Mary Beth Walsh

Voted against Senate Bill 745, which takes ammunition sellers out of a card-tracking rule. A 2024 law made payment card networks give gun and ammunition sellers their own merchant code, so those purchases can be told apart. The bill removes dealers of ammunition from that rule. The code still applies to licensed firearms dealers. A firearms dealer that also sells ammunition is still covered. Every other state and federal rule on selling ammunition is unchanged. The New York Assembly passed it 96-52. It became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted against Assembly Bill 4040-A, which changes how someone proves housing discrimination under the state human rights law. A person can now win by showing what a rule or practice does, even with no proof that anyone meant to discriminate. That counts when the practice shuts out a protected group in practice, or keeps neighborhoods segregated. The practice can still be legal if the owner proves it is needed for a real and lawful business reason. Even then, the person who complained can still win by proving that another practice with less harm would serve that same reason. The law spells out who has to prove what at each step. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-46, and it became law.

June 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against Assembly Bill 10711, which changes who sets the standards for the vaccines New York requires for children. State law lists the shots a child must have, such as polio, measles, mumps, whooping cough and hepatitis B. Before, those shots had to meet standards approved by the United States Public Health Service, and some followed federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guidance. The bill says they follow regulations issued by the state health commissioner instead, using generally accepted medical standards and taking into account the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and similar scientific groups. It also lets pharmacists give COVID-19 shots to patients age two and older on a doctor's or nurse practitioner's order, and has the state health department, rather than the federal committee, set the adult and newborn immunization schedules that pharmacies and social services offices hand out. The New York Assembly passed it 90-48. It became law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against Assembly Bill 10710, which changes which vaccines New York health insurance plans must cover. Before, plans had to cover the shots recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The bill adds shots recommended by the state health commissioner, who must use generally accepted medical standards and take into account the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, and similar nationally or internationally recognized scientific groups. The New York Assembly passed it 99-39. It became law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 6997, which sets up a way to report unsafe work on utility poles. Pole owners and anyone attaching equipment must file, electronically, who owns what is on a pole and which contractor is working on it. The Public Service Commission must run a public online complaint form for the public and for telecoms workers. It must inspect a reported complaint within two weeks and decide whether a rule was broken. A party usually gets a week to put a violation right before any fine, but the commission can shorten or extend that time. Fines are ceilings, not set amounts: up to $20,000 for a first violation and up to $50,000 for a second. Breaking the commission's one-touch make-ready rules, which let a single crew move every company's lines on a pole in one visit, brings a fine of up to $20,000 with no time to fix it first. Anyone seeking a permit to work in a public right of way must also tell the local government every contractor doing the work. The New York Assembly passed it 111-31. It became law.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 2551, which raises the fines a court may impose on a company convicted of a crime. The ceiling for a felony goes from $10,000 to $80,000. For the more serious class of misdemeanor it goes from $5,000 to $40,000, and for the lesser class from $2,000 to $15,000. For a violation, the lowest tier, it goes from $500 to $4,000. A judge may instead fine up to three times what the company gained, where the old limit was double. The change reaches companies only, not people, and only where no other law sets its own company fine. The New York Assembly passed it 107-33. It became law.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 8420, which makes advertisers say when a person in an ad is not real. A synthetic performer is a figure built by computer to look like a human performer who is nobody real. A business that makes an ad and knows one is in it must say so clearly, in the ad itself. The fine is $1,000 the first time and $5,000 after that. The rule falls on whoever makes the ad, not on the paper, channel or platform that carries it. Audio-only ads are exempt, as is using the technology just to translate a real person's words. Ads for films, television, streaming and video games are exempt only when the synthetic performer is used in the ad the same way it is used in the work itself. The New York Assembly passed it 92-49. It became law.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 8416, known as the FAIR Business Practices Act. The old law banned only business acts that deceive people. This law also bans acts that are unfair or abusive. An act is unfair when it does real harm that people cannot easily avoid, and the harm is not worth the benefit. An act is abusive when it blocks someone from understanding a term of a deal, or takes unfair advantage of their confusion, weak position, or trust. The attorney general can sue over these acts even when the target is a business rather than a shopper, and even when the company sits outside New York. People suing on their own can still sue only over acts that deceive. A company that follows federal trade rules has a full defense. the New York State Assembly passed it 91-50, and it became law.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 4914, which shields people who give or get reproductive and gender-affirming care from other states' courts. It gathers scattered protections under one definition and drops the rule that the care had to happen in New York. Anyone asking a New York court to help an out-of-state case must swear it is not about punishing that care, and a false oath costs $15,000. A New York business holding records may not answer an out-of-state demand without that oath, and must tell the Attorney General within 72 hours. Police may not make an arrest over it, doctors and lawyers may not be disciplined for it, and insurers may not retaliate. A family court may not take a child away because a parent allowed this care. The bill does not change who may get care or what a doctor may do. The New York Assembly passed it 94-50. It became law.

