Senate · District 50 · 2015–16
John A. DeFrancisco
SD-50No longer in office
Chair, Finance
In office since 2009 · 5 sessionsjdefranc@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
216
113 bills, 103 resolutions
Passed a house
37
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
5
by the governor
Avg impact
—
no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
16 of 217 sponsored bills passed (17.5%), 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
113 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S2925In Assembly Committee· Jun 8, 2016Provides that provisions in construction contracts with respect to requirements for certain additional insurance coverage are void and unenforceable
- S2915In Assembly Committee· Mar 16, 2016Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee
- S2916In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims based on pricing caps and from recommending a particular repair facility, and requires notice to insureds
- S2917In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Authorizes the city of Syracuse to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to the city's annual tax levy
- S2918In Assembly Committee· May 25, 2016Increases fines for throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands
- S2336Vetoed· Aug 13, 2015Establishes a New York state physical fitness and activity education campaignVetoed
- S2060In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Relates to the promotion of public umbilical cord blood banking
- S1577In Senate Committee· Jun 10, 2016Relates to authorizing the city of Syracuse to offer an optional retirement plan to police officer Thomas R. Nicolini
- S1207In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits 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
- S561In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Provides that party designation of a candidate for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of the entire county shall be made by the county committee
- S562In Senate Committee· May 26, 2016Relates to criminal mischief in the third degree and criminal mischief in the second degree
- S563In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions
- S336In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought
- S312In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the collection of prescription drug co-payments
- S287In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"
- S284In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that no municipal corporation shall enact any local law, rule, regulation or ordinance that would require an employer to provide employment and wage information related to an employee or contractor
- S286In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits libraries from disclosing records and registration information of minors with limited exceptions
- S285Stricken· Mar 9, 2015Eliminates an employer's annual notice requirement
- S249Stricken· Mar 1, 2016Relates to the undertaking required during the pendency of a stay of enforcement of a judgment under the master settlement agreement
- S35In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetist
Committees
- FinanceChair
- Banks
- Cities
- Codes
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Judiciary
- Labor