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 8949 (Relates to limiting audit and review of certain medical assistance program funds). It passed. Feb 24, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 2278 (Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs). It passed. Feb 24, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 438 (Establishes the prescription drug supply chain transparency act). It passed. Feb 24, 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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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 2278
Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 4467
Provides for the enrollment of certain persons in direct deposit for compensation payments
Labor Vote
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S 9155
Relates to the location of retail adult-use dispensaries in proximity to schools and houses of worship; repealer
Floor Vote
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S 2459
Repeals certain provisions relating to voting by members of the New York state authorities control board
Floor Vote
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S 3394
Enacts the ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 2497
Relates to the admissibility of certain testimony and evidence by a person alleging discrimination
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S 4473
Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to compensate workers
Labor Vote
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S 2067
Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems
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S 5286
Prohibits self-service facility owners from enforcing liens on personal property held in a self-storage facility during state disaster emergencies or states of emergency
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S 4593
Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the Neurodiversity Training Pledge
Labor Vote
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S 6990
Requires exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service
Floor Vote - Version: A
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A 7894
Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
Floor Vote - Version: C
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S 4832
Requires the workers' compensation board to submit a supplemental report every year
Labor Vote
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S 4514
Requires the commissioner of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost of living, poverty rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state
Labor Vote - Version: A
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S 317
Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state
Floor Vote
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S 116
Relates to the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses
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S 1145
Increases the contribution that resident taxpayers may make to family tuition accounts
Budget And Revenue Vote
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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 985
Exempts the purchase of certain oral hygiene products from the payment of sales tax
Budget And Revenue Vote - Version: A
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S 1377
Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation
Floor Vote
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S 925
Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information
Floor Vote
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S 1140
Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities with a population of one million or more
Budget And Revenue Vote - Version: A
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S 2076
Requires that notice of initial determination for unemployment benefits be provided
Floor Vote
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S 1180
Establishes an indirect source review for certain warehouse operations
Floor Vote - Version: B
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S 9073
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and provides penalties for violations
Floor Vote - Version: A
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S 7641
Designates revenue collected by the opioid excise tax for the New York state drug treatment and public education fund
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S 1062
Relates to developing criteria and guidelines for state designated arts and cultural districts
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S 4601
Relates to exempting school supplies from sales tax during a specified period each year
Budget And Revenue Vote
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S 4852
Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code
Floor Vote
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