Empire State Pride Agenda - 1999 NYS Senate Voting Scorecard

Explanation of the Bills:

SONDA (S.782/Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act)/STATED POSITION: Adds sexual orientation to the state’s existing laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, and credit on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, or marital status. Pride Agenda’s position: SUPPORT.

Hate Crimes (S.2303)/MOTION TO DISCHARGE: Sen. Duane’s version of the Bias Related Violence & Intimidation Act; makes bias related violence and intimidation, including hate violence based on sexual orientation, a distinct criminal offense and mandates that the sentence for bias related violence or intimidation run consecutive to any other sentence imposed. Sen. Duane brought a motion to discharge the bill (i.e., force the bill from committee to an immediate floor vote). The motion failed 30 to 24 on strict party lines on April 13. Pride Agenda’s position: SUPPORT.

Late Term Abortion (S.1638): Creates the crime of partial birth abortion, a class E felony. The bill’s language is so vague that it can be read to apply to virtually any abortion. Passed the Senate 41 to 18 on March 24. Pride Agenda’s position: OPPOSE.

Stalking (S.1241): Forbids conduct constituting the criminal interference with health care services. The bill’s definition of "immediate family" (for purposes of determining whether certain acts constitute stalking) includes persons who currently reside together or who have resided together in the past, thus including lesbian and gay couples and their families. It does not extend the jurisdiction of Family Court to victims of stalking who are unmarried or unrelated by blood or a child in common. Passed the Senate on February 2 and May 4. Pride Agenda’s position: SUPPORT. (In August, the Senate and Assembly reached agreement on a compromise Stalking bill, that includes protections for "religious worship" and the Senate is expected to pass the compromise bill during the fall of 1999.)

Key: +=supported Pride Agenda’s position -=opposed Pride Agenda, ex=excused, abs=absent, und=undeclared

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Senator		Party	County	SONDA (position)	Hate Crimes (Motion to Discharge)	Late Term Abortion	Stalking/Clinic Access
Balboni	Michael	R	Nassau	-	-	-	+
Fuschillo	Charles	R-C	Nassau, Suffolk	UND	-	+	+
Hannon	Kemp	R-C	Nassau	-	-	-	+
Johnson	Owen	R-C	Suffolk	-	ABS	-	+
Lack	James	R-C	Suffolk	+	-	-	+
LaValle	Kenneth	R-C	Suffolk	-	-	-	+
Marcellino	Carl	R-C	Nassau, Suffolk	UND	-	-	+
Skelos	Dean	R-C	Nassau	-	-	-	+
Trunzo	Caesar	R-C	Suffolk	-	ABS	-	+

Senator		Party	County	SONDA (position)	Hate Crimes (Motion to Discharge)	Late Term Abortion	Stalking/ Clinic Access
Connor	Martin	D-L	Manhattan, Brooklyn	+	+	+	+
Duane	Tom	D	Manhattan	+	+	+	+
Gentile	Vincent	D	Brooklyn	+	+	-	+
Gonzalez	Efrain	D-L	Bronx	+	+	-	ABS
Goodman	Roy	R-L	Manhattan	+	-	+	+
Hevesi	Dan	D	Queens	+	+	-	+
Lachman	Seymour	D	Brooklyn	UND	+	-	+
Kruger	Carl	D-L	Brooklyn	+	+	+	+
Maltese	Serphin	R-C	Queens	-	-	-	-
Marchi	John	R-D-L	Staten Island	-	-	-	+
Markowitz	Marty	D	Brooklyn	+	+	+	+
Mendez	Olga	D-L	Bronx, Manhattan	+	+	-	+
Montgom- ery	Velman- ette	D-L	Brooklyn	+	+	+	+
Onorato	George	D	Queens	+	+	-	+
Oppen- heimer	Suzi	D	West- chester	+	+	+	+
Padavan	Frank	R-C	Queens	-	-	-	-
Paterson	David	D-L	Manhattan	+	+	+	+
Rosado	David	D-L	Bronx	+	+	-	+
Sampson	John	D-L	Brooklyn	+	+	+	+
Santiago	Nellie	D-L	Brooklyn	+	+	EX	+
Schneid- erman	Eric	D	Manhattan	+	+	+	+
Seabrook	Larry	D	Bronx, West- chester	+	+	+	+
Smith	Ada	D-L	Brooklyn, Queens	+	+	+	+
Spano	Nicholas	R-C	West- chester	+	-	+	+
Stavisky	Leonard	D-L	Queens	+	+	-	EX
Velella	Guy	R-C	Bronx, West- chester	-	ABS	-	+
Waldon	Alton	D-L	Queens	+	EX	+	+

Senator		Party	County	SONDA (position)	Hate Crimes (Motion to Discharge)	Late Term Abortion	Stalking/ Clinic Access
Alesi	James	R	Monroe	+	-	-	+
Bonacic	John	R	Delaware	-	-	-	+
Breslin	Neil	D	Albany	+	+	+	+
Bruno	Joseph	R-C	Rensselaer, Saratoga	-	-	-	+
DeFrancis- co	John	R-C	Onondaga	+	-	-	-
Dollinger	Richard	D	Monroe	+	+	+	+
Farley	Hugh	R-C	Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton	-	ABS	-	+
Hoffmann	Nancy Larraine	D-C	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	+	-	+	+
Kuhl	John	R-C	Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Yates	-	-	-	+
Larkin	William	R-C	Orange, Ulster	-	-	-	+
Leibell	Vincent	R-C	Putnam, Westchester, Dutchess	-	-	-	+
Libous	Thomas	R-C	Broome, Tioga, Chenango	-	-	-	+
Maziarz	George	R-C	Niagara, Orleans, Monroe	UND	-	-	+
McGee	Patricia	R	Chautauqua	-	-	-	+
Meier	Raymond	R-D	Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida	+	-	-	-
Morahan (replaced Holland, who retired, in special election 5/25/99)	Thomas	R	Rockland, Orange	+	NA	NA	+
Nanula	Anthony	D	Niagara, Erie	+	+	+	+
Nozzolio	Michael	R-C	Wayne, Seneca, Cayuga	-	-	-	+
Rath	Mary Lou	R-C	Genesee, Erie	+	-	-	+
Saland	Stephen	R-C	Dutchess, Columbia	-	-	-	+
Seward	James	R	Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Otsego	-	ABS	-	+
Stachowski	William	D-C	Erie	-	+	-	+
Stafford	Ronald	R-C	Warren, Washington, Essex, Clinton	UND	-	-	+
Volker	Dale	R-C	Livingston, Wyoming, Erie	-	-	-	+
Wright	James	R-C	Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence	-	-	-	+

SONDA	HATE CRIMES	LATE TERM ABORTION	STALKING/CLINIC ACCESS
+=31	+=24	+=18	+=55
-=24	-=30	-=41	-=4
und=6	und=0	und=1	und=0
ex=0	ex=1	ex=1	ex=1