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 No on S 8887 (Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills). It passed. Jan 28, 2026
- Voted No on S 2058 (Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase). It passed. Jan 27, 2026
- Voted No on S 135 (Provides practical support for access to abortion care). It passed. Jan 27, 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 2058
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase
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S 1633
Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires patients to have the right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information
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S 428
Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium
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S 8257
Directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care
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S 614
Provides for enrollment in medical assistance programs for incarcerated individuals
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S 1714
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death
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S 8544
Excludes certain medication abortion drugs from being deemed unlawful to prescribe or dispense and from being deemed misbranded under certain circumstances
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S 4497
Requires certain insurance policies to provide coverage for fertility preservation services
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S 11
Requires disclosure of information concerning non-invasive prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities
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S 8866
Establishes "The Equity in Fertility Treatment Act"; relates to the definition of infertility and health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility
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S 555
Relates to requiring a medical facility or related services to obtain express prior written consent before the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment
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S 7531
Relates to the submission of certain reports by licensed home care services agencies
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S 8869
Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives
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S 8860
Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings
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S 8257
Directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 7457
Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
Health Vote - Version: B
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S 1633
Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires patients to have the right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information
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S 4816
Includes Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases as occupational diseases for purposes of workers' compensation
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S 8763
Relates to the method of notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial
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S 8800
Relates to the calculation of rates for certain treatment pursuant to the medical assistance program
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S 5990
Relates to mandatory employer disclosures regarding employee compensation and benefits
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S 496
Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts
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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 4518
Provides that certain communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant are not improper influence
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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 2076
Requires that notice of initial determination for unemployment benefits be provided
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