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.
All sponsored legislation
237 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- S4038In Assembly Committee· May 24, 2016Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours
- S3926In Assembly Committee· Jun 8, 2016Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon the premises of any facility providing child day care
- S3860In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to allowing reduced deductibles for insurers offering physical damage insurance
- J607Adopted· Feb 26, 2015Commending the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump upon the occasion of celebrating its 20th Annual Jump in support of children, individuals, and organizations in need on February 21, 2015Adopted
- S3681Senate Floor Calendar· Feb 25, 2015Relates to certificates of insurance
- J590Adopted· Feb 26, 2015Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Herkimer County HealthNet, and paying tribute to this year's award honoreesAdopted
- S3537Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Relates to extending authorization for additional sales tax in the county of Otsego until 2017
- S3513Senate Floor Calendar· May 18, 2015Relates to extending authorization for certain exemptions from filing requirements
- S3511In Assembly Committee· Apr 4, 2016Relates to crime of staging a motor vehicle accident
- S3512In Senate Committee· Apr 18, 2016Provides incentives for productive workers' compensation audits
- S3409In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to communication service surcharges applied to the county of Cortland
- S3412Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Extends provisions authorizing the county of Cortland to impose an additional mortgage recording taxSigned into law
- S3411Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Relates to amending the authorization for the imposition of additional sales and compensating use tax in Herkimer countySigned into law
- S3410In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Increases the wireless surcharges for the county of Cortland from thirty cents to one dollar per month
- S3413Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Relates to extending authorization for additional sales tax in the county of Cortland until 2017
- J474Adopted· Feb 10, 2015Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 2015 as Youth Art Month in the State of New YorkAdopted
- S3287In Assembly Committee· Jun 8, 2016Establishes the interstate insurance product regulation compact to regulate certain insurance products among member states
- S3234Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Relates to extending authorization for additional sales tax in the county of Schoharie until 2017Signed into law
- S3235Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Authorizes the county of Schoharie to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real propertySigned into law
- S3011In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to non-insurance benefits
Committees
- InsuranceChair
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Health
- Higher Education
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Rules