Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a purchaser, borrower or debtor; establishes a notice of lawsuit which must be mailed to the defendant in such a cause of action; establishes certain requirements for the complaint in such an action; provides for arbitration of such actions; requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the treatment of the earned income of a child under the age of 18 and income of a dependent 18, 19 or 20 year old household member when determining the eligibility of a household for a child care subsidy. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: FINANCE

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain eight hours of sleep. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Creates the crime of aggravated sexual conduct in the first degree; makes such offense a class B felony; provides that persons guilty of aggravated sexual conduct in the first degree are placed on the sex offender registry. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CODES

Entitles members to bring one substantive piece of legislation to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon Act; provides that any contractor who has been debarred from federal job sites for having disregarded obligations to employees under the Davis-Bacon Act shall also be debarred under the labor law from bidding on or being awarded similar contracts on public work job sites sponsored by the state or any of its political subdivisions; provides that the contractor may appeal such a determination to the department of labor; provides that whether or not a contractor is debarred under the Davis-Bacon Act will be considered in the selection of a lowest responsible bidder. /
Sponsor: SAVINO

Directs the department of transportation to keep open the high occupancy vehicle lane on certain areas of I-278 for twenty-four hour periods. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Restricts the public employment of retired persons for twenty-four months. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Requires the licensure of mold assessment and remediation specialists and sets minimum work standards for mold assessment and remediation specialists. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Enables victims and relatives of victims to view parole hearings via closed circuit television or a secure online website. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: FINANCE

Creates the crime of dissemination of an image of a crime scene; makes a person guilty of such crime where the person is a public servant and, while in the course of the public servant's official duties, records a still image or motion picture of a crime victim and broadcasts or publishes such images or motion pictures outside of the course of conduct of the public servant's official duties; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CODES

Relates to payment of disability benefits. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR

Relates to setting a time limit for requesting full board review of unanimous board panel decisions. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician under such law. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR

Authorizes advertising during quick draw. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Authorizes the division of lottery to sell advertising space on lottery tickets. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to former employer or workplace. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR

Makes it a discriminatory practice for public employers to compensate employees of different sexes differently for work that is of comparable worth; makes exception for seniority system; prohibits reducing anyone's compensation to conform with this provision; provides three years for a compliance plan. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Provides that possession of a gravity knife shall constitute criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree only if the defendant has intent to use the same unlawfully against another. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CODES

Defines lowest responsible bidder for purposes of the prevailing wage law to include only those who have not been found guilty of an unfair labor practice within a three year period preceding the award of a public works project in order to disqualify as the lowest responsible bidder on a public works contract those bidders who have violated certain federal or state labor laws; permits challenges to the determination of the lowest possible bidder. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR