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.
All sponsored legislation
94 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- S2095In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates
- S2094In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to domestic violence; repealer
- S2086In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program
- S2041In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes a court to direct filing of non-family offense order of protection with the computerized registry for such orders and warrants
- S2044In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to exculpatory material
- S2045In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records
- S2046In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings
- S2048In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia
- S2042In Senate Committee· Mar 23, 2016Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English
- S2047In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the definition of qualified agencies
- S2043In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas
- 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
Committees
- JudiciaryVice chair
- Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Finance
- Health
- Rules