Senate · District 48 · 2015–16
Patty Ritchie
SD-48No longer in office
Chair, Agriculture
In office since 2011 · 6 sessionsritchie@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
454
225 bills, 229 resolutions
Passed a house
62
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
17
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
23 of 455 sponsored bills passed (14.4%), 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
225 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S2305In Assembly Committee· Mar 16, 2016Creates the crimes of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment in the first and second degree
- S2240In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to authorizing the office of children and family services to release reports and records to certain law enforcement officials in the event of a kidnapping
- S1834In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires parole violators to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility
- S1832In Senate Committee· Jun 7, 2016Authorizes distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star
- S1831In Senate Committee· Feb 22, 2016Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $1200
- S1833In Senate Committee· Jun 7, 2016Requires adequate staffing at correctional facilities
- S1835In Assembly Committee· Mar 2, 2016Exemption from taxation of structures and buildings essential to the operation of agricultural and horticultural lands
- S1829In Senate Committee· Jun 1, 2016Establishes the volunteer firefighters of New York higher education learning plan
- S1830In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to providing a credit against tax for the purchase of low vision devices
- S1824Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 8, 2015Relates to access to viable agricultural land for new and beginning farmers
- S1825In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products
- S1823In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes parameters of civil liability for persons involved in equine activities
- S1820In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Exempting certain school organizations from sales tax on certain items sold or resold and services provided for educational purposes
- S1821In Senate Committee· Feb 23, 2016Relates to state aid for certain cities, towns, villages or fire districts adversely affected by a concentration of tax exempt property
- S1822In Assembly Committee· Mar 30, 2016Provides for a sales tax exemption for farm abstracts
- S1798In Assembly Committee· May 24, 2016Relates to providing a tax credit to farmers who sell or rent their agricultural land to a young farmer
- S1799In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to establishing a young farmer apprentice program
- S1797In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the enforcement of taxes in certain school districts
- S1793In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Relates to the beginning farmer revolving loan fund program
- S1792In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"
Committees
- AgricultureChair
- Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Civil Service And Pensions
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
- Energy And Telecommunications
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Local Government
- Transportation