Senator • Democrat
Peter Harckham
New York • District SD-040
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
26
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 72
Other: 208
Yea: 8729
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Sponsored Bills
NY S02292•Introduced
Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.
Primary Sponsor
NY S00028•Introduced
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
Co-Sponsor
NY S04045•Introduced
Requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices if a driver accumulates eleven or more points on their driving record during a 24 month period, or receives 6 speed camera or red light camera tickets during a twelve month period.
Co-Sponsor
NY S04513•Engrossed
Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan.
Co-Sponsor
NY S03828•Engrossed
Prohibits the disabling, removal or interference with emission control devices and the use of emission tampering devices; provides remedies for the violation of such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY S03607•Introduced
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
Primary Sponsor
NY S02706•Engrossed
Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.
Co-Sponsor
NY S01733•Engrossed
Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.
Primary Sponsor
NY S01668•Engrossed
Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps.
Primary Sponsor
NY S01280•Introduced
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY S01069•Engrossed
Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07481•Introduced
Establishes the nail salon minimum standards council act; establishes the nail salon minimum standards council which shall investigate wages and standards within the nail salon industry and submit recommendations on minimum wages, regulations and standards for nail salon workers.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07462•Introduced
Provides additional requirements for approval of charter school aplications; applies additional prohibitions to charter schools; requires certain financial disclosures by charter schools; requires charter schools to comply with provisions relating to construction, repair or demolition of school facilities; relates to admission of students.
Co-Sponsor
NY S06318•Introduced
Requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students; requires school districts to ensure that appropriately certified teachers are providing such education; authorizes rules and regulations consistent with such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY S02681•Introduced
Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07447•Introduced
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens; provides for taxpayer gifts for tick borne illness research, detection and education; establishes the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07443•Introduced
Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.
Co-Sponsor
NY S07078•Introduced
Authorizes the town of Patterson, in the county of Putnam, to impose a hotel and motel tax.
Primary Sponsor
NY S05936•Introduced
Establishes the nutrient inactivant application permit to allow for the use of products used for controlling phosphorus levels in lakes or ponds to prevent and inhibit harmful algal blooms.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07365•Introduced
Expands smart growth public infrastructure criteria to apply to the New York State urban development corporation; adds the additional criteria of promoting public transit ridership and ensuring existing transit riders are able to access employment opportunities and cultural and recreational amenities with ease through the construction of transit facilities protected from extreme weather and traffic violence less than one quarter of a mile walking distance to such opportunities and amenities.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07362•Introduced
Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route three hundred one from Belden Road to Gypsy Trail Road in the town of Carmel, county of Putman, as the "John F. McArdle Memorial Highway".
Primary Sponsor
NY S06442•Introduced
Directs the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to study gender disparity in sentencing outcomes and make a report to the governor and the legislature of their findings, conclusions and recommendations.
Primary Sponsor
NY S06390•Introduced
Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to make correctional facility water testing results accessible directly to incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff in such facilities and make such water testing results available to the public on the website of the department.
Primary Sponsor
NY S06389•Introduced
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals and make a report to the governor and the legislature of the findings, conclusions and recommendations.
Primary Sponsor
NY S02076•Introduced
Requires that notice of initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided to claimants within 30 days of such claimant furnishing all necessary documentation, and if the commissioner is unable to issue a determination within such time frame they shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the issuance of a determination.
Co-Sponsor
NY S01099•Introduced
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
Co-Sponsor
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