NY State Senate · District 32
Luis Sepúlveda
New York State Senator, District 32 (since April 2018)DINCUMBENT
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- NY State Senate · District 32
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- Luis Sepúlveda, projected winner
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- Unopposed
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Party line32 votes tracked
With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.
Said vs. did0 statements · 32 votes
Luis Sepúlveda is a Democratic New York State Senator for District 32 in the central Bronx and won re-election unopposed on November 3, 2026. An attorney, he served three terms in the State Assembly before winning an April 2018 special election to the Senate, where he chairs the Judiciary and Cities 1 committees.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotNY State Senate · 32
2026-11-03
| Luis Sepúlveda D | incumbent |
Unopposed; no Republican or third-party opponent has filed for the general election.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS6458 (Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, 2019-06-14): Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements.[7]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS6599 (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, 2019-06-18): Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.[8]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS2451 (Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law), 2019-01-29): Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms.[9]
- YESS51001 (Concealed Carry Improvement Act, 2022-07-01): Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places.[10]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS240 (Reproductive Health Act, 2019-01-22): Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law.[11]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS425-A (Protect Our Courts Act, 2020-07-22): Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant.[12]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS2509-C (2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax), 2021-04-06): Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures.[13]
Biography
Luis Sepúlveda is a Democratic New York State Senator for District 32 in the central Bronx and won re-election unopposed on November 3, 2026. An attorney, he served three terms in the State Assembly before winning an April 2018 special election to the Senate, where he chairs the Judiciary and Cities 1 committees.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Sepúlveda was born in Brooklyn on February 11, 1964, according to Wikipedia, and a May 2026 El Diario NY profile reports that he grew up in the Los Sures neighborhood of Brooklyn.[4][14] He earned a bachelor's degree and, in 1991, a J.D. from Hofstra University and its Maurice A. Deane School of Law; his official biography describes him as one of two Latinx attorneys in the New York State Legislature.[2][3][4] He worked as an attorney at Community Law Practice and as an adjunct professor at Mercy College.[2][3]
Sepúlveda lost the 2010 Democratic primary for the 87th Assembly District to incumbent Peter M. Rivera, then won the seat in 2012 after Rivera retired.[4] He served three terms as Assemblymember for the 87th District (2013-2018), including on the Aging, Agriculture, Banks, Correction, Housing, and Mental Hygiene committees.[2][3][4] In April 2018 he won the special election to the 32nd Senate District, succeeding Rubén Díaz Sr., who left to join the New York City Council.[3][4]
As a state senator, Sepúlveda helped lead the 2019 criminal-justice reforms ending cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies and establishing new discovery and speedy-trial rules, and he is lead sponsor of the Jose Peralta DREAM Act and the Green Light Law.[3] On January 12, 2021, he was arrested on a charge of criminal obstruction of breathing after his wife alleged he had choked her during a domestic dispute; he and his wife each accused the other of assault, and his lawyer called her claim false. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins removed him as chair of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee and stripped his other committee assignments. The Bronx District Attorney's office dropped all charges on October 4, 2021, stating it could not meet the burden of proof and that his wife did not wish to testify against him.[2][15][16][17]
Sepúlveda chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee (a role Wikipedia dates to January 2026), and El Diario reports he is the first Latino and Puerto Rican to hold that chair. He also chairs the Select Majority Task Force on Diversity in the Judiciary.[3][4][14] According to his official biography, in 2022 he became the first New York State senator granted Dominican citizenship.[3] He was unopposed in the November 3, 2026 general election, according to Ballotpedia and Wikipedia.[5][6]
Recent votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their familiesA10312-A · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the "police radio transparency act"A11199-A · Passed Senate 37–23 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 0–22 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to license fees required to be paid by wholesale beer licensees to sell ciderA11437 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the responsible data center development actA11560 · Passed Senate 43–17 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 6–16 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearmsA1191-B · Passed Senate 40–20 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 2–20 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of saleA3058-C · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the taxation of vapor productsA4619-B · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 32–5 · Republicans 19–3 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to training for school security guardsA5079-E · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8 |
Showing the 8 most recent of 32 votes.
All 32 recorded votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their familiesA10312-A · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the "police radio transparency act"A11199-A · Passed Senate 37–23 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 0–22Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to license fees required to be paid by wholesale beer licensