Senate · District 52 · 2015–16
Tom Libous
SD-52No longer in office
Vice chair, Rules
In office since 2009 · 4 sessionssenator@senatorlibous.com
Sponsored
95
51 bills, 44 resolutions
Passed a house
18
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
3
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 95 sponsored bills passed (9.8%), 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
51 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S5864Signed by Governor· Oct 26, 2015Authorizes the town of Vestal, in the county of Broome, to alienate and convey certain parklands in the African road park to the Vestal Veterinary HospitalSigned into law
- S5717Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2015Relates to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater
- S5617In Assembly Committee· Jun 16, 2015Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease state land and television translator system to the Tioga county bureau of fire and other occupants
- S5513In Senate Committee· May 14, 2015Establishes the natural gas production contamination response and compensation program
- S4970In Senate Committee· May 5, 2015Establishes the office of brain injury, within the department of health, to administer the brain injury program
- S4600In Senate Committee· Jun 15, 2015Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry
- S4135In Senate Committee· Mar 2, 2015Establishes a second office of judge of the county court in the county of Chenango
- S4136In Senate Committee· Mar 2, 2015Makes the city court judges in the city of Norwich full-time positions
- S4117In Senate Committee· Feb 27, 2015Relates to the minimum retirement allowance for certain state teachers' retirement system pensioners who retired prior to July 1, 1980
- S4094Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 18, 2015Provides for the continuity of care to persons with developmental disabilities upon diminution of state operated services to such persons
- S3468Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge"Signed into law
- S3284Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Extends authorization of the county of Broome to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2017
- S3283Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Extends authorization of the county of Tioga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2017Signed into law
- S2931Senate Floor Calendar· Apr 27, 2015Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project
- S2309In Senate Committee· Jan 22, 2015Enacts the "freeze unsafe closures now act" to delay the closure and consolidation of state facilities operated by the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities
- S2236In Assembly Committee· Jun 1, 2015Relates to impairments of health, presumption and staph/MRSA
- S2181Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Relates to extending the authority of Chenango county to impose additional taxes
- S2063In Senate Committee· Jan 21, 2015Authorizes optometrists to prescribe certain drugs that may be used for therapeutic purposes and taken orally
- S2062In Senate Committee· Jan 21, 2015Relates to Tier IV retirement benefits for Luke Parga
- S1948In Senate Committee· Jan 15, 2015Enacts the "fair broadcast employment act of 2015" to authorize the use of certain contract provisions for the employment of key employees in the broadcast industry
Committees
- RulesVice chair