Senate · District 17 · 2015–16
Simcha Felder
SD-17No longer in office
Chair, Children And Families; Chair, New York City Education Subcommittee
In office since 2013 · 7 sessionsfelder@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
58
55 bills, 3 resolutions
Passed a house
18
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
8
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
12 of 58 sponsored bills passed (22.0%), 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
55 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S5618Stricken· Jun 16, 2015Relates to contracts for the transportation of school children
- S5469In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to the floor area ratio of certain dwellings in New York City
- S5467Signed by Governor· Nov 20, 2015Extends the authority of the city of New York to sell tax lots to abutting owners that cannot be independently developedSigned into law
- S5423In Senate Committee· Mar 15, 2016Relates to administrative procedures for establishing support orders
- S5331In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings; repealer
- S5264In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to determinations of willful violations of orders of protection
- S5258Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2015Grants children over the age of 10 in foster care the right to attend the permanency hearing for such child
- S5261In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Exempts placements of children with relatives or other suitable persons from the provisions of the interstate compact on the placement of children
- S5068In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that out-of-home placement of child with emotional, behavioral or mental disorder, or a disability shall not be grounds for transfer of custody
- S5054Signed by Governor· Nov 20, 2015Relates to severe child abuse and orders of protection in child abuse and neglect casesSigned into law
- S5035In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Grants local social services districts access to criminal history information when acting within the scope of their duties under the social services law or the family court act
- S5036In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to improving educational outcomes for homeless students
- S5019In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to permanency planning in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings
- S5020In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court
- S5018Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2015Relates to the treatment of non-respondent parents in child protective, destitute child and permanency proceedings in family court
- S5009In Senate Committee· May 24, 2016Relates to reimbursement for child care absences
- S4843Signed by Governor· May 14, 2015Requires the fall 2015 primary be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015 and the political calendar be adjusted accordinglySigned into law
- S4430Signed by Governor· Aug 18, 2016Prohibits, in N.Y. city, delivery of an unclaimed body to a university, college, school or institute, unless consent of the deceased or person authorized to control disposition has been grantedSigned into law
- S4172In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Authorizes Yeshiva Shareh Torah to file an application for real property tax exemption for certain assessment rolls
- S3935In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Directs persons required to report child abuse or maltreatment in their professional or official capacity to report parents who have been convicted of abusing a child or had their parental rights terminated
Committees
- Children And FamiliesChair
- New York City Education SubcommitteeChair
- Aging
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Health
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities