Senate · District 55 · 2015–16
Rich Funke
SD-55No longer in office
Chair, Elections
In office since 2015 · 3 sessions
Sponsored
173
154 bills, 19 resolutions
Passed a house
48
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
13
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
21 of 174 sponsored bills passed (14.0%), 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
154 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S6751In Senate Committee· Feb 16, 2016Provides for the registration and regulation of the practice of medical assistants
- S6748In Assembly Committee· May 11, 2016Relates to increasing the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person
- S6733In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Authorizes the New York council on the arts to award certificates of merit to artists in selected disciplines
- S6671In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to enacting the renewable energy credit opportunity and exchange protection act
- S6421Signed by Governor· Apr 8, 2016Relates to retroactive enrollment in child health insurance plans; repealerSigned into law
- S6370In Assembly Committee· Mar 15, 2016Relates to the creation of the Rochester-Finger Lakes craft beverage trail
- S6264In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs
- S6265In Assembly Committee· May 11, 2016Relates to allowing alcoholic beverages as prizes in any game of chance
- S6232In Assembly Committee· Jun 14, 2016Relates to enacting the "New York State Go Green Season Act"
- S6002Signed by Governor· Jul 23, 2015Relates to the presidential primary and providing for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in 2016Signed into law
- S5962In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the conducting of a presidential primary, provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in the year 2016
- S5960In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the conducting of a presidential primary, provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in the year 2016
- S5961In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to amending deadlines to facilitate timely transmission of ballots to overseas military voters for primary and general elections
- S5959In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to amending deadlines to facilitate timely transmission of ballots to overseas military voters for primary and general elections
- S5958Signed by Governor· Jul 23, 2015Relates to the conducting of a presidential primary, provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in the year 2016Signed into law
- S5908Signed by Governor· Nov 20, 2015Relating to the audit of voter verifiable audit recordsSigned into law
- S5586In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to cooperate with municipalities in establishing adopt-a-park programs
- S5570In Assembly Committee· Jun 7, 2016Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family member who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery
- S5562In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to clarifying that the signature of a voter signing a later nominating petition shall be counted when a prior petition is invalid
- S5568Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Relating to alienation and substitution of certain parklands in the town of Naples in the county of OntarioSigned into law
Committees
- ElectionsChair
- Aging
- Cities
- Environmental Conservation
- Higher Education