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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Emily Gallagher
Represents District 50 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
99%
on 352 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 1,965 of 2,124 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
23 of 60
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 61
Roll calls on record
2,124
2025-2026 General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Nov 3, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 General Assembly.
How Emily Gallagher votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Emily Gallagher sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Emily Gallagher is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 352 party-line votes.
S09009 · Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; sets forth a child and dependent care credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026 (Part A); excludes up to twenty-five thousand dollars in qualified tips earned from New York adjusted gross income (Part B); retains the deductibility of certain charitable contributions (Part C); standardizes the definition of farmer for various tax credits (Part D); extends the current corporate tax rates (Part E); provides for exemptions from calculation of income in certain cases, provided such exemptions were not already applied in the calculation of income under federal provisions (Part F); relates to the treatment of certain deductions allowable under the internal revenue code in calculating New York city taxable income for corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024 (Part G); extends provisions of law relating to the commercial security tax credit from January 1, 2026 until January 1, 2029 (Part I); enhances the New York city musical and theatrical production credit (Part J); defines the term "alternative nicotine product"; makes provisions relating to the possession for sale, sale, and taxation of alternative nicotine products (Part K); extends the real estate transfer tax rate reduction for conveyances of real property to existing real estate investment funds (Part M); directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish a sales and use tax reregistration program and a sales and use tax penalty and interest discount program (Part N); extends the sales tax exemption for vending machines (Part P); extends the residential energy storage sales tax exemption for two years (Part Q); relates to the petroleum business tax filing deadline for commercial vessel operators (Part R); extends the alternative fuels tax exemptions (Part S); makes technical corrections to the STAR exemption and STAR credit programs (Part T); extends the assessment ceiling for local public utility mass real property to January 1, 2031; clarifies the powers of the state board of real property tax services (Part U); relates to rent exemptions and rent increase exemptions and property tax exemptions for certain persons; extends provisions of law relating thereto (Subpart A); provides notice to tenants regarding rent increase exemptions (Subpart B)(Part V); conforms pari-mutuel tax provisions; makes technical corrections (Part W); extends the utilization of funds in off-track betting corporations' capital acquisition funds (Part X); extends certain provisions of law relating to licenses for simulcast facilities, sums relating to track simulcast, simulcast of out-of-state thoroughbred races, simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks, distributions of wagers, and the imposition of certain taxes related thereto (Part Y); extends certain seasonal employee licensing requirements for additional race dates at Saratoga Racetrack for the year 2026 (Part Z); excludes certain distributions on federal elections for the purposes of calculating federal adjusted gross income (Part AA); relates to tax credits for donations to food pantries made by farmers (Part BB); relates to the sales tax exemption for meal donations; authorizes students to donate unused meal funds, meals or meal points to other students enrolled in such school, college or university who are facing food insecurity; extends the authorization of such sales tax exemption (Part CC); establishes additional qualifications for the board members of regional off-track betting corporations (Part DD); relates to the real property tax exemption for disabled veterans (Part EE); establishes a protecting our wallets energy rebate (POWER) credit (Part FF); relates to standardbred total carbon dioxide (TCO2) on-track drug testing (Part GG); authorizes a city having a population of one million or more to impose a surcharge on property that does not serve as a primary residence (Part HH); authorizes additional vendor fees to vendor tracks and video lottery gaming facilities; directs the gaming commission to conduct a study on video lottery terminal vendor fees and commercial casino tax rates (Part II); extends the duration of certain brownfield redevelopment and remediation tax credits with respect to certain sites (Part JJ).
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-27 · Passed 91–52 · most Democrats voted the other way
C00978 · Provides for the election of two Regents of the University of the State of New York
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-02-25 · Passed 94–48 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
A06513 · Provides for the establishment and operations of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the personal needs allowance for residents of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility; relates to the diversion of certain defendants to a mandatory opioid rehabilitation facility; provides for the establishment of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the provision of corrections officers to such facilities.
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-05-18 · Passed 8–5
A04181 · Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
Assembly Correction Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means · 2026-02-25 · Passed 8–5
A07431 · Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided.
Assembly Correction Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-05-19 · Passed 8–4
A08840 · Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.
Assembly Correction Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-05-19 · Passed 8–4
A06732 · Creates an identification card program for incarcerated individuals in local correctional facilities; requires such identification cards to be identical to non-driver identification cards issued to the general public; waives fees for such identification cards.
