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James Skoufis

State Senator · Senate District 42 · Party: Democratic

4672 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 2182 (Permits the rendering of an estimated bill from a utility corporation or municipality under certain circumstances). It passed. May 14, 2025
  • Voted Yes on S 116 (Relates to the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses). It passed. May 14, 2025
  • Voted Yes on S 4519 (Relates to awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims). It passed. May 14, 2025

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Final-passage votes
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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 42
Party
Democratic
Term
Since 2023-01-01
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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This tab shows James Skoufis'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 2182

    Permits the rendering of an estimated bill from a utility corporation or municipality under certain circumstances

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 116

    Relates to the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4519

    Relates to awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2078

    Requires or allows licensing entities to suspend business licenses for certain businesses that are charged or convicted of wage theft

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2304

    Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1314

    Relates to false representation of affiliation or approval of state or local agencies as false advertising

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3742

    Relates to information to be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accommodations

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 17

    Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2253

    Relates to the establishment and the reporting of residential water cost indexes

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4191

    Relates to requiring certain distribution centers to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2070

    Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain a database of resources available in the state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their families

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2022

    Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 913

    Prohibits requiring that an individual have a court proceeding initiated against them in order to qualify for a rent arrears grant or ongoing rental assistance

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2289

    Expands the veterans' preference to include veterans who did not serve during a time of war for certain housing

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3460

    Relates to granting employees access to personnel records

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4479

    Requires the workers' compensation board and the department of labor to publish lists of debarred entities

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1218

    Directs contracting state agencies to develop a growth plan in order to increase participation of MWBEs with respect to state contracts and subcontracts

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 3795

    Relates to financial loss as a result of a failed in-vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 181

    Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4325

    Authorizes Powell House, in the village of Farmingdale, county of Nassau, to apply for a retroactive property tax exemption

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 3247

    Relates to electric vehicle charging

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4641

    Prohibits non-compete agreements and certain restrictive covenants

    Labor Vote - Version: A

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 537

    Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, Inc.

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1741

    Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 4751

    Relates to the employment of veterans with disabilities

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4881

    Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements

    Labor Vote - Version: A

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2084

    Relates to requiring municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create and periodically update a comprehensive plan

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2499

    Relates to employment discrimination relating to family leave

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2598

    Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4467

    Provides for the enrollment of certain persons in direct deposit for compensation payments

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 955

    Relates to the use of smart access systems and the information that may be gathered from such systems

    Floor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 2125

    Requires a minimum operator age for amusement devices

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 7543

    Authorizes New Hour for Women and Children LI, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

    Local Government Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 162

    Authorizes the commissioner of labor and the workers' compensation board to issue stop-work orders

    Labor Vote

    May 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6017

    Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

    Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 54

    Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 596

    Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 607

    Provides for the licensure of dietitians and nutritionists; repealer

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 161

    Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness and increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 4152

    Establishes September twenty-second of each year as a day of commemoration known as Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day

    Finance Vote - Version: A

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 550

    Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment

    Finance Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 7488

    Relates to statewide municipal reciprocal program agreements and the issuance of program bonds

    Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 1665

    Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 5790

    Establishes the New York student loan assistance and home purchase act

    Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6018

    Authorizes and directs the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant

    Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 6286

    Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viability program

    Finance Vote - Version: A

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 429

    Authorizes the state inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual assault in correctional facilities

    Floor Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 5211

    Relates to enacting the "New York state teleworking expansion act"

    Finance Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • A 2123

    Enacts the "Ignazio Giacalone act" to provide additional credits to children and siblings of deceased New York city sanitation members

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • S 7681

    Prohibits a state or local authority from employing or designating a lobbyist to engage in lobbying

    Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote

    May 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

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