Reinvent Albany State Bill Memos, 2021-2022

Assembly BillSenate BillRA PositionStatusIssueDescription (Links to Memo)
A1931 (Rosenthal L)S260 (Myrie)

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In CommitteeTax SubsidiesRepeals Section 421-a of Real Property Tax Law
A6589-A (Galef)S286-A (Myrie)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingMakes ballot images and cast vote records available to public upon request
No same-asS516 (Gianaris)

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In CommitteeVotingEstablishes absentee ballot deadlines
A4655-A (Gottfried)S524-A (Hoylman)

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In CommitteeHome RuleAllows NYC to Set Speed Limits as Low as 20 mph (Sammy’s Law)
A1928 (Gottfried)S820 (Biaggi)

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In CommitteeStrong DemocracyConstitutional amendment to give the legislature more equal powers to the governor in the budget process
A2631-A (Thiele)S977-A (Gaughran)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesIncreases powers of Authorities Budget Office (ABO)
A5825 (Cruz)S1096 (Liu)

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In CommitteeAnticorruptionIncludes legislative and judicial employees under state civil service law whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections
A5701 (Dinowitz)S1195 (Gianaris)

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Passed in BudgetTax SubsidiesDecouples NYS and NYC’s tax code from the federal Opportunity Zones program
A4635 (Thiele)S1311-A (Gaughran)

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Signed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Long Island Power Authority to submit lobbying and advertising reports to state leaders
A3334 (McDonald)S1473 (Breslin)

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In CommitteeTransparencyRequires electronic financial disclosures of legislative members and candidates
A3469 (McDonald)S1500-A (Breslin)

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In CommitteeTransparencyRequires legislative members and candidates to link their financial disclosure
statements on their official state and campaign websites
A6895 (Englebright)S1506 (Hoylman)

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In CommitteeTransparencyLimits commercial FOIL exemption
A924-A (Paulin)S1625-A (Skoufis)
Recommend Chapter AmendmentSigned with Chapter Amendment Different from RecommendationTransparencyAmends definition of “public body”
A795 (Wallace)S1634 (Skoufis)

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Vetoed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesEqualizes IDA fees within a county
A5200 (Solages)S1655 (Skoufis)

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In CommitteeTax SubsidiesRelates to preventing the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for projects with non-public occupants
A6687 (Abinanti)S1743 (Skoufis)

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In CommitteeTransparencyRequires economic development entities to be subject to Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Laws; requires members to file financial disclosures
A1007 (Paulin)S2021 (May)

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Signed by GovernorHome RuleAuthorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce speed limits to 25 mph
A791 (Carroll)S2768 (Ramos)

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Passed in BudgetAccountable Public AuthoritiesMTA Budget and Capital Open Data
A2483-B (Niou)S3395-A (Gounardes)

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Signed by GovernorHuman RightsEnsures that employees of elected and appointed officials are better able to hold state government accountable and are protected under NYS Human Rights Law’s anti-discrimination and harassment provisions
A1442-B (Carroll)S4625-A (Comrie)

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Signed by GovernorTransparencyMTA Open Data Act
A454-A (Rozic)S4658 (Parker)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingRequires polling places on college campuses in certain election districts
A1141-A (Paulin)S4817-A (Krueger)

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Signed by GovernorTransparencyRemoves duplicative reporting requirements for nonprofits
A4078 (Colton)S5137 (Mattera)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Legislative Approval for Creation of Public Authority Subsidiaries
A4078-A (Colton)S5137-A (Mattera)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesAllows the Governor, Senate or Assembly to Reject Creation of Authority Subsidiaries
A6611-A (Hyndman)S5254-A (Biaggi)

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In CommitteeEthicsSimplifies Voting Requirements at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics
A5967 (Stewart-Cousins)S5357 (Heastie)

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Signed by GovernorStrong DemocracyRolls back some of Governor’s emergency powers
A6601-A (Rivera JD)S5418-C (Cooney)

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Vetoed by GovernorBudgetEstablishes NY State Aid and Incentives for Municipalities Redesign Task Force
A10438 (Glick)S5602B (Gounardes)

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Signed by GovernorHome RuleAllows New York City’s Speed Safety Camera Program to Operate 24/7
A8325 (Wallace)S5711 (Comrie)

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Passed in budgetTransparencyEstablishes a database of deals tracking state economic development projects
A5470 (Englebright)S6017 (Skoufis)

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Signed with Chapter AmendmentTransparencyImproves FOIL administration
No same-asS6261 (Biaggi)

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In CommitteeEthicsSimplifies JCOPE voting rules for appointment and removal of the executive director
A7611-B (Kelles)S6268-B (May)

