Senator • Republican
Joseph Griffo
New York • District SD-053

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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
29
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
85% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 2002
Other: 96
Yea: 8852
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Sponsored Bills
NY S00247•Introduced
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00040•Introduced
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.
Co-Sponsor
NY S08107•Introduced
Authorizes the use of class one bicycles with electric assist on certain preserves, parks, and other state lands that the department of environmental conservation has authorized the use of bicycles without electric assist; provides that such class one e-bikes be authorized for such use in the same locations and manner as such bicycles without electric assist are authorized to be used.
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NY S08088•Introduced
Authorizes Scott Hoag, a city of Rome police officer, to receive certain credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
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NY S08155•Introduced
Authorizes occupancy taxes in the city of Utica and the city of Rome not to exceed 3%.
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NY S08117•Introduced
Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the county of Oneida; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.
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NY S06263•Introduced
Requires out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain an escrow account for the purpose of financing utility costs, property tax obligations, fire services, and regular maintenance costs for affordable housing rental units located in New York state.
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NY S04462•Introduced
Establishes a program for specific individuals to become complex care assistants and provide private duty nursing services to certain Medicaid enrollees.
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NY S02656•Introduced
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
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NY S01752•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.
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NY S01268•Introduced
Prohibits state funding of any degree-granting institution of higher education if such institution permits terrorist organizations or activities in support of such organizations on campus; prohibits any student group or organization of receiving funding from the degree-granting institution if such group or organization directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates, or engages in any terrorist advocacy or activities on campus.
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NY S07828•Introduced
Relates to items of appropriation.
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NY S04892•Engrossed
Provides that supervision by a licensed physical therapist of a physical therapist assistant shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the licensed physical therapist at the time and place where services are being performed; requires a licensed physical therapist to be available for consultation with the physical therapist assistant or the patient within a reasonable amount of time.
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NY S07761•Introduced
Enacts into law components of legislation relating to disaster relief for extreme weather events in Central New York, long-term climate resilience property improvements, and insurance discounts for climate mitigation efforts; establishes the central New York extreme weather relief and resiliency grant program to provide grants to certain persons and entities that suffered damage from covered events (Part A); expands and strengthens the resilient and ready program by providing grants to homeowners impacted by extreme weather events and providing grants for long-term climate resilience improvements for snow and tornado-related weather hazards (Part B); establishes the central New York property/casualty insurance resiliency incentive program to facilitate property/casualty insurance discounts for mitigation efforts (Part C).
Primary Sponsor
NY S07760•Introduced
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Oneida to "Officer Michael E. Jensen".
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NY S02282•Introduced
Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is appropriate and necessary conditions that should be imposed as part of such release; repeals provisions of law relating to qualifying offenses and allows a court to set bail or remand a principal where based on the risk assessment instrument, where the principal poses a safety risk or risk of flight; makes related provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY S06386•Introduced
Extends the authority of Oneida county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes and to allocate and distribute a portion of net collections from such additional rates.
Primary Sponsor
NY S06385•Introduced
Extends the authority of the county of Madison to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes for two years.
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NY S05294•Introduced
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program consistent with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conditions of participation regarding emergency events and the workplace violence standards of any accrediting organization by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under which such hospital maintains accreditation.
Co-Sponsor
NY S05069•Introduced
Provides a filing extension for the "enhanced" STAR exemption to initial applicants provided that such applicants have not been granted such extension before and such applicants are otherwise entitled to the exemption.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07114•Introduced
Relates to obtaining military credit for members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system; provides that the calculation for military credit shall be equal to the product of the number of years of military service being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited service.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07009•Introduced
Provides for initiative and referendum and recall; empowers the electors with the ability to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution, approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes, and remove elective officers.
Primary Sponsor
NY S06789•Introduced
Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly; provides for an extended order of succession for the filling of a vacancy in the office of the governor.
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NY S07418•Introduced
Authorizes self-service gas stations to allow for hands-free gas dispensing by installing hold open clips on gasoline and diesel fuel dispensing nozzles.
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NY S07393•Introduced
Permits the designation of low volume roads and minimum maintenance roads by town boards; enacts provisions relating to the maintenance, improvement and repair of such roads; removes the limitation that such provisions only apply to a designated town.
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NY S07378•Introduced
Establishes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for employees of the New York Power Authority who are a member of the public employee organization certified or recognized to represent employees of such authority.
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NY S07337•Introduced
Enacts into law components of legislation relating to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York; establishes law enforcement officer grant funds (Part A); provides judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders (Part B); requires affirmative consent for the disclosure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant; provides that denial of such consent shall only be for good cause as determined by the court (Part C); relates to consideration of the death penalty for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree (Part D).
Primary Sponsor
NY S07296•Introduced
Establishes the division of the crime victims' statewide advocate to represent crime victims' and witnesses' legal interests during discovery and trial and assist with victim compensation applications.
Co-Sponsor
NY S06840•Introduced
Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase from three years to four years; provides that the provisions of such act shall not be subject to the requirement that the state shall make an equal payment to the retirement system.
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