Asm. William Colton

Democrat · New York District 47 · House · NY

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 100% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 81.0% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 94.9%.

Recent votes by Asm. William Colton

• 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 Makes technical changes to certain provisions requiring epinephrine auto-injector devices to be made available in places of public assembly; amends the effectiveness of such provisions.
• Voted Yea on Provides an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county 911 operators throughout the state.
• Voted Yea on Bans landlord rent-fixing through software — Prohibits a person or entity from knowingly or with reckless disregard facilitate an agreement between or among two or more residential rental property owners or managers to not compete with respect to residential rental dwelling units, including by operating or licensing a software, data analytics service, or algorithmic device that performs a coordinating function on behalf of or between and among such residential rental property owners or managers.
• Voted Yea on State action plan targets marine debris pollution — Relates to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris; defines terms; requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare and annually update a marine and coastal debris action plan.
• 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 Provides tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
• Voted Yea on Authorizes the New York state thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits which shall provide for travel at no charge between interchanges in permit areas.
• Voted Yea on Enacts a mattress collection program; requires mattress producers to establish a plan for the convenient and cost-effective recycling of used mattresses.
• Voted Yea on Genetic testing required for suspected coyotes and wolves — Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
• Voted Yea on Prohibits the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; provides penalties for violations.
• Voted Yea on Penalizes landlords for misleading rent decontrol notices — Prohibits landlords from including incorrect information relating to rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals thereof; imposes a violation punishable by a fine of $1000 for a violation by a landlord; requires the standardization of certain notices pertaining to units subject to the Affordable New York Housing Program.
• Voted Yea on Wildlife control operators must disclose euthanasia option — Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.
• Voted Yea on Raises the exclusion of certain indebtedness of school districts other than school districts in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more according to the latest federal census.

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