June 16, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 8417, which ends the cost break for extending a gas line to a building that does not have gas. Under the old rule a utility had to supply gas or electricity, and the state public service commission could make the customer pay only for the part of the line beyond 100 feet. Now a utility must still connect a building that asks for gas, but the commission has to make that customer pay the material and installation costs of the pipe. The old 100 foot cost sharing rule stays in place for electric service. the New York State Assembly passed it 83-62, and it became law.

June 16, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 1069, which bars drilling for oil and gas on more state land. State law already kept gas and oil work off state park land and the coastal district. The bill adds state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas to that list. It covers looking for, developing and producing gas and oil. It reaches state-owned land in those categories only, not private land. The New York Assembly passed it 91-48. It became law.

June 11, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 4906, which lets assault victims give their statement at work instead of at a police station. It applies where the workplace was the scene of the assault and is a hospital, an emergency medical facility, a nursing home, another residential health care facility, or a mental health facility. The choice belongs to the victim. Officers must tell the victim about it when they have reason to believe the attack was second-degree assault. The New York Assembly passed it 105-41. It became law.

June 11, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 1353, which helps people forced into debt by an abuser. Coerced debt means a debt someone took on through force, threats, fraud or being kept in the dark. A debtor tells the creditor which debt is coerced and backs it with a police report, an identity theft report, a court order or a sworn statement from a professional such as a doctor, lawyer or social worker. The creditor must then stop collecting while it reviews the claim, and flag the account as disputed. A debtor can also go to court for a ruling, or raise it as a defense if sued. The creditor may still collect from anyone else, may sue the abuser, and may start again if it explains why. The debtor has to prove the debt is coerced. The New York Assembly passed it 96-50. It became law.

June 11, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 1985-A, which changes what police must do about guns when they answer a family violence call. Before, an officer had to take guns only from a person who was arrested for the offense or suspected of it. Now an officer must also take a gun found in plain sight or in a lawful search in two more cases. The first is when the victim answers yes to the threat or danger questions on the state's domestic incident report form. The second is when a responding officer reasonably believes taking the gun is needed to protect someone or to prevent more violence. The officer also takes the person's gun license, and the wait before a gun can be given back rises from 48 hours to 120 hours. the New York State Assembly passed it 93-46, and it became law.

June 11, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 123, which bans the sale of infant walkers in New York. An infant walker is a seat on a wheeled frame that lets a baby scoot across the floor. No shop, wholesaler or secondhand dealer may sell or lease one. Child care centers may not keep one either, unless a medical professional says a particular child needs it. Parents may still own and use one at home, and owning one is not an offense. The Attorney General can go to court to stop a seller, and a judge may fine up to $500 for each sale. The New York Assembly passed it 97-49. It became law.

June 10, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 7882, which bans landlords from setting rents with software that pools private data from rival landlords. It is now against the law to run or sell a service that does all three of these things. The service gathers rents, empty units or lease dates from two or more unrelated landlords, crunches that data, and then suggests prices or lease terms. It is also against the law for a landlord to use those suggestions to set rents or lease terms, knowingly or with reckless disregard. Software that sets rent or income limits under rent regulation or a government affordable housing program is not covered. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-51, and it became law.

