Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession; makes unlawful possession of small amounts of marihuana a violation punishable by a fine. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: RULES

Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides that such rehabilitation programs shall include, but not be limited to, vocational, academic and industrial programs. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires disclosure by principal creditors and debt collection agencies of the legal obligations of a deceased debtor's family; requires such disclosure be both verbal and written. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Provides that persons 19, 20 or 21 years old may be housed with older or younger persons within the correction system. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Prohibits any person who owns or manages more than four rental units within the state from serving as a public member on a rent guidelines board. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Provides for the appointment of three alternates on rent guideline boards; one alternate shall represent tenants, one shall represent owners of property and one shall be a public representative; alternates shall be permitted to participate in all proceedings of the board as non-voting members; an alternate shall only participate as a voting member of the board and be paid when a member, representing the same interest as the alternate, is unable to fulfill his or her duties on the board; applies to the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns and villages. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to exculpatory material and requires disclosure of such to the defense. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CODES

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"; creates the office of the prevailing wage fraud inspector general for increased vigilance in the effort to achieve prevailing wage enforcement; allows public authorities to require that successful bidders for public works jobs participate in a state-sponsored apprenticeship program; makes related provisions. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: LABOR

Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records; makes such official misconduct a class A misdemeanor. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires state and municipal agencies, authorities, boards and commissions that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and tabulation category entitled "Asian or Pacific Islander" for the purpose of identifying persons having origins in any of the Far East countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies; adds public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel administrators. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: FINANCE

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of financial services; provides that all such statements shall be made available to the public. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: INSURANCE

Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia; provides for the issuance of a certification to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist upon the filing of an application, having a license as a registered professional nurse, having the appropriate educational requirements and paying the fifty dollar initial certification fee and the triennial thirty dollar registration fee. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Provides that prior to a dispositional hearing the judge shall order a probation investigation and a diagnostic assessment of a juvenile delinquent whom the court reasonably finds, on the record, to have a demonstrable need for a remediation of a discernible handicapping condition; allows judges to refer custody through various state agencies for placement into programs under protocol and funding provisions currently in existence. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires landlords to check state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant, subtenant or adult occupant, and to notify tenants with children under age sixteen of any listing of such tenant, subtenant or adult occupant as a level three sex offender; exempts landlord from any civil or criminal liability for damages for any discretionary decision to release relevant information pursuant to this section or for failing to release such information, unless it is shown the landlord acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Relates to the definition of serious offense. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CODES

Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires police officers to receive training instruction for crimes involving sexual assaults; requires training for child protective services workers in certain instances. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: FINANCE

Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: CODES