How A Bill Doesn’t Become Law (Updated)

September

The tech-savvy Bill Mahoney at NYPIRG has put together a useful spreadsheet of all the bills introduced by state lawmakers and who the best approval record.

State Sen. Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn, has introduced the most bills during the 2008 session, a total of 420 bills, yet partly because he’s in the Democratic minority, just 1.9 percent passed both houses of the Legislature.

Next were Sen. Ken LaValle, R-Suffolk County, with 346 bills introduced, then Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City, with 308 bills. They had a little better approval rating: 7.8 percent and 12.6 percent, respectively, as members of the Senate majority.

Not surprising, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, had the highest approval of bills passed at 37 percent, followed by Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Denny Farrell, D-Manhattan and Assemblyman Peter Lopez, R-Schoharie, who had 2 of 6 bills passed.

Fourteen lawmakers have the dubious distinction of not having any of the bills even get passed out of committee, the NYPIRG review shows:

Updated: (And as a reader just pointed out, I forgot to mention the obvious: They are all members of the minority party in their houses.)
—Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, with 92 bills
—Assemblyman Robert Barra, R-Nassau County, with 82 bills
—Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, with 68 bills
—Sen. Eric Schneiderman, D-Manhattan, with 66 bills
—Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, with 52 bills
—Assemblyman Joseph Errigo, R-Conesus, Livingston County, with 42 bills
—Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, with 40 bills
—Sen. Darrel Aubertine, D-Jefferson County, with 39 bills
—Assemblyman Thomas McKevitt, R-Nassau County, with 39 bills
—Sen. Craig Johnson, D-Nassau County, with 34 bills
—Assemblyman Jim Hayes, R-Erie County, with 33 bills
—Assemblyman Bill Reilich, R-Greece, Monroe County withÂ 32
—Assemblyman Jack Quinn, R-Erie County, with 22 bills
—(Resigned) Assemblywoman Diane Gordon, D-Brooklyn with 2 bills

This entry was posted on Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 1:55 pm by Joseph Spector.
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