Bill Title: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2019-2020 state fiscal year; relates to residency requirements for the purpose of qualifying for certain scholarships and financial assistance for higher education; and repeals section 609-a of the education law as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the education law constituting the Jose Peralta New York state DREAM act, as proposed by legislative bill numbers S.1250 and A.782 (Part D); relates to the arts capital grants fund (Part F); relates to authorizing the housing trust fund corporation to use funds for various housing purposes and for municipal relief to the city of Albany (Part G); relates to the initial period of licensure or registration and required inspections, background clearances and training for child care providers (Part H); requires criminal history background clearances for persons working in residential foster care programs by both the division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation (Part I); relates to residential programs for domestic violence victims (Part J); relates to persons in need of supervision (Part K); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part L); amends part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, relating to the powers and duties of the commissioner of social services relating to the appointment of a temporary operator, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part M); prohibits discrimination based on source of income in housing (Part T); renames the division of veterans' affairs to the division of veterans' services, and renames the veterans' affairs commission to the veterans' services commission (Part AA); relates to the foster youth college success initiative eligibility requirements (Part BB); authorizes the setting of a reduced rate of tuition at the state university of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges for certain students participating in dual or concurrent enrollment programs (Part CC); provides that public employers, employee organizations, the state comptroller and the public employment relations board shall not be liable for and shall have a complete defense to certain claims relating to agency shop fee deductions (Part DD); and authorizes the State University of New York at Albany to lease or contract to tenants with interests that are in alignment with the academic and research of the mission of the university space in the Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex (Part EE).

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-12 - signed chap.56 [S01506 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Senate Finance Committee Vote	2019-03-31	14	9	0	0	23	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	2019-03-31	40	22	0	0	62	Passed	Link	View

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