Prohibits the disposal in a solid waste facility of lamps containing mercury; requires manufacturers thereof to establish collection and recycling programs. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Enacts "Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special 900 telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the conducting of casino gambling upon premises licensed to conduct both horse race meetings and pari-mutuel wagering; provides for the regulation of such gambling by the legislature. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Prohibits public employers from diminishing the health insurance benefits and contributions of retired public employees. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Establishes distinctive "Support Our Troops" number plates for motor vehicles. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Enacts "Caylee's law" to establish the felonies of failure to report the disappearance of a child, as a class E felony, and failure to report the death of a child, as a class D felony. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Requires any utility company involved in a vegetation management plan to give prior notice to the local legislative body and the residents of the affected community and to hold a public meeting prior to implementation of such plan. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Provides that no van or suburban motor vehicle shall be operated in the transportation of pupils to or from school unless all passengers in such vehicle are properly utilizing approved seat belts. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Provides for drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers during the required biennial medical examination and when circumstances, including but not limited to accidents, dictate a more thorough investigation and review pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "buy from the backyard act"; requires the office of general services and other state agencies to buy 20% of all their food products from producers and/or processors in New York state; provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall determine the New York food products that are available during the various times during the year; directs such commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation of such provisions. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Prohibits certain sex offenders from residing within 1,350 feet of school grounds, except that in cities having a population of one million or more, no such sex offender may reside within 500 feet of school grounds; a violation thereof shall be a class C felony. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Enacts "Isabella's law" to require all health insurance policies and medical assistance to provide insurance coverage for the cost of medically necessary hearing aids for children under the age of 16. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Requires physicians to report instances of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infections to the commissioner of health. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed at every state and local public building at which the flag of the United State of America is displayed . / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Repeals the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax and state aid to school districts for such tax at the end of the 2016 tax year. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Provides for state reimbursement to all elementary and secondary schools for the cost of metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax payments. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Establishes the crimes of home invasion robbery in the first and second degrees for the unlawful entry of or remaining in a dwelling with intent to commit a robbery, and during the course thereof the defendant commits a robbery and any offense against another person who is not a participant in the crime; designates such offenses as violent felony offenses. / Sponsor: Spano (MS) Committee:

Allows the board of education of the city school district of the city of Yonkers the option of amortizing future payments to the New York state teachers' retirement system. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Requires that an independent comprehensive, forensic audit be conducted upon the metropolitan transportation authority; provides that the results thereof shall be sent to the governor, the comptroller and legislative leaders. / Sponsor: Spano Committee:

Relates to registering for the department of health's donate life registry when applying for a driver's license. / Sponsor: Spano Committee: