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.
All sponsored legislation
116 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- S5066Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, when processing reports of accidents filed, to give priority to reports involving serious physical injury or death
- S4955In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing
- S4956In Senate Committee· Mar 7, 2016Enacts the "natural gas roadway excavation safety act"
- S4957Senate Floor Calendar· May 28, 2015Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to waive certain requirements relating to junk and salvage vehicles
- S4877In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Relates to notifying the owner of an animal killed on a highway
- S4788In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes procedures related to home instruction
- S4785In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations
- J1428Adopted· Apr 22, 2015Commemorating the Inaugural Little Italy Festival in the Town of Gates to be celebrated June 12-13, 2015Adopted
- S4726In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Prohibits the court from granting custody of or unsupervised visitation with a child to a person who has been convicted of or charged with raping the parent of the child
- S4727In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to the illegal taking of deer
- S4399In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to providing conditional renewal notices to policyholders
- S4400In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Defines autocycle and specifies provisions applicable to such motor vehicles
- S4298Signed by Governor· Aug 31, 2016Authorizes emergency vehicles and tow trucks to travel on shoulders or slopes of controlled-access highwaysSigned into law
- S4192Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 17, 2015Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain lands in the borough of Manhattan, county of New York to be used for specific purposes and programs
- 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
- J819Adopted· Mar 10, 2015Recognizing October 18-24, 2015, as National Friends of Libraries WeekAdopted
- S3366In Senate Committee· Mar 21, 2016Relates to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region
Committees
- TransportationChair
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Consumer Protection
- Education
- Energy And Telecommunications
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Infrastructure And Capital Investment
- Labor