Establishes a youth court diversion program to transfer the dispositional phase of proceedings to youth courts. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: RULES

Authorizes counties to establish a tax free week in August exempting purchases of clothing and footwear from county sales tax for a 7-day period in August. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Requires course work on discrimination and anti-bias for school professionals applying for a certificate or license on or after July 1, 2013. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: EDUCATION

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to providing an independent medical examination whenever an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child or adult is reported. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the statute of limitations for disciplinary procedures against tenured teachers; permits the "big four" school districts to bring charges against a tenured teacher beyond the three year period when such conduct would constitute a crime. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie to sell and convey certain waterfront property to a private entity for public benefit. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Establishes the "trafficking victims protection and justice act"; makes various provisions relating to prostitution offenses; creates crimes of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: CODES

Changes the poll hours for the Hyde Park Library District. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Relates to adoptions from a foreign country. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Relates to discipline for inappropriate sexual conduct. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to sexual offenses by health care or mental health care providers; requires the professional conduct officer designated to investigate a complaint of professional misconduct to report certain sex offenses to the appropriate law enforcement official or authority. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: CODES

Expands the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: RULES

Relates to sexual offenses by health care or mental health care providers; requires the professional conduct officer designated to investigate a complaint of professional misconduct to report certain sex offenses to the appropriate law enforcement official or authority. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: CODES

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to providing an independent medical examination whenever an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child or adult is reported. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enacts "the foreclosure fraud prevention act of 2012"; creates the crimes of residential mortgage foreclosure fraud in the first and second degrees. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: RULES

Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie to sell and convey certain waterfront property to a private entity for public benefit. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Prohibits bullying and cyberbullying in public schools. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Authorizes pilot program permitting use of electronic means for commencing actions in certain criminal and family court proceedings. /
Sponsor: SALAND

Enacts the Metropolitan Transportation Authority accountability and transparency act of 2012; creates a temporary reorganization board to recommend a statutory plan for the prospective governing structure required to ensure continued transparency, efficiency, and accountability of metropolitan region mass transportation operations. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: RULES

Designates public lewdness as public lewdness in the second degree and establishes the class E felony of public lewdness in the first degree for committing public lewdness in the second degree after having been previously convicted of such offense within the preceding ten years; provides for a permanent disqualification from being a school bus driver upon conviction of public lewdness in the first degree; and designates public lewdness in the first degree as a sex offense for purposes of sex offender registration. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: CODES