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
- S333In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Removes a cap on allowable real property tax exemptions available to certain veterans
- S329In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to approval of contracts with superintendents of schools
- S332In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to zone pricing of gasoline
- S317In Assembly Committee· May 25, 2016Authorizes certain towns in the Peconic Bay region to establish community housing opportunity funds
- S320In Senate Committee· Feb 22, 2016Provides that new passenger-type motor vehicles manufactured for sale in New York state on or after January 1, 2017 shall be offered for sale with a spare tire and jack
- S325In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss
- S326In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Requires financial institutions to notify property tax assessors when they take possession of real property receiving a STAR exemption
- S321Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2016Establishes an underground utility improvement district in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk
- S319In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax
- S324Vetoed· Dec 11, 2015Relates to granting peace officer status to uniformed members of the fire marshall's office in the village of SouthamptonVetoed
- S318In Senate Committee· Feb 24, 2016Enacts the New York state school taxpayers' protection act
- S322In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that the maximum deductible allowed on policies for windstorms shall not be greater than $1,500
- S323In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to fire district nominations for the offices of chief and assistant chiefs
- S313In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Decreases application fees for tidal wetlands permits
- S314In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Sets forth the manner by which an owner of real property in the town of Southampton which is bisected by a school district boundary shall pay school taxes
- S315In Senate Committee· Feb 29, 2016Provides for local tidal wetlands protection
- S316In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Extends powers of municipal corporations to acquire public utilities by the power of eminent domain
- S279In Senate Committee· Feb 26, 2016Relates to state reimbursement to counties for amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance at the fashion institute of technology
- S282In Senate Committee· Apr 6, 2016Establishes a procedure for a people's veto of laws enacted by the legislature
- S278In Senate Committee· Feb 4, 2016Establishes operating accounts for three state university of New York medical hospitals; repealer
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Social Services