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James Sanders

State Senator · Senate District 10 · Party: Democratic

3984 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 855 (Relates to extending the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes). It passed. May 27, 2025
  • Voted Yes on A 6080 (Extends the authorization for the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%). It passed. May 27, 2025
  • Voted Yes on S 1076 (Extends the authorization granted to the county of St. Lawrence to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes). It passed. May 27, 2025

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 10
Party
Democratic
Term
Since 2013-01-01
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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  • S 855

    Relates to extending the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 6080

    Extends the authorization for the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1076

    Extends the authorization granted to the county of St. Lawrence to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6336

    Extends the authorization of the county of Genesee to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 5445

    Extends the village of Woodbury's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6078

    Relates to permitting certain claims for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher

    Labor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1183

    Establishes a real property tax exemption for veterans with a 100 percent service connected disability

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6333

    Extends the expiration of the authorization to the county of Genesee to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4509

    Provides the carrier or employer a credit against permanent partial disability benefits for temporary partial disability payments made in excess of 130 weeks

    Labor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6912

    Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority

    Labor Vote - Version: A

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 5318

    Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed in the city of Yonkers

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2364

    Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the official state flag for recognizing armed services members

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6267

    Extends the authorization of the county of Delaware to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6386

    Extends the authority of Oneida county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 5244

    Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax in the town of DeWitt

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 848

    Relates to sales and compensating use taxes in the county of Livingston

    Floor Vote

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3699

    Enacts the "facial recognition technology study act"

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6365

    Relates to certain information provided to incarcerated individuals upon their release

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4914

    Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state; repealer

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6482

    Relates to license requirements for professional geologists; repealer

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1746

    Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to emerging infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 1819

    Enacts the monarch preservation plan

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6744

    Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a public health emergency

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1290

    Allows the department of financial services to impose penalties on unlawfully unlicensed entities

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 933

    Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 3028

    Allows domestic insurers to make certain records available by electronic means

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3781

    Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4906

    Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1676

    Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

    Floor Vote

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1349

    Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety to parents or students upon enrollment

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1692

    Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 643

    Establishes the youth justice innovation fund

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 187

    Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and provides penalties for violations

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 7117

    Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4188

    Establishes the crime of misappropriation of payroll funds

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1613

    Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create plans for the development of mixed-use commercial and residential property at, and redesign of, the Harriman campus

    Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2292

    Enacts the whale awareness act

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4957

    Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6418

    Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

    Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 3404

    Relates to permitting an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 566

    In relation to enrollment eligibility for election officials in the address confidentiality program

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3036

    Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing required disclosure of prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6756

    Relates to the definition of business entity; and relates to the allowance and application of the newspaper and broadcast media jobs tax credit

    Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1191

    Provides for limited credit time allowances

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2122

    Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 7048

    Relates to review of projects affecting the availability of maternity services

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3909

    Enacts the "New York state phoenix act"

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6416

    Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

    Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1425

    Relates to airport noise studies

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • 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

    Floor Vote

    May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

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