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2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION REPORT NEW YORK STATE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Chairperson Committee Members Sen. Michael Gianaris • Sen. Brian A. Benjamin • Sen. Neil D. Breslin • Sen. Leroy Comrie Sen. Brad Hoylman • Sen. Timothy M. Kennedy • Sen. Liz Krueger • Sen. John C. Liu Sen. Monica R. Martinez • Sen. Kevin S. Parker • Sen. Diane J. Savino Sen. John J. Flanagan (Ranking Member) • Sen. Joseph A. Griffo • Sen. Andrew J. Lanza Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle • Sen. Elizabeth O’C. Little • Sen. Joseph E. Robach • Sen. James L. Seward 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION REPORT NEW YORK STATE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Chairperson Committee Members Sen. Michael Gianaris Sen. Brian Benjamin Sen. Neil Breslin Sen. Leroy Comrie Sen. Brad Hoylman Sen. Tim Kennedy Sen. Liz Krueger Sen. John Liu Sen. Monica Martinez Sen. Kevin Parker Sen. Diane Savino Sen. John Flanagan (Ranking Member) Sen. Joseph Griffo Sen. Andrew Lanza Sen. Kenneth LaValle Sen. Betty Little Sen. Joseph Robach Sen. James Seward COMMITTEE JURISDICTION AND OVERVIEW The New York State Senate Standing Committee on Rules has wide discretion over bill review. This Committee has jurisdiction over various areas of New York law. The Com- mittee on Rules may sit at any time and report bills out of committee which have been referred to Rules from any other Committee including bills which may be referenced to this committee upon introduction. During the 2019 Legislative Session, 1266 bills were referred to the Committee for its review. Of these bills, 1119 were reported from the Committee. 839 bills were passed by the Senate, and 511 passed in both houses. This work was conducted through a series of 29 committee meetings. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITY Passed Both Houses and Signed Into Law Permits antitrust fines or penalties to be paid to the office of victim services in the S41 court’s discretion Limits educational institutions ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on S101A school grounds Authorizes The New Horizon Counseling Center, Inc. to receive retroactive real S103A property tax exempt status Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Hempstead, county of S104 Nassau Requires the conducting of public hearings and reports thereon prior to the perma- S183B nent closure of a park or historic site owned, held or administered by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation S218B Relates to requiring anaphylactic policies for child care services S240 Enacts the reproductive health act; repealer Relates to including electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine within the tobacco S301A use and prevention program; and requiring the registration of vendors of electronic cigarettes S354A Relates to water saving performance standards S659A Enacts the “comprehensive contraception coverage act” Relates to the prohibition of discrimination based on an individual’s or a depen- S660 dent’s reproductive health decision making Relates to extending the authorization for the county of Greene to impose an addi- S712 tional mortgage recording tax until December 1, 2020 Extends from December 1, 2018 to December 1, 2021, the expiration of the authori- S720 ty of the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax Extends Warren county’s additional mortgage recording tax authorization until De- S721 cember 1, 2020 S948 Relates to insurance reserve funds of certain school districts Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to im- S959 pose an additional mortgage recording tax S1040 Relates to domestic violence; repealer Designates engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care pro- S1046 fessionals upon patients under 18 years of age Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression and includes offens- S1047 es regarding gender identity or expression under the hate crimes statute S1077 Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases S1099 Relates to voter registration transfers S1100 Relates to voter pre-registration S1101 Relates to political contributions by limited liability companies S1102 Relates to early voting Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters S1103 stationed overseas S1128A Relates to voter registration form distribution and assistance S1140 Relates to notices pertaining to children’s non-regulated camp S1190 Relates to the state commission on prosecutorial conduct Amends a chapter of the laws of 2018, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S1191 S.2084 and A.2449, in relation to making certain provisions permanent; repealer S1192 Relates to the operation of entrepreneurship assistance centers Relates to requiring notification of the appointment of a temporary operator in cer- S1193 tain adult care facilities S1194 Relates to the creation of the digital currency task force Relates to a study on the effects of trauma on child development and learning; re- S1195 pealer Relates to artificially deflating or otherwise lowering cost data used for adjusted S1196 claims Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the actions of the Spackenkill Union Free S1239A School District regardless of the failure of such district to timely file final building cost reports S1243B Relates to the reporting of domestic violence incidents S1250 Enacts the Jose Peralta New York state DREAM Act; repealer S1262 Relates to state assessments and teacher evaluations S1263 Relates to taxation of mead and mead products Relates to the admissibility of images, maps, locations, distances, calculations or S1264 other information for a web mapping service Relates to permitting certain physicians to practice medicine in New York state if S1276 they are licensed to practice in another state or territory S1405 Relates to home improvement contract provisions Establishes certain crimes relating to the criminal possession or manufacture of an S1414A undetectable firearm, rifle, or shotgun Requires a system to allow the posting of candidate and contest information con- S1590 tained on each ballot style on the board of elections website Provides a temporary extension for payment of real property taxes owed by a person S1675 who has been either a furloughed or designated non-pay federal employee Establishes a tax exemption for improvements to the property of severely injured S1681 members of the armed forces of the United States Provides for the inclusion, at a voter’s option, of an e-mail address in the voter reg- S1718 istration application and record for notices to be sent thus and by U.S.P.S. Relates to permitting the Frontier central school district to establish an insurance S1732 reserve fund Relates to permitting the Grand Island central school district to establish an insur- S1733 ance reserve fund Relates to permitting the Tonawanda city school district to establish an insurance S1736 reserve fund S1747B Relates to the “driver’s license access and privacy act”; repealer Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the county of Niag- S1765 ara to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the “Charles ‘Chuck’ S1827A Kelly Memorial Highway” Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service to S1866B $35,000 Relates to allowing certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their S1891A current base proportions S1930 Relates to authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county of Orleans Provides for the removal of persons from campgrounds by the owner or operator S1944A thereof, or his or her agent Authorizes the county of Washington to impose an additional 25 cents per $100 of S1960 debt, mortgage recording tax Relates to permitting Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement S1997B for emergency medical services and general ambulance services Authorizes the Queensbury town board to diminish the area of the Glen Lake aquat- S2024A ic plant growth control district Relates to registration fees and continuing education requirements for license re- S2039 newal S2040 Relates to public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities S2041 Requires public notice prior to certain transportation facility closures Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the emergency medical S2042 service Extends provisions of law relating to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to S2043 certain small groups Relates to the department of agriculture and markets making available information S2044 concerning minimum guidelines for vegetation management plans in a manner that is pollinator friendly Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Lockport, S2080 Niagara County to be dedicated to the operation of the Discover Niagara Shuttle Relates to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis and other health care services for sexual S2279A assault victims Requires the posting of notice by certain establishments upon the submission of an S2359 application or application for renewal for a liquor license to sell liquor Establishes an extension of time of up to thirty calendar days for national instant S2374 background checks Extends, until December 31, 2020, the authorization of residential property owners S2388 in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds Relates to access to foreign state records concerning previous or present mental S2438 illness of applicants for firearms license Provides
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