Senate · District 45 · 2015–16

Betty Little

SD-45No longer in office

Chair, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation

In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslittle@senate.state.ny.us

Effectiveness

33 of 272 sponsored bills passed (31.4%), 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

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120 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions

S5554In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Grants the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation jurisdiction over the Camp Santanoni historic area, in the county of Essex
S5384In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes municipal housing authorities to engage in shared purchasing contracts with the state, political subdivisions and other municipal housing authorities
S5270In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Authorizes the civil commitment of detained persons convicted of a misdemeanor sex offense or with a prior conviction in another state of an offense that would be a designated felony
S5151In Senate Committee· Feb 9, 2016Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled
S5001In Senate Committee· May 25, 2016Directs the commissioner of education to establish and implement a museum education grant program
S4868In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to resident curator program
S4869Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 1, 2015Relates to the jurisdiction of the St. Regis Mohawk tribal police
S4870Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Relates to the exchange of certain lands between the town of Long Lake and the state of New YorkSigned into law
S4734In Senate Committee· Mar 7, 2016Authorizes the payment of ordinary disability retirement benefits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to the widow of Lawrence L. Allen
S4675Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Extends the expiration of the authority of the county of Franklin to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use taxSigned into law
S4563In Assembly Committee· Mar 15, 2016Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers
S4489In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides where marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic abuse such spouse must consent to the divorce
S4346Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Extends Clinton county's authorization to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxSigned into law
S4317In Assembly Committee· Jun 6, 2016Authorizes the villages of Malone, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, in the county of Franklin, to employ retired former members of the division of state police as part-time village police officers
S4296In Assembly Committee· Apr 11, 2016Directs the department of motor vehicles to maintain an internet link of motor vehicle safety recalls, and cause an inquiry to be made thereof upon the annual vehicle inspection
S4282Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Exempts brewers who produce less than 60,000 barrels of beer a year from the requirement to file annual information returns with the department of taxation and finance
S4235Senate Floor Calendar· May 5, 2015Establishes the Edward Hopper citation of merit for visual artists
S4144In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires the education department to provide teachers of pupils taking a common core curriculum exam to provide the results of such pupils and pupils statewide
S4131In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Creates the fair accountability in retail act
S4004In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts the "Adirondack sportsmen's club preservation act"

Committees

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And RecreationChair
Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Consumer Protection
Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Education
Environmental Conservation
Finance
Health
Judiciary
Rules
Social Services