Senator • Republican

Robert Rolison

New York • District SD-039

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100% Positive

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Nay: 468

Other: 12

Yea: 3829

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Robert Rolison

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Extends the authority of the village of Cold Spring to impose a hotel and motel tax through July 21, 2027.

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.

Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.

Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services.

Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.

Provides for a partial exemption from taxation of certain residential real property transferred by a governmental entity, nonprofit housing organization, land bank or community land trust to low-income households; sets forth conditions for the discontinuance of such exemption.

Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to the Dutchess Community College Association for the construction of facilities.

Establishes standards for caseloads for child protective services workers; requires the state to pay for one hundred percent of the costs associated with compliance of such caseload standard; makes related provisions.

Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.

Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility; provides methods under which an individual can meet such requirements after failing to meet an initial color vision standard.

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Includes instances of sexual conduct against a child less than seventeen years of age to certain sex offenses; removes the time limit to bring subsequent sexual offenses.

Relates to increasing the earnings limitation for positions of public service; increases the earnings limitation from $35,000 to $50,000 in 2025 and thereafter.

Includes animal fighting as a criminal act for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes.

Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Relates to the inspection of property that has been vacated for abandoned animals; requires property owners and lessors to inspect such property within three days and to immediately notify the appropriate authorities when such person finds an animal which appears to be abandoned.

Allows for written instructions regarding elements to be supplied to a jury.

Eliminates the requirement that injury be serious with respect to aggravated cruelty to animals.

Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years.

Increases access to resources for culturally diverse arts and culture organizations that advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, racial and social justice, and cultural preservation.

Creates a 30% retrofit tax credit for owners of commercial or mixed-use buildings containing medical offices that install automatic swinging door opening systems.

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