Senate · District 51 · 2015–16
James L. Seward
SD-51No longer in office
Chair, Insurance
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionsseward@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
237
159 bills, 78 resolutions
Passed a house
55
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
26
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
36 of 238 sponsored bills passed (24.3%), ranking #10 of 66 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
159 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S7104In Assembly Committee· May 10, 2016Relates to the definition of small group for the purposes of health insurance policies and contracts; repealer
- S7094In Senate Committee· Mar 24, 2016Relates to providing insurance corporations with a tax credit for investments made in rural business growth funds; establishes the New York agriculture and rural jobs fund
- S7051In Assembly Committee· Jun 8, 2016Criminalizes acting as a runner or soliciting or employing a runner to procure patients or clients
- S7038In Senate Committee· Mar 17, 2016Relates to clarifying authority of assessment corporations to write liability insurance
- S7039In Assembly Committee· May 25, 2016Relates to activities of alien insurance brokers with respect to property/casualty insurance
- S7037In Senate Committee· Mar 17, 2016Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller
- S7029In Assembly Committee· May 9, 2016Relates to designating members of the security force of Mary Imogene Bassett hospital network as peace officers
- S6955Signed by Governor· Sep 29, 2016Designates that portion of state route 357 in the town of Franklin, county of Delaware, as the "Corporal Nicholas K. Uzenski Memorial Highway"Signed into law
- S6909In Senate Committee· Mar 4, 2016Relates to coverage for punitive damages and civil penalties
- S6807Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2016Relates to a Herkimer county recording tax to be imposed on the obligation secured by a mortgage on real property
- S6802Vetoed· Nov 28, 2016Directs the department of financial services to study and report upon the provision of long term care insurance coverage in this stateVetoed
- S6771In Senate Committee· Feb 19, 2016Relates to allowing electronic delivery of notices of premium finance agencies with insured consent
- S6694Signed by Governor· Mar 11, 2016Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups; repealerSigned into law
- S6693In Assembly Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to requirements for coverage by mortgage guaranty insurance
- S6661In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Relates to the registration of vintage snowmobiles
- S6601Signed by Governor· Feb 12, 2016Relates to the distribution of dividends by domestic stock life insurersSigned into law
- S6590In Senate Committee· Jan 29, 2016Relates to Type 1 diabetes testing of children
- S6562In Assembly Committee· May 24, 2016Relates to expanding the authority to issue group annuity contracts
- S6498In Senate Committee· Jan 21, 2016Relates to creating the traumatic brain injury trust fund
- S6429Signed by Governor· Mar 11, 2016Relates to enrollment periods for pregnant women in health maintenance organizations; repealerSigned into law
Committees
- InsuranceChair
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Health
- Higher Education
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Rules