Asm. Michael Benedetto

Democrat · New York District 82 · House · NY

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 83.3% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 99.3%.

Recent votes by Asm. Michael Benedetto

• Voted Yea on Delays employee-owned business advisory panel report one year — Extends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises to 2027
• Voted Yea on Strengthens Oneida Nation detention agreements with counties — Relates to the effectiveness of certain county-tribal detention agreements between the Oneida Indian Nation and Oneida county and Madison county
• Voted Yea on Report on developmental disabilities institution staffing — Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.
• Voted Yea on Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior diploma.
• Voted Yea on Clarifies the definition of lithium-ion battery in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving such batteries.
• Voted Yea on Permits the village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester county, to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements, with revenues to be used solely for the care of Dobbs Park, Duck Pond Park, Firefighters Memorial Field and David J. Manes Memorial Field.
• Voted Yea on Hospitals must ask about disability accommodations — Requires hospitals record information during intake and registration if a patient requires a disability accommodation; allows such patient to decline such request for information.
• Voted Yea on Includes rifles and shotguns in required warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide in homes where such weapons are present.
• Voted Yea on Prohibits rent minimums in all mortgages regardless of when issued.
• Voted Yea on Designates the state of New York a purple heart state.
• Voted Yea on Midwives and PAs can certify fetal deaths — Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
• Voted Yea on Creates task force for state disability employment — Establishes the task force to promote the employment by state agencies of people with disabilities.
• Voted Yea on Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.
• Voted Yea on Group health plans must cover scalp cooling for chemo — Requires certain large group health insurance policies and contracts to cover scalp cooling systems for the preservation of hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment.
• Voted Present on Relates to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for correctional facilities; provides findings regarding permanent cooling solutions shall be included.

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