Assembly Correction Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means · 2026-05-19 · Passed 8–4
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Dave McDonoughRepublican · District 14 · 267 shared contested votes
53%
Scott GrayRepublican · District 116 · 411 shared contested votes
51%
Brian MaherRepublican · District 101 · 262 shared contested votes
51%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (159 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Emily Gallagher was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced60
Out of committee30
Passed one chamber26
Passed both chambers23
Became law23
Never left committee30
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 61 bills that became law this session.
Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.
Passed one chamberRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · 2026-06-03
Authorizes the city of New York to sell certain lands now or formerly under the waters of Whale Creek otherwise known as Wyckoff Creek, and formerly a tributary of Newtown Creek.
Out of committeesubstituted by s9683a · 2026-06-02
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-01
Commemorating the 207th Anniversary of Walt Whitman's Birthday on May 31, 2026
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-29
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
Passed one chamberRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · 2026-05-28
Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders; provides that no later than December 31, 2029 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for gas cylinders.
Out of committeereported referred to ways and means · 2026-05-28
Requires gas corporations to file maps with the public service commission annually to assess leak-prone gas infrastructure and the decommissioning of such leak-prone gas lines; requires the public service commission to publish such maps and certain accompanying documents on the commission's website; directs the public service commission to designate neighborhood priority decarbonization zones.
Not out of committeeprint number 10071a · 2026-05-18
Creates the substance use disorder treatment bill of rights to be posted in a conspicuous place in all treatment facilities.
Passed one chamberREFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS · 2026-05-12
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 5, 2026, as Police Memorial Day in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-05
Prohibits the sale and distribution of anti-fogging sprays or wipes containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; provides penalties for violations.
Out of committeeprint number 4525b · 2026-04-22
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 19, 2026, as West Point Day in New York State
Became lawadopted · 2026-03-19
Mourning the death of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and honoring his lifetime of service, leadership, and advocacy for civil rights and social justice
Became lawadopted · 2026-02-26
Establishes the crime of corporate catastrophe; defines catastrophe as widespread injury or damage by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of building, release of poison gas, radioactive material or other harmful or destructive force or substance, or by any other means of causing potentially widespread injury or damage; establishes crimes for causing, risking, or failing to prevent a catastrophe.
Not out of committeereferred to codes · 2026-02-12
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2026, as Black History Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-02-05
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
S05711 · 2026-06-05
Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S05998 · 2026-06-05
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S05939 · 2026-06-05
Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay a participating pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional dispensing fee that is at minimum the professional dispensing fee paid under the state medical assistance program. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07204 · 2026-06-05
Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., within the town of Central Square, Oswego county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08263 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2024 assessment roll and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10187 · 2026-06-05
Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Bethpage, Nassau county, New York, Inc.; changes "firemen" to "firefighters"; directs that certain taxes received shall be used by such benevolent association in furtherance of its purposes. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09051 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors; defines terms; specifies what are considered unsafe features. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A10305 · 2026-06-05
Establishes uniform definitions, standardized procedures, and uniform applications or forms, for determining a medical emergency, life-support equipment and designation of elderly, blind and disabled customers protected from termination of utility services. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S06230 · 2026-06-05
Allows camp employees who are 18 years of age or older to administer medications and treatment to children, under parent or guardian consent and authorization, pursuant to a patient specific order and in compliance with regulations. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09506 · 2026-06-05
Adds Lake Oscawana and Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland waterways. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09934 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits the deployment of a stealth crawler in a manner that would damage, impair or burden the operation of a covered news source or otherwise cause a news source economic harm. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08733 · 2026-06-05
Allows persons holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgomery to be a resident of certain other counties. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09855 · 2026-06-05
Relates to requirements associated with contracts between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including an advance payment of 25% of the total award to cover expenses incurred in the first quarter. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09458 · 2026-06-05
Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A10952 · 2026-06-05
Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Albertson; changes "firemen" to "firefighters"; relates to the management and control as well as the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insurance companies by such association. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A07267 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the county of Cattaraugus assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Olean Community Theatre, Inc. for all of the 2021-2022 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A10693 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the deposit of additional sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Herkimer into the general fund of the county. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A11129 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Wyoming, constituting state route 98 from School Street in the town of Sheldon at the southern end to the southern line of the village of Attica, to Specialist Thomas Edwin Beglinger. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S06954 · 2026-06-05
Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on synthetic content produced or modified by a synthetic content creations system that such provider makes available. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09302 · 2026-06-05
Extends the authorization for hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara until 2028. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A11275 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Hancock to Jason T McGlone. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A11543 · 2026-06-05
Corrects a misclassification property tax error on behalf of Tanya Hairston for the property located at 40 North Tenth Avenue in the city of Mount Vernon for the 2011 – 2020 city assessment tax rolls. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A11566 · 2026-06-05
Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the county of Schoharie. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A10666 · 2026-06-05
Dissolves the Clifton-Fine health care corporation and transfers any remaining records, property, rights, titles, and interest to the Clifton-Fine health care corporation d/b/a Clifton-Fine hospital, a New York not-for-profit corporation and its successors or assigns. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A07386 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the Seneca Falls Police Department. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09761 · 2026-06-05
Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A11483 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A10813 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Consulate General of El Salvador. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09528 · 2026-06-05
Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Ithaca; repeals authorization of such program on December 31, 2030. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S02667 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits the use of restraints on and the use of force against incarcerated individuals during labor and incarcerated individuals who have experienced different pregnancy outcomes, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant and post-pregnancy persons during a custodial interrogation; provides for certain exceptions for restraints to be used and in such case limits the use to wrist restraints. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09997 · 2026-06-05
Changes the definition of continuous supervision in relation to physical therapist assistants in both the home care setting and school setting by eliminating the joint visit requirement with the patient by the supervising licensed physical therapist and the licensed physical therapist assistant. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S00040 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07279 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes certified school psychologists to participate in the certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled; makes technical corrections to language. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07933 · 2026-06-05
Increases fee amount authorized to be imposed on mortgagees or their agents. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08451 · 2026-06-05
Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
A09349 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing, directly or indirectly; prohibits the collection, use, retention, or sharing of data to facilitate surveillance pricing; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement by the attorney general; makes related provisions. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S01004 · 2026-06-05
Provides for the use of restoration services when determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07759 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes Frank Smith, a New York city police detective, to receive accidental performance of duty disability retirement benefits for illness suffered as a result of exposure to disease during undercover assignments as a member of the police department of the city of New York. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08925 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits the sale of products that contain 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level that exceeds 2% of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving; establishes fines for the sale of such products. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10655 · 2026-06-05
Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; implements the agreements between the state and the public employees federation. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S06983 · 2026-06-05
Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10058 · 2026-06-05
Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Croton-on-Hudson; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2031. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07421 · 2026-06-05
Provides that no person shall engage in the operation of a marine hatchery or in the off-bottom or on-bottom culture of any species belonging to the order Octopoda unless for scientific or educational purposes for the purpose of human consumption. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10643 · 2026-06-05
Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08454 · 2026-06-05
Exempts persons holding the offices of public health director and director of community services of St. Lawrence county from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08852 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09345 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Holland central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund for any loss, claim, action or judgment for which such school district is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance for the kinds of risks for which insurance is authorized. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09729 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Donald Roy McAnn located on state route 941-A in the town of Greece, county of Monroe. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S06834 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Oneonta not to exceed 6%. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S07966 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the village of Atlantic Beach, county of Nassau to impose a three percent hotel, motel and beach club tax; defines "beach club" as a facility formed, organized or operated by any person, firm or corporation, located on or contiguous to an ocean beach, permitting sunbathing, swimming and other allied recreation activities, including such uses operated by a hotel, cooperative complex or other entity; makes related provisions. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08026 · 2026-06-05
Provides WiFi service and internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09982 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes Kurt Nolan to receive certain credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law for prior employment with the New York state university police. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S08453 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the Wantagh state parkway from route 27 to Jerusalem Road in the hamlet of Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau to William Cornell. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10648 · 2026-06-05
Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization; provides for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional service in the state university; makes an appropriation for the purpose of effectuating certain provisions thereof. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09947 · 2026-06-05
Updates provisions regarding the collection and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09272 · 2026-06-05
Requires school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists; requires the department of health to provide such opioid antagonists to such entities upon request. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10029 · 2026-06-05
Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence from three to five percent. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09481 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Dansville, county of Livingston, to Clara H. Barton. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S10134 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Congregation Divrei Chaim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023, 2024, 2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 school taxes for two parcels of land located at 67 and 71 College Road in Monsey. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
S09968 · 2026-06-05
Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association; provides for eligibility of membership, purpose, powers and duties, organization meeting and by-laws, the control and disposal of funds and property and the precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. (Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage)
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