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
—
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
- S2369In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates arbitration of claims under the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance reparations act
- S2370In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to providing for the use of treatment guidelines in the no-fault system
- S2371In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to property/casualty insurer report cards
- S2366In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Redefines "small group" for the purposes of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law
- S2356In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to membership of volunteer fire and volunteer ambulance members in group or blanket accident and health insurance policies
- S2360In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Removes requirement for advertisements referring to an insurer to include the insurer's full name and principal office
- S2357In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Relates to exemption of certain participants in a supervised collegiate summer baseball league from workers' compensation coverage
- S2358In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits a mortgage servicer from obtaining force-placed insurance in certain circumstances
- S2359In Senate Committee· Apr 11, 2016Relates to assessment of certain title insurance corporations
- S2349In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to personal and commercial lines insurance
- S2348In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the duties of excess line brokers
- S2347In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the duties of excess line brokers in selecting unauthorized insurers
- S2350In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to business interruption insurance
- S2351In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to anti-concurrent causation clauses
- S2346In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Relates to a tax credit for employment of an individual who has successfully completed a judicial diversion substance abuse treatment program or graduated from drug court
- S1790Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Relates to residential investment exemptionsSigned into law
- S1764In Senate Committee· Jan 11, 2016Authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law
- S1759In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to domestic excess line insurance companies
- S1762In Senate Committee· Jan 11, 2016Relates to the posting of insurance policies on the internet
- S1763In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to reimbursement for ambulance services
Committees
- InsuranceChair
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Health
- Higher Education
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Rules