps to hire licensed social workers, physical therapists, psychologists, athletic trainers and mental health care professionals to provide services.

Thomas AbinantiHigher Education Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim October 16-22, 2016, as Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week in the State of New York

Michael BenedettoAdopted

Adopted

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons.

Michael CusickInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides additional health services and employment benefits for veterans

Provides additional benefits for veterans; provides for services and counseling related to post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries; requires reports to the legislature concerning the…

Charles LavineVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to monies to qualifying schools for the state's immunization program and other health-related requirements

Requires the commissioner of education to annually apportion monies to qualifying schools for the state's immunization program and other health-related requirements.

Walter T. MosleyEducation 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

In relation to on duty auxiliary police officers

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

David WeprinCodes Committee

Authorizes the sale of liquor on Sunday mornings

Authorizes the sale of liquor on Sunday mornings.

Joseph MorelleEconomic Development Committee

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one…

Thomas AbinantiStricken

Provides for the insurance coverage of the synchronization of multiple prescriptions and dispensing fee standardization

Provides for the insurance coverage of the synchronization of multiple prescriptions and dispensing fee standardization.

Dan QuartInsurance Committee

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during certain periods; appropriation

Provides up to three years of service credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service rendered during times of peace; removes requirement that such military service…

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Requires plaintiffs in mortgage foreclosure actions to provide contact information

Requires plaintiffs in mortgage foreclosure actions to provide contact information.

Mickey KearnsOn the Assembly floor

Provides for patient access to FDA approved abuse-deterrent technology to help combat opioid abuse

Provides for the substitution of opioid drugs incorporating abuse-deterrent technology for opioid drugs under certain circumstances.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program

Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program.

Robin SchimmingerWays And Means Committee

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

Relates to prescription drugs in Medicaid managed care programs; repealer

Relates to prescription drugs in Medicaid managed care programs.

Robert J. RodriguezWays And Means Committee

Relates to small business savings accounts

Relates to small business savings accounts; provides tax incentives for contributions and distributions.

Charles LavineWays And Means 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

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

Enacts the New York State Child Protection Act of 2016

Enacts the New York State Child Protection Act of 2016; relates to the statute of limitation for sex offenses committed against a child, the timeliness for commencing certain civil actions related…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state; establishes procedures for applications for licenses; establishes penalties for violations; imposes…

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Mourning the untimely death of former U.S. Army officer Taylor A. Force, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community

Nily RozicAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs

Relates to the purchase of prescription drugs.

Latoya JoynerInsurance Committee

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that…

Anthony BrindisiEducation Committee

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry.

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrance/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

Aileen GuntherWays And Means Committee

Enables veterans to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license

Enables veterans to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

Jeffrey DinowitzTransportation Committee

Directs an inventory and report of all untested sexual offense collection kits

Directs an inventory and report of all untested sexual offense collection kits by law enforcement agencies to the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services; directs the commissioner…

Barbara ClarkStricken

Establishes the "education investment incentives act"

Establishes the "education investment incentives act"; provides credits against income and corporate franchise tax for various qualified education investments including scholarships, education funds…

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Specifies requirements for motor fuel advertising media

Specifies requirements for motor fuel advertising media; requires clearly visible signs relating to the pricing of motor fuels.

Jeffrey DinowitzStricken