Representative • Republican
Lester Chang
New York • District HD-049
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
31
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
82% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 489
Other: 9
Yea: 1863
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Sponsored Bills
NY A01248•Introduced
Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07982•Introduced
Requires petitions that go to trial be resolved in six months or less upon issue being joined.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06973•Introduced
Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07876•Introduced
Requires colleges and universities to provide students with written information on reporting bias related and hate crimes, requirements for reporting bias related and hate crimes, and protections available to those who report bias related and hate crimes.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07865•Introduced
Provides that a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when such person intentionally damages property of another person to promote or suppress a political ideology, or otherwise as an expression of political ideology.
Co-Sponsor
NY A03299•Introduced
Includes exposing a first responder or correction officer to fentanyl, a fentanyl derivative or an opiate containing fentanyl or a fentanyl derivative in the definition of the offense of assault in the first degree.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02376•Introduced
Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.
Co-Sponsor
NY A01480•Introduced
Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00632•Introduced
Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07530•Introduced
Establishes a spending cap; increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02447•Introduced
Requires utilities to notify property owners prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that may interfere with a property owner's ability to use, or access such owner's property; requires notice to include, but not limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, any road closures or detours that may occur due to such work, any action that may directly and materially impact the use of such property, and the contact information for the utility performing such work. Such notice may include electronic communications, signage, and written materials; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07466•Introduced
Requires defense and indemnification of public officers and employees in certain cities; repeals provisions relating to the right of security against unreasonable search and seizure.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07358•Introduced
Relates to delaying the implementation of class size reduction plans and including additional exemptions to class size targets; provides such plans shall begin in September 2031 and be achieved by September 2036; adds gifted and talented schools and programs, screened admissions schools and programs, portfolio and specialized high schools and advanced placement classes; requires parents at each respective school be included on any discussions regarding class size exemptions.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06527•Introduced
Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms.
Co-Sponsor
NY A07240•Introduced
Relates to determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students in a school district in a city having a population of one million or more.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06905•Introduced
Allows the state and city university of New York system to offer college credits to prospective students based on such prospective student's performance on the regents examinations.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06909•Introduced
Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07021•Introduced
Requires utility corporations and municipalities to ensure that bills for service to residential customers include a line item for cost impact measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan; requires the department of public service to establish a formula to enable utility corporations and municipalities to calculate the cost impact on each residential customer's bill attributed to measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06796•Introduced
Prohibits the elimination of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels, including, natural gas, propane and fuel oil in new building construction.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06847•Introduced
Requires that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature and must be approved by a majority vote prior to implementation.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06555•Introduced
Requires the state to keep state lottery winners' identities anonymous to the general public unless the lottery winner gives their consent.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06557•Introduced
Establishes October 7th as October 7th remembrance day to honor the victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks; declares October seventh as a holiday for students in the public schools of the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the New York city school district to provide instruction of awareness of the October seventh remembrance day to students and professional development training to teachers; requires the division of human rights to establish a statewide campaign for antisemistism prevention; makes related provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06564•Introduced
Requires drivers to create a center rescue lane on approach of authorized emergency vehicles.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05263•Introduced
Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.
Co-Sponsor
NY A03457•Introduced
Extends the period during which the empire state digital gaming tax credit may be claimed to 01/01/2032; amends the eligibility criteria for game development companies by changing the yearly timeframe structure, lowering the dollar threshold per production, and removing the in-state cost incurred threshold to accurately fit current digital gaming industry models; allows unused credits to be rolled over to the following tax year.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06532•Introduced
Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06447•Introduced
Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.
Co-Sponsor
NY A03884•Introduced
Directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish a pilot program to install a microgrid in Glenwood Houses; requires the authority to annually report on the results of such program and any recommendations for expansion.
Co-Sponsor
NY A04567•Introduced
Permits persons sixty-five years of age or older to be granted a real property tax freeze in a city with a population of one million or more.
Primary Sponsor
NY A06260•Introduced
Directs the public service commission in consultation with NYSERDA to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods of electricity generation within nine months after the effective date and every four years thereafter.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06194•Introduced
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.
Co-Sponsor
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