June 10, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 3072, which bars employers from using a person's credit record to decide who gets hired, how much they are paid, or how they are treated at work. Unions and job agencies are covered too, and doing it counts as illegal discrimination. State and city agencies also may not use a credit record to decide on a license or permit. Credit record here means a credit report or score, or details the employer gets from the person about accounts, missed payments, debts in collection, bankruptcies, judgments or liens. The ban has eight exceptions. They cover jobs where another law requires the check, police and law enforcement jobs, bonded jobs, and jobs needing a security clearance. They also cover most jobs with regular access to trade secrets, jobs that can sign for $10,000 or more of other people's money, and jobs that can change computer security systems. Local laws that protect workers more than this one still apply. the New York State Assembly passed it 98-46, and it became law.

May 28, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 952-B, which rewrites the rules for security deposits on rent stabilized apartments. These are apartments where state law limits the rent, in New York City and in other covered areas. A deposit may not be more than one month's rent. The whole deposit must come back when the tenant moves out. The landlord may keep money only for listed costs: unpaid rent, unpaid utility bills owed to the landlord, damage worse than normal wear and tear, or moving and storing what the tenant left. The landlord must offer to walk through the apartment with the tenant before move-in and again before move-out. The landlord must send a list of what was kept, plus the rest of the money, within 14 days, or lose the right to keep any of it. If there is a fight over the amount, the landlord has to show it was fair, and a landlord who breaks the rules on purpose can owe twice the deposit. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-50, and it became law.

May 27, 2025

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Voted against Assembly Bill 387, which makes hospitals help patients who do not speak English well. Every general hospital must run a language assistance program and name someone to run it. Interpreters must be free to the patient, and signs at public entrances must say so. Staff who deal with patients must be trained, and the patient's preferred language goes in the medical record. A hospital may not use a family member as the interpreter unless the patient agrees after being offered a free one. Forms must be translated for any language group that is more than one percent of the area the hospital serves. The rules reach general hospitals only, not clinics or doctors' offices, and the law names no penalty. The New York Assembly passed it 113-34. It became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against Assembly Bill 1820, which clears racist language out of property deeds. Many old deeds still carry covenants barring sale to people of a certain race or religion. Those promises already cannot be enforced, but the words stay in the public record. The bill makes a seller file a form striking that language before or at closing, and the county charges no fee for it. Condo boards, co-op boards and homeowner associations must clean their own recorded documents within a year, without asking owners. Any owner may file the form themselves. The bill does not void the covenants and does not block a sale, and it carries no penalty. The New York Assembly passed it 100-48. It became law.

April 2, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 744, which adds pistol converters to the state's legal list of rapid-fire modification devices. A pistol converter is a small part that makes a handgun fire many rounds with one pull of the trigger. The list already covered bump stocks, trigger cranks, binary triggers and burst triggers, so the change brings converters under the same penal law rules. It takes effect together with a 2024 law on pistol converters. the New York State Assembly passed it 100-48, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 743, which spells out that the warning gun dealers must give buyers covers rifles and shotguns, not only handguns. The warning says a gun in the home raises the risk of suicide. It also names the risk of death during a family fight and of accidental death. Dealers must post it in the store and hand a copy to each buyer, and licensing officers must give one to each new license holder. A dealer who fails to post or hand out the warning commits a violation. The penalty is up to 15 days in jail or a fine of up to $1,000, and each day counts on its own. The law also drops the old line telling local police to enforce the rule. the New York State Assembly passed it 98-50, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 801, which puts electric car charging into New York's building code. Any code the state adopts after December 31, 2026 must make a new building that adds its own parking include charging stations and wiring ready for more. Buildings that already stand are not covered. For a single home or a two-family home, the state board may ask for the wiring alone. The board sets how many spaces and how much charging power, requires signs, and must excuse affordable housing projects and sites where charging will not work. the New York State Assembly passed it 88-57, and it became law.

March 12, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 36-A, which lets the prescription label for the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol name a health care practice instead of a person. At the prescriber's request, the pharmacy label may carry the name of the prescribing practice in place of the prescriber's own name. When a doctor or other clinician hands the drugs directly to their own patient, that label may carry the name of the dispensing practice in place of the clinician's own name. Generic versions of both drugs are covered too. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-42, and it became law.

January 22, 2025

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