Assembly · District 41 · 2015–16
Helene Weinstein
AD-41No longer in office
In office since 2009 · 8 sessions
Sponsored
65
61 bills, 4 resolutions
Passed a house
28
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
9
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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Assembly votes aren’t published in the NYS API
Effectiveness
16 of 65 sponsored bills passed (25.1%), ranking #13 of 156 in the Assembly. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
61 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- A3877Stricken· Jan 30, 2015Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"
- A1329Assembly Floor Calendar· Jun 8, 2016Establishes a private right of action for the insured for unfair insurance settlement practices when the claim relates to loss or injury in an area where the governor has declared a disaster emergency
- A1298In Senate Committee· May 24, 2016Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions
- A328Assembly Floor Calendar· May 19, 2016Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of financial services
- A290In Senate Committee· May 11, 2016Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings
- A285Assembly Floor Calendar· Jan 25, 2016Establishes the date for the accrual of causes of action based on medical, dental or podiatric malpractice
- A281In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that for settlements that require a court order the order shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory rate
- A262Stricken· May 23, 2016Relates to tenant security deposit accounts and administrative expenses to which a person may be entitled
- A272In Senate Committee· May 3, 2016Relates to domestic violence; repealer
- A251In Assembly Committee· Jun 6, 2016Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions
- A257In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes a civil private cause of action by a policyholder who has suffered unfair claim settlement practices by an insurer
- A260In Senate Committee· May 3, 2016Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions
- A258In Senate Committee· Jan 11, 2016Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation
- A247In Senate Committee· May 24, 2016Provides that the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing is not waived because of the defendant's failure to raise such defense in his or her responsive pleading
- A242In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"
- A244Assembly Floor Calendar· May 26, 2016Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect prior to trial as to reduction in liability; repealer
- A157In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance
- A163In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment
- A162In Senate Committee· May 3, 2016Requires orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court to be translated into the native language of the parties
- A164In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought