Bill Title: Establishes the public defense act of 2009 to improve the quality of public defense services through state oversight, funding and control of public defense services, while planning and implementing the state's assumption of these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to regional and community needs.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 79-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A08793 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator George Latimer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph Morelle [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-136	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Parment [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-150	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Amy Paulin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-088	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-141	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nick Perry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Audrey Pheffer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joan Millman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember John McEneny [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Margaret Markey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Charles Lavine [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Barbara Lifton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-125	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vito Lopez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Magee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Magnarelli [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-129	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Alan Maisel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Adam Powell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-068	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Gary Pretlow [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Matthew Titone [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michele Titus [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Darryl Towns [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Townsend [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Keith Wright [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Fred Thiele [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Sweeney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dierdre Scozzafava [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Philip Ramos [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Reilly [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Peter Rivera [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Annette Robinson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Scarborough [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michelle Schimel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Mark Schroeder [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Naomi Rivera [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Peter Abbate [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karim Camara [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ronald Canestrari [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nelson Castro [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Barbara Clark [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael DenDekker [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Brodsky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Thomas Alfano [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember James Bacalles [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-136	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Benedetto [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-082	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Benjamin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jonathan Bing [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Boyland [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember James Brennan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Englebright [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriano Espaillat [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sam Hoyt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-144	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Susan John [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-131	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brian Kavanagh [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Micah Kellner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dov Hikind [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Carl Heastie [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Herman Farrell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ginny Fields [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-143	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Gantt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-137	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vanessa Gibson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph Giglio [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-148	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Deborah Glick [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Timothy Gordon [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-108	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rory Lancman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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