Enacts the college textbook affordability act; establishes the New York state open education resources council and the New York state open source digital library; authorizes SUNY campuses and community colleges to adopt open educational resources adoption incentive program campus plans and apply for grants to implement such plans; provides that settlements with the office of the attorney general shall be used to provide assistance to the state university of New York for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.
Asm. Angelo Santabarbara
Sponsored bills
Relates to establishing requirements for residential health care facilities during a state disaster emergency involving a disease outbreak; requires the department of health to issue guidance regarding precautions and procedures to maintain health and safety; establishes residential healthcare facility reporting requirements.
Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.
Relates to creating a farm investment fund.
Relates to the issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits and provision of parking spaces for veterans injured in the line of duty.
Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of health; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions after two years; defines livestock for the purpose of this section.
Requires any American flag and New York state flag sold in New York state to be manufactured in the United States.
Relates to prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering any school grounds; requires school districts to adopt procedures for the admission of visitors to a school building including to ensure such visitors are not registered as level two or three sex offenders.
Prevents fees from being charged for the issuance of license plates where the vehicle has legible plates.
Requires unclaimed lottery prizes to be paid into the state treasury, to the credit of the state lottery fund.