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Creation of the New York Health Plan
S.2078 (Perkins) / A.5389-A (Gottfried)
January 23, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Collective Negotiations by Health Care Providers
A.5692 (Gottfried) / S.3690 (Hannon)
January 23, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Provides for the electronic service of orders of the public service commission
S 4370 (Maziarz) / A 6567 (Brennan)
January 27, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Limits increases of the System Benefits Charge and the Renewable Portfolio Standard
S 5484 A (Maziarz )/A 8515 (Kearns)
January 27, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Reduce the Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (18-a)
S. 6357/A. 8557 Executive Budget Part S
February 10, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services
S.5643-A
February 12, 2014
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Enhanced New York Youth Works Tax Credit
S.6359-A/A.8559-A (Budget), Part U
February 14, 2014
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New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School Funding
S.6353-A/A.8553-A
February 17, 2014
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$1.475 billion for universal pre-kindergarten
S.6353-A/A.8553-A
February 19, 2014
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Save New York Call Centers Job Act
S.542-A (Kennedy)/A.8514 (People-Stokes)
February 19, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Appropriations for tourism-related programs
S.6350-A/A.8550-A (State Operating) and S.6353-A/A.8553-A (Aid to Localities)
February 20, 2014
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Extend the Infrastructure Investment Act Design-Build Authorization
S.6357/A.8557, Part B Executive Budget
February 24, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Mandated Paid Family Leave
A.1793-B (Nolan)
March 03, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Relates to the use of common core assessments, teacher and principal training and the release of per...
A.8929 (Nolan)
March 04, 2014
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Mandate Project Labor Agreements in Design-Build Contracts
S.6357/A.8557, Part B Executive Budget
March 11, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Creates the State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate
A. 8555-C (PPGG) Part N
March 13, 2014
Darren Suarez
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To Change the Hour Sales of Alcohol Can Begin on Sundays for On-Site Consumption
S.2227 (Grisanti) / A.3735 (Benedetto)
March 13, 2014
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Mandate a Paid Family Leave Benefit
S.6356-B, Part LL Senate Budget Proposal
March 17, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services
A.8555-C, Public Protection and General Government, Part O
March 18, 2014
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PSC Streamlining of Telecommunications Regulation and Cable Franchising
S.6357/A.8557 Budget Part R
March 19, 2014
Darren Suarez
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No-Fault Automobile Insurance Reform
S.6357-B Budget Part T
March 19, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Public Service Commission Study of Telecommunications Services
S.6357-B Budget Part ZZ
March 20, 2014
Darren Suarez
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The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act
S.6865 (Ball)/A.9135 (Ortiz), Governor's Program Bill # 35
March 20, 2014
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Prohibition of Fees for Alternative Payment Methods
S.2432-A (Klein)/A.370-B (Dinowitz)
March 31, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Reduces the statute of limitations on resolving consumer credit actions
A.9053 (Weinstein)
March 31, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts and Practices
S.56 (Peralta) / A.312-A (Dinowitz)
March 31, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Restricts Employer from Making Criminal Conviction Inquiries
A.4869 (Aubry) / S.3367 (Hassell-Thompson)
April 04, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Solar Incentive Program
S.2522 (Maziarz)
April 23, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Prohibition on Transportation, Treatment, Discharge or Disposal of HVHF
S.5123-A (Tkaczyk)/ A.7503 (O'Donnell)
April 28, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Expansion of Labor Law Provisions for Farm Employees
S.1743-A (Espaillat) / A.1792-A (Nolan)
April 28, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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DOL Enforcement of Independent Contractor's Contracts
A.5472 (Silver) / S.2556 (Golden)
April 28, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Requires that Corporate Contributions to a Political Candidate or Party, Committee or in Support or ...
