Creates a fund for the compensation of unpaid or underpaid employees; requires the division of labor standards to provide instruction and assistance pertaining to tax filing and reporting requirements to persons who claim unpaid wages; directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to provide for the collection of income taxes from judgments for unpaid wages. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: JUDICIARY

Establishes a lien, for the benefit of a campground owner, on the recreational vehicle of a campground guest for unpaid charges at a campground. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: JUDICIARY

Imposes term limits of four consecutive terms or sixteen years for members of the legislature. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: JUDICIARY

Sponsor: Kolb Committee: JUDICIARY

Excludes a statement of apology or regret, made by a health care provider, as an admission of liability in a malpractice lawsuit. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to waiver of privileged confidential information. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Authorizes individuals who are admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and who have worked under supervision of an attorney in New York state for five years to be eligible to sit for the New York state bar exam. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that no person shall because of sex be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides for the payment of interest on prejudgment arrears child support and combined child and spousal support pursuant to a court order. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that no right, benefit, or advantage that attends a cause of action shall be lost when the cause of action is successfully reduced to a judgment, but shall be deemed to append to the judgment. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides for the appointment of a permanent replacement lieutenant-governor by the governor, subject to the approval of the state senate, during permanent vacancy of the office. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires reasonable modification to apartments for seniors and persons with physical impairments. / Sponsor: VALESKY Committee: JUDICIARY

Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000. / Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the scope of non-final judgments and orders. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides for appellate review of an ex parte order or applications for provisional remedies; permits appeals in article 78 proceedings; relates to time periods for restraining orders. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Prohibits real estate brokers from providing legal advice or preparing legal documents in real estate matters unless such person is a New York state licensed attorney; warning for first offense, $1,000 fine for second offense, $5,000 fine for each subsequent offense. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires that an explanation as to the reason or reasons for the dismissal of a complaint be provided to the complainant. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to gaming in New York state and applying certain proceeds from such gaming to the community development in the locality or region in which such gaming occurs. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: JUDICIARY

Proposes a constitutional amendment to create a non-partisan five member apportionment commission, four members of which shall be appointed by the majority and minority officers of the legislature and the fifth to be selected by the aforesaid four, to create new legislative districts; requires districts to be as compact as possible; sets standards for establishment of legislative districts. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides for recall; empowers the electors with the ability to remove elective officers. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: JUDICIARY