Senate · District 57 · 2015–16

Catharine Young

SD-57No longer in office

Chair, Housing, Construction And Community Development

In office since 2009 · 6 sessionscyoung@senate.state.ny.us

Effectiveness

31 of 311 sponsored bills passed (16.0%), ranking #10 of 66 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.

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S2075In Senate Committee· May 10, 2016Establishes real property tax abatement for the value of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass used for the production of ethanol or biodiesel
S2077In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires dealers in second-hand precious metals to maintain certain records related to the purchase of such items
S2074In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to farm tractors and self propelled machines used primarily for agricultural purposes
S2076In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Exempts domestic and imported animals harvested at a game hunting preserve from the sales and compensating use tax
S2071In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for approval of a resolution for the consolidation or annexation of school districts by a majority of all qualified electors voting
S2069In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to providing state aid for transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities
S2070In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires youth holding operators licenses or permits to maintain satisfactory grades and attendance in school
S2072In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that actual valuation, for state school aid purposes, shall be based on the calendar in which the base year commenced
S2073In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes the operation of farm vehicles within the state with a class D driver's license; repealer
S2065In Senate Committee· May 23, 2016Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners
S2066In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Denies youthful offender treatment to persons convicted of a class B violent felony offense
S2064In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Limits temporary detention of defendants in violation of their release in a local correctional facility to 72 hours before transfer to state custody
S2067In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts "Jessica Lunsford act" relating to enhancing the class A-II felony of predatory sexual assault against a child
S2068In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes the misdemeanors of unlawful publication of an intimate image of a minor in the first and second degrees
S1916Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes
S1915Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Includes the production of cellulosic ethanol, densified biofuel and renewable fuel oil within the biofuel production tax credit
S1664Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for expenses of natural resources improvement projects on farmlands and forestlands
S1396Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Provides schools the option to operate one hundred eighty days of instruction or the equivalent number of hours of pupil instruction
S1394Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions
S1395Stricken· Jan 20, 2016Increases to $50,000 the cost of the construction of a building, structure or public work, above which an engineer, land surveyor or architect must be utilized

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