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D New York Senate · District 27

Sen. Brian Kavanagh

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Total votes
17,627
all sessions
Attendance
94%
897 missed
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,557
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,557 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,557
Primary
522
Co-sponsor
1,035
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Co-sponsor S 313
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer

Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor
Primary S 605
In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Relates to prohibiting the release of certain balloons

Relates to prohibiting the release of certain balloons; prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally releasing outdoors any balloons constructed of electrically conductive material filled with helium or a gas lighter than air; provides exceptions.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor S 7663
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program

Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 1856
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Enacts the birds and bees protection act

Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2023 1 co-sponsor
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