State · New York Senate
Michelle Hinchey
State Senator · Senate District 41 · Party: Democratic/Working Families
4487 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 8774 (Relates to the issuance of temporary elevator mechanic licenses during shortages, continuing education for certain elevator and accessibility lift licensees, and the use of unlicensed elevator mechanics; repealer). It passed. Jan 21, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 8758 (Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder). It passed. Jan 21, 2026
- Voted Yes on A 9436 (Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan). It passed. Jan 21, 2026
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 41
- Party
- Democratic/Working Families
- Term
- Since 2023-01-01
- Website
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S 8774
Relates to the issuance of temporary elevator mechanic licenses during shortages, continuing education for certain elevator and accessibility lift licensees, and the use of unlicensed elevator mechanics; repealer
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A 9436
Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan
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S 8769
Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling
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S 8804
Relates to conditions under which certain residential health care facilities may withdraw equity or assets totaling five percent of reported annual revenue for patient care services without prior notification
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S 8772
Relates to high deductible health plans and health savings accounts; relates to the effectiveness of a chapter of the laws of 2025
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S 8831
Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealer
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S 659
Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law
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S 3852
Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; and provides penalties for violations
Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B
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S 8834
Relates to the entering of lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe, or band of Indians by a person and to law enforcement agreements with the Seneca nation
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S 3179
Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products
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S 8761
Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs
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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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S 8787
Relates to welfare, medical, and retirement plans provided by a horsemen's organization in the absence of contractual obligations
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S 5835
Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders
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S 8756
Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body
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S 8806
Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans
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S 8752
Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to have apprenticeship agreements
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S 1187
Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping
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A 9435
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals provisions relating to right-of-way permits
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S 4513
Requires applicants for major projects located near an environmental justice community to submit an enhanced public participation plan
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S 5982
Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis
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S 1688
Relates to designating the fourth Thursday in March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day"
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S 270
Provides an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for certain renewable energy generating projects
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S 4033
Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties
Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B
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S 8767
Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide employees with operational safety plans
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S 518
Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for police, firefighters, correction officers and first responders
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S 1919
Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans
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