New York Assembly · 2026 Regular Session
S 8630: Enacts the "freedom to read act"
Passage · June 4, 2026 · Yeas 114, nays 27 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Carl Heastie voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- S.8630
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- June 4, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 114, nays 27; 9 didn't vote
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the bill's floor votes on the chamber's site ↗
The bill on the Senate's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (114)
- George Alvarez D-78
- Khaleel Anderson D-31
- Andrea Bailey R-133
- Didi Barrett D-106
- Anil Beephan R-105
- Scott Bendett R-107
- Sam Berger D-27
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn D-42
- Ken Blankenbush R-117
- Jake Blumencranz R-15
- Paul Bologna R-144
- Karl Brabenec R-98
- Ed Braunstein D-26
- Harry Bronson D-138
- Chris Burdick D-93
- Noah Burroughs D-18
- Pat Carroll D-96
- Robert Carroll D-44
- Michael Cashman D-115
- Monique Chandler-Waterman D-58
- Lester Chang R-49
- Pat Chludzinski R-143
- Sarah Clark D-136
- William Colton D-47
- Bill Conrad D-140
- Vivian Cook D-32
- Catalina Cruz D-39
- Brian Cunningham D-43
- Landon Dais D-77
- Maritza Davila D-53
- Manny De Los Santos D-72
- Jeffrey Dinowitz D-81
- Chris Eachus D-99
- Charles Fall D-61
- Emily Gallagher D-50
- Jeff Gallahan R-131
- Eddie Gibbs D-68
- Deborah Glick D-66
- Jessica González-Rojas D-34
- Judy Griffin D-21
- Carl Heastie D-83
- Andrew Hevesi D-28
- Larinda Hooks D-35
- Pamela Hunter D-128
- Alicia Hyndman D-29
- Chantel Jackson D-79
- Jonathan Jacobson D-104
- Rebecca Kassay D-4
- Paula Kay D-100
- Anna Kelles D-125
- Ron Kim D-40
- Charles Lavine D-13
- Dana Levenberg D-95
- Nikki Lucas D-60
- Jen Lunsford D-135
- Donna Lupardo D-123
- Bill Magnarelli D-129
- John McDonald D-108
- Karen McMahon D-146
- Demond Meeks D-137
- John Mikulin R-17
- Brian Miller R-122
- Marcela Mitaynes D-51
- Diana Moreno D-36
- Angelo Morinello R-145
- Danny Norber R-16
- Misha Novakhov R-45
- Kwani O'Pharrow D-11
- Steve Otis D-91
- Phil Palmesano R-132
- Amy Paulin D-88
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes D-141
- Stacey Pheffer Amato D-23
- Sam Pirozzolo R-63
- Keith Powers D-74
- Gary Pretlow D-89
- Ed Ra R-19
- Steven Raga D-30
- Jenifer Rajkumar D-38
- Phil Ramos D-6
- Mike Reilly R-62
- Karines Reyes D-87
- Jon Rivera D-149
- Gabriella Romero D-109
- Linda Rosenthal D-67
- Nily Rozic D-25
- Nader Sayegh D-90
- Tommy John Schiavoni D-1
- Rebecca Seawright D-76
- Amanda Septimo D-84
- MaryJane Shimsky D-92
- Sarahana Shrestha D-103
- Jo Anne Simon D-52
- Tony Simone D-75
- Matt Slater R-94
- Doug Smith R-5
- Michaelle Solages D-22
- Phara Souffrant Forrest D-57
- Phil Steck D-110
- Al Stirpe D-127
- Mike Tannousis R-64
- Yudelka Tapia D-86
- Al Taylor D-71
- Emérita Torres D-85
- Clyde Vanel D-33
- Latrice Walker D-55
- David Weprin D-24
- Aron Wieder D-97
- Jaime Williams D-59
- Carrie Woerner D-113
- Jordan Wright D-70
- Kalman Yeger D-41
- John Zaccaro D-80
- Stefani Zinerman D-56
Nay (27)
- Joe Angelino R-121
- Will Barclay R-120
- Alec Brook-Krasny R-46
- Ari Brown R-20
- Keith Brown R-12
- Marianne Buttenschon D-119
- Joe DeStefano R-3
- Dave DiPietro R-147
- Michael Durso R-9
- Simcha Eichenstein D-48
- Mike Fitzpatrick R-8
- Chris Friend R-124
- Jarett Gandolfo R-7
- Jodi Giglio R-2
- Scott Gray R-116
- Steve Hawley R-139
- Josh Jensen R-134
- John Lemondes R-126
- Brian Manktelow R-130
- Andrew Molitor R-150
- Angelo Santabarbara D-111
- Joe Sempolinski R-148
- Matt Simpson R-114
- Robert Smullen R-118
- Steve Stern D-10
- Chris Tague R-102
- Mary Beth Walsh R-112
Not voting (9)
- Michael Benedetto D-82
- Alex Bores D-73
- Pat Burke D-142
- Erik Dilan D-54
- Micah Lasher D-69
- Grace Lee D-65
- Brian Maher R-101
- Dave McDonough R-14
- Claire Valdez D-37