Sen. Mike Gianaris

Co-sponsor S 3081

Vetoed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to price gouging of medicine

Prohibits selling a drug subject to a shortage for an unconscionably excessive price.

Vetoed Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 2521

Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to regulation of billing of facility fees

Relates to regulation of the billing of facility fees; requires notice prior to billing facility fees not covered by a patient's insurance; defines facility fees as those charged by a hospital, facility or provider designed to compensate for operational costs separate from professional fees.

Signed into law Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor S 8922

Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Establishes the warehouse worker protection act

Establishes the warehouse worker protection act; requires employers to provide a written description of quotas to which employees are subject and states that employees shall not be required to meet quotas that prevent compliance with meal or rest periods, or use of bathroom facilities.

Signed into law Dec 21, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor S 4104

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Enacts the digital fair repair act

Relates to the sale of digital electronic equipment; requires original equipment manufacturers to provide diagnostic and repair information.

Passed Dec 16, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 7493

Vetoed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Allows for compensation for noise pollution by rotorcraft; relates to the use of certain heliports

Allows a person who has suffered interference with the use and enjoyment of private property or public parkland by a rotorcraft used in a manner that creates an unreasonable level of noise at ground level to have a right of action against a person who caused or contributed to the use of such rotorcraft in such manner; relates to the use of certain heliports in the city of New York.

Vetoed Dec 16, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 9450

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees

Relates to employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees; allows the commissioner of labor to assess certain civil penalties for such violations.

Passed Dec 16, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 1130

Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Prohibits the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits by retail pet shops; authorizes space for adoption

Prohibits the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits by retail pet shops; authorizes collaboration with entities to provide space to showcase cats or dogs owned by certain entities for the purpose of adoption.

Signed into law Dec 15, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor S 6870

Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to the regulation of animal shelters; repealer

Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund.

Signed into law Dec 15, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Primary S 9573

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Requires the ethics commission of the unified court system to post judges' annual financial disclosures on the commission's website

Requires the ethics commission of the unified court system to post each state-paid judge's annual financial disclosures on the ethics commission's public website for five years beginning with filings made on January 1, 2017.

In committee Oct 7, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 9548

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Excludes certain student loan discharge or forgiveness amounts from state income tax

Enacts the "Tax-free debt forgiveness act"; excludes certain student loan forgiveness amounts authorized under 20 U.S.C. Sections 1098aa, 1098bb, 1098cc, 1098dd or 1098ee from state income tax.

In committee Sep 12, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track