Senate · District 36 · 2015–16
Ruth Hassell-Thompson
SD-36No longer in office
Vice chair, Judiciary
In office since 2009 · 4 sessionshassellt@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
94
83 bills, 11 resolutions
Passed a house
5
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
2
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
3 of 94 sponsored bills passed (4.1%), ranking #6 of 66 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
All sponsored legislation
94 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- S2248In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Directs state university trustees to promulgate and enforce a sweat-free code of conduct for the licensing and purchase of apparel at colleges of state university
- S2249In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes certain rights for shareholders in limited-profit housing companies
- S2224In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits any person who owns or manages more than four rental units within the state from serving as a public member on a rent guidelines board
- S2222In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to benefits which a non-professional employee of an educational institution may receive; repealer
- S2223In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes a childhood education surcharge on the personal income tax for cities having a population of one million or more persons
- S2225In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for prospective employers to make certain inquiries relating to criminal convictions
- S2194In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for a deduction from personal income for adoption expenses
- S2195In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of financial services
- S2184In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree of segregation in primary and secondary schools
- S2192In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced
- S2193In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new or substantially renovated state-owned buildings
- S2186In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age
- S2191In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud
- S2188In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care
- S2189In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"
- S2185In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes payment of state aid for students with handicapping conditions; resulting savings to be used to reduce taxes
- S2179In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the definition of serious offense
- S2178In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts the "adjunct professors' unemployment insurance fairness act"
- S2151In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons
- S2096In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding certain licensures and employment
Committees
- JudiciaryVice chair
- Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Finance
- Health
- Rules