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
- S1594In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits method of payment pricing of gasoline
- S1590In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Allows the use of spears, spearguns and underwater guns in commercial and recreational bass fishing
- S1592In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Exempts certain public employees and court clerks from provisions of law requiring the payment of an application fee for appointment as a notary public
- S1589In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for a limitation or remission of taxes on historic places
- S1595In Assembly Committee· Jun 16, 2016Relates to the powers and duties of enforcement officers
- S1567Signed by Governor· Nov 20, 2015Regulates occupational therapy assistants, state board for occupational therapy, license requirements and exceptions; repealerSigned into law
- S1485Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 6, 2016Authorizes issuance of distinctive plates bearing the words "Cure Childhood Cancer"
- S1483In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined
- S1484In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides villages with the local option to make unlawful the sale of alcoholic beverages within such villages
- S1482Stricken· Jan 21, 2015Establishes the Suffolk School of Math, Science and Engineering Regional Technology Institute; provides governing board powers and duties
- S1480In Senate Committee· Apr 5, 2016Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons seventy years of age or older who meet the eligibility requirements for the enhanced STAR exemption
- S1442In Assembly Committee· Mar 22, 2016Provides that the territory of central high school districts that merge in the county of Suffolk does not need to be contiguous in certain circumstances
- S1443In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the powers granted to municipal corporations within the Long Island Power Authority service area regarding the establishment, ownership and operation of public utility services
- S1186In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that certain information concerning standardized test scores shall be provided to all test subjects who do not sign a waiver
- S1118In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires that consumer representatives be appointed to state boards for the professions
- S1119Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 1, 2016Prohibits any person from interfering with any official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal
- S1107In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Makes provisions with respect to service of real property assessment challenges upon fire districts
- S1106In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits the mailing of credit card applications to persons under twenty-one years of age
- S989In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires institutions of higher education to disclose financial aid policies
- S988In Senate Committee· Apr 6, 2016Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Social Services