2019 New York State Youth and Government Signed Legislation

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AF-09Angelica HernandezKatie LindleyKayla Scharf
Amend section 510.10 of the New York State Criminal Procedure Law to abolish the use of bail against defendants whose highest charge is a misdemeanor or lower.
AF-10Olivia LombardoCaitlin Fitzgerald
Amend § 804 Title 1 of Article 17 of the Education Law to improve and expand the sexual health education curricula in all public schools in New York State by mandating the teaching of consent and creating a task force to oversee its implementation.
AF-12Desiree MonroeHolly PerrySarah McGarrKatelyn Turano
Change and/or establish an age when minors, with separated parents, have a voice in family court related to custody arrangements.
AF-17Michael BergerMichaela FinnRyleigh HeslerAlex Maddaloni
Amend New York Penal Code § 135.60 to outlaw the coercion of minors into gang criminal organizations in public areas
AF-18Jeremy Martelle Jr.Evin MattupurathWill LanzoniMaximilien Grumberg
AN ACT: An Act to amend the New York Election Law §5-102 to reduce the voting age to sixteen years old for local town, village, city, and county elections.
AF-20Gabrielle AbatoMicaela OramPaola MaganaAnanya Chatterjee
Amend §135.3 of the Commissioner of Education’s regulations to require secondary schools to teach comprehensive sexual education in health classes.
AF-25Orion CrossmanAlison Diaz
amend section 210 of the Taylor law; allowing public employee or employee organizations, excluding policemen and firemen, to cause, instigate, encourage or go on strike.
AF-32Alexis AhnLaura Haight
Amend Article 7, Section 189.2 of Correction Law to prohibit the collection of an incarceration fee from the earnings of prisoners.
AF-37Savannah WernerNathan SlawsonNatalie BrodmanEmera Aquila
Amend section §803-b to make a personal finance class a mandatory credit to graduate in place of economics.
AF-39Harrison BenderSkyler MongardiBaylee Vester
Amend section § 260.10 of Penal Law to raise the penalty for child endangerment from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D Felony.
AF-40Andrew BilottiIan HuaAdam Schultzer
Amend section 499-bbbb of the New York State Real Property Tax Law to incentivize big businesses that use solar power as an alternative source of energy.
AF-42Kenan KapetanovicMarco ReggiardoJulian BrooksAidan Knoebel
Amend Article 72 § 72-0302 of the Environmental Conservation Law by adding  paragraph h. to subsection 1 to add a fee for Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
AL-02Stephen GilbertAndrew Patterson
Amend § 2603 of Education Law to allow students sixteen years or older to vote in school board elections.
AL-05Macey BryantThomas ChungElaina McGrathAaron Mattupurath
AN ACT TO: Amend Environmental Conservation Law Article 27, Title 27 to add section 27-2708 to implement a five cent tax on single use plastic carryout bags.
AL-10Jayden Fritz-BerriosCalvin JeanJasmine Willard
Amend § 187 of New York State Correction Law to raise the pay grade of inmate workers to at least half that of the state minimum wage.
AL-12Colin HansenAiden Westfall
Amend the New York State Penal Law Section 230.00 to make prostitution sanctionable only without a license issued from the New York State Department of Health, and to amend New York State Public Health Law Sections 2310 – 2334 to create a license for prostitution and houses of prostitution issued and regulated by the Department of Health.
AL-16Jackson LaSarsoBrady StarkKellen GannonEmily Lucy
An Act To Decriminalize drug use and constructively institute solution-based policy to the public health crisis The People of the State of New York, represented in the Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: Purpose To institute evidence-based policy in order to solve the most prevalent public health crisis facing New York State. Summary of Provisions Section 1: Definitions Controlled Substance: Shall consist of any substance by whatever name or chemical designation proscribed in §3306 of Public Health Law. Eligible Defendant: Any individual in possession of a personal use quantity of controlled substance Personal Use: A quantity of controlled substance not to exceed the quantities described in and including §220.09 possessed for the purposes of recreational usage. Panel: Shall consist of a psychiatrist, attorney and social worker, all of whom are licensed and in good standing to practice in their respective field in the state of New York. Panel membership shall be construed to be a form of jury duty and thus panel members shall receive summons, be recognized as jurors in all purposes and receive the same protections and benefits. Section 2: Provisions The penal law is amended by modifying §220.03 to read as follows: (A.) Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree is a class A misdemeanor. The penal law is amended by modifying §220.06 to read as follows: (A.) Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree is a class D felony. The penal law is amended by modifying §220.06 to read as follows: (A.) Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree is a class C felony. The penal law is amended by modifying §221.05 to read as follows: (A.) A person is guilty of unlawful possession of a personal quantity of a controlled substance when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance for the purposes of personal use. Unlawful possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of personal use is a violation punishable only by (i) a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, and i
AL-30Meghan GleasonAshtyn BishopMadison BrownLeah Alaimo
An Act To Amend Law 508 section 2 c&d
AL-40Lauren LammersMacKenzie RandolphPhoebe Rigley
Amend Section 99-P of the State Finance Law by creating a specialized committee known as the “Embryonic Stem Cell Research Committee” and subsequently allocating funds toward it.
AL-41Zachary PhelpsDave RakhymzhanTiffany BraceJordan Colon
Amend § 9-0501 of the Environmental Conservation Law regarding classification of Forest Preserve and State Forest
AL-46Leah KilkennyJake Miller
Amend Article 35 Section 1702 of Education to require each public school district to have a voting position within the district’s board of education that is served by a high school student within the senior class.
S-03Zarib AlamGabe Hoglund
Amend §591 to require a quota of 10 community service hours per week for claimants receiving unemployment benefits.
S-10Samir GuimireAanzan Sachdeva
AN ACT To: Amend paragraph 16 § of section 3221 of the insurance law and § six of section 6527 of the education law to not require health insurance for FDA approved contraceptive pills and to authorize a registered professional nurse to administer or dispense emergency contraception to a patient.
S-11Benjamin McNuttRichard Kaufman IV
TO: Amend Article 5 of the General Obligations Law by adding Title 18 in relation to mandating disclosure of non-fiduciaries who provide investment advice, and mandate all individuals providing investment advice in relation to retirement savings and funds act as a fiduciary in that regard.
S-12Kirsten GollhoferMax GollhoferLiana GrosserMolly Showers
Amend Environmental Conservation law to add a new title 30 under article 27 which mandates that food service and retail establishments discharge of used and unused food waste in more sustainable ways.
S-17Andrew ParsnipAlex GarciaFinn BrauerScott Cottier
Amend Article 33 § 1225-c of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law to increase penalties for using a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle.
S-24Ryan PensonJames Pinnell
Add to § 137 of Article 6 of the Correction Law to prohibit all persons under the age of 18 from being admitted to any solitary Special Housing Unit, Segregated Housing (Including PIMS), or Juvenile Separation Unit and to prohibit any person admitted to any solitary Special Housing Unit or Segregated Housing (Including PIMS) from remaining for longer than 1 year.
S-25Justin IorioJoseph MazzarellaMakayla Willets
Add section 4 to the New York State Penal 125.15 to make the sale of opioids an offense of manslaughter in the second degree.
S-28Daisy-Ann NormanCourtney MappDefanae Carter-Montaque
Amend the correction law § 611 to include the ability of a pregnant woman who is in jail at least 1 family member in the delivery room when they go into labor.
S-29Grace Meredith
AN ACT TO: Amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax on carbon emissions and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the carbon tax revenue fund.