Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information. /

Exempts wholesale distributors from complying with the provisions of the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank; defines a wholesale distributor as a person, firm or corporation that sells or distributes pistols, revolvers or ammunition only to licensed dealers, law enforcement or government agencies. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Eliminates the use of income from pensions of New York state, local governments and the federal government from the calculation of income for the purposes of financial aid. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Enacts the New York state English language empowerment act which deems English the official language of the government of the state of New York. / Sponsor: NOZZOLIO Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Enacts the "ethics in state government now act"; makes the ethics rules applicable to the legislature and its employees stricter; re-establishes the membership of the legislative ethics commission. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Enacts the "ethics in state government now act"; makes the ethics rules and financial disclosure applicable to the legislature and its employees stricter; re-establishes the membership of the legislative ethics commission. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos; such payments shall be in lieu of payments that the state is otherwise required to make to the municipal government. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos; such payments shall be in lieu of payments that the state is otherwise required to make to the municipal government. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos; such payments shall be in lieu of payments that the state is otherwise required to make to the municipal government. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: FINANCE

Enacts the religious freedom restoration act; provides that government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion by any act or failure to act; requires that religious rights may not be burdened by government absent compelling interest and requires that the application of any rule in furtherance of such compelling interest be performed the least restrictive manner. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CODES

Creates the "public corruption prevention and enforcement act"; establishes the crimes scheme to defraud the government in the first and second degrees; requires the provision of faithful public services; relates to reportable business relationships for legislative ethics purposes. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CODES

Relates to application requirements for private or government entities that wish to provide electric service converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Authorizes cooperative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program municipal merger incentives. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes cooperative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes the state to acquire from the federal government the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the department of veterans affairs Hudson Valley health care system at Montrose. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: HEALTH

Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as "a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave; related provisions. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LABOR

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports annually relating to diversity within state government. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Requires each county board of elections to distribute registration application forms to the public through distribution to public buildings, banks and various other facilities that the public may frequent. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: ELECTIONS