# Paul Bologna

Paul Bologna is a Republican member of the New York House for district 144.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York House, district 144
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a510afe-84a6-4b0c-ac8d-13bebadfff78

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a510afe-84a6-4b0c-ac8d-13bebadfff78 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

44% of the 71 bills Bologna sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New York House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 233 donors and 290 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 96.3% (92.9%). 112 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 71 bills: 71 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 89. 43.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 11 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11058: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11058/
- K 1187: Congratulating Specialist Trevor Lock and Staff Sergeant Derek Tucker upon the occasion of winning the New York Army National Guard s 2026 Best Warrior Contest (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1187/
- A 10965: Authorizes municipalities to require a permit for certain energy projects (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10965/
- A 10726: Relates to child care assistance (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10726/
- A 10724: Provides an exemption from taxes on income to certain taxpayers who claim at least one dependent under the age of five (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10724/
- A 10725: Establishes the child care savings program (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10725/
- A 10756: Provides a real property tax exemption for property operated as a child day care (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10756/
- A 10668: Repeals prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and establishes new permitting procedures regarding hydraulic fracturing; repealer (in committee, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10668/
- A 10480: Relates to extending the authorization for hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10480/
- K 907: Honoring Danielle Bickel, Owner and Operator of Strokes Painting & Contracting, upon the occasion of her designation as an Emerging Entrepreneur by the… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K907/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $136.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Paul-A-Bologna
- X: https://x.com/Paul_Bologna
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564587916216
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bolognap
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulbologna/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-bologna-ba4a5748/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a510afe-84a6-4b0c-ac8d-13bebadfff78