Representative • Republican
Christopher Friend
New York • District HD-124
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
38
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
64% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 1568
Other: 123
Yea: 3431
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Sponsored Bills
NY A06973•Introduced
Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07890•Introduced
Authorizes the renewal of the WSKG lease for such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county emergency services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department for a period of twenty years.
Primary Sponsor
NY A03217•Introduced
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02411•Introduced
Requires a state agency to get approval from the senate and the assembly prior to adopting or readopting a rule on an emergency basis unless such rule is necessary on an emergency basis for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare of the public.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02269•Introduced
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; eliminates the requirement that an incarcerated individual causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02262•Introduced
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
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NY A02376•Introduced
Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.
Co-Sponsor
NY A01480•Introduced
Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07532•Introduced
Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07524•Introduced
Relates to establishing the lump sum allocation advisory committee (Part A); relates to requiring transparency, identification and disclosure of certain appropriations (Part B); relates to withholding the salaries of the governor, agency commissioners and deputy commissioners for failing to meet certain reporting deadlines (Part C); relates to creating a tax rate reduction board to look at personal income tax and corporate franchise tax rates (Part D); relates to conducting an audit of all state economic development programs (Part E); relates to prohibiting certain political contributions by individuals appointed to entities that oversee lump sum appropriations (Part F); relates to prohibiting certain third party contracts (Part G).
Co-Sponsor
NY A07530•Introduced
Establishes a spending cap; increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06955•Introduced
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems and for financial surety requirements; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of five megawatts or greater, of no less than one thousand feet from residential property; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06152•Introduced
Enacts the "ratepayer disclosure and transparency act" which requires a monthly report that includes the estimated or actual ratepayer costs and benefits of any mandated state energy program to the governor and legislature including any New York climate leadership and community protection act compliance costs.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07417•Introduced
Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels; authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and use tax; provides for a sales tax exemption for housekeeping supplies and for ready-to-eat foods.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06357•Introduced
Requires approval by 2/3 vote of membership of the senate and assembly voting separately to increase or decrease any tax rate, impose a new state tax, extend or delete existing state tax.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07242•Introduced
Extends the maximum number of months for the reconsideration of denied applications by the parole board for parole for certain violent felony offenses from 24 months to 60 months.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06932•Introduced
Relates to establishing a defined contribution program for which elected officials are deemed mandatory members.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07021•Introduced
Requires utility corporations and municipalities to ensure that bills for service to residential customers include a line item for cost impact measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan; requires the department of public service to establish a formula to enable utility corporations and municipalities to calculate the cost impact on each residential customer's bill attributed to measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06796•Introduced
Prohibits the elimination of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels, including, natural gas, propane and fuel oil in new building construction.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06841•Introduced
Extends the authorization granted to the county of Broome to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes for two years.
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NY A06847•Introduced
Requires that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature and must be approved by a majority vote prior to implementation.
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NY A06852•Introduced
Requires legislative approval of minimum wage increases promulgated through wage orders.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06844•Introduced
Includes certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale of cannabis.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06853•Introduced
Establishes credits against income tax for a teacher's unreimbursed expenditures for qualified supplies.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06485•Introduced
Extends the authorization of the county of Chemung to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2027.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06483•Introduced
Extends the authorization of the county of Tioga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06366•Introduced
Establishes the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund reform act; ensures that money deposited into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund is spent on construction purposes and not DOT and DMV operational activities.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06414•Introduced
Enacts the "omnibus emergency services volunteer incentive act" to provide benefits to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers; increases the personal income tax deduction after four or more years of service; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; authorizes the provision of municipal health insurance coverage to such volunteers; establishes a volunteer recruitment service loan forgiveness program.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06260•Introduced
Directs the public service commission in consultation with NYSERDA to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods of electricity generation within nine months after the effective date and every four years thereafter.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06258•Introduced
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.
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NY A06049•Introduced
Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day".
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NY A06067•Introduced
Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06089•Introduced
Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05926•Introduced
Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax levy limit results in a negative number.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05907•Introduced
Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05728•Introduced
Places a permanent moratorium on unfunded mandates.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05652•Introduced
Authorizes the state to allow counties to opt out of the county cost of medical assistance payments to any new enrollees who have either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a period of absence; directs the commissioner of health to apply for any and all federal waivers required to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05673•Introduced
Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services where the applicant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for the previous year.
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