Representative • Democrat

Claire Valdez

New York • District HD-037

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

95% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 5

Yea: 504

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Sponsored Bills

NY A07400•Introduced

Implements a students' bill of rights for state university of New York and city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.

Co-Sponsor

NY A06047•Introduced

Requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature; requires the superintendent of financial services to review the status of health insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related diseases and to submit a report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature.

Co-Sponsor

NY A08023•Introduced

Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website; requires such municipal employment opportunities to be posted in a format searchable by municipality and employment position type.

Co-Sponsor

NY A07071•Introduced

Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals.

Co-Sponsor

NY A06949•Introduced

Prohibits public food service establishments operating in the state from providing excess food service items including utensils, condiments, napkins and extra containers, to any customer except upon, and in accordance with, the express request of that customer.

Co-Sponsor

NY A06543•Introduced

Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

Co-Sponsor

NY A05860•Introduced

Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.

Primary Sponsor

NY A03575•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 A00073•Introduced

Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.

Co-Sponsor

NY A08427•Introduced

Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.

Co-Sponsor

NY A02620•Engrossed

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Co-Sponsor

NY A03647•Introduced

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Co-Sponsor

NY A04879•Introduced

Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.

Co-Sponsor

NY A01077•Introduced

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.

Co-Sponsor

NY A08478•Engrossed

Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools.

Primary Sponsor

NY A06326•Introduced

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.

Primary Sponsor

NY A05442•Introduced

Enacts the "rate hike notice act" which requires utilities in the state of New York to provide notice of a proposed rate hike to a customer via text, email and via such customer's monthly billing statement.

Co-Sponsor

NY A04603•Introduced

Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.

Co-Sponsor

NY A08355•Introduced

Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries under the consumer directed personal assistance program.

Co-Sponsor

NY A01749•Introduced

Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan.

Co-Sponsor

NY A08188•Introduced

Prohibits public entities from contracting with airlines that transport individuals who have been detained by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement without being afforded due process rights; prohibits certain sales and use tax exemptions on fuel sold to an airline that transports individuals who have been detained by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement without being afforded due process rights.

Co-Sponsor

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