Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse of persons receiving care and services in residential health care facilities and the sealing of records where the commissioner of health has determined such allegations of abuse would not be sustained; provides exceptions to such provisions. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Bans the sale, use or possession of 50-caliber or larger weapons and directs the division of state police to embark on a program whereby persons currently in lawful possession of such weapons may be reimbursed for the fair market value thereof upon turning such weapons in to a designated officer. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: CODES

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course and while under the supervision of the instructor thereof. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: CODES

Relates to designating certain officers or agents appointed by the Niagara county department of social services who are authorized to investigate and arrest persons involved in welfare fraud as peace officers. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Establishes the crimes of vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter in an active work zone and intrusion into an active work zone. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Establishes definitions with respect to larceny from mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated persons; sets forth an affirmative defense if the defendant appropriated the property in the course of rendering assistance which benefitted such person in the management of his or her affairs and the value of such property was commensurate with the benefit conferred. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Permits a social worker, rape crisis counselor, or other professional to provide emotional support to a vulnerable elderly person testifying in certain grand jury proceedings provided that the district attorney consents. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Makes the intentional causing of physical injury to a sports official the class D felony of assault in the second degree; creates class B misdemeanor of aggravated harassment of a sports official when a person, with intent to annoy, harass, threaten or alarm a sports official, strikes or expectorates on such official. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from voting at a school or facility for children. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from voting at a school or facility for children. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Provides that where a defendant is charged with a felony sex offense, then any plea of guilty must be or must include at least a plea of guilty to a sex felony. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Entitles a county clerk to a non-refundable fee of ten dollars for any document submitted for recording that requires a cover page, payable in advance; provides that no fee shall be charged for a cover page in any county clerk's office that a cover page is not authorized or required. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Establishes the possession of stolen items from a museum, historical society, historical site or cemetery as criminal possession of stolen property in the 3rd degree and the theft of item or items from a museum, historical society, historical site or cemetery grand larceny in the third degree. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Provides that an inmate of a correctional facility shall be guilty of a felony for harassing a correctional facility employee by fraudulent use of his or her name in publishing the name or ordering products under the employee's name. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Provides that an inmate of a correctional facility shall be guilty of a felony for harassing a correctional facility employee by fraudulent use of his or her name in publishing the name or ordering products under the employee's name. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Provides civil immunity for certain employers who provide information relating to a former employee to a prospective employer, nursing home or elder care facility unless such information is knowingly false or misleading or violates a state or federal law. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person's social security number to appear on certain public records. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Authorizes a person to use physical force, including deadly physical force in defense of a person, in defense of a premises or in defense of a dwelling, residence or vehicle under specific circumstances; creates a presumption that a reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm exists under certain circumstances. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CODES

Waives the state's sovereign immunity to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; also waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CODES

Provides an exception to the publication requirement after a legal name change by only requiring certain individuals convicted of certain crimes to publish such legal name change. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CODES