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
- 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?"
- J209Adopted· Jan 22, 2015Congratulating Dr. Hobart Lerner upon the occasion of his retirement after serving more than 65 distinguished years as a prominent Ophthalmologist in Rochester, New YorkAdopted
- 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
- S1656In Assembly Committee· Jun 2, 2016Authorizes the sale of wine supplies
- S1647In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Deposits for refillable beverage containers
- S5Signed by Governor· Oct 21, 2015Prohibits discrimination in housing based upon domestic violence status and establishing task force to study impact of source of income on access to housingSigned into law
- S878In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits certain discriminatory practices against victims of domestic violence
Committees
- TransportationChair
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Consumer Protection
- Education
- Energy And Telecommunications
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Infrastructure And Capital Investment
- Labor