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.
All sponsored legislation
537 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- 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
- J302Adopted· Jan 26, 2015Congratulating William R. McCarrick upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on March 28, 2015Adopted
- J306Adopted· Jan 26, 2015Congratulating Liam G. Lane upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on March 28, 2015Adopted
- J304Adopted· Jan 26, 2015Congratulating Matthew Epp upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on March 28, 2015Adopted
- J303Adopted· Jan 26, 2015Congratulating Sean Scarbrough upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on March 28, 2015Adopted
- J305Adopted· Jan 26, 2015Congratulating Seth Mohl upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on March 28, 2015Adopted
- 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
- S2112In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Requires the inclusion of a fiscal note with the adoption of resolutions or rules and regulations governing educational institutions, which have a fiscal impact
- S2114In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides a tax exemption from certain taxes for open spaces and open areas owned by a local government or not-for-profit corporation
- S2116In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Relates to truth in testing for the common core
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Social Services