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Democratic
· Assembly Member
John McDonald
Represents District 108 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
98%
on 595 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 3,457 of 3,523 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
536 of 647
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 61
Roll calls on record
3,523
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 John McDonald 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 John McDonald 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. John McDonald is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
9 of 595 party-line votes.
S05711 · 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 · 2026-06-05 · Passed 82–52 · most Democrats voted the other way
A09349 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-01 · Passed 22–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
A04713 · Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-06 · Passed 102–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
A01428 · Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-06 · Passed 95–45 · most Democrats voted the other way
S08390 · Extends certain provisions relating to payments under the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-16 · Passed 88–56 · most Democrats voted the other way
A08150 · Provides that gas, electric, or combination gas and electric corporations shall not be permitted to retain revenues derived from their actual return on equity in excess of authorized rates of return on equity.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2025-06-06 · Passed 24–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
A04725 · Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2025-06-05 · Passed 94–50 · most Democrats voted the other way
A04603 · Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2025-05-20 · Passed 24–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
A02620 · Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2025-05-20 · Passed 24–11 · 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
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
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
A00805 · Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.
Assembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable · 2025-02-25 · Passed 8–5
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
57%
Brian MaherRepublican · District 101 · 291 shared contested votes
52%
Doug SmithRepublican · District 5 · 482 shared contested votes
50%
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 (66 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills John McDonald 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.
Introduced647
Out of committee575
Passed one chamber550
Passed both chambers541
Became law536
Never left committee72
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 61 bills that became law this session.
Authorizes distinctive license plates for doctors of osteopathic medicine.
Not out of committeereferred to transportation · 2026-07-29
Authorizes the department of social services to provide certain notice to providers when written authorization has been provided by the provider or person receiving such notice.
Not out of committeereferred to social services · 2026-07-29
Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.
Became lawsigned chap.176 · 2026-07-24
Enacts "Nima's law" which prohibits the retail sale of nitrous oxide; establishes civil penalties for violations; includes nitrous oxide misuse in the health care and wellness education and outreach program to expand education on the dangers of nitrous oxide misuse; prohibits the sale of whip cream chargers.
Out of committeereported referred to rules · 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.
Out of committeesubstituted by s9272a · 2026-06-05
Requires bidders on contracts to purchase firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories to submit a statement that the bidder is licensed and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations relating to the sale, transfer, storage and disposition of firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories.
Out of committeereported referred to rules · 2026-06-04
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.
Out of committeesubstituted by s5939c · 2026-06-04
Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.
Passed one chamberCOMMITTED TO RULES · 2026-06-04
Commemorating the 82nd Anniversary of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 2026
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Riverkeeper and honoring its enduring legacy of environmental advocacy, stewardship, and protection of the Hudson River and New York s drinking water resources
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Recognizing September 27, 2026, as Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, and honoring the sacrifices of the Gold Star family members from the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Commemorating the 78th Anniversary of the signing of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Recognizing June 13, 2026, as Dragonfly Day in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Recognizing the Paige Elizabeth Keely Foundation for its dedicated efforts in raising awareness about arteriovenous malformation
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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)
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 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 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 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)
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)
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 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 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A10636 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Sergeant Gregory L. Wahl. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A08805 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Petersburg, county of Rensselaer, to Robert Bornt. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08577 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A11571 · 2026-06-05
Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules until January 1, 2028. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A09214 · 2026-06-05
Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A10898 · 2026-06-05
Authorizes the Hicksville Water District to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A11576 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A10704 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A05574 · 2026-06-05
Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A09408 · 2026-06-05
Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A11213 · 2026-06-05
Extends the presumptive eligibility period, from twenty-five to thirty-five years, for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A08903 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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)
A11528 · 2026-06-05
Dedicates the bridge over the Southern State Parkway on Udall Road in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, to Trooper Gerard B. Kane. (Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
A11068 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules)
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