Sen. Rich Funke

Co-sponsor S 6959

Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to requiring notice where the tentative equalization rate varies more than five percentage points from the locally stated level of assessment

Relates to requiring notice where the tentative equalization rate varies more than five percentage points from the locally stated level of assessment within ten days of reciept of such rate or filing of the tentative assessment roll.

Signed into law Jul 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor S 3875

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to enacting the FIRST robotics competition and grant program; appropriation

Establishes the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ("FIRST") robotics competition and appropriates funds for the grant program to fund high school participation in the competition and to encourage study in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

Passed Jun 21, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 7945

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to creating the office of safe schools

Creates the office of safe schools to serve as a central repository for best practices, training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters regarding school safety and security, including prevention efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness planning.

Passed Jun 21, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor S 3238

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Authorizes courts to render default judgments in cases of failure to answer for unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with the intent to consume by persons under the age of twenty-one years

Authorizes courts, other than courts in a city of one million or more, to render default judgments in cases of failure to answer for unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with the intent to consume by persons under the age of twenty-one years; requires clerks to notify defendants prior to the plea and judgment being rendered; allows judgment to have full force and effect.

Passed Jun 21, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 8759

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Prohibits sex offenders whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any pre-kindergarten or kindergarten

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

Passed Jun 21, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 155

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony offense

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony offense.

In committee Jun 20, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 8604

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to consecutive sentencing for certain convictions for sex crimes

Provides for consecutive sentencing for certain convictions for sex crimes.

In committee Jun 20, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 3764

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to requiring a sentence of imprisonment for sex offenses where the victim of the offense lacked the ability to consent due to incapacity

Relates to requiring a sentence of imprisonment for sex offenses where the victim of the offense lacked the ability to consent due to incapacity.

In committee Jun 20, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor S 247

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers.

In committee Jun 20, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 830

died · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Establishes the crimes of aggravated rape, aggravated criminal sexual act and aggravated sexual abuse

Increases the penalties for the violent sex offenses of rape, criminal sexual act and aggravated sexual abuse when committed in a forcible manner where an actor or accomplice is armed with or displays a deadly weapon, uses or threatens the use of a dangerous instrument or inflicts physical injury upon the victim.

died Jun 20, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track