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Democratic
· Assembly Member
William Colton
Represents District 47 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
97%
on 833 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 4,924 of 4,944 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
51 of 146
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 61
Roll calls on record
4,944
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 William Colton 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 William Colton 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. William Colton is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
22 of 833 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
S08944 · Relates to certain guilty pleas where the plea is in the interest of justice and which are entered into with both the permission of the court and the consent of the people.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-06-04 · Passed 105–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
A11199 · Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-06-03 · Passed 78–62 · most Democrats voted the other way
A01422 · Provides that an accusatory instrument or supporting deposition consisting of factual allegations by a deponent with limited English proficiency is not sufficient unless accompanied by a sworn statement from an interpreter affirming the accuracy of the English interpretation.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-04-28 · Passed 83–53 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 · most Democrats voted the other way
A09515 · Relates to requirements for medical professionals and health care facilities that provide medication to patients for medical aid in dying; extends the initial effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-02-04 · Passed 83–62 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08544 · Provides that the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be considered a criminal conversion act under certain circumstances; provides that mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded under certain circumstances.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-01-28 · Passed 94–48 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08411 · Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; requires the superintendent of state police to provide the department of law with direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring any civil action addressing repeated or persistent discrimination in elementary and secondary schools; requires the compromise of any claim which the state may have for care, maintenance or treatment furnished in hospitals or other such facilities to be made accordance with parameters established by the office of the attorney general; allows the commissioner of health to waive bills or compromise bills for the maintenance, care and treatment furnished to patients in medical facilities upon the prior approval of the comptroller alone.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-17 · Passed 88–47 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08413 · Enacts the "City of Dunkirk Revenue Anticipation Note Refinancing Act" to authorize a loan to be made from the state to the city of Dunkirk (Part A); makes an appropriation therefor (Part B).
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-17 · Passed 88–47 · most Democrats voted the other way
S03486 · Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-11 · Passed 94–51 · most Democrats voted the other way
A06455 · Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-11 · Passed 90–50 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
A06049 · Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day".
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Held for Consideration · 2025-06-06 · Passed 18–17
A06557 · Establishes October 7th as October 7th remembrance day to honor the victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks; declares October seventh as a holiday for students in the public schools of the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the New York city school district to provide instruction of awareness of the October seventh remembrance day to students and professional development training to teachers; requires the division of human rights to establish a statewide campaign for antisemitism prevention; makes related provisions.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Held for Consideration · 2025-06-06 · Passed 18–17
A06158 · Relates to the award of competitive civil service status for the spouse or children of military service persons killed in the line of duty.
Assembly Governmental Employees Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-04-21 · Passed 8–6
A02485 · Allows first responders who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to request line of duty sick leave.
Assembly Governmental Employees Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-04-21 · Passed 8–6
A03505 · Relates to the investment of public funds in companies doing business in Iran.
Assembly Governmental Employees Committee: Held for Consideration · 2025-05-28 · Passed 8–6
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 · 276 shared contested votes
60%
Brian MaherRepublican · District 101 · 271 shared contested votes
58%
Scott GrayRepublican · District 116 · 444 shared contested votes
55%
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 (20 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills William Colton 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.
Introduced146
Out of committee59
Passed one chamber54
Passed both chambers51
Became law51
Never left committee87
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 61 bills that became law this session.
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 2026, as Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 2026 as Epilepsy Awareness Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 19-23, 2026, as School Bus Safety Week in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-02
Requires that all new motor vehicles sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain a space saver tire unless certain exceptions apply.
Out of committeeamend and recommit to rules 9307c · 2026-05-29
Requires manufacturers with gross annual beverage sale revenues of ten million dollars or more, beginning January 1, 2030, to sell and distribute plastic beverage containers with tethered plastic beverage caps or openings from which the beverage can be consumed while the plastic beverage cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the plastic beverage container; requires manufacturers with gross annual beverage sale revenues of one million dollars or more to comply by January 1, 2033.
Out of committeereported referred to codes · 2026-05-20
Relates to raising the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption to $120,000.
Not out of committeeheld for consideration in real property taxation · 2026-05-12
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026 as Neurofibromatosis Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-11
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026 as Haitian Heritage Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-11
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 5, 2026, as Police Memorial Day in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-05
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 3-9, 2026, as Legislative Staff Week in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-04
Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment.
Passed one chamberREFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · 2026-04-28
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 2026 as Spina Bifida Awareness Month in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-04-20
Relates to conditions precedent to the bringing of certain actions or proceedings.
Not out of committeeprint number 1621a · 2026-03-26
Commemorating the 115th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 2026
Became lawadopted · 2026-03-25
Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subways, trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation.
Passed one chamberREFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · 2026-03-25
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
A11179 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A05733 · 2026-06-05
Relates to reporting requirements of SUNY and CUNY; relates to financial information and identifying vendor information of each contract; relates to a list of all foundation and state university employees by campus, department and location including salaries, job titles and descriptions. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08934 · 2026-06-05
Directs electric corporations and combination electric and gas corporations to file a cost-effectiveness and timetable analysis as part of any base rate proceeding with the public service commission; directs NYSERDA to conduct a study on the effectiveness of advanced transmission technologies. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A06341 · 2026-06-05
Requires the collection of certain demographic information by state agencies, boards, departments and commissions. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A06194 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10480 · 2026-06-05
Extends the authorization for hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara until 2028. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A09396 · 2026-06-05
Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology, and surveillance pricing in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A08514 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A08514 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A11322 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11322 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08962 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A08962 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A05113 · 2026-06-05
Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting nine to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10741 · 2026-06-05
Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10741 · 2026-06-05
Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A01755 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A01755 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A10454 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10454 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A10280 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement plan for traffic officers employed by the town of Elmira, who submit an application therefor within one year of the effective date of such provisions, or within one year of start of employment. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11181 · 2026-06-05
Relates to the use of certain moneys received by the West Babylon Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and modernization of certain gendered language. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11564 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11564 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A10933 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the city of Oleans assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from OWH Properties, Inc. (Operation Warm Hearts) for all of the 2025-2026 school taxes and all of the 2025 general taxes. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10450 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system, consisting of the bridge located on Diamond Point road at exit twenty-three of interstate eighty-seven in the town of Lake George, county of Warren, to Officer Stephen L. Raymond. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
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)
A08809 · 2026-06-05
Requires that land formerly used as an armory which was conveyed to the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk by the state in 2011, to be leased to the YMCA of Long Island for the provision of recreational and educational programs. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A11395 · 2026-06-05
Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Monroe county. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11395 · 2026-06-05
Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Monroe county. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A11449 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route nine-W within the town of Bethlehem, at the town line bordering the city of Albany until its intersection with Moriah road, to Patrick LaFortune Jr. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11449 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route nine-W within the town of Bethlehem, at the town line bordering the city of Albany until its intersection with Moriah road, to Patrick LaFortune Jr. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08814 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11248 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11220 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11220 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A11134 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Congregation Atzei Chaim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023 and 2024 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11240 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Tovas Dovid Community Kollel, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school taxes. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10373 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the county of Warren to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Bradley Murphy, a patrol officer employed by such county. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10373 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the county of Warren to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Bradley Murphy, a patrol officer employed by such county. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A10906 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on Cleveland Drive crossing interstate route 90 in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie, to PFC Travis C. Krege. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10906 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on Cleveland Drive crossing interstate route 90 in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie, to PFC Travis C. Krege. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08579 · 2026-06-05
Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system to certain employees employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2014. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A07986 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Centerport Fire District to file an application for exemption from school taxes and real property taxes. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 4944 total roll-call votes this session).
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