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Pam Helming
NY Senate District 54
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Issue areas
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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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| A 8480 — Relates to payment of certain awards for disability | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 2516 — Relates to a refugee resettlement program | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 5003 — Rededicates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8288 — Provides for the use of rooms within a public school at a reasonable rate | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 5452 — Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their appointment | Nay | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 5189 — Requires NYSERDA to develop a comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station implementation plan | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 9021 — Authorizes a plaintiff commencing an action alleging conduct constituting a sexual offense or a civil offense involving the transmission of… | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 9919 — Authorizes the town clerk of the town of Bethany, county of Genesee, to be nonresidents of such town | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 1162 — Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or… | Nay | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 6019 — Relates to the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit; repealer | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 9902 — Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 7951 — Establishes the native/pollinator planting fund, the pollinator highway program and creates a distinctive license plate relating thereto | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8252 — Relates to pet breeders; repealer | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 4462 — Authorizes Medicaid coverage for the complex care assistant program | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8969 — Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 5494 — Relates to state financial aid for library social work services | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 9419 — Authorizes the department of motor vehicles to accept certain documentation issued to veterans of the military as acceptable proofs of… | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 1157 — Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their… | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 7494 — Enacts the government response to insider fraud and trading act relating to securities fraud whistleblower incentives and protections | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 3207 — Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 3233 — Provides protections against illegal voter purging | Nay | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8555 — Extends the authority for the town of Brookhaven to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited into a… | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 1695 — Authorizes municipalities in the county of Orange to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipalities'… | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8968 — Relates to establishing a veteran suicide mortality review board | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 8690 — Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church | Yea | May 28, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (164 as lead sponsor)
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J 1815
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Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Towns of Butler, Huron, Rose, and Wolcott, New York
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S 9450
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Relates to leucistic and melanistic deer
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S 7004
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Relates to providing state correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan
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S 3086
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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
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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
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Relates to exemptions for self-defense spray devices
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S 3427
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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
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; repealer
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J 1602
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Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 2026, as Lake Appreciation Month in the State of New York
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J 520
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Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Pultneyville Fire Company on September 13, 2025
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