Senate · District 1 · 2015–16
Kenneth P. LaValle
SD-1No longer in office
Chair, Higher Education
In office since 2009 · 6 sessionslavalle@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
537
357 bills, 180 resolutions
Passed a house
85
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
28
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
50 of 538 sponsored bills passed (16.1%), 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
357 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S2906In Senate Committee· May 4, 2016Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence
- S2879In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Extends the solar energy system equipment tax credit carryover period
- S2810In Assembly Committee· Mar 2, 2016Relates to the unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers
- S2811In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to absentee ballots for fire district elections
- S2812In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Provides an exemption from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax for certain equipment purchased by companies located in college incubator facilities
- S2501In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the submission to the people the question of whether or not to convene a constitutional convention
- S2488In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accept government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city
- S2487In Senate Committee· Feb 12, 2016Establishes the dietary supplements safety committee
- S2489In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes a registry of wills and codicils
- S2402In Senate Committee· Jan 29, 2016Provides that policies which provide hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall provide coverage for hysterectomies
- S2403In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents
- S2362In Senate Committee· Feb 22, 2016Establishes a bi-county commission in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to study the feasibility of establishing the state of Long Island
- S2363In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides a real property tax rate freeze for persons over seventy years of age
- S2361In Senate Committee· Feb 22, 2016Relates to certain tuition payments by school districts for general education and special students residing in such school districts
- S2355In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Repeals the gap elimination adjustment
- S2246In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Relates to the election of regents and the creation of the commission on regents
- S2104In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program
- S2111In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Sets forth the dates upon which interest shall be added to the first and second installments of real estate taxes in the county of Suffolk
- S2113In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes teachers and teaching assistants as licensed professionals
- S2115In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the consolidation of school districts
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Social Services