Julia Salazar

Won Senate passage of the CARE Act, S4583B, establishing prenatal, delivery, postpartum, mental-health, nutrition, and other care standards for incarcerated pregnant people and their children.

June 1, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S599, requiring advance notice when a prescription-drug manufacturer proposes a wholesale price increase of at least 10 percent.

January 17, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured inclusion of her S1047 e-bike and scooter rebate proposal, offering rebates up to $1,100, in the Senate one-house budget resolution.

March 10, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Co-prime-sponsored the Build Public Renewables Act, later enacted through the state budget to expand New York Power Authority renewable generation and public-power responsibilities.

May 3, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined a demonstration at the governor's Manhattan office calling for higher taxes on wealthy New Yorkers to fund health care and other public services.

April 23, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of a prison reform package incorporating her Terry Cooper Autopsy Accountability Act, requiring supporting photographs, X-rays, and records in autopsy reports.

June 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of a prison reform package incorporating her S651A proposal to expand independent Correctional Association inspections and private access to incarcerated people and staff.

June 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Led hearings that produced a Senate-passed prison reform package incorporating her S7312 proposal for comprehensive audio-video surveillance in correctional-facility common areas.

June 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of a prison reform package incorporating her S5680 proposal for prompt family and public notice after a death in state custody.

June 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of a prison reform package incorporating her S856 proposal to expand the State Commission of Correction and add formerly incarcerated, public-health, and civil-rights members.

June 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S156A, increasing and broadening compensation available to crime victims for essential personal property.

April 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S8628, requiring notice to sexual-assault survivors about the address-confidentiality program.

April 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S4584A, the Survivors First Act, removing crowdfunding and victim-contribution barriers from crime-victim compensation.

April 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured inclusion in the Senate one-house budget of $3 million for Correctional Association oversight, $50 million for a Youth Justice Innovation Fund, and $51.6 million for alternatives to incarceration and reentry.

March 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10169, establishing a tenant opportunity to purchase when covered residential property is offered for sale.

May 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10105 to expand succession rights for rent-stabilized housing.

April 29, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Saw core elements of her repeatedly sponsored Good Cause Eviction proposal enacted in the 2024 state budget, limiting covered rent increases and requiring cause for eviction or nonrenewal.

April 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored the enacted New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust law, establishing a resident-vote process and financing authority for NYCHA rehabilitation.

June 16, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10235A, requiring school districts to conduct early dyslexia screening for all children.

May 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S319, allowing eligible incarcerated people to receive educational leave for certain postsecondary programs.

May 6, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won passage in both legislative chambers of S2667C, restricting restraints on pregnant and postpartum people in law-enforcement custody and prohibiting restraints during active labor.

June 5, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S845A, requiring informed consent before drug, alcohol, or cannabis testing of perinatal patients or newborns except in emergencies.

June 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of the Equity in Fertility Treatment Act, S8866, to prevent LGBTQ+ patients from receiving less insurance coverage for IVF.

January 27, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won passage in both legislative chambers of S8353A, prohibiting correctional facilities from denying visits because a visitor uses menstrual products or an internal contraceptive device.

June 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10584 to standardize procedures for visits to people held in state and local correctional facilities.

May 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won inclusion of her Dignity Not Detention Act in the enacted state budget, barring state and local facilities from contracting to jail people for federal immigration enforcement.

May 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10539 to extend New York's Human Rights Law protections to certain employees working outside the state.

May 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced the Academic Freedom Protection Act, S10303, creating protections and remedies for college faculty and staff whose academic freedom is violated.

May 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of a prison reform package incorporating her S844A proposal to toll civil claim limitations for harm suffered in custody until three years after release.

June 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S2513, Cecilia's Act for Rights in the Sex Trades, to decriminalize consensual adult sex work and provide related record relief.

January 21, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored the enacted Nalia's Law, S3086, raising New York's minimum marriage age to 18 without exceptions.

July 29, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored the enacted HALT Solitary Confinement Act, limiting segregated confinement to 15 days, barring it for vulnerable populations, and creating rehabilitative alternatives.

March 31, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10157, the Utility Fair Acquisition Act, to regulate certain public-utility acquisitions.

May 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Prime-sponsored S10128 to establish a working group and pilot program for an alternative to traditional credit scores.

April 30, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Senate passage of S608A, imposing civil liability for excessive price increases on medicines subject to shortages.

January 17, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received UAW Region 9A's endorsement for the 2026 general election.

August 19, 2026

Source: region9a.uaw.org · researched September 13, 2026

Received District Council 37's endorsement for reelection to the New York State Senate.

April 29, 2026

Source: dc37.net · researched September 13, 2026