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 5926 (Establishes a COVID-19 pandemic response study commission). It passed. Apr 29, 2025
- Voted Yes on S 427 (Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of added sugars). It passed. Apr 29, 2025
- Voted Yes on S 5056 (Requires the department of health examine heat related deaths in the state of New York). It passed. Apr 29, 2025
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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 427
Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of added sugars
Health Vote
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S 5056
Requires the department of health examine heat related deaths in the state of New York
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 15
Requires nursing homes to designate dedicated storage spaces for the storage of the bodies of deceased persons
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 940
Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth
Health Vote
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A 4159
Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to certain peer support advocates based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration
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S 2295
Requires training regarding sexual assault for police officers and child protective services workers
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S 1353
Establishes a right of action for claims arising out of coerced debts
Judiciary Vote - Version: A
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S 999
Relates to reimbursement for early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment
Health Vote
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S 2454
Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees and legal defense funds for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee
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A 6770
Relates to the applicability of the residential redevelopment inhibited property exemption
Floor Vote
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S 5196
Prohibits the storage of flavored vapor products near where vapor or tobacco products are sold at retail or wholesale
Health Vote
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S 7448
Prohibits using possession of reproductive or sexual health devices as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances
Judiciary Vote
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S 3741
Modifies the requirements for financial disclosures for certain state and legislative officials, officers and employees
Ethics And Internal Governance Vote - Version: A
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S 4722
Requires the empire state plaza art commission to examine the historical significance of major rivers in the state of New York in connection with renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza
Floor Vote
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S 374
Relates to lobbying for the confirmation of persons to state office
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S 1911
Relates to notices of non-renewal provided to a health care professional by a health care plan
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 4786
Eliminates a look-back period for home care for non-institutionalized Medicaid applicants; and repeals a certain provision of the social services law relating thereto
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S 2484
Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study on time frames for preparing renewable energy facilities for clean energy storage and distribution
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S 4306
Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting authorizing surgery
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S 1916
Establishes the category of "qualified group practice" for medical, dental and podiatric practices that comply with certain standards
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S 5514
Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist
Judiciary Vote
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S 1746
Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to emerging infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities
Health Vote
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S 7437
Relates to prohibiting agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee
Judiciary Vote
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S 6851
Authorizes physicians and pharmacists to enter into collaborative practice medication adherence protocols for their patients
Health Vote
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S 4883
Relates to the calculation of operating revenue for purposes of minimum direct resident care spending by residential health care facilities
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 5812
Prohibits approved providers of child health insurance coverage from discriminating against health care providers not participating in the insurer's network
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S 6025
Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services
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A 355
Provides for a partial exemption from taxation of certain residential real property transferred by a governmental entity, nonprofit housing organization, land bank or community land trust to low-income household
Floor Vote - Version: C
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S 3566
Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program
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S 7457
Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
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S 4767
Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities
Floor Vote
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