Representative • Republican
Lester Chang
New York • District HD-049
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
29
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
86% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 564
Other: 9
Yea: 2080
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Sponsored Bills
NY A05155•Engrossed
Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.
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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 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.
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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 A05263•Introduced
Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NY A07466•Introduced
Requires defense and indemnification of public officers and employees in certain cities; repeals provisions relating to the right of security against unreasonable search and seizure.
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NY A06781•Engrossed
Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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NY A04968•Introduced
Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.
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NY A04875•Introduced
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
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NY A01248•Engrossed
Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
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NY A08618•Introduced
Prohibits a person from defacing or damaging a fine art or historical monument; makes such crime bail eligible.
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NY A08508•Introduced
Requires the commissioner of education mandate schools donate unused food to local food banks and establish policies and procedures to effectuate such program.
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NY A06905•Introduced
Allows the state and city university of New York system to offer college credits to prospective students based on such prospective student's performance on the regents examinations.
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NY A06555•Introduced
Requires the state to keep state lottery winners' identities anonymous to the general public if requested by the lottery winner.
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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.
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NY A05825•Introduced
Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of health and other agencies to ensure that the agency meets its responsibilities to review and assess Medicaid managed care organizations for compliance with federal and state requirements to maintain adequate health care providers within network, and to meet mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.
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NY A05753•Introduced
Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of financial services to ensure the agency is meeting its responsibility to evaluate and assess insurer compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.
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NY A05757•Introduced
Grants all veterans with a disability seven free days of sporting activity in New York state.
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NY A05408•Introduced
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health to create and operate a law enforcement, first responder, active and non-active-duty service members and veteran informational mobile application.
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NY A05395•Introduced
Directs the public service commission 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; makes certain changes relating to greenhouse gas emissions limits.
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NY A04758•Introduced
Defines antisemitism for purposes of certain reviews of practices by the department of education.
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NY A04809•Introduced
Relates to punitive measures and the collection of student loans and suspension and revocation of tuition assistance awards for individuals found guilty of anti-Semitism.
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NY A04510•Introduced
Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserved armed forces of the United States; provides eligibility for such tuition benefit shall be determined by the education services offices of the division of military and naval affairs; restricts such tuition benefit to legal residents of the state; establishes a tuition award account.
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NY A03633•Introduced
Establishes a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program to help integrate veterans into the field of agriculture, and support veterans currently working in agriculture; designs an associated logotype for the promotion of products produced by a veteran or qualified veteran business entity.
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NY A02697•Introduced
Requires yearly cardiac fitness certificates including an electrocardiogram or echocardiogram for interscholastic athletes in all public schools.
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NY A02447•Introduced
Requires utilities to notify property owners prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that may interfere with a property owner's ability to use, or access such owner's property; requires notice to include, but not limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, any road closures or detours that may occur due to such work, any action that may directly and materially impact the use of such property, and the contact information for the utility performing such work; provides notice may include electronic communications, signage, and written materials; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.
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