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R Sen. Stephen T. Chan

District 17 · Republican First elected: 2025 Last margin: 9.7% · Lean: D+36

Key Issues

New York business climate competitiveness 2025-02-26

Amazon headquarters loss 2025-02-26

business attraction strategy 2025-02-26

Executive 1 for S8277 1 nay

Education 13 bills

Penal 10 bills 4 nay

Tax 9 bills 8 nay

Executive 7 bills 1 nay

Vehicle and Traffic 6 bills 7 nay

New York City Administrative Code 5 bills 2 nay

Social Services 5 bills

Retirement and Social Security 4 bills

From committee hearings, floor debate, and bill sponsorship.

Legislative Activity (2025–2026)

Floor votes 1,437

Party alignment 94.1%

Hearing engagements 0

Bills sponsored 0

Floor mentions 30

Based on complete Senate roll call records.

Top Co-Sponsors

R Jake Ashby 13 bills D Andrea Stewart-Cousins 11 bills D Jessica Scarcella-Spanton 10 bills R Mario Mattera 9 bills D Nathalia Fernandez 9 bills D Robert Jackson 8 bills D Michelle Hinchey 8 bills R Pamela Helming 8 bills R Patrick M. Gallivan 8 bills R James Tedisco 7 bills

District 17 Profile

Population 293,218

Median income $63,841

Median rent $1,662

Homeownership 33.6%

Education (BA+) 29.8%

Poverty rate 19.4%

Voter Registration

57%

22%

21%

Dem 57.5% Rep 21.9% Ind/Other 20.6%

Demographics

White 35.5%

Black 2.0%

Hispanic 19.1%

Asian 44.1%

Voting Record

1106 Aye 331 Nay 6 Excused

Dissenting Votes by Topic

Public Health 25 nay

S1633 ↗ Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires pa… 2026-01-27

S5981 Establishes the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program 2026-01-27

S8758 Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder 2026-01-21

S3581 Provides lead service line identification for certain water systems 2025-06-12

S4545 ↗ Repeals section 2307 of the public health law relating to persons knowing themse… 2025-06-12

S7782 ↗ Requires the department of health to enter into a contract for the digitalizatio… 2025-06-12

S428 Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodiu… 2025-06-11

S7690 Relates to the requirements for licensure of funeral directors 2025-06-11

S1223 Expands the scope of the temporary operator program 2025-06-10

S4854 Prohibits the packaging, sale and distribution of confectionery and candy design… 2025-06-10

+15 more

Environmental Conservation 22 nay

S9072 ↗ Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act 2026-02-10

S9073 ↗ Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and… 2026-02-10

S2057 ↗ Enacts the "beauty justice act" 2025-06-12

S3492 ↗ Enacts the sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act 2025-06-12

S4691 ↗ Prohibits the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added lamps 2025-06-12

S5379 Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation wor… 2025-06-12

S5759 ↗ Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids 2025-06-12

S4408 Relates to agreements related to renewable energy development rights on reforest… 2025-06-11

S1180 ↗ Establishes an indirect source review for certain warehouse operations 2025-06-10

S7809 Establishes state composting programs 2025-06-10

+12 more

General Business 22 nay

S8789 Defines "employer" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the… 2026-01-29

S8811 Relates to the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, de… 2026-01-28

S8416 Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) busi… 2025-06-13

S1162 ↗ Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group p… 2025-06-12

S363 ↗ Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act" 2025-06-12

S7494 ↗ Enacts the government response to insider fraud and trading act relating to secu… 2025-06-12

S1280 ↗ Relates to labeling requirements for gas stoves 2025-06-11

S6985 Provides for requirements for the rental of helmets 2025-06-11

S7713 Restricts the use of automatic license plate reader information 2025-06-11

S362 Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm 2025-06-09

+12 more

Resolutions, Senate 22 nay

R1231 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

R1232 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1233 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

R1234 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1235 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1236 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1237 ↗ Establishes an itemized list of grantees for the 2024-25 state fiscal year for s… 2025-06-12

R1238 ↗ Sets forth an itemized list of grantees for the 2024-25 state fiscal year for se… 2025-06-12

R1239 ↗ Sets forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2024… 2025-06-12

R1240 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

+12 more

Election 19 nay

S8604 Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March 2026-01-12

S8646 ↗ Relates to the New York election officer protection act 2026-01-12

S441 ↗ Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speake… 2025-06-11

S7111 ↗ Permits political parties to perform certain functions without forming county co… 2025-06-11

