Co-sponsored bills

Makes provisions for payment to certain parole officers employed by department of corrections and community supervision for salary and medical expenses while subject to sickness

Makes provisions for payment to certain parole officers employed by the department of corrections and community supervision for salary and medical expenses while subject to sickness.

James SkoufisVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the powers and duties of the receiver of taxes and assessments

Relates to the powers and duties of the receiver of taxes and assessments and school boards.

Ellen C. JaffeeVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes volunteer firefighters from other states to offer and provide their services to fire departments, districts and companies in this state

Authorizes volunteer firefighters from other states to offer and provide their services to fire departments, districts and companies in this state.

Aileen GuntherVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to pay for military duty

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

Phillip GoldfederStricken

Authorizes holding title of real property of a land bank in the name of a subsidiary

Authorizes holding title of real property of a land bank in the name of a subsidiary; grants additional powers to land banks.

William MagnarelliSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the county of Dutchess to regulate the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles

Authorizes the county of Dutchess to regulate the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.

Didi BarrettSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp.

Donna LupardoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; repealers

Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; provides certain exemptions and requires continuing education.

Charles LavineHigher Education 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 FahyOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the labeling of raw agricultural commodities, processed foods, seed, and seed stock produced with genetic engineering

Provides for the labeling of raw agricultural commodities, processed foods, seed, and seed stock produced with genetic engineering; defines terms; imposes penalties for false labels and misbranding;…

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the inherent risks of operating agricultural tourism areas and participating in activities in agricultural tourism areas

Relates to the inherent risks of operating agricultural tourism areas and participating in activities in agricultural tourism areas.

Carrie WoernerRules Committee

Provides an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain personal property manufactured and sold by veterans

Provides an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain personal property manufactured and sold by veterans.

Michelle SchimelOn 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

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

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners;…

Daniel O'DonnellRules Committee

Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees

Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees.

Donna LupardoOn 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

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

Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors

Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors.

James SkoufisAging Committee

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to increasing reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials

Relates to increasing reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials.

Nily RozicTransportation Committee

Relates to access to reproductive services

Relates to access to reproductive services.

Deborah GlickHealth 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

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

Enacts the New York state DREAM Act; repealer

Enacts the New York state DREAM ACT by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

Francisco MoyaHigher Education 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

Enacts the New York State climate and community protection act

Enacts the New York state climate and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection.

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to time limits for a speedy trial

Relates to time limits for a speedy trial.

Jeffrion AubryCodes Committee

Relates to authorizing the use of medical marihuana for severe chronic pain

Authorizes the use of medical marihuana for severe chronic pain not associated with another listed condition.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Increases the number of counties in which services can be performed to qualify for the empire state film production credit

Increases the number of counties in which services can be performed to qualify for the empire state film production credit.

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

Relates to advanced metering infrastructure devices for residential services

Relates to advanced metering infrastructure devices for residential services.

Michael DenDekkerOn the Assembly floor

Relates to practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana

Relates to defining additional practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Relates to agricultural districts law improvements

Relates to agricultural districts law improvements.

William MageeSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Increases the tax exemption for pensions and annuities for persons age fifty-nine and one-half or greater

Increases the tax exemption for pensions and annuities for persons age fifty-nine and one-half or greater from $20,000 to $25,000 in 2017, $30,000 in 2018, $35,000 in 2019 and $40,000 for each…

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home

Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.

Philip RamosWays And Means Committee

"Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by delinquent mortgage

Establishes the "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by a delinquent mortgage.

Helene WeinsteinHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to the dates of hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon

Relates to the dates of hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon.

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service in certain hostilities in Afghanistan

Provides credit to members of public retirement systems of the state for military service in certain hostilities in Afghanistan.

William MagnarelliWays And Means 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

Establishes the class B felony of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old and expands criminal use of a firearm in the first degree to include commission of certain felonies on school grounds

Establishes the class B felony of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old and expands criminal use of a firearm in the first degree to include commission of certain felonies on…

Luis R. SepúlvedaCodes Committee

Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for vehicle repair parts and materials

Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for acquisition of vehicle repair parts and…

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Repeals the gap elimination adjustment

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

Anthony BrindisiStricken

Establishes the New York state interagency coordinating council for service-disabled veterans, defines the powers and duties of the council, requires an annual report

Establishes the New York state interagency coordinating council for service-disabled veterans; defines the powers and duties of the council and requires an annual report by the council to the…

Philip RamosVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to the rates paid for net-metering technology

Relates to the rates paid for net-metering; makes the rates paid by micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators the same as other customer-generators.

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority.

James F. BrennanOn the Assembly floor

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers.

Jeffrey DinowitzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires purchasers of real property within 500 feet of an agricultural district to be provided with disclosure of farming activities within such district

Requires purchasers of real property within 500 feet of the boundary of an agricultural district to be provided with disclosure of farming activities within such district.

Aileen GuntherOn the Assembly floor

Relates to increasing the retention percentage for certain motor vehicle service fees

Relates to increasing the retention percentage for certain motor vehicle service fees.

Anthony BrindisiTransportation Committee