Senator • Democrat
Rachel May
New York • District SD-048
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
27
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
96% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 23
Other: 1
Yea: 9052
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Sponsored Bills
NY S00412•Introduced
Grants the legislature the authority to direct the attorney-general by concurrent resolution to inquire into matters concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00359•Introduced
Prohibits state-operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt; defines "medical debt".
Co-Sponsor
NY S00335•Introduced
Relates to actions or practices that establish or maintain a monopoly, monopsony or restraint of trade; authorizes a class action lawsuit in the state anti-trust law.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00056•Introduced
Establishes through the department of health a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds; requires the department to establish public health surveillance of the unregulated drug supply; provides exemptions for participants in the drug checking program from certain controlled substance offenses.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00401•Introduced
Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of middle and lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00028•Introduced
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
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NY S00399•Introduced
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol.
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NY S00362•Introduced
Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00187•Engrossed
Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00114•Engrossed
Prohibits state chartered banking institutions from investing in and providing financing for private prisons.
Co-Sponsor
NY S00355•Engrossed
Relates to program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D; provides for analysis of health plans by the department of health to determine whether such health plans meet or exceed the Medicare part D standard; requires the department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, to notify prescription drug insurers of the provisions of this act.
Co-Sponsor
NY S04070•Introduced
Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.
Primary Sponsor
NY S01239•Introduced
Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.
Co-Sponsor
NY S01180•Introduced
Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones.
Co-Sponsor
NY S08064•Introduced
Authorizes certain school districts and their municipalities to sign a memorandum of understanding authorizing a one-time annual increase to the amount of school district expenditures funded by city funds to be excluded from the maintenance of effort calculation.
Primary Sponsor
NY S08096•Introduced
Prevents public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their dependents by such public employer.
Co-Sponsor
NY S08077•Introduced
Authorizes students attending the Syracuse Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics high school, who participated in a high school athletic competition for a school district other than the Syracuse city school district in 7th and/or 8th grade, to be eligible for senior high school athletic competitions.
Primary Sponsor
NY S08004•Introduced
Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodation; prohibits entering into any agreement that authorizes any third party to use any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information; provides penalties for violations.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07770•Introduced
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage alewife.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07767•Introduced
Extends provisions of law relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07692•Introduced
Authorizes an occupancy tax of up to 5% in the village of Baldwinsville, county of Onondaga.
Primary Sponsor
NY S07359•Introduced
Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets, acting by and through the department of economic development, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish a New York native plants designation within the New York state grown and certified program, for certain native plants grown, cultivated, harvested, or distributed by nurseries, plant farms, garden centers, and other horticultural vendors in the state.
Primary Sponsor
NY S06576•Introduced
Establishes procurement goals that certain percentages of all food and food products purchased by state agencies shall be New York state food products.
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NY S04953•Introduced
Establishes an intensive addiction and medical services integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and medical services integrated services to individuals who have significant addiction and medical issues.
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NY S04857•Introduced
Relates to posting financial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide elected office or candidates for a member of the legislature.
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NY S03740•Introduced
Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act" which provides for the certification of an employer to become a recovery ready workplace; defines terms; establishes the recovery-ready workplace program; provides criteria for employers to obtain certification as a recovery ready workplace; provides for employee involvement.
Co-Sponsor
NY S03486•Introduced
Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.
Co-Sponsor
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