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D New York Senate · District 10 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. James Sanders

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Total votes
17,205
all sessions
Attendance
90%
1,550 missed
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
Sponsored
2,811
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
2,811 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,811
Primary
1,340
Co-sponsor
1,471
Matching
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Co-sponsor S 4080
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automated people moving devices and creates the New York state elevator safety and standards board and the elevator and related conveyances safety program account, in cities with a population of less than one million (Part A); relates to the licensing of approved elevator agency directors, inspectors, and technicians performing elevator work in the city of New York (Part B).

Signed into law Jan 1, 2020 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 5294
Vetoed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to bicycles with electronic assist and electric scooters

Relates to bicycles with electronic assist and electric scooters; defines terms; provides that every person riding an electric scooter upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle; makes related provisions.

Vetoed Dec 26, 2019 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 5864
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Provides a television writers' and directors' fees and salaries credit

Provides a television writers' and directors' fees and salaries credit; provides that to be eligible the writer or director is a minority group member, or a woman, and provides, further, that any writer or director who is a profit participant in the qualified production shall not be eligible.

Signed into law Dec 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 183
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Requires the conducting of public hearings and reports thereon prior to the permanent closure of a park or historic site owned, held or administered by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation

Requires the conducting of public hearings and reports thereon prior to the permanent closure of a park or historic site owned, held or administered by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation.

Signed into law Dec 6, 2019 1 co-sponsor
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