Stephen M. Hawley

Voted no on the state climate law that set binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and move New York to clean electricity. The Assembly passed it 111 to 35 and it became law.

June 20, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which gave farm workers overtime pay, a day of rest each week and the right to organize. The Assembly passed it 94 to 54 and it became law.

June 19, 2019Opposes Labor Rights

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Spoke at an Albany press conference on prison violence and staffing shortages and signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill to change the state's solitary confinement rules and add corrections staff.

March 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana for adults in New York. The Assembly passed the bill 94 to 56 and it was signed into law that week.

March 30, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes on the Child Victims Act, which gave people abused as children far more time to bring criminal charges and civil lawsuits. The Assembly passed it 139 to 7.

June 7, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored the law that lets certain cities exempt the added value of a renovated run-down house from property tax, so buyers of abandoned homes are not taxed on the cost of fixing them up. It was signed as chapter 406 of 2015.

October 26, 2015Supports Housing Affordability

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Publicly pressed the state to fix its Home for Heroes housing program for disabled veterans after the state comptroller's audit found only about 36 percent of the money was spent and many counties never applied.

July 28, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted no on the New York DREAM Act, a bill opening state college tuition aid to students without legal immigration status. The Assembly passed it 87 to 45.

February 26, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted no on the Concealed Carry Improvement Act, the gun law New York passed after the Supreme Court struck down its old permit rules. The Assembly passed it 90 to 52 in a one-day special session.

July 1, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on the SAFE Act, New York's 2013 gun law that widened the ban on assault weapons and required background checks on ammunition sales. The Assembly passed it 104 to 43 and the governor signed it the same day.

January 15, 2013Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on a bill to require that new semiautomatic pistols sold in New York stamp a code on fired shell casings so police could trace them. The Assembly passed it 94 to 47.

April 28, 2009Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on the Reproductive Health Act, which wrote abortion rights into New York law and moved the rules out of the criminal code. The Assembly passed it 95 to 49 and it was signed the same day.

January 22, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted yes on the SAFE for Kids Act, which bars social media companies from feeding addictive algorithm-driven posts to minors without a parent's consent. The Assembly passed it 143 to 1.

June 7, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted no on the Clean Slate Act, which automatically seals many old criminal convictions after a set number of years. The Assembly passed it 82 to 65.

June 9, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted no on the HALT Act, which capped how long prisons may hold someone in solitary confinement and barred it for some groups. The Assembly passed it 101 to 49 and it became law.

March 16, 2021Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted no on repealing the state law that kept police disciplinary records secret. The Assembly passed the repeal 101 to 43 days after George Floyd's death, and it became law.

June 9, 2020Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted no on the Green Light Law, which let people get a standard New York driver's license without proof of legal immigration status. The Assembly passed it 87 to 61.

June 12, 2019Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted no on the Marriage Equality Act, which let same-sex couples marry in New York. The Assembly passed it 80 to 63 and it became law that month.

June 15, 2011Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored the law letting the city of Batavia turn part of a park into a municipal parking lot while keeping the historic Brisbane mansion standing. It was signed as chapter 331 of 2025.

August 15, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored the law letting the city of Batavia charge a local tax on hotel and motel stays. It was signed as chapter 256 of 2026.

August 21, 2026

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Voted no on the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which lets a terminally ill adult ask a doctor for medication to end their own life. The Assembly passed it 81 to 67 and it later became law.

April 29, 2025

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Joined Assembly Republican colleagues in a public letter asking Governor Hochul to call a special session on the arrival of migrants in upstate communities.

September 1, 2023

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Was named to the New York Farm Bureau's Circle of Friends, the group's yearly list of lawmakers who backed its farm priorities, for his 2019 voting record.

January 2, 2020

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Was named Deputy Minority Leader of the Assembly Republican conference for the 2019 session, moving up from Assistant Minority Leader.

December 20, 2018

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Led the 11th yearly Patriot Trip, taking more than 100 local veterans and their families to Washington, D.C., for four days. He started the trip in 2008 and has run it each year since.

September 20, 2018

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Sponsored the law allowing big game hunting with rifles in Genesee County, signed as chapter 68 of 2015. He sponsored a matching law for Orleans County two years later.

July 2, 2015

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Sponsored the Assembly bill that named a stretch of State Route 98 in Genesee and Orleans counties the Genesee and Orleans Veterans' Memorial Highway. It was signed into law as chapter 462 of 2013.

November 8, 2013

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Became Minority Whip of the Assembly Republican conference and ranking minority member of the Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee, the top minority-party seat on that committee.

January 16, 2013

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026