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Cordell Cleare

State Senator · Senate District 30 · Party: Democratic

4288 final-passage votes on record.

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A member of New York's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on S 9264 (Extends the authorization of the city of Beacon to impose a hotel and motel tax for an additional three years). It passed. May 12, 2026
  • Voted Yes on S 9516 (Relates to the exemption of certain parcels of land from the licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises). It passed. May 12, 2026
  • Voted Yes on S 9314 (Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Orchard Park, in Erie county). It passed. May 12, 2026

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Final-passage votes
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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 30
Party
Democratic
Term
Since 2021-11-30
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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This tab shows Cordell Cleare'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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Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • S 9264

    Extends the authorization of the city of Beacon to impose a hotel and motel tax for an additional three years

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9516

    Relates to the exemption of certain parcels of land from the licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9314

    Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Orchard Park, in Erie county

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9317

    Exempts certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions relating to alcoholic beverages

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8395

    Relates to orders not to resuscitate and decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and hospice care

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9777

    Requires entities that submit records to state agencies that are excepted from disclosure under FOIL to periodically re-apply for the exception

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2485

    Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of building new electric transmission lines

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9538

    Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey real property at the former Buffalo psychiatric center to the Richardson Center Corporation

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 56

    Establishes a drug checking program

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9571

    Permits multiple transfers of low-income housing tax credits

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9833

    Requires an annual brownfields redevelopment tax credit report

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9850

    Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Amherst

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • A 10129

    Relates to the reinstatement of state recognition and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indian Nation

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7607

    Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott

    Floor Vote - Version: C

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3649

    Prohibits local government action which prevents the enforcement of federal laws

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Failed

  • S 2516

    Relates to a refugee resettlement program

    Social Services Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2539

    Requires retailers to post warning signs of the tracking and collecting of customers biometric data through electronic devices

    Floor Vote - Version: C

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9107

    Extends the authorization of the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a hotel and motel tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8447

    Requires a fiscal note when a bill enacts or amends a law impacting the cost of utility services

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Failed

  • S 9582

    Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4515

    Requires employers of domestic workers to provide annual sick leave to such workers

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7632

    Includes households who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program

    Social Services Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7270

    Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7483

    Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 10188

    Repeals section 2 of chapter 316 of the laws of 2025 relating to the use of tax funds collected by the county of Orange

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 5599

    Relates to a cap on the amount that a rental vehicle company may charge a renter for refueling a rental vehicle

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8368

    Relates to the retention and disposition of state education commissioner appeal and proceeding records

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • A 10163

    Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7137

    Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 1454

    Requires shelter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market rent for the local social services district

    Social Services Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4887

    Authorizes an occupancy tax in the county of Herkimer

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: B

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7005

    Establishing a waiver program allowing for longer stays at domestic violence shelters

    Social Services Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9376

    Authorizes the town of Lancaster to impose an occupancy tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8463

    Provides a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and two-year green energy tax holiday

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 6047

    Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 363

    Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act"

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 6913

    Establishes the 2-1-1 essential community services hotline system

    Social Services Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9862

    Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9990

    Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide for a specific period of time

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8454

    Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7966

    Authorizes the village of Atlantic Beach to impose a hotel, motel and beach club tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9979

    Authorizes retail licensees to purchase alcohol with a business payment

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2454

    Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees and legal defense funds for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee

    Floor Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 9374

    Authorizes the town of Clinton to impose an occupancy tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7820

    Authorizes the town of Gardiner to impose a hotel and motel tax

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: B

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 6834

    Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Oneonta

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 5505

    Requires the development of mental illness training for providers of temporary housing

    Social Services Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 10029

    Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8221

    Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

    Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: B

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7754

    Provides that applicants or recipients for SNAP benefits shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the supplemental nutrition assistance program

    Social Services Vote - Version: A

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

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