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
—
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.
Sponsored bills
83 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S2049In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession
- S2040In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant shall install security cameras
- S2032In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires disclosure by principal creditors and debt collection agencies of the legal obligations of a deceased debtor's family and household members
- S2034Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2016Defines necessary court appearance for purposes of determination of crime victim's award
- S2038In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day
- S2039In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education
- S2031In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes appointment of alternate rent guidelines board members in the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns, and villages
- S2033In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires state and municipal entities that collect demographic data on the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and tabulation category
- S2035In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires landlords to check state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant or on notice of sublet, and to notify tenants with children of certain listings
- S2036In Senate Committee· Jun 3, 2016Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases
- S2037In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in police departments
- S2026Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 10, 2015Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system
- S2022In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs for minorities; appropriation
- S2028In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities
- S2024In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to special provisions for not-for-profit sales
- S2027In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to domestic violence; repealer
- S2029In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee
- S2030In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires that the training required of certain health care professionals for identification and reporting of child abuse include a domestic violence component
- S2023In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to voting and registration for voting by convicted felons
- S2025In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides additional tax exemptions for two qualified veterans living in the same household
Committees
- JudiciaryVice chair
- Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Finance
- Health
- Rules