Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund; makes an appropriation therefor.
Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year.
Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus; provides for owner liability of a motor vehicle detected by a camera to have illegally passed or overtaken a school bus; provides that liability shall be a civil fine equal to the traffic infraction fine imposed therefor; authorizes school districts to receive state aid for the purchase of such cameras.
Authorizes an experimental program in which presiding trial judges, in their discretion, may permit audio-visual coverage of civil and criminal court proceedings, including trials.
Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; emphasis shall be placed on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, inmate deaths, use of force and solitary confinement.
Adds the qualifier "beverage" when discussing the sale of crystalline alcoholic products.
Permits psychologists to form limited liability companies.
Prohibits state contracts with vendors that forbid employees from litigating discrimination or harassment claims except in the case of an emergency arising from certain unforeseen causes.
Provides that in cities having a population of one million or more, the area median income shall be based solely on the specific zip code where the project shall be located.
Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for acquisition of vehicle repair parts and materials.
