Reinvent Albany State Bill Memos, 2021-2022 Assembly BillSenate BillStatusIssueDescription and Link to Memo A6611-A (Hyndman)S5254-A (Biaggi)On Senate Floor Calendar, In Assembly CommitteeEthicsSimplifies Voting Requirements at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics A7512 (Hyndman)S6364 (Gounardes)In CommitteeEthicsAllows JCOPE to Disclose Status of Investigations to Complainants and the Public A2631-A (Thiele)S977-A (Gaughran)Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesIncreases powers of Authorities Budget Office (ABO) A1141-A (Paulin)S4817-A (Krueger)Signed by GovernorTransparencyRemoves duplicative reporting requirements for nonprofits No same-asS6964-A (Biaggi)Passed SenateEthicsImproves Voting Processes at JCOPE and Equalizes Legislative Appointments No same-asS6261 (Biaggi)On Senate Floor CalendarEthicsSimplifies JCOPE voting rules for appointment and removal of the executive director A5825 (Cruz)S1096 (Liu)In CommitteeAnticorruptionIncludes legislative and judicial employees under state civil service law whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections A2483-B (Niou)S3395-A (Gounardes)Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeHuman 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)Signed by GovernorTransparencyMTA Open Data Act A4078 (Colton)S5137 (Mattera)Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Legislative Approval for Creation of Public Authority Subsidiaries A1928 (Gottfried)S820 (Biaggi)In CommitteeStrong DemocracyConstitutional amendment to give the legislature more equal powers to the governor in the budget process No same-asS5711 (Comrie)In CommitteeTransparencyEstablishes a database of deals tracking state economic development projects A5701 (Dinowitz)S1195 (Gianaris)Passed in BudgetTax SubsidiesDecouples NYS and NYC's tax code from the federal Opportunity Zones program A5967 (Stewart-Cousins)S5357 (Heastie)Signed by GovernorStrong DemocracyRolls back some of Governor's emergency powers A8483 (Cahill)S7438 (Krueger)In CommitteeTax SubsidiesEliminates non-essential fossil fuel subsidies No same-asS516 (Gianaris)Passed SenateVotingEstablishes absentee ballot deadlines A454-A (Rozic)S4658 (Parker)Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingRequires polling places on college campuses in certain election districts Various absentee ballot reform billsPassed SenateVotingVarious reforms to absentee balloting in NYS A8035 (Paulin)S7233 (Savino)In CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesSplits current leadership job into separate MTA Chair and CEO positions, removes senate confirmation of CEO A6589-A (Galef)S286-A (Myrie)Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingMakes ballot images and cast vote records available to public upon request A7925 (Zebrowski)S6809 (Reichlin-Melnick)In CommitteeClean ContractingRestores Comptroller oversight powers A4635 (Thiele)S1311-A (Gaughran)Signed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Long Island Power Authority to submit lobbying and advertising reports to state leaders A7611-A (Kelles)S6268-A (May) Passed Assembly, in Senate CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesProtects Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Funds from Raiding by Prohibiting Transfers to General Fund A6601-A (Rivera JD)S5418-C (Cooney) Vetoed by GovernorBudgetEstablishes NY State Aid and Incentives for Municipalities Redesign Task Force A924-A (Paulin)S1625-A (Skoufis) Signed with Chapter Amendment Different from RecommendationTransparencyAmends definition of "public body" A5470 (Englebright)S6017 (Skoufis) Signed with Chapter AmendmentTransparencyImproves FOIL administration A795 (Wallace)S1634 (Skoufis) Vetoed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesEqualizes IDA fees within a county A8107 (Paulin)S7305 (Kaplan) In CommitteeTransparencyRequires public bodies to post video recordings of open meetings within 5 business days A7745 (Rosenthal L)S7260 (Salazar) In CommitteeTax SubsidiesEnds certain horse racing tax exemptions