S.177 (Squadron)
April 28, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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NYS Fair Pay Act
A.5958 (Heastie) / S.1491 (Krueger)
April 28, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Expansion of whistleblower protections
S.3862-A (Klein) / A.5696-A (Benedetto)
May 01, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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State Deposits in Credit Unions
S.5016 (Maziarz) / A.7198 (Rodriguez)
May 01, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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The Establishment of Limited Services Clinics
S.4069 (Hannon) / A.5124 (Paulin)
May 02, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Uniform Treatment of Waste
S.674 (Avella) / A.1046 (Sweeney)
May 05, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Uniform Treatment of Waste
A.1046 (Sweeney) / S.674 (Avella)
May 05, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Extension of local option tax exemption for electric generating facilities
A.9380 Galef Same as S.6660-A Ritchie
May 05, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Net Metering Study
S 5149 (Maziarz) / A 7679 (Simotas)
May 05, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Authorizes certain care and treatment to injured employees receiving workers' compensation benefits....
S.1114-A (Maziarz) / A.6634 (Wright)
May 09, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Return to Work Guidelines
S.5294 (Savino) / A.7961 (Heastie)
May 09, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Homeowners' Bill of Rights
A.2287-A (Silver)
May 12, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Martin Act Expansion
A.659 (Weprin)/ S.943 (Rivera)
May 12, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Product Stewardship
A.3346-A (Sweeney)
May 13, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Citizen Suits
A.2047-A (Kavanaugh)
May 13, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Relates to consumer audio and video products energy efficiency standards
A.8364 (Hevesi) / S.6205 (Maziarz)
May 13, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Extending Infrastructure Friendly Vehicle Requirements
S.6825 (Stewart)/A.9618 (Lifton)
May 15, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services
A.7506 (Bronson)
May 16, 2014
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Mandating insurance providers and doctors sign explicit contracts for plans sold on the state health...
S.7166 (Hannon)
May 16, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Notification of the Release of Ha...
A.269 (Kavanagh) / S.3596 (Lanza)
May 16, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Raising the financial threshold for public letting
S.6981 (Ranzenhofer)/A.9612 (Rozic)
May 16, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet...
S.7434 (Lavalle) / A.7011 (Thiele)
May 19, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Mandates all acute care facilities and nursing homes to meet nursing staffing ratios
A.6571 (Gottfried) / S.3691-A (Hannon)
May 19, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Disclosure of Employee Personal Account Credentials
S.2434-D (Klein) / A.443-D (Dinowitz)
May 19, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Licensing Professional Geologists
S.3810-D (Marcellino) / A.4753-D (Englebright)
May 19, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Mandates PBMs to disclose proprietary pricing methodology
A.9264 (Rosenthal) / S.7025 (Hannon)
May 23, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs
S.3995-B (Maziarz)/A.5723-B (Heastie)
May 27, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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"Ethical Standards for State Agency Contractors Act"
Office of State Comptroller #33, S.7375 (DeFrancisco)/A.9692 (Englebright)
May 27, 2014
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Mandating certain information disclosed by businesses
A.9480 (Dinowitz)
May 27, 2014
Darren Suarez
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“JOBS Act of 2014”
S.6870 (Savino) / A.8203-A (Ryan)
May 28, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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“Record of Compliance"
A.1690 (Colton) / S.4900 (Avella)
May 29, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Fair Broadcast Employment Act of 2014
S.3666-A (Libous)/A.6671-A (Heastie)
May 29, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Creates a New Private Cause of Action for an Alleged Abusive Work Environment
S.3863 (Savino)/ A.4965 (Englebright)
May 30, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Making technical corrections to the economic development and state finance laws related to the Contr...
S.7351 (Martins)/A.9902 (Perry)/State Comptroller Bill #30
May 30, 2014
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Indirect Recovery from Third Party Defendant
S.555-A (DeFrancisco) / A.1002-A (Weinstein)
June 02, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Establishing the Natural Gas Prod...
