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Pam Helming
NY Senate District 54
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Criminal Justice & Policing 144Government Operations & Budget 138Healthcare 89Economy & Taxes 85Social Services & Welfare 67Labor & Employment 61Transportation & Infrastructure 57Education 52Environment & Energy 47Housing 35Civil Rights & Liberties 34Veterans Affairs 33Agriculture 24Technology & Privacy 20Banking & Finance 19Other 13Gun Policy 12Elections & Voting 9Defense & Military 3Foreign Policy & Trade 3Immigration 2Abortion & Reproductive Rights 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| NY Senate District 54 current
New York |
Republican/Conservative/Independence | Jan 4, 2017 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (5,351 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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S 1615
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 in petitions to recover possession of real…
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Floor Vote | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll e9f61e6b-b420-46ba-800c-73dea63e68ed | Mar 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e9f61e6b-b420-46ba-800c-73dea63e68ed CC0-1.0 |
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S 3147
Relates to the sale of a non-indemnity legal service plan
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Insurance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 249b74ad-9aff-4fee-bca3-bc2f0660eba6 | Mar 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/249b74ad-9aff-4fee-bca3-bc2f0660eba6 CC0-1.0 |
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S 2329
Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 99daa634-af3c-4df7-b166-6abadc8b38ad | Mar 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/99daa634-af3c-4df7-b166-6abadc8b38ad CC0-1.0 |
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S 4809
Relates to captive insurance for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles…
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Insurance Vote - Version: B | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 61ccf338-9d28-4a50-a9ec-02e29f4a7955 | Mar 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/61ccf338-9d28-4a50-a9ec-02e29f4a7955 CC0-1.0 |
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S 4478
Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking…
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 0cc02abf-abcd-458c-962e-af161b3dd83d | Mar 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0cc02abf-abcd-458c-962e-af161b3dd83d CC0-1.0 |
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S 2070
Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain a database of resources…
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll da36e3a2-a523-4f32-9884-67bfef3bb9cc | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/da36e3a2-a523-4f32-9884-67bfef3bb9cc CC0-1.0 |
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S 1783
Prohibits the misrepresentation or collection of certain fees related to the delivery, usage, and…
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Floor Vote - Version: B | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll e03ab7ca-c210-4985-8d18-f3ae610f6a02 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e03ab7ca-c210-4985-8d18-f3ae610f6a02 CC0-1.0 |
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S 678
Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits
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Floor Vote - Version: A | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll cdbe90c4-8c80-43dd-8cca-33b79a9e43ed | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cdbe90c4-8c80-43dd-8cca-33b79a9e43ed CC0-1.0 |
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S 3665
Expands the tax exemption for new farm buildings
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c47c765e-9e99-4cb8-97e4-ff8ef596a42f | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c47c765e-9e99-4cb8-97e4-ff8ef596a42f CC0-1.0 |
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S 5177
Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents…
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll bdac3a97-afff-4850-8674-5198209e0d1a | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/bdac3a97-afff-4850-8674-5198209e0d1a CC0-1.0 |
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S 933
Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 26878c7a-477b-4a9c-b74a-48487942be15 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/26878c7a-477b-4a9c-b74a-48487942be15 CC0-1.0 |
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S 2261
Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may…
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll acf6db00-a17a-4123-8300-3b455fa5b831 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/acf6db00-a17a-4123-8300-3b455fa5b831 CC0-1.0 |
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S 4773
Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 372b3c57-55f7-4c1f-899f-ee93b4c0e406 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/372b3c57-55f7-4c1f-899f-ee93b4c0e406 CC0-1.0 |
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S 919
Requires certain housing production information to be reported to the department of state
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Finance Vote - Version: A | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4790223c-a5dc-4dcd-8ee7-6240bde2b624 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4790223c-a5dc-4dcd-8ee7-6240bde2b624 CC0-1.0 |
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S 1368
Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of…
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll ade0e748-96cc-48d8-9e7c-a005664424c9 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ade0e748-96cc-48d8-9e7c-a005664424c9 CC0-1.0 |
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S 1838
Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program
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Finance Vote | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll a709a51e-1ec7-4b2d-b712-814ce4fb370d | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a709a51e-1ec7-4b2d-b712-814ce4fb370d CC0-1.0 |
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A 8515
Enacts the whale awareness act
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Floor Vote - Version: A | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d1368326-eb49-4528-80fe-135e98073d92 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d1368326-eb49-4528-80fe-135e98073d92 CC0-1.0 |
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S 257
Authorizes a study on lithium-ion battery fires and prevention
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2e268222-3991-4329-9bcd-5c4111736260 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2e268222-3991-4329-9bcd-5c4111736260 CC0-1.0 |
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S 6750
Relates to forfeiture of a beneficiary's right to benefits upon conviction of a family offense
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 295642e2-6f0b-42a3-bb35-dfbf87370be8 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/295642e2-6f0b-42a3-bb35-dfbf87370be8 CC0-1.0 |
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S 3560
Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program
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Finance Vote | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll ecd5a93a-0616-42b9-afd1-10e30c1e0992 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ecd5a93a-0616-42b9-afd1-10e30c1e0992 CC0-1.0 |
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S 4033
Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties
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Finance Vote - Version: B | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll b19b3f30-219d-4244-a04b-6747beb88346 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b19b3f30-219d-4244-a04b-6747beb88346 CC0-1.0 |
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S 2587
Establishes "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution"
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 5b5d7df6-ad96-44bd-833f-3e43dc16a4b4 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5b5d7df6-ad96-44bd-833f-3e43dc16a4b4 CC0-1.0 |
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S 3204
Creates the offense of defrauding the government in the first degree and expands the definition of…
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Finance Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 12c34d05-38bd-4129-a7a2-bc8cf73602da | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/12c34d05-38bd-4129-a7a2-bc8cf73602da CC0-1.0 |
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S 161
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan…
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Finance Vote - Version: A | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll b8e5f373-1e5d-4e84-b6bc-64304854972f | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b8e5f373-1e5d-4e84-b6bc-64304854972f CC0-1.0 |
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S 51
Relates to risk retention groups and commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, or accessible…
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Floor Vote | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d53b0f6f-e56f-4278-bbec-0e9360750d61 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d53b0f6f-e56f-4278-bbec-0e9360750d61 CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (164 as lead sponsor)
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J 1815
NY · —
Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Towns of Butler, Huron, Rose, and Wolcott, New York
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S 9450
NY · —
Relates to leucistic and melanistic deer
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S 7004
NY · —
Relates to providing state correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan
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S 3086
NY · —
Provides that where the commissioner of health assumes the responsibility for the transportation of medicaid recipients in rural areas, existing public…
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S 3112
NY · —
Makes the failure of a sex offender to register or verify pursuant to sex offender registration act, or working on an ice cream truck or other mobile food…
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S 223
NY · —
Relates to exemptions for self-defense spray devices
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S 3427
NY · —
Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states"
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S 3484
NY · —
Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; repealer
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J 1602
NY · —
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 2026, as Lake Appreciation Month in the State of New York
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J 520
NY · —
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Pultneyville Fire Company on September 13, 2025
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