Monica R. Martinez

Sponsored a law requiring that information cards handed out with opioid overdose antidotes also explain fentanyl test strips and how to use them. The governor signed it as Chapter 600.

December 17, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for part of the cost of climate damage in New York. The Senate passed it 43 to 17.

May 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law making the state environmental agency list certain animals as vulnerable species, including giraffes, and banning the sale of goods made from them. The governor signed it as Chapter 651.

December 13, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, New York's law setting binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and expand renewable power. The Senate passed it 41 to 21.

June 18, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law that stopped people from losing their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency. The governor signed it as Chapter 97.

June 13, 2020Supports Labor Rights

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Wrote to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the condition of holding rooms at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, and published the letter.

December 29, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted no on the Green Light Law, which lets people apply for a standard New York driver's license without proving immigration status. The Senate passed it 33 to 29.

June 17, 2019Opposes Immigration

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Won Senate passage of her bill widening New York's law on sharing intimate images without consent so that threatening to release such images is also a crime.

April 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Won Senate passage of two animal cruelty bills she sponsored. One, called Tucker's Law, lets judges stack sentences when someone is convicted of several counts of aggravated animal cruelty. The other widens the list of wild and exotic animals people may not import, sell or own.

April 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on the Clean Slate Act, which seals many old criminal convictions after a waiting period once a sentence is finished. The Senate passed it 37 to 25.

June 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on the Clean Slate Act, which seals many old criminal convictions after a waiting period once a sentence is finished. The Senate passed it 37 to 25.

June 9, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Sponsored a law creating a property tax exemption on the home of a surviving spouse of a police officer killed in the line of duty. The governor signed it as Chapter 670.

December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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The governor signed her bill widening property tax relief for the surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers killed on duty. Spouses of volunteers with two to five years of service now qualify, where the old rule required five years.

December 9, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law that stopped people from losing their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency. The governor signed it as Chapter 97.

June 13, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes on the SAFE for Kids Act, which bars social media companies from feeding children algorithm-driven feeds without a parent's consent. The Senate passed it 61 to 0.

June 6, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for part of the cost of climate damage in New York. The Senate passed it 43 to 17.

May 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted no 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 to 27.

June 9, 2025

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The Senate majority leader appointed her to the Senate leadership team as Liaison to the Executive Branch, the member who carries legislative priorities between the Senate and the governor's office.

February 21, 2025

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Received the American Red Cross in New York State's 2025 Legislator of the Year award in Albany for her work on disaster readiness, blood donation and CPR training.

January 28, 2025

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Sponsored a law letting a town or village offer a property tax break to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who live in that community but serve a neighboring one. The governor signed it as Chapter 372.

September 27, 2024

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Sponsored a law letting local governments put off property tax payments during a declared disaster emergency and collect them later in installments. The governor signed it as Chapter 389.

January 30, 2021

Source: nysenate.gov