A.3634 (Sweeney)
June 02, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Mandated Labeling for Genetically Engineered Crops
S.3835-E (LaValle) / A.3525-E (Rosenthal)
June 02, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Life Insurance Guarantee Fund
S.7320-A (Seward)/A.9155 (Cahill)
June 02, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Establishing the Empire State Baseball Trails Program
S.847 (Parker)/ A.8111 (Peoples-Stokes)
June 06, 2014
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To amend the general municipal law to allow technology installment purchase contracts
S.5317 (Marcellino)/A.6953 (Hevesi)
June 10, 2014
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Pension De-Risking
S.6150 (Avella)/A.9013 (Abbate)
June 11, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Limiting Consumer's Telephone Service
A.9645 Brennan / S.7321 Tkaczyk
June 13, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Stolen Wireless Devices
A.8229 (Dinowitz) / S.5976 (Klein)
June 16, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Prohibits the rentention of a small part of a payment due to a material supplier on a construction p...
S.980-A (Libous)/ A.725-A (Braunstein)
June 17, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Public Construction Savings Act
S.2760-A (Ranzenhofer) / A.3059-A (Schimminger)
June 17, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Extends certain provisions relating to restrictions on contacts and disclosure of contacts during th...
S.6967-A (DeFrancisco) / A.9248-A (Englebright)Office of General Services Departmental Bill #86
June 17, 2014
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Expansion of state “whistleblower" statute
S.4453 (Savino)/A.815 (Abinanti)
June 17, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Mandate a Paid Family Leave Benefit
S.6741 (Savino)
June 17, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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City and County-level minimum wage
S.7743-A (Savino)/A.8767 (Kavanagh)
June 17, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Long Island Water Quality Control Act
S.7804 (LaValle) / A.9788-A (Sweeney)
June 17, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Brownfield Extender
S.7878 (Grisanti) / A.10153 (Sweeney)
June 17, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
A.6328-A (Sweeney) / S.4614-A (Boyle)
June 17, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Utility Street Excavation Prevailing Wage
S.1075 (Maziarz) / A.5234 (Wright)
June 17, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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"Scaffold Law" Reform
S.111 (Gallivan) / A.3104 (Morelle)
June 17, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Preparation for Sea Level Rise
A.6558-B (Sweeney) / S.6617-B (Savino)
June 17, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Wage Theft Prevention Act
S.5885-B (Savino)/A.8106-C (Heastie)
June 17, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Imposes Restrictions on Job Order Contracting
S.6618-A(Savino) / A.8757-A (Abbate)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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“Kill Switch" Mandate
S.6850-C (Avella)
June 18, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Mandating Sick Time Use
S.7752 (Avella)/A.3901 (Glick)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Prohibiting the award of state contracts to vendors who use arbitration
S.4438-A (Marcellino)/A.4791-A (Titone)
June 18, 2014
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Eliminate Sles Tax on Transportation Services
S.4920 (Grisanti) / A.8751 (Schimminger)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Eliminate Sales Tax on Transportation Services
S.4920-A (Grisanti) / A.8751 (Schimminger)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Required Notice of Eligibility for Federal and State Earned Income Tax Credits
S.1375-A (Montgomery) / A.210-A (Farrell)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Requires Prior Notice and Posting of Electronic Monitoring Activity
S.4676 (Robach) / A.1180-A (Rosenthal)
June 18, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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Prevailing Wage for Service Workers
S.5338 (Savino) / A.7482-A (Camara)
June 18, 2014
Darren Suarez
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Redefines "small group" for the purposes of maintaining the stop loss insurance market
S.6917 (Seward) / A.9980 (Cahill)
June 19, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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"Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act"
S.7350-A (Klein)/A9341-A (Weinstein)
June 19, 2014
Ken Pokalsky
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Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed acupuncturists under the workers'...
A.9721-b (Bronson) / S.7634-b (Martins)
June 19, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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Mandating employers to give employees 90 days' notice before changing contraceptive coverage and to ...
“The Reproductive Rights Disclosure Act" (Attorney General Program Bill)
July 30, 2014
Lev Ginsburg
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New York City Construction Authority Contractor Claims
S.6577 (Ranzenhofer) / A.8805 (Brennan)
October 02, 2014
Frank Kerbein
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