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Michelle Hinchey

State Senator · Senate District 41 · Party: Democratic/Working Families

4487 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 5257 (Requires mandatory background checks for persons employed by certain businesses serving minors and prohibiting certain persons from owning such businesses). It passed. Mar 9, 2026
  • Voted Yes on S 349 (Relates to expanding the definition of agency). It passed. Mar 9, 2026
  • Voted Yes on S 2271 (Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose certain personal information). It passed. Mar 9, 2026

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OfficeDemocratic/Working Families
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 41
Party
Democratic/Working Families
Term
Since 2023-01-01
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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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

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 349

    Relates to expanding the definition of agency

    Floor Vote

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2271

    Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose certain personal information

    Floor Vote

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4478

    Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers

    Floor Vote

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 29

    Relates to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3560

    Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 1783

    Prohibits the misrepresentation or collection of certain fees related to the delivery, usage, and storage of liquefied petroleum

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    Mar 5, 2026 · 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

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 51

    Relates to risk retention groups and commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, or accessible vehicles

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • A 8515

    Enacts the whale awareness act

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 678

    Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3665

    Expands the tax exemption for new farm buildings

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8830

    Relates to right of action for claims arising out of coerced debts

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 5177

    Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · 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

    Finance Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8357

    Relates to a deposit placement program for the Banking Development District Program

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4033

    Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties

    Finance Vote - Version: B

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 1368

    Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in N.Y. city

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · 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

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • A 4591

    Relates to hospital care for mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lymph node dissection patients

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 1838

    Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • 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

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2587

    Establishes "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution"

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4162

    Relates to expanding the FreshConnect program

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 1285

    Relates to jury deliberations

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · 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

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 919

    Requires certain housing production information to be reported to the department of state

    Finance Vote - Version: A

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4773

    Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 257

    Authorizes a study on lithium-ion battery fires and prevention

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2555

    Relates to requirements for explanatory statements regarding disposal of property

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 6750

    Relates to forfeiture of a beneficiary's right to benefits upon conviction of a family offense

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • 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

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 933

    Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3569

    Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • A 6338

    Relates to defining a victim of a sexual offense

    Floor Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3204

    Creates the offense of defrauding the government in the first degree and expands the definition of conspiracy in the fourth degree; relates to expanding the definition of tax fraud acts

    Finance Vote

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • 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

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2708

    Relates to advanced transmission technologies

    Energy And Telecommunications Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 5852

    Relates to insurance reimbursement for cost of vaccinations

    Floor Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3071

    Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 7025

    Relates to registered pharmacy technicians

    Floor Vote - Version: B

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3590

    Enacts the climate resilient New York act of 2026; establishes the office of resilience to assess and identify climate related threats

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8334

    Relates to insurance reimbursement for vaccination for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 490

    Includes instances of sexual conduct against a child less than seventeen years of age to certain sex offenses

    Floor Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 3189

    Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to make publicly available on its website information regarding waivers, rental supplement plans and shelter supplement plans

    Floor Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 8496

    Relates to the establishment of regulations for administering immunizations based on the recommendations of certain entities

    Floor Vote - Version: C

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4205

    Relates to developing microgrids in preparation for extreme weather events and other risks to public security

    Energy And Telecommunications Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 5706

    Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines

    Floor Vote - Version: A

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 2613

    Requires the state to keep state lottery winners identities anonymous

    Floor Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • S 4590

    Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission

    Energy And Telecommunications Vote

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

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