Lea Webb
Democratic · NY · New York State Senator, District 52
Lea Webb is a Binghamton native, a former Binghamton City Council member, and a former diversity and inclusion educator at Binghamton University. Her priorities include protecting reproductive rights and expanding affordable housing.
Where Lea Webb stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Environment and Public Health (6 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records),
Opposes
Election Integrity (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Voted yes on the bill requiring hidden labels on pictures, video and audio made by artificial intelligence, so people can tell what is synthetic. The Senate passed it 60-1.
June 3, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 support
Voted yes on a one-year pause on building very large data centers, those drawing 20 megawatts or more of power. The Senate passed it 43-17.
June 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the law banning the use of carbon dioxide to drill and frack for oil and gas, which closed a gap in the state's existing fracking ban. The Senate passed it 45-17 and the governor signed it as chapter 626 of 2024.
December 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Took part in a Capitol press event launching a week of public pressure on the governor to sign her bill banning the use of carbon dioxide to drill and frack for oil and gas.
May 16, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for damage from climate change and uses the money for repairs. The Senate passed it 43-17 and it became law.
May 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the NY HEAT Act, which ties gas utility rules to the state's climate targets and ends the guarantee of continued gas service. The Senate passed it 40-22.
March 19, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Birds and Bees Protection Act, which banned corn, soybean and wheat seeds coated with pesticides linked to bee deaths. The Senate passed it 45-16.
June 7, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Sponsored the law setting up a trial run of school zone speed cameras in the city of Ithaca. The governor signed it as chapter 220 of 2026.
August 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the bill requiring police answering a domestic violence call to fill in a short risk check, on the standard incident form, that flags how likely the victim is to be seriously hurt or killed. The Senate passed it 61-0.
May 7, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the law creating a state task force on missing Black, Indigenous and other women and girls of color, which studies why these cases get less attention and recommends changes. The governor signed it as chapter 732 of 2023.
December 21, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Sponsored the law that stops sales tax from being charged on food a student buys with donated meal funds or meal points. The governor signed it as chapter 678 of 2025.
December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Sponsored the law directing the health department to bring together a working group on maternal health care and birthing standards. The governor signed it as chapter 661 of 2024.
December 21, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 oppose
Voted yes on the constitutional amendment that lets the Legislature redraw district lines in the middle of a decade. The Senate passed it 38-22.
June 3, 2026Opposes Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted yes on the One Fair Price Act, which bars stores from using a shopper's personal data to set a different price for that shopper. The Senate passed it 39-21.
June 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Sponsored the law creating a state task force on missing Black, Indigenous and other women and girls of color, which studies why these cases get less attention and recommends changes. The governor signed it as chapter 732 of 2023.
December 21, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Clean Slate Act, which automatically seals many old criminal convictions after a waiting period. The Senate passed it 37-25.
June 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Voted yes on the One Fair Price Act, which bars stores from using a shopper's personal data to set a different price for that shopper. The Senate passed it 39-21.
June 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for damage from climate change and uses the money for repairs. The Senate passed it 43-17 and it became law.
May 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Received free legal representation in a foreclosure case from the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, a nonprofit law office she had steered $30,000 of state money to in January 2024. The watchdog group Reinvent Albany called the arrangement a big appearance problem.
May 8, 2026
Source: wskg.org · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which lets a terminally ill adult ask a doctor for medicine to end their own life. The Senate passed it 35-27.
June 9, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the bill expanding the state Commission of Correction, the board that oversees New York prisons and jails, from three members to nine. The Senate passed it 40-21.
May 20, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Received the endorsement of New York State United Teachers, the state's teachers union, for her 2024 re-election in the 52nd Senate District.
August 13, 2024
Source: nysut.org · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the bill moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years, so they share a ballot with state and federal races. The Senate passed it 39-23.
June 9, 2023
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Became chair of the Senate Women's Issues Committee on her first day in the Senate, and was seated in the first all-women incoming class in the chamber's history.
January 4, 2023
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Race Lea Webb is in:
- State Senator, District 52 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 52; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 19, 2026.