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Running forState Assembly, District 136

Sarah H. Clark

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Overview

Sarah Clark is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, Clark has represented the 136th district of the New York State Assembly, based in outer Rochester and the nearby suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton, since November 2020.

Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

102 bills

Became law

7 became law. Another 24 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 914: Relates to maternal health care and birthing best practices; repealer
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024A 8604: Relates to the "hope card act"
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 19, 2023A 6563: Requires an education campaign about the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6134: Changes the duration of certain licenses
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023A 5039: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the Major General Norbert J. Rappl Memorial Highway
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023A 4099: Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard for the receipt of child care assistance
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3305: Relates to distinctive license plates issued to congressional medal of honor recipients
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025A 4003: Relates to caregiver requirements for certain day care homes
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1303: Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage or work a minimum number of hours to be eligible for child care assistance
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026A 10119: Establishes an animal abuser registry
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 21, 2026A 9629: Establishes the "right to home inspection act"
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 5, 2025A 8204: Requires immediate notification of a child's parent when an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting has been made regarding such child
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025A 4909: Creates the Checkout NY pass
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025A 4899: Requires a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025A 4706: Relates to modernizing the chiropractic scope of practice; repealer
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2109: Provides for self-attestation for victims of domestic violence
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1364: Relates to dental laboratories
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 482: Enacts the lab services accessibility act
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 476: Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive environmentally conscious planning training
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 1001: Implements automatic market rate increases for child care assistance
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 705: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 999: Relates to adding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 707: Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement against biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024A 9150: Establishes and funds the close the waitlist fund
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 18, 2024A 8852: Establishes the early learning child care act
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Oct 27, 2023A 8207: Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 8, 2023A 6843: Relates to the information to be included in vacancy rate studies
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6197: Establishes the mothers and infants lasting change ("MILC") allowance
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3113: Enhances the scope of health equity impact assessments to require consideration of reproductive health services and maternal health care
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 2022: Requires reporting to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1889: Increases the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2026A 10942: Requires the municipal police training council establish a use of force policy for companion animals
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2026A 10570: Requires certain establishments provide tap water on request
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2026A 10564: Expands the type of certifications that may be accepted by the state of New York for restricted licenses
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2026A 10494: Renames the block grant for child care to the early childhood fund and requires the office of children and family services administer such fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026A 10253: Prohibits ticket sales that exceed the capacity of a place of entertainment or not-for-profit venue
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2026A 10089: Clarifies the eligibility for the New York opportunity promise scholarship
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2026A 10025: Relates to caregiver requirements for certain day care homes
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2026A 9522: Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 21, 2025A 9277: Relates to fees for non-driver identification cards
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 22, 2025A 8632: Requires a minimum operator age for amusement devices
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 22, 2025A 8633: Directs school districts to establish parent advisory councils on special education
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 7025: Relates to lead testing of children participating in the WIC program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025A 4898: Relates to enacting the reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025A 4883: Establishes the right to inspection of residential real properties
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025A 4726: Prohibits the retail sale of spices that exceed lead level limits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025A 3385: Establishes a tax credit for grocery donations to food pantries
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2708: Establishes a registry of substitute staff for child care providers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2218: Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage or work a minimum number of hours to be eligible for child care assistance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025A 1811: Requires reporting to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2025A 1481: Establishes and funds the close the waitlist fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2025A 1589: Provides for mental health screening and creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2025A 1597: Establishes the baby bucks allowance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1276: Provides for the regulation by the department of environmental conservation of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1289: Prohibits employers from asking job applicants about salary expectations and allowing job applicants to request the included benefits for the position they are applying for
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1375: Establishes the office of the child welfare advocate
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1272: Relates to certified medication aides
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1279: Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1333: Establishes the early learning child care act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1337: Establishes a course of study in financial education for certain students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 448: Authorizes the city of Rochester to adopt a local law requiring police officers in such city to be residents of Rochester
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 453: Relates to publishing of common data sets reported by colleges
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 711: Implements a cost estimation model for child care
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 706: Relates to requiring guidance counselors in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 749: Provides for coordination between the department of health and the state long-term care ombudsperson regarding residential health care facilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 991: Establishes a state university of New York pilot program to encourage individuals in college to enter the financial planning industry
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 915: Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard for the receipt of child care assistance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 980: Provides for the protection of the air quality at day care centers licensed by the state and head start day care centers funded pursuant to federal law
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 483: Permits certain not-for-profit corporations engaged in engineering for certain conservation efforts to do business or provide professional engineering, land surveying or professional geology services in the state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 983: Removes limits on licensed physical therapists treating patients without a referral
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 6, 2024A 10118: Clarifies procedures affecting the first annual election of fire district officials to a board of fire commissioners
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 1, 2024A 10016: Permits certain not-for-profit corporations engaged in engineering for certain conservation efforts to do business or provide professional engineering, land surveying or professional geology services in the state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024A 9089: Relates to dental laboratories
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 18, 2024A 8856: Provides for the regulation by the department of environmental conservation of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 4, 2024A 8499: Authorizes a civil penalty when owners refuse to participate in a vacancy survey or submits false vacancy information
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 27, 2023A 8299: Relates to certified medication aides
    Introduced
  • Introduced Sep 29, 2023A 8089: Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 6, 2023A 7724: Relates to restricted clinical laboratory licenses
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 15, 2023A 7211: Provides for coverage of mental health and alcohol and substance use services under the child health insurance plan
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 8, 2023A 6733: Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 5, 2023A 6351: Establishes the office of the child welfare advocate
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6217: Establishes a course of study in financial education for certain students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023A 5665: Prohibits employers from asking job applicants about salary expectations and allowing job applicants to request the included benefits for the position they are applying for
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023A 5135: Provides for mental health screening and creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023A 5040: Enacts the "hope card act"
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2023A 4875: Provides for the protection of the air quality at day care centers licensed by the state and head start day care centers funded pursuant to federal law
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3409: Authorizes James E. McTammany to receive an accidental disability retirement
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023A 2944: Establishes a maternal mental health workgroup
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023A 2288: Establishes a state university of New York pilot program to encourage individuals in college to enter the financial planning industry
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023A 2359: Prohibits the withholding of state funding for service providers for people with developmental disabilities due to the receipt of certain COVID-19 federal funds
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023A 2300: Removes limits on licensed physical therapists treating patients without a referral
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023A 2297: Relates to adding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1882: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1885: Implements a cost estimation model for child care
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 2019: Implements automatic market rate increases for child care assistance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1947: Modifies the amount of credit for cider, wine, and liquor under the alcoholic beverage production credit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 20, 2023A 1734: Establishes differential payment rates for child care services provided by licensed, registered or enrolled child care providers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1420: Authorizes the city of Rochester to adopt a local law requiring police officers in such city to be residents of Rochester
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1491: Provides for coordination between the department of health and the state long-term care ombudsman regarding residential health care facilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1336: Establishes a tax credit for grocery donations to food pantries
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1492: Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement against biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2023A 1556: Relates to requiring guidance counselors in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the New York legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

3,989 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 121 of 3,989 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for all of them.

By topic
Aging31 votes
    Agriculture44 votes
      Alcoholism and Drug Abuse10 votes
        Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders6 votes
          Banks60 votes
            Budget and Revenue9 votes
              Children and Families63 votes
                Cities40 votes
                  Cities 127 votes
                    Cities 210 votes
                      Civil Service and Pensions104 votes
                        Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business13 votes
                          Consumer Affairs and Protection119 votes
                            Consumer Protection31 votes
                              Corporations, Authorities and Commissions144 votes
                                Correction35 votes
                                  Crime Victims, Crime and Correction14 votes
                                    Criminal Law (Codes)165 votes
                                      Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation15 votes
                                        Disabilities7 votes
                                          Economic Development64 votes
                                            Education71 votes
                                              Election Law26 votes
                                                Elections24 votes
                                                  Energy55 votes
                                                    Energy and Telecommunications24 votes
                                                      Environmental Conservation168 votes
                                                        Ethics and Internal Governance3 votes
                                                          Finance47 votes
                                                            Governmental Employees109 votes
                                                              Governmental Operations176 votes
                                                                Health280 votes
                                                                  Higher Education93 votes
                                                                    Housing46 votes
                                                                      Housing, Construction and Community Development23 votes
                                                                        Insurance175 votes
                                                                          Internet and Technology16 votes
                                                                            Investigations and Government Operations221 votes
                                                                              Judiciary158 votes
                                                                                Labor96 votes
                                                                                  Libraries9 votes
                                                                                    Libraries and Education Technology7 votes
                                                                                      Local Government188 votes
                                                                                        Local Governments121 votes
                                                                                          Mental Health29 votes
                                                                                            New York City Education1 vote
                                                                                              People With Disabilities19 votes
                                                                                                Procurement and Contracts20 votes
                                                                                                  Racing and Wagering19 votes
                                                                                                    Racing, Gaming and Wagering10 votes
                                                                                                      Real Property Taxation89 votes
                                                                                                        Science and Technology17 votes
                                                                                                          Small Business6 votes
                                                                                                            Social Services39 votes
                                                                                                              Taxes and Budget (Ways and Means)256 votes
                                                                                                                Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development30 votes
                                                                                                                  Transportation220 votes
                                                                                                                    Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs15 votes
                                                                                                                      Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                                                                                        Women'S Issues17 votes

                                                                                                                          Source: Open States, New York State Senate and Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.