Expands aggravated cruelty to animals to include all animals.
Sen. Andrew Lanza
Sponsored bills
Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension; makes such procedures consistent with other schools.
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.
Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency.
Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks.
Establishes the John J. Marchi government studies scholarship program for CUNY students enrolled in government or government related studies.
Redesignates certain sex, prostitution, obscenity and sexual performance offenses committed against a child as class A-I felonies with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
Establishes the class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying what appears to be or is a rifle, pistol, revolver, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm during the commission of a class A or violent felony; repeals the offenses of criminal use of a firearm in the first and second degrees.
Provides an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes for lifeguard services provided by a qualified lifeguard or aquatic supervisory staff.
Increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients from $3,400 to $5,500.