# Sam Sutton

Sam Sutton is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2025-05-27
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f56ef763-1f12-493d-a4e6-30e5572417e0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f56ef763-1f12-493d-a4e6-30e5572417e0 (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

Sutton missed 60% of 2,878 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 62 in the New York Senate (average 94.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.04), from 452 donors and 99 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,878 roll calls. Attendance 40% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 96.6% (93.2%). 9 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote · R 2355 Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for additional grants in… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/R2355/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote · A 11538 Extends the expansion of eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11538/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 1004 Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S1004/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: C · A 329 Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A329/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 10223 Authorizes the South End Children's Cafe to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10223/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote · A 11006 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11006/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 8454 Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8454/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote · A 10922 Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10922/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 8616 Establishes the "protecting consumers and jobs from discriminatory pricing act" · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8616/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Floor Vote - Version: A · A 4195 Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4195/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 269. 43.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 30 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10721: Authorizes a person to limit the gambling self-exclusion to online platforms (in committee, 2026-10-16) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10721/
- S 10712: Allows certain persons to practice as a mental health practitioner under supervision for a certain period of time if application and fee requirements are met (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10712/
- S 10713: Authorizes the division of housing and community renewal to enforce building codes (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10713/
- S 10709: Enacts the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act" (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10709/
- S 10703: Establishes the crime of private carrier package theft (in committee, 2026-09-23) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10703/
- S 10619: Provides dormitory authority financing for construction of buildings to be used as a school for Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph (passed one chamber, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10619/
- J 2143: Recognizing May 2026, as Jewish American Heritage Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2143/
- S 10354: Relates to school bus transportation (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10354/
- S 10093: Relates to transitional care placements by the office for people with developmental disabilities (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10093/
- S 10064: Includes the attacks on September 11, 2001 in courses of instruction in patriotism and citizenship (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10064/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $474.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f56ef763-1f12-493d-a4e6-30e5572417e0