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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Clyde Vanel
Represents District 33 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
99%
on 698 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
90%
Yea or Nay on 3,579 of 3,969 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
29 of 162
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 61
Roll calls on record
3,969
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 Clyde Vanel 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 Clyde Vanel 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. Clyde Vanel is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
8 of 698 party-line votes.
A11560 · Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-06-04 · Passed 103–38 · most Democrats voted the other way
A09297 · Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-18 · Passed 96–41 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08420 · Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-17 · Passed 92–49 · most Democrats voted the other way
S05170 · Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-17 · Passed 89–46 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08417 · Provides that in the case of any application for gas service to a building which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-16 · Passed 83–62 · most Democrats voted the other way
A01191 · Enacts the "safer weapons, safer homes act"; requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms; defines personalized firearms; requires the division to report to the governor and the legislature on the results of the study.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-05-14 · Passed 97–50 · most Democrats voted the other way
A00136 · Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-04-29 · Passed 81–67 · most Democrats voted the other way
A02539 · Requires mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be printed in large font type.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-03-12 · Passed 99–46 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
A10357 · Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.
Assembly Science And Technology Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes · 2026-05-13 · Passed 5–2
A10133 · Regulates personal loans made by a lender to a resident of or person physically located in the state of New York; exempts certain lenders.
Assembly Banks Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes · 2026-02-25 · Passed 16–12
A02141 · Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.
Assembly Science And Technology Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes · 2025-01-22 · Passed 6–2
A10538 · Establishes the proposition betting task force to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning proposition betting, with particular consideration of under bets.
Assembly Racing And Wagering Committee: Favorable · 2026-03-11 · Passed 8–3
A10132 · Enacts the "connected consumer product end of life disclosure act", relating to requiring manufacturers of connected consumer products to disclose for how long they will provide technical support, security updates, or bug fixes for the software, hardware, or firmware necessary for the product to securely function.
Assembly Science And Technology Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes · 2026-02-10 · Passed 6–1
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 · 270 shared contested votes
59%
Brian MaherRepublican · District 101 · 265 shared contested votes
57%
Scott GrayRepublican · District 116 · 434 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 (390 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Clyde Vanel 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.
Introduced162
Out of committee46
Passed one chamber37
Passed both chambers30
Became law29
Never left committee116
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 61 bills that became law this session.
Requires any infant head support device offered for sale in the state of New York to provide a clear and conspicuous warning on such device and its retail packaging that prolonged use of such product may cause flattening, molding, or deformation of a baby's skull and that the recipient of such infant head support device should limit the time their baby spends resting against the product and to reposition their baby frequently.
Not out of committeereferred to consumer affairs and protection · 2026-09-16
Defines extenuating circumstances for limits on outside earned income by members of the legislature.
Not out of committeereferred to governmental operations · 2026-09-16
Repeals limits on outside earned income by members of the legislature.
Not out of committeereferred to governmental operations · 2026-09-16
Provides that a communication or attorney work product otherwise protected by the attorney-client privilege or which otherwise shall not be obtainable by another party shall not lose its privileged or unobtainable character solely as a result of it being produced by, transmitted to, processed by, stored on, or otherwise facilitated through an artificial intelligence technology; requires authorization from the client to utilize artificial intelligence.
Not out of committeereferred to judiciary · 2026-09-16
Prohibits a person to offer or promote instant payout loot boxes to New York consumers.
Not out of committeeprint number 9044b · 2026-09-11
Provides for requirements and restrictions on prediction markets.
Not out of committeeprint number 9251b · 2026-08-17
Provides for the accessibility of consumer financial data; prohibits fees for the transfer of such data to authorized parties.
Not out of committeeprint number 10640a · 2026-08-14
Prohibits divisions of government and private entities from using information broadcast or collected by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems as a means for calculating, generating, and collecting fees from aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft within the geographic boundaries of the state.
Not out of committeereferred to consumer affairs and protection · 2026-06-02
Provides remote work flexibilities for licensed mortgage loan originators and staff and employees of licensed mortgage bankers, registered mortgage brokers and mortgage loan servicers under certain circumstances.
Not out of committeereferred to banks · 2026-06-02
Requires certain disclosures by a developer of virtual tokens in advertisements involving such virtual tokens; provides restrictions concerning advertising.
Passed one chamberRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · 2026-06-02
Requires covered lenders to report to the department of financial services certain information on covered loans; requires the superintendent of financial services to collect and maintain such data and to annually publish a report containing aggregated information regarding covered loans; requires the superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations to implement such provisions.
Out of committeeprint number 11293a · 2026-06-01
Provides for the registration and regulation of crypto kiosks and exchanges and licensing of cashier crypto exchange operators.
Out of committeeamend and recommit to rules 10899c · 2026-05-29
Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on the banking development district program and to make recommendations to improve such program.
Out of committeesubstituted by s8199 · 2026-05-29
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 17, 2026, as Young Entrepreneur Day in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-27
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 20-26, 2026, as Space Week in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-05-18
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
A10949 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes funding to local government entities from the urban development corporation through the electric generation facility cessation mitigation fund for an additional five years. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A09074 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11163 · 2026-06-05
Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence from three to five percent. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10792 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Dansville, county of Livingston, to Clara H. Barton. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
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)
A10689 · 2026-06-05
Adds Lake Oscawana and Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland waterways. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
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)
A02612 · 2026-06-05
Designates the animal control officer in the town of Sand Lake as a peace officer. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A07250 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10636 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Sergeant Gregory L. Wahl. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A11290 · 2026-06-05
Designates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs. (Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable)
A10573 · 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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
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 Rules Committee: Favorable)
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)
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