Senate · District 56 · 2015–16
Joseph E. Robach
SD-56No longer in office
Chair, Transportation
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionsrobach@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
116
100 bills, 16 resolutions
Passed a house
32
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
10
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
21 of 117 sponsored bills passed (21.4%), 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
100 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S4150In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016In relation to effectuating a residential health care facility construction project by the Jewish Home of Rochester
- S4149Senate Floor Calendar· May 18, 2015In relation to creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters
- S4147In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016In relation to home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project
- S4148Senate Floor Calendar· May 18, 2015In relation to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries
- S3366In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Relates to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region
- S3221Signed by Governor· Dec 18, 2015Relates to university police officers appointed by the state university of New YorkSigned into law
- S2682In Assembly Committee· Mar 28, 2016Memorializes certain portions of state highways in the counties of Monroe and Tioga
- S2175In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits school districts from disallowing home-schooled students from participating in district interscholastic sports
- S2176In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?"
- S1963In Assembly Committee· May 16, 2016Relates to limiting eligibility for limited credit times allowances to those inmates having completed eighty percent of their original sentence
- S1966In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Increases number of family court judges in Monroe county from six to eight
- S1961In Assembly Committee· May 10, 2016Relates to saliva swabs and chemical tests in certain cases
- S1962In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Relates to a storm weather sales tax free week during the first week of November
- S1964In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires certain school districts to employ a minimum of one school nurse
- S1965Signed by Governor· Sep 29, 2016Designates certain portions of the Lake Ontario State Parkway the U.S. Navy Seabee ParkwaySigned into law
- S1960Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 10, 2015Provides science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) grants for the encouragement of women and minorities to pursue careers in technology
- S1959In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Requires certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life
- S1957In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to regulating the purchase and sale of railroad materials as scrap metal
- S1958In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Includes the term "diagnosis" within the definition of the practice of mental health practitioners
- S1657In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund
Committees
- TransportationChair
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Consumer Protection
- Education
- Energy And Telecommunications
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Infrastructure And Capital Investment
- Labor