Senate · District 53 · 2015–16
David J. Valesky
SD-53No longer in office
Vice chair, Health
In office since 2009 · 5 sessionsvalesky@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
96
78 bills, 18 resolutions
Passed a house
40
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
17
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
23 of 96 sponsored bills passed (29.4%), 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
78 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S8232In Senate Committee· Dec 23, 2016Requires telemarketers to transmit to consumers the correct caller identification information
- S8188In Senate Committee· Sep 2, 2016Relates to analyzing and reporting on the vulnerability of electronically stored voter and election information
- S8176In Senate Committee· Aug 12, 2016Relates to requiring the accessibility of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system
- S8099Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2016Establishes the Senior Center Council to provide a forum for the discussion of challenges facing senior centers
- S7976In Assembly Committee· Jun 9, 2016Relates to state contracts for landscape architecture
- S7969Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 14, 2016Relates to providing district management association members with written notice of meetings
- S7938Signed by Governor· Jul 21, 2016Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency or hazard vehicle or volunteer first responderSigned into law
- S7880Signed by Governor· Nov 14, 2016Relates to exempting the real property of a land bank from certain tax levies and special assessmentsSigned into law
- S7855Signed by Governor· Aug 19, 2016Authorizes a retired employee of the Chittenango central school district to rescind such employee's retirement optionSigned into law
- S7803In Senate Committee· May 12, 2016Extends the term for claiming unclaimed property from three to five years
- S7749In Senate Committee· May 12, 2016Relates to the promotion and administration of scheduled civil service exams
- S7693In Senate Committee· May 12, 2016Relates to the dispensing of drugs by pharmacists to veterinarians
- S7671Signed by Governor· Jul 21, 2016Relates to the Onondaga Lake Amphitheater Infrastructure and Revitalization Project actSigned into law
- S7672In Senate Committee· May 12, 2016Establishes the behavioral-based driver retraining programs and the behavioral-based driver retraining pilot program fund
- S7589Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2016Authorizes holding title of real property of a land bank in the name of a subsidiary
- S7553In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to bio heating fuel requirements
- S7526In Senate Committee· May 6, 2016Relates to liability of members for wages due to laborers, servants or employees by domestic and foreign limited liability companies
- S7525In Senate Committee· May 6, 2016Relates to the reimbursement of schools for purchasing New York farm products
- S7524In Senate Committee· Jun 1, 2016Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials
- S7347In Senate Committee· May 25, 2016Relates to the timeliness of disclosure of a breach of the security of a system which contains private information
Committees
- HealthVice chair
- Aging
- Agriculture
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Education
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Local Government
- Rules
- Transportation