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
—
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
- S4441In Senate Committee· Apr 6, 2016Provides electors with the power of initiative and referendum
- S4439In Senate Committee· May 16, 2016Establishes a tick control district in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk
- S4440In Senate Committee· Feb 22, 2016Establishes the commercial fisheries accessibility task force
- S4438In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides a wind speed limit of 109 miles per hour for light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk
- S4436In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to providing recourse for manufactured homeowners in manufactured home parks confronted with unjustifiable rent increases
- S4433In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations
- S4435In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof
- S4434In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Restricts the residency of certain sex offenders
- S4415In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Creates the responsible retirement of racehorses fund; horse registration fee
- S4391Senate Floor Calendar· May 27, 2015Relates to real property tax exemptions available to veterans
- S4390In Assembly Committee· Jun 2, 2016Relates to the definition of "immediate family" for the transfer of certain commercial fishing licenses
- S4375In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Increases certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals
- S4335In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to granting tier II retirement benefits in the New York city retirement system to Elisabeth Beavan
- S4334In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that an owner of real property shall have no duty to keep the premises safe from entry or use by others for swimming or bathing in state or municipal waters
- S4190In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires mandatory restitution and reparation by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim is such officer's school district
- S4174In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides a vehicle registration refund for persons seventy-five years of age or older who surrender their registration
- S4167In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that no candy or confection shall be sold in this state which resembles marijuana or marijuana products or imitates the flavor of marijuana
- S4157In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the sale, use and storage of nitric acid
- S4152In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that where a senior citizen purchases real property after the taxable status date, such person shall be eligible for the enhanced STAR exemption
- S4153In Assembly Committee· Apr 5, 2016Prohibits certain persons convicted under article six-C of the correction law from serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education
Committees
- Higher EducationChair
- Aging
- Education
- Environmental Conservation
- Finance
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Social Services