Representative • Republican
Joseph DeStefano
New York • District HD-003
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
31
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
82% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 1282
Other: 104
Yea: 5541
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Sponsored Bills
NY A07745•Introduced
Extends the authority of the county of Suffolk to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use tax.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07560•Introduced
Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the activities of the council, and to make such report public.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06741•Introduced
Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.
Primary Sponsor
NY A04344•Introduced
Provides free use of state parks and campsites for volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance service.
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NY A03223•Introduced
Allows veterans of the armed forces of the United States to fish for free in state parks under the jurisdiction of a state agency.
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NY A02730•Engrossed
Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02496•Introduced
Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.
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NY A02468•Introduced
Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02020•Engrossed
Grants peace officer status to employees of the town court of the town of Montgomery serving as uniformed court officers at such town court.
Co-Sponsor
NY A01296•Introduced
Establishes the rare disease advisory council to identify best practices, raise awareness regarding rare diseases, evaluate barriers to access to care, and to make recommendations to the legislature and the governor.
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NY A08205•Introduced
Establishes grocery store wine licenses permitting the licensee to sell from the licensed premises wine produced in New York state or produced from ingredients grown or produced in New York state, in sealed containers for consumption off such premises.
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NY A07331•Introduced
Requires the office of fire prevention and control to pay training stipends in specific amounts to volunteer firefighters for completion of certain firefighter trainings; provides that if a volunteer fire company pays training stipends to volunteer firefighters in an amount below what is otherwise required to be paid by OFPC, OFPC shall pay the remaining amount.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06447•Introduced
Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06450•Introduced
Provides an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county 911 operators throughout the state.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05983•Introduced
Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05898•Introduced
Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system or a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05906•Introduced
Relates to mandatory employer disclosures regarding employee compensation and benefits, including any non-salary or non-wage compensation and benefits.
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NY A05493•Introduced
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Charlie Bunger Sr. in the village of Babylon, county of Suffolk.
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NY A05341•Introduced
Restricts cannabis storefronts and premises from being located within 500 feet from a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship.
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NY A05204•Introduced
Requires a government photo identification card to be presented when casting a ballot; provides for a method to receive a government photo identification card at no charge; provides that notaries are not permitted to collect a fee for collecting the documents required.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05263•Introduced
Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.
Co-Sponsor
NY A04713•Introduced
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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NY A03938•Introduced
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02177•Introduced
Removes expenditures for emergency medical services from the limit on real property tax levies by local governments.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02034•Introduced
Directs the secretary of state to develop and implement an adopt-a-rural-cemetery program for the purposes of improving, repairing, and maintaining cemeteries in rural communities which are registered with and overseen by the division of cemeteries; allows municipalities to opt in to the program.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00899•Introduced
Creates distinctive license plates for members and supporters of the United States army 10th mountain division.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00371•Introduced
Authorizes the issuance of distinctive legion of valor license plates for individuals who have received the army medal of honor, navy medal of honor, air force medal of honor, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, coast guard cross, or air force cross.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00101•Introduced
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00157•Introduced
Enacts the "responsible implementation of e-bike regulations for safe cycling (RIDERS) act; defines "electric skateboard" and "electric personal mobility device"; requires the registration of all electric personal mobility devices, including, but not limited to, bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters and electric skateboards; makes related provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00155•Introduced
Establishes the "Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and Liability Act" which requires additional fees to be collected from electric vehicle owners and operators for fire prevention and infrastructure.
Co-Sponsor
NY A08193•Introduced
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Calvary Full Gospel Assembly of God Church for the property located at 777 Sipp Avenue in East Patchogue.
Primary Sponsor
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