Brian Maher

Maher opposed proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts affecting ambulance and emergency-medical services.

February 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

At an Assembly opioid hearing, Maher advocated county-led planning, incentives, and zoning authority for methadone-clinic placement.

June 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Maher introduced A2035 to let specified advanced health professionals qualify as emergency service technicians in rural areas. Also did the same on March 13, 2023.

January 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A1395, requiring medication-abortion access at SUNY and CUNY campuses.

April 18, 2023Opposes Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced the Health Care Tax Reform Act, proposing to phase out four state taxes on health insurance and hospital services over five years (Assembly Bill A6012).

March 30, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S824, the Climate Change Superfund Act's climate-adaptation cost-recovery program.

February 24, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill creating a state tax credit for farmers whose products sell while they move toward USDA organic certification (Assembly Bill 1961).

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1938 to include Orange County among designated communities eligible for community-preservation funds.

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2012 to study emerging opioid compounds and improve overdose-treatment protocols.

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill directing the state health commissioner to study new opioid compounds found in overdose patients and to develop better treatment protocols (Assembly Bill A7746).

June 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A2084, prohibiting lead ammunition on specified state and watershed lands.

April 26, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Maher introduced A5211 to authorize a Chester community-preservation fund supported by a real-estate transfer tax.

March 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A3516, the Keep Police Radio Public Act.

June 5, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

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Maher introduced A6014 to create county incentives to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud.

March 30, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill adding the Goshen Central School District to the New York school districts allowed to set up an insurance reserve fund, proposing to let the district save money in advance for swings in health insurance costs (Assembly Bill A10973).

April 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher advocated legislation requiring prompt state payment to nonprofit service providers and interest on late payments.

June 17, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

At an Assembly opioid hearing, Maher advocated county-led planning, incentives, and zoning authority for methadone-clinic placement.

June 3, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nystateassembly.granicus.com

Maher introduced A1981 to require NYSERDA to pay farm-operation grants within 90 days after notification. Also did the same on February 23, 2023.

January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2031 to establish term limits for the governor and legislators and four-year legislative terms.

January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A9828, exempting Chester's comptroller and building inspector from town residency requirements, was signed into law.

August 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A5355, allowing Maybrook's village justice to live elsewhere in Montgomery or Hamptonburgh, was signed into law.

September 15, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a proposed constitutional amendment setting term limits for New York's governor and legislators and lengthening legislative terms to four years (Assembly Bill A7345).

May 17, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

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Maher introduced A5478 to require a state report on surplus ventilators after the COVID-19 emergency.

March 13, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a bill letting employees of one school district count work done since July 2025 toward the state employees' pension system, with the district paying any required employer costs. The Assembly passed it on May 29, 2026 (Assembly Bill 11183).

May 29, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill to create state grants for schools and other groups to plan, launch, and expand new learning models (Assembly Bill A10887).

April 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A10520 to let local social-services districts tighten child-care-block-grant income eligibility when funds near exhaustion.

March 6, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher opposed proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts affecting ambulance and emergency-medical services.

February 11, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A7922 to establish a community housing fund in Rochester, Ulster County.

April 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1938 to include Orange County among designated communities eligible for community-preservation funds.

January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1925 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.

January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill letting the village of Washingtonville borrow up to $4.5 million to pay off deficits in its general, water, sewer, and capital funds. The matching Senate bill passed and was signed into law (Assembly Bill 7633-A).

May 25, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Maher introduced A6871 to approve specified employee-benefit costs for Goshen Central School District transportation employees.

May 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Introduced a bill creating a state program that funds partnerships among employers, industry groups, and community colleges to build the local workforce (Assembly Bill 6496).

April 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.

March 30, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A5211 to authorize a Chester community-preservation fund supported by a real-estate transfer tax.

March 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A2020, granting peace-officer status to Montgomery town court officers, passed both chambers and was delivered to the governor.

July 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A10086 to let police ask drivers of vehicles with tinted windows to lower every window for officer safety.

January 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher announced that the parole board denied parole after his petition and public advocacy concerning Trooper Robert VanNostrand's killer.

October 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 4906, which lets assault victims at hospitals and care facilities give their statement at work. The New York Assembly passed it 105-41. It became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com

Maher submitted a petition opposing parole for the person convicted of murdering Trooper Robert VanNostrand.

May 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: assembly.state.ny.us

Maher opposed proposed prison closures and argued they would harm public safety and affected communities.

April 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S745, requiring a merchant category code for firearm and ammunition retailers.

March 19, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1973 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits. Also did the same on February 23, 2024.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers claim both a property-tax exemption and an income-tax credit for their service (Assembly Bill A2029).

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2013 to require life without parole for specified murders of children under 13.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1922 to require automatic license-plate readers at state-park entrances and exits.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher was appointed co-chair of the Assembly Minority Conference Human Trafficking Task Force.

July 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A3749, granting peace-officer status to Montgomery town court officers, passed the Assembly.

May 14, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill proposing to require automatic license-plate readers at every entrance and exit of New York state parks, and to help local governments set up similar systems at their own parks. It never moved past committee (Assembly Bill A8143).

October 13, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill letting landlords and employers sue an abuser for money they lost because of domestic violence, such as damage to a rental unit or the cost of covering a victim's missed work (Assembly Bill 6011). The bill stayed in the Judiciary Committee and did not pass.

March 30, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.

March 30, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a New York bill proposing to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers claim both a property-tax break and an income-tax credit for their service. The bill died in the Ways and Means Committee.

February 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill requiring life in prison without parole for anyone convicted of murdering a child under 13 (Assembly Bill 4041).

February 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A7922 to establish a community housing fund in Rochester, Ulster County.

April 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher advocated reducing child-care staffing ratios as a way to expand capacity and lower costs.

December 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A9035 to establish a task force on modernizing victim-services reimbursements.

September 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced Assembly Bill A5417, proposing a state commission to study how public assistance is paid and the income levels at which families lose benefits.

February 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2042 to study barriers to creating child-care providers and recommend ways to expand supply. Also did the same on January 31, 2024.

January 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2050 to encourage married or two-adult households in public-assistance eligibility rules.

January 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher was appointed ranking minority member of the Assembly Children and Families Committee.

December 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher created the William J. Larkin Jr. Community Response Task Force and associated charitable fund to assist disaster-affected residents.

July 13, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill proposing that New York ignore some income and resources so married or two-adult households are not penalized in public-assistance eligibility (Assembly Bill A6148).

April 3, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A6013 to permit installment payment of the earned-income credit.

March 30, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill to create state grants for schools and other groups to plan, launch, and expand new learning models (Assembly Bill A10887).

April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2052 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators. Also did the same on March 13, 2023.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A1925 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill creating a state program that funds partnerships among employers, industry groups, and community colleges to build the local workforce (Assembly Bill 6496).

April 12, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A1191, directing a study of personalized-firearm technological viability.

March 26, 2026Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted against Senate Bill 745, which takes ammunition sellers out of the payment card merchant code rule. The New York Assembly passed it 96-52. It became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com

Maher voted against S745, requiring a merchant category code for firearm and ammunition retailers.

March 19, 2025Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A5482 to repeal New York SAFE Act ammunition-capacity restrictions.

March 13, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A4727 to allow children age 10 or older to use firearms at shooting ranges under qualified supervision.

February 23, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S4914, expanding shield protections for legally protected health activity.

June 16, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A2581, establishing a reproductive-health outreach and education program.

June 11, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S3609, requiring a reproductive and maternal health impact assessment for specified hospital changes.

June 7, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A1395, requiring medication-abortion access at SUNY and CUNY campuses.

April 18, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S1351, which protects New York abortion providers from specified out-of-state arrest and extradition actions.

February 13, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill proposing to require automatic license-plate readers at every entrance and exit of New York state parks, and to help local governments set up similar systems at their own parks. It never moved past committee (Assembly Bill A8143).

October 13, 2023Opposes Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted against Assembly Bill 4040-A, which lets housing discrimination be proved by a practice's effect without proof of intent. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-46, and it became law.

June 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Maher voted against A136, the medical-aid-in-dying bill.

April 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A7008 to prohibit the term 'sex work' and variations of it in state law and rules.

March 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against A1142, replacing specified gendered terms in state law with gender-neutral language.

May 17, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher voted against S1351, which protects New York abortion providers from specified out-of-state arrest and extradition actions.

February 13, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A9165 to require social-media platforms to remove content depicting a violent human death within 24 hours after notice.

October 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill proposing to require hiring local workers before a business can claim certain property tax breaks for investments or energy systems (Assembly Bill A1951).

January 14, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced Assembly Bill A1978, proposing that manual workers be paid at least twice a month instead of weekly. The bill also proposes blocking employee lawsuits over unknowing violations, leaving fines of up to $25 per worker to the state labor commissioner.

January 14, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Introduced Assembly Bill A7747, proposing to require that at least 80% of workers be local hires before a business could claim certain property-tax breaks. The bill stalled in committee and died.

June 6, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 6997, which sets up a way to report unsafe work on utility poles. The New York Assembly passed it 111-31. It became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com

Maher's principal-sponsored A1934, exempting a specified Orange County premises from liquor-license requirements, passed both chambers.

June 3, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A11224 to transfer specified Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center property to Goshen.

May 1, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Contacted a senior ICE official about a proposed Chester facility. Later announced that the site was no longer being pursued.

February 20, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

The Center for Effective Lawmaking ranked him third among minority-party Assembly members. The ranking covered the 2023-24 session. It also named him among five freshmen exceeding expectations.

November 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher began a nine-month active-duty Navy deployment to a combat area while keeping his Assembly district office operating.

November 6, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A1969, authorizing a Chester village hotel and motel tax, was signed into law.

October 16, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted against Senate Bill 2551, which raises the top fine for a company convicted of a felony from $10,000 to $80,000. The New York Assembly passed it 107-33. It became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 8420, which makes advertisers say when a person in an ad is computer-made and not real. The New York Assembly passed it 92-49. It became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 8416, the FAIR Business Practices Act, which bans unfair and abusive business acts, not only deceptive ones. The New York State Assembly passed it 91-50, and it became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 4914, which shields people who give or get reproductive and gender-affirming care from other states' courts. The New York Assembly passed it 94-50. It became law.

June 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 8417, which ends the cost break for extending a gas line to a building without gas. The New York State Assembly passed it 83-62, and it became law.

June 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 1069, which bars oil and gas drilling on state forests, wildlife areas and other state land. The New York Assembly passed it 91-48. It became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 1353, which helps people forced into debt by an abuser get that coerced debt cleared. The New York Assembly passed it 96-50. It became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 1985-A, which makes police take guns found in plain sight when answering a family violence call. The New York State Assembly passed it 93-46, and it became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 123, which bans the sale of infant walkers in New York. The New York Assembly passed it 97-49. It became law.

June 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 7882, which bans landlords setting rents with software that pools rival landlords' private data. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-51, and it became law.

June 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 3072, which bars employers from using a person's credit record in hiring, pay or treatment at work. The New York State Assembly passed it 98-46, and it became law.

May 28, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 952-B, which caps rent stabilized security deposits at one month's rent and requires full return. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-50, and it became law.

May 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Assembly Bill 387, which makes every general hospital run a free language assistance program. The New York Assembly passed it 113-34. It became law.

May 14, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Maher introduced A8316 to establish a supplemental property-tax exemption for veterans and qualifying surviving spouses.

May 13, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A7913 to authorize Montgomery to impose a hotel and motel tax.

April 11, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted against Assembly Bill 1820, which makes sellers strike racist covenants from property deeds. The New York Assembly passed it 100-48. It became law.

April 2, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 744, which adds pistol converters to the list of banned rapid-fire modification devices. The New York State Assembly passed it 100-48, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 743, which makes the gun dealer suicide-risk warning cover rifles and shotguns, not only handguns. The New York State Assembly passed it 98-50, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 801, which puts electric car charging requirements for new buildings into the state building code. The New York State Assembly passed it 88-57, and it became law.

March 12, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted no on a bill making technical changes to the rules for ballot drop boxes used for absentee and early voting. The Assembly passed it 94-50 and the governor signed it (Senate Bill 752, Chapter 109 of 2025).

March 12, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted against Senate Bill 36-A, which lets abortion pill prescription labels name a health care practice instead of the prescriber. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-42, and it became law.

January 22, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Maher introduced A1947 to establish a farm savings-account program. Also did the same on March 13, 2023.

January 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A2036 to create a tax credit for growers of base ingredients used to produce beer. Also did the same on March 13, 2023.

January 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher's principal-sponsored A6202, authorizing a Goshen village hotel and motel tax, was signed into law.

August 23, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A5483 to establish a tax credit for farms transitioning to specified agricultural certifications.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced a bill to widen who qualifies for a non-ambulatory hunting permit, covering people who can walk indoors but not through fields and woods (Assembly Bill 5490).

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A5484 to create a non-trail snowmobile registration for access to hunting, fishing, and trapping areas.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

Maher introduced A4727 to allow children age 10 or older to use firearms at shooting ranges under qualified supervision.

February 23, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

The Orange County Partnership named Maher its 2022 Most Valuable Partner for economic-development and comprehensive-planning work as Montgomery town supervisor.

June 7, 2022

Source: ocpartnership.org

The New York Young Republican Club endorsed Maher for State Assembly District 101.

May 12, 2022

Source: nyyrc.com