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
—
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
- S5572In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to diagnosis, care and treatment of injured employees by certified nurse practitioners
- S5430In Assembly Committee· May 5, 2016Relates to net metering standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities
- S5335Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Relates to state routesSigned into law
- S5330In Assembly Committee· May 5, 2016Expands the items which may be sold by a licensed farm cidery and the licensees to whom a farm cidery may sell its cider for resale
- S5155In Assembly Committee· Jun 1, 2016Relates to granting SUNY community college campus peace officers, who are either former or current police officers, access to criminal history record information pursuant to 9 NYCRR 6051.1
- S5146Vetoed· Oct 26, 2015Relates to the meaning of the term "equipment" for purposes of department of taxation and finance audit or enforcement proceedingsVetoed
- S5128Stricken· Feb 8, 2016Relates to land banks, including their powers, exemptions from fee clerks, access to property, liability exemptions, disposition of property and authority to hold title to real property
- S5122In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on social adult day care programs and provide such materials to hospital discharge coordinators
- S4990Signed by Governor· Dec 11, 2015Authorizes paramedics to transport injured police work dogs to appropriate facilities in certain casesSigned into law
- S4826In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products
- S4827In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Relates to lump sum distributions used for the payment of post-secondary education loans
- S4684In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to filing requirements for the annual statement of financial disclosure
- S4532In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of district attorney
- S4393Signed by Governor· Dec 11, 2015Relates to certain matters relating to the issuance of debt and associated matters of the Oneida Public LibrarySigned into law
- S4392Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Extends authorization of the county of Madison to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2017Signed into law
- S4225Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to bus maintenance contracts for the Madison-Oneida board of cooperative educational services
- S4197In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings
- S4091In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes, in the department of agriculture and markets, the matching enterprise grants for agriculture program to provide moneys to new farmers
- S4092In Senate Committee· Mar 11, 2016Establishes a personal income tax credit for low and middle income taxpayers 60 years of age or older, for emergency repairs or modifications to their primary residence
- S2581In Senate Committee· May 17, 2016Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses
Committees
- HealthVice chair
- Aging
- Agriculture
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Education
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Local Government
- Rules
- Transportation