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Topics of Passed Assembly Bills
AL-01 Amend Education Law §313 in order to eliminate racial bias towards the admittance of
students into state colleges.
AL-08 Amend §3-0313of the Environmental Conservation law by adding sub-section 8 to
illegalize Hydraulic Fracturing
AL-11 The purpose of this bill is to limit the extent of Port Authority fare increase, and
ultimately to save New Yorkers money.
AL-13 Amend Section 1612, by adding subsection 6 to the New York State tax law to increase
and cap the percentage of money from the New York State lottery dedicated to education.
AL-16 Amend § 3609-E by Adding Subsection 5 to the New York State Education Law to
Maintain Educational Funding at the 2010-11 Level for Each School District in the State.
AL-18: End Affirmative Action in the admissions process to New York state Funded Colleges
(SUNY's).
AL-19: Amend the Section 2 of Article 3 of the New York State Constitution to place a term limit on
New York State Legislators of Four Two-Year Terms.
AL-20 Members of the assembly urge the state Senate in joining them to amend the New York
State Constitution to legalize casino gambling.
AL-24 Mandate all public school students from grades seven to twelve take a self-defense course
in their physical education class.
AL-26 create a database in which incidents of bullying are mandated to be recorded, and to
establish a plan to terminate the problem of bullying.
AL-27 Amend section 30.10 subsections (b) and (e) of the Criminal Procedure Law to increase
the statute of limitations for rape and sexual conduct in the second and third degrees.
AL-31 Restrict the amount of time an individual or family can live within public housing.
AL-35: Add letter C to TAX Article 22 Part 2 section 616, To exempt veterans within the state with 8
years of service from future New York State income tax.
AL-36: Deduct tax dollars from correctional facilities and utilize it towards Educational purposes.
Topics of Failed Assembly Bills
AL-04 Improve the nutritional content of school foods
AL-05 Amend section 1399-q of the Public Health Law to prohibit smoking in all hotel/motel rooms in
New York State
AL- 06 Require all welfare applicants submit to a drug test prior to receiving any state run government
provided benefits
AL-07 Better regulate the fur trade.
AL- 09 Enforce New York State drivers to retake the Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s license
exam every time the license needs a renewal.
AL-10 Amend the Green Jobs – Green New York Act of 2009. to limit the environmental impact of
government buildings in New York State by providing loans to county governments who are
eager and able to perform these transformations.
AL-12 Provide an alternative to euthanizing sheltered animals.
AL-14 Updating Education with Today’s Modernizations by replacing school books with portable
electronic devices.
AL-15 Repeal the newly installed 2% property tax cap of chapter 97 of the 2011 New York State law.
AL-17 Require public schools to provide autistic students with a touch screen learning device.
AL-21 Mandate that all universities and institutions of higher learning must disclose any criminal history
of a student to potential roommates.
AL-22 Amend Legislative Law Article 4A, to add section 72A to create a public committee to review and
revise, remove, and/or re-categorize legislation.
AL-23 Strengthen the requirements necessary for employment as a New York State politician, by
requiring all politicians to hold part-time employment outside the domain of the acquired
government position.
AL-25 Reduce gang related crime throughout New York State by providing every community in NYS
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