State · New York Senate
Brian Kavanagh
State Senator · Senate District 27 · Party: Democratic
4421 final-passage votes on record.
A member of New York's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on S 4470 (Establishes "DJ's law" requiring training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle). It passed. Mar 10, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 9091 (Establishes a state master plan on aging dashboard). It passed. Mar 10, 2026
- Voted Yes on A 4382 (Relates to the election of school board members after the number of members has been increased). It passed. Mar 10, 2026
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 27
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 2023-01-01
- Website
- Official site ↗
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This tab shows Brian Kavanagh's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
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S 4470
Establishes "DJ's law" requiring training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle
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A 4382
Relates to the election of school board members after the number of members has been increased
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S 9165
Requires the office for the aging to make an annual report on the budget expenditures on behalf of the senior population of the state
Aging Vote
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S 5280
Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to certain tax abatement programs
Aging Vote
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S 3750
Creates the office of older adult workforce development within the office for the aging
Aging Vote
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S 118
Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
Aging Vote - Version: A
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S 2278
Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs
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S 2598
Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law
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S 7410
Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on retrofitting certain schools
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S 1615
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants
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S 4995
Designates water development representatives for each environmental region of the state
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S 2304
Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions
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S 2329
Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input
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S 3277
Establishes a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements
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S 1855
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers
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S 5257
Requires mandatory background checks for persons employed by certain businesses serving minors and prohibiting certain persons from owning such businesses
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S 2271
Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose certain personal information
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S 4478
Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers
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S 1783
Prohibits the misrepresentation or collection of certain fees related to the delivery, usage, and storage of liquefied petroleum
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S 51
Relates to risk retention groups and commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, or accessible vehicles
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S 678
Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits
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S 2261
Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate
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A 4591
Relates to hospital care for mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lymph node dissection patients
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S 115
Relates to increasing access to resources for culturally diverse arts and culture organizations that advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, racial and social justice, and cultural preservation
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S 1225
Requires periodic reviews of pending applications for material change in the coverage status of certain matters relative to new health technology assessment or medical evidence
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S 3569
Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations
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S 1227
Authorizes and directs the department of public service to conduct a study on the deployment of energy interconnection processes into the electrical grid
Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: A
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S 3071
Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation
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S 3590
Enacts the climate resilient New York act of 2026; establishes the office of resilience to assess and identify climate related threats
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