State · New York Senate
Steve Rhoads
State Senator · Senate District 5 · Party: Republican/Conservative
4254 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 1634 (Provides for primary care investment). It passed. May 5, 2026
- Voted No on S 9582 (Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary). It passed. May 5, 2026
- Voted No on S 7408 (Relates to requiring food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers). It passed. May 5, 2026
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 5
- Party
- Republican/Conservative
- Term
- Since 2023-01-01
- Website
- Official site ↗
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No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Steve Rhoads'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.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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S 7408
Relates to requiring food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 3964
Relates to including rescue inhaler prescriptions for asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases for individuals under age nineteen in the statewide immunization information system
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 428
Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 951
Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to compile and disclose client demographic data to the secretary of state
Judiciary Vote
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S 9539
Requires the department of health to create and issue a five-year plan with its proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in school water across the state
Health Vote
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S 5014
Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products
Floor Vote
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S 9790
Relates to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings by the media; repealer
Judiciary Vote
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S 48
Relates to amending the constitution to prohibit an immediate vote to be called on budget bills
Judiciary Vote
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S 1858
Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 3158
Adds animal fighting to the definition of criminal activity for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes
Floor Vote
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S 9076
Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices
Floor Vote
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S 2398
Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed
Floor Vote
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S 10167
Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2026-2027 budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers
Floor Vote
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S 10166
Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2026 through May 6, 2026
Floor Vote
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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 - Version: A
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S 3111
Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school
Floor Vote
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S 2458
Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board
Floor Vote
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A 1422
Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions
Floor Vote
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S 1327
Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 2291
Expands the applicability of the assessment exemption for living quarters for parent or grandparent
Floor Vote
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A 1388
Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 10102
Provides for the implementation of certain parts of the state fiscal plan for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year
Floor Vote
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A 2332
Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages
Floor Vote - Version: B
No Source ↗ -
S 6494
Requires health insurance policies to include coverage for doula services as required coverage for maternity care
Floor Vote
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S 9835
Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase
Floor Vote
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S 6952
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr.
Floor Vote - Version: B
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A 4871
Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year
Floor Vote
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S 2633
Relates to the impact of hospital closures on healthcare access in the state
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 1982
Relates to the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and undersheriffs
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 10103
Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2026 through May 4, 2026
Floor Vote
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S 200
Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
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S 825
Establishes protections for minors who are featured in compensated video content
Labor Vote - Version: A
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