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Republican
· Assembly Member
Robert Smullen
Represents District 118 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Republicans
93%
on 558 party-line votes · House Republicans median 92%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 3,237 of 3,338 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
284 of 341
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 177
Roll calls on record
3,338
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 Robert Smullen 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 Robert Smullen 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. Robert Smullen is circled.
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Times they broke with their party
40 of 558 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
A11128 · Permits the town of Palm Tree to establish a demonstration program and install and operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices; relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the town of Palm Tree.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-04 · Passed 26–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
A10391 · Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-06-03 · Passed 111–29 · most Republicans voted the other way
A10391 · Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-03 · Passed 25–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
A09396 · 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 Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-03 · Passed 23–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
A10455 · Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Ithaca.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-06-02 · Passed 105–34 · most Republicans voted the other way
A10455 · Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Ithaca.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-02 · Passed 24–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
A10660 · Extends provisions providing for the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-02 · Passed 25–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
A06744 · Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.
Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules · 2026-06-02 · Passed 26–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
S08188 · Authorizes the town of Rhinebeck, county of Dutchess, to establish hotel and motel taxes within such town; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-29 · Passed 82–47 · most Republicans voted the other way
A01719 · Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision in connection with such individual's ongoing supervision in the community.
Assembly Floor Vote – Final Passage · 2026-05-13 · Passed 108–28 · most Republicans 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
A02504 · Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor.
Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-05-13 · Passed 11–8
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
A00777 · Addresses the financial, health care, educational, and workforce needs of disabled veterans and their families by providing tax relief, expanding health care access, enhancing education benefits, and improving workforce protections.
Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee: Held for Consideration · 2026-05-13 · Passed 12–7
Democrats 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.
D. Billy JonesDemocrat · District 115 · 279 shared contested votes
62%
Alec Brook-KrasnyDemocrat · District 46 · 457 shared contested votes
55%
Angelo SantabarbaraDemocrat · District 111 · 458 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 (101 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Robert Smullen 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.
Introduced341
Out of committee297
Passed one chamber286
Passed both chambers284
Became law284
Never left committee44
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 177 bills that became law this session.
Creates a sales and use tax exemption for school buses and related items.
Not out of committeereferred to ways and means · 2026-09-02
Designates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.
Out of committeesubstituted by s40c · 2026-06-05
Expands the area outside Montgomery county in which a deputy sheriff in Montgomery county may reside.
Out of committeesubstituted by s8732 · 2026-06-05
Allows persons holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgomery to be a resident of certain other counties.
Out of committeesubstituted by s8733 · 2026-06-05
Exempts the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
Out of committeesubstituted by s10028 · 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.
Passed one chamberREFERRED TO RULES · 2026-06-05
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
Commemorating the 251st Birthday of the United States Marine Corps
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Recognizing June 13, 2026, as Dragonfly Day in the State of New York
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
Recognizing May 21-27, 2026, as Military Animal Appreciation Week, and to honor these animals for their service
Became lawadopted · 2026-06-03
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 September 26, 2026, as Hunting and Fishing Day in the State of New York
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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 3338 total roll-call votes this session).
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