1998 Senate Voting Records

The chart below displays the 1998 positions of New York State Senators on 5 bills crucial to the lesbian and gay community:

• SONDA – Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (S.425-B) – outlaws discrimination on basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, education, accomodation, and credit – Pride Agenda's position: SUPPORTS (more information on SONDA)
• HIV Partner Notification (S.4422-B) – requires reporting of names of all HIV-positive persons and their partners – Pride Agenda's position: OPPOSED
• HIV Criminalization (S.665) – forced HIV testing of criminal defendants – Pride Agenda's position: OPPOSED
• Partial Birth Abortion (S.1800) – outlaws so-called "partial birth" or late term abortions – Pride Agenda's position: OPPOSED
• Care Giver (S.2464-C) – allows legal parent to delegate decision-making rights over his/her child's school related activities, including medical emergencies, to another person, including a gay or lesbian partner – Pride Agenda's position: SUPPORTS

NAME	PARTY	DISTRICT	SONDA 1998	SONDA 1996	HIV PN	HIV CRIMINAL	PB ABORT	CARE GIVER
Abate, Catherine M.	D-L	27	+	+	–	+	+	+
Alesi, James S.	R	55	+	+	–	–	–	+
Balboni, Michael A.	R	7	–		–	–	absent	+
Breslin, Neil	D	42	+	+	–	+	+	+
Bruno, Joseph L.	R-C	43	–	–	–	–	–	+
Connor, Martin E.	D-L	25	+	+	–	+	+	+
Cook, Charles D.	R	40	unknown	unknown	–	–	+	+
DeFrancisco, John A.	R-C	49	+	+	–	–	–	+
Dollinger, Richard A.	D	54	+	+	–	+	+	+
Farley, Hugh T.	R-C	44	–	unknown	–	–	–	+
Fuschillo, Charles	R-C	8	–	unknown	–	–	–	+
Gentile, Vincent	D	23	+	+	–	–	–	+
Gold, Emanuel R.	D-L	13	+	+	–	–	excused	+
Gonzalez, Efrain	D-L	31	+	+	–	+	–	+
Goodman, Roy M.	R-L	26	+	+	–	+	+	+
Hannon, Kemp	R-C	6	–	unknown	–	–	–	+
Hoffman, Nancy Larraine	D-C	48	+	+	–	–	excused	+
Holland, Joseph R.	R-C	38	–	–	–	–	–	+
Johnson, Owen H.	R-C	4	–	–	–	–	–	+
Kruger, Carl	D-L	21	+	+	–	–	+	+
Kuhl, John Randy	R-C	52	–	–	–	–	–	+
Lachman, Seymour P.	D	22	unknown	unknown	–	–	–	+
Lack, James J.	R-C	2	+	+	–	–	–	+
Larkin, William J.	R-C	39	–	–	–	–	–	+
Lavalle, Kenneth P.	R-C	1	–	unknown	–	–	–	+
Leibell, Vincent L.	R-C	37	–	–	–	–	–	+
Leichter, Franz S.	D-L	30	+	+	–	+	+	+
Libous, Thomas W.	R-C	51	–	–	–	–	–	+
Maltese, Serphin R.	R-C	15	–	–	–	–	–	+
Marcellino, Carl	R-C	5	unknown	unknown	–	–	–	+
Marchi, John J.	R-D-L	24	–	–	–	–	–	+
Markowitz, Marty	D	20	+	+	+	+	+	+
Maziarz, George D.	R	61	unknown	unknown	–	–	–	+
Meier, Raymond	R-C	47	unknown	unknown	–	–	–	+
Mendez, Olga A.	D-L	28	+	+	–	+	–	+
Montgomery, Velmanette	D-L	18	+	+	+	+	+	+
Nanula, Anthony R.	D	57	+	+	–	+	+	+
Nozzolio, Michael F.	R-C	53	–	–	–	–	–	+
Onorato, George	D	14	unknown	+	–	–	–	+
Oppenheimer, Suzi	D	36	+	+	–	–	+	+
Padavan, Frank	R-C	11	–	–	–	–	–	+
Paterson, David A.	D-L	29	+	+	–	+	+	+
Present, Jess	R-C	56	unknown	+	–	–	–	+
Rath, Mary Lou	R-C	60	–	unknown	–	–	–	+
Rosado, David	D-L	32	+	unknown	–	+	–	+
Saland, Stephen M.	R-C	41	–	–	–	–	–	+
Sampson, John	D-L	19	+	+	+	excused	+	+
Santiago, Nellie	D-L	17	+	+	+	+	+	+
Seabrook, Larry B.	D	33	+	+	+	excused	+	+
Seward, James L.	R	50	–	–	–	–	–	+
Skelos, Dean G.	R-C	9	–	–	–	excused	–	+
Smith, Ada L.	D-L	12	+	+	–	+	+	+
Spano, Nicholas A.	R-C	35	+	+	–	–	+	+
Stachowski, William T.	D-C	58	–	–	–	–	–	+
Stafford, Ronald B.	R-C	45	unknown	unknown	–	–	–	+
Stavisky, Leonard P.	D-L	16	+	+	–	+	–	+
Trunzo, Caesar	R-C	3	–	–	–	–	–	+
Velella, Guy J.	R-C	34	–	–	–	–	–	+
Volker, Dale M.	R-C	59	–	–	–	–	–	+
Waldon, Alton R.	D-L	10	+	+	+	+	+	+
Wright, James W.	R-C	46	–	–	–	–	–	+

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