S7689 ↗ Relates to voting of overseas military voters and special federal voters 2025-06-11

S6799 Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections 2025-06-05

S5452 Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications b… 2025-06-04

S699 Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the ci… 2025-05-28

S1809 Authorizes full-time college students to act as election inspectors and poll cle… 2025-03-19

S568 Establishes portable polling locations for early voting 2025-03-19

+9 more

Executive 14 nay

S1455 ↗ Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological vi… 2025-06-12

S1130 Relates to protections for renters using certain housing subsidies or public ass… 2025-06-11

S4535 Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of … 2025-06-10

S919 ↗ Requires certain housing production information to be reported to the department… 2025-06-10

S2271 Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or … 2025-06-09

S4534 Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and… 2025-06-09

S3819 ↗ Imposes certain penalties related to violations of building and fire code standa… 2025-06-04

S7117 Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detentio… 2025-05-21

S1055 Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending adjo… 2025-05-19

S518 Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and… 2025-05-19

+4 more

Correction 12 nay

S1050 Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transf… 2025-06-12

S8415 Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement an omnibus bill… 2025-06-12

S2666 ↗ Relates to the provision of breast pumps to certain incarcerated birth parents a… 2025-06-11

S4583 ↗ Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individu… 2025-06-10

S5037 Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals 2025-06-06

S5265 Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental … 2025-06-06

S1692 ↗ Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions 2025-05-22

S6365 Relates to certain information provided to incarcerated individuals upon their r… 2025-05-22

S1191 Provides for limited credit time allowances 2025-05-21

S3974 Relates to failure to complete a program for time allowances due to circumstance… 2025-05-21

+2 more

Criminal Procedure 12 nay

S1004 ↗ Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial 2025-06-13

S1819 ↗ Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial divers… 2025-06-12

S5138 Abolishes citizens arrests; repealer 2025-06-11

S4525 Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited En… 2025-06-10

S1946 Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions 2025-05-29

S329 ↗ Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern 2025-05-28

S2453 Relates to enacting the New York no citizen is above the law act 2025-05-21

S3909 Enacts the "New York state phoenix act" 2025-05-21

S660 Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours 2025-05-20

S1985 Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding t… 2025-05-13

+2 more

Public Service 11 nay

S3734 ↗ Relates to prohibiting the public service commission from approving a rate incre… 2025-06-12

S8417 Relates to the provision of gas service to new customers 2025-06-12

S8421 Enacts the Customer Savings and Reliability Act; and repeals certain provisions … 2025-06-12

S98 ↗ Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure 2025-06-12

S5593 Relates to periods suspending the operation of certain rate, charge or other cha… 2025-06-05

S7165 ↗ Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered … 2025-06-05

S7328 ↗ Increases the number of commissioners of the public service commission 2025-06-05

S641 ↗ Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act" 2025-06-04

S4336 Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords upon request … 2025-05-15

S1701 Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance 2025-01-27

+1 more

Civil Practice Law and Rules 10 nay

S3879 ↗ Relates to arbitration proceedings 2025-06-13

S410 Relates to certain jury awards in employment discrimination actions 2025-06-11

S5170 Relates to permitting a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defe… 2025-06-10

S6128 Relates to the use of writings and objects to refresh recollection 2025-06-05

S7694 Relates to the business records exception to hearsay 2025-06-04

S4914 ↗ Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity fr… 2025-05-22

S3036 Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admi… 2025-05-21

S2305 Relates to certain judgments by confession 2025-03-25

S2497 Relates to the admissibility of certain testimony and evidence by a person alleg… 2025-03-04

S4611 Provides grounds for attachment and relates to procedures where employees may ho… 2025-03-04

Education 10 nay

S8656 ↗ Relates to the dispensing of certain prescriptions 2026-01-27

S6734 Relates to the election of school board members after the number of members has … 2025-06-11

S2058 Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city u… 2025-06-09

S2498 Relates to the frequency and implementation of lock-down drills in schools 2025-06-06

S1063 Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals 2025-06-04

S1099 Enacts the freedom to read act 2025-05-20

S1100 Enacts the "open shelves act" 2025-05-20

S4685 ↗ Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees… 2025-04-24

S4434 Permits union free and central school district boards of education to establish … 2025-03-17

S519 Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and re… 2025-02-12

Labor 9 nay

S4424 ↗ Enacts the anti-waiver of employment rights act 2025-06-12

S4473 Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are n… 2025-06-12

S3460 Relates to granting employees access to personnel records 2025-06-11

S7388 Enacts the remedial construction of New York labor law act 2025-06-10

S4641 ↗ Prohibits non-compete agreements and certain restrictive covenants 2025-06-09

S1673 Relates to requiring new employees to be provided certain information relating t… 2025-03-20

S4925 Relates to requiring training to reduce abusive conduct and bullying in the work… 2025-03-17

S372 Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act" 2025-03-04

S4515 Requires employers of domestic workers to provide annual sick leave to such work… 2025-03-04

Public Authorities 8 nay

S1047 Establishes a ride clean rebate program for bicycles with electric assist and el… 2025-06-13

S1148 Enacts the rider representation act relating to membership on the board of the m… 2025-06-12

S3560 Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program 2025-06-11

S7899 ↗ Provides that priority shall be given to certain sites when developing renewable… 2025-06-11

S6286 ↗ Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viabili… 2025-06-10

S1462 Relates to establishing ground rent rebates for eligible homeowners and renters … 2025-05-28

S1410 Relates to reviews by the authorities budget office 2025-02-25

S2459 Repeals certain provisions relating to voting by members of the New York state a… 2025-02-25

Real Property Actions and Proceedings 8 nay

S8761 Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining … 2026-01-20

S2117 Relates to prosecution by the department of financial services and municipalitie… 2025-06-11

S3043 ↗ Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regardin… 2025-06-11

S3799 Relates to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs 2025-06-04

S2122 ↗ Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil… 2025-05-21

S3689 Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified me… 2025-05-15

S2546 Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply fo… 2025-05-12

S1615 Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 in petitions to recover … 2025-02-25

Tax 8 nay

S7692 ↗ Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Baldwinsville 2025-06-12

S7880 ↗ Enacts the NY-PROTECT ACT; repealer 2025-06-12

S8091 Relates to the timeframe for distributors of cannabis products to file tax retur… 2025-06-11

S3340 Relates to treatment of gains from qualified opportunity zones in calculating ta… 2025-06-05

S1140 ↗ Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in… 2025-06-04

S3261 Authorizes distributors of cannabis products to file annual returns electronical… 2025-05-28

S700 Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which t… 2025-05-19

S817 Relates to the occupancy tax in the village of Coxsackie 2025-01-14

Vehicle and Traffic 7 nay

Budget Bills 6 nay

Real Property Tax 6 nay

General Municipal 5 nay

Judiciary 5 nay

Real Property 5 nay

Banking 4 nay

Cannabis 4 nay

Insurance 4 nay

Legislative 4 nay

Penal 4 nay

Social Services 4 nay

Surrogate's Court Procedure Act 4 nay

General Obligations 3 nay

Multiple Dwelling 3 nay

Workers' Compensation 3 nay

Arts and Cultural Affairs 2 nay

Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 2 nay

Estates, Powers and Trusts 2 nay

Family Court Act 2 nay

Lien 2 nay

New York City Administrative Code 2 nay

Public Housing 2 nay

Public Officers 2 nay

State Finance 2 nay

Transportation 2 nay

28 additional dissenting votes across other topics

From 1,443 recorded floor votes via OpenLeg API. Dissenting votes grouped by law section to reveal policy patterns.

Floor Speeches: In Support (2)

S4045C An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law 2025-06-12 PASSED

While voting in favor, Sen. Chan expressed concerns that speed camera violations are attributed to vehicles rather than drivers, making enforcement problematic. He suggested arrest and jail time might be more effective deterrents than vehicle speed limiters.

S8277 An act to amend the Executive Law 2025-06-10 PASSED

Emphasized the importance of respecting the aging population, noting his district's diverse older demographic and the vital roles seniors play in their communities and families. Called on colleagues to support the bill as a tribute to elders.

Floor Speeches: In Opposition (2)

A1890 An act to amend the Real Property Law 2025-06-11 PASSED

Voted in opposition to the measure.

A136 An act to amend the Public Health Law - Medical Aid in Dying 2025-06-09 PASSED

Expressed concern about lack of oversight and compared the bill to drug diversion problems, arguing that just because crimes haven't been caught doesn't mean they haven't occurred.

Committee Hearing Engagement (1)

Date	Committee	Engagement	Stance	Focus Areas	Summary
2025-02-26	New York State Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee	moderate	skeptical	New York business climate competitiveness Amazon headquarters loss business attraction strategy	Sen. Chan questioned why New York continues to rank poorly for business climate despite economic development investments, noting the loss of Amazon headquarters and questioning the strategy of attracting casinos.