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Passed Assembly, in Senate CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesProtects Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Funds from Raiding by Prohibiting Transfers to General Fund
A7512 (Hyndman)S6364 (Gounardes)

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In CommitteeEthicsAllows JCOPE to Disclose Status of Investigations to Complainants and the Public
A8081-A (Dinowitz)S6800-A (Gianaris)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeTax SubsidiesRelates to treatment of gains from qualified opportunity zones in calculating taxable income
A7925 (Zebrowski)S6809 (Reichlin-Melnick)

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Passed Senate and AssemblyClean ContractingRestores Comptroller oversight powers
No same-asS6964-A (Biaggi)

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Passed Senate (2021)EthicsImproves Voting Processes at JCOPE and Equalizes Legislative Appointments
A8035 (Paulin)S7233 (Savino)

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In CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesSplits current leadership job into separate MTA Chair and CEO positions, removes senate confirmation of CEO
A8232-B (Wallace)S7258 (Krueger)

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In CommitteeTransparencyLimits Outside Income for Elected Officials
A7745 (Rosenthal L)S7260 (Salazar)

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In CommitteeTax SubsidiesEnds certain horse racing tax exemptions
A9086 (Kelles)S7272 (May)

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On Senate Floor Calendar, In Assembly CommitteeTransparencyAdds a Question to State Financial Disclosure Statements about Crypto Holdings
A8107 (Paulin)S7305 (Kaplan)

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Passed in budgetTransparencyRequires public bodies to post video recordings of open meetings within 5 business days
A4847-A (Abinanti)S7362-A (Skoufis)

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In CommitteeTransparencyRequires members of regional economic development councils, including volunteers,
to file financial disclosure statements
A8483 (Cahill)S7438 (Krueger)

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In CommitteeTax SubsidiesEliminates non-essential fossil fuel subsidies
A5950-A (Paulin)S7439-A (Skoufis)

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In CommitteeTransparencyRequires financial disclosure statements of candidates for office to be posted on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics website
S8328 (Gounardes)

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In CommitteeHome RuleExpands New York City’s Red Light Camera Program
A9622-C (Solages)S8419-B (Ramos)

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Passed Senate and AssemblyTransparencyIncreases Transparency of Community Advisory Committees
Created for NYS Economic Development Projects
S8420-A (Biaggi)

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In CommitteeEthicsAmends State Code of Ethics to Include a Duty to Report Misconduct
S8421 (Biaggi)

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On Senate Floor CalendarEthicsAmends State Code of Ethics to Explicitly Prohibit Harassment and Discrimination
A9050 (Gonzalez-Rojas)S8428 (Bailey)

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In CommitteeTransparencyClarifies Intent of 50-a Repeal
A9415-B (Gallagher)S8439-A (Hoylman)

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On Assembly Floor Calendar, In Senate CommitteeTransparencyRequires Disclosure of LLC Beneficial Owners
A1115-C (Paulin)S309-B (Myrie)

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In Assembly Committee, Passed SenateVotingBans Hybrid Voting Machines
Various absentee ballot reform bills

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Passed SenateVotingVarious reforms to absentee balloting in NYS
A8858-A (Carroll)SS95-A (Kavanagh)

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Passed Senate and AssemblyVotingReduces Voter Registration Deadline to 10 Days
A5469 (Englebright)S190 (Kaplan)

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Signed by GovernorTransparencyClarifies that names of state retirees receiving public pensions are subject to FOIL disclosure
A10507 (Stirpe)S9467 (Cooney)

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Signed by GovernorTransparencyAllows for eligibility of green CHIPS projects in the Excelsior tax credit program
A9636 (Solages)S8418 (Ryan)

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In CommitteeTax SubsidiesProhibits Subsidies for E-Commerce Warehouse Facilities
A10157 (Paulin)S7337 (Comrie)

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Passed Senate and AssemblyTransparencyRepeals 2019 Changes to PACB
A5321 (Sillitti)S202 (Kaplan)

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Vetoed by GovernorTransparencyAmends Definition of “Reportable Business Relationship”
A9622-C (Solages)S8419-B (Ramos)

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Passed Senate and AssemblyTransparencyIncreases Transparency of Community Advisory Committees Created for NYS Economic Development Projects
A642-C (Carroll)S284-C (Myrie)

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Signed by GovernorTransparencyRemedies the “Wrong Church suppression” technicality
by counting eligible votes on affidavit ballots cast in the correct Assembly District, but at the incorrect poll site
A3801 (Abinanti)S3587-C (Comrie)

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Vetoed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesToll Payer Protection Act