Democratic · Assembly District 35

Larinda Hooks

In office since 2025. Across the 1 session on record, Larinda authored 21 bills, of which 3 passed both chambers, and voted with most of their party on 100% of party-line roll calls.

Positions held

Seats and offices in this government, as Open States dates them.

2025–presentAssembly District 35Now

Record by session

The seat and party they held in each session, and what they did in it. Choose a session to see it in detail below.

Session	Seat	Authored	Passed	With party	Votes missed
2025 Regular Session	Assembly District 35	21	3	100%	0.0%

Bills authored

Authored bills passed both chambers

14%

3 of 21

Votes with party

100%

312 party-line votes

Record votes missed

0.0%

0 of 2,019

In the 2025 Regular Session

Compared with the Assembly

Dot: this member. Tick: the median member of the chamber.

Bills authored

21median 50

58% below the chamber median

Authored bills passed

14%median 3%

343% above the chamber median

Votes with party

100%median 97%

On roll calls where most Republicans and most Democrats voted on opposite sides.

Record votes missed

0.0%median 0.0%

0 of 2,019 record votes not cast.

Bills co-authored or sponsored

220median 255

14% below the chamber median

How far their bills got

Legislation this member filed as primary author, by the furthest milestone reached.

Authored legislation

Most recent activity first.

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Bill	Author	Progress	Status	Last action
A 11168Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass	Larinda HooksD	Became law	Became law	Aug 14, 2026SIGNED CHAP.215
A 8840Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a visitor to such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating, wearing a menstrual product or has a contraceptive device	Larinda HooksD	Passed second chamber	In progress	Jun 3, 2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
A 6868Increases the civil penalties for violations of child labor laws	Larinda HooksD	Passed first chamber	In progress	Jun 1, 2026ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
A 5543Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports	Larinda HooksD	Reported from committee	In progress	May 5, 2026REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
A 11177Authorizes the board of trustees of any library chartered by the regents of the state of New York to develop, lease, or use public library spaces for the purposes of constructing affordable, mixed-use housing	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	May 1, 2026REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
A 11090Enacts the "automatic utility deferment act"	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Apr 24, 2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
A 10797Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Apr 20, 2026PRINT NUMBER 10797A
A 9619Establishes the urban rail station and underpass lighting act to improve lighting in rail stations and underpasses located in N.Y. city	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 21, 2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
A 9599Requires certain stores that accept credit or debit card payment to accept flexible benefit cards as a form of payment for eligible items	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 21, 2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
A 9610Increases the excelsior research and development tax credit for qualified research and development expenditures attributable to activities conducted in New York state	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 21, 2026REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A 9601Prohibits the use of automated systems to make employment decisions unless there is a meaningful human review of the output of such automated system prior to the final employment decision	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 21, 2026REFERRED TO LABOR
A 9530Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation cut down trees within two weeks of receiving notice	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 14, 2026REFERRED TO CITIES
A 8242Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have misused public campaign funds	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
A 9401Requires employers and third-party websites, job boards, and recruitment platforms to remove inactive job postings within a certain timeframe	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO LABOR
A 6010Relates to unfair claim settlement practices	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE
A 9398Requires employers publicly advertising a job posting to include whether such posting is for an existing vacancy or not	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO LABOR
A 5489Establishes mandatory reporting of alleged incidents of abuse, mistreatment or neglect of residents in assisted living and adult care facilities	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO HEALTH
A 9388Requires that businesses offering physical manipulation services ensure clear visibility from the public right-of-way into certain public spaces on the premises of such businesses	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A 5299Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists	Larinda HooksD	Referred to committee	In progress	Jan 7, 2026REFERRED TO HEALTH
A 8589Increases the amount of funds that may be used per dwelling unit to modernize certain authorities used by the housing trust fund corporation	Larinda HooksD	Became law	Became law	Oct 16, 2025SIGNED CHAP.462
A 6781Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park	Larinda HooksD	Became law	Became law	Jun 18, 2025SIGNED CHAP.138

Voting record

2,019 roll-call votes in every session on record, newest first.

Jun 5, 2026A 10952 Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of AlbertsonAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 10648 Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization; providing for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional service in the state university; appropriationAssembly Vote · 136–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 6047 Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel taxAssembly Vote · 95–36, passyes
Jun 5, 2026A 11566 Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premisesAssembly Vote · 130–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 6983 Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias programAssembly Vote · 92–40, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 10396 Permits the Oswego city school district to create an insurance reserve fundAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 9761 Relates to contracts between state agencies and not-for-profit organizationsAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 10028 Exempts the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department No.1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membershipAssembly Vote · 132–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026A 9349 Prohibits the use of surveillance pricingAssembly Vote · 100–42, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 9062 Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterwaysAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 40 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War DogsAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 9934 Relates to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlersAssembly Vote · 129–1, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 9528 Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of IthacaAssembly Vote · 110–21, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 8852 Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklandsAssembly Vote · 123–8, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 8451 Enacts the New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news actAssembly Vote · 130–1, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 10176 Authorizes non-resident volunteer membership within the East Concord Fire Department, Inc.Assembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 2667 Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogationAssembly Vote · 111–21, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 10095 Authorizes the Hicksville Water District to receive retroactive real property tax exempt statusAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 8378 Requires that certain land which was conveyed to the town of Riverhead in 2011 be leased to the YMCA of Long Island for the provision of recreational and community servicesAssembly Vote · 131–0, passyes
Jun 5, 2026S 9272 Relates to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settingsAssembly Vote · 131–1, passyes

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hooksl@nyassembly.gov
capitol office
Room 633, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4561
district office
104-20 Northern Blvd. Store Front and Basement, Corona, NY 11368
718-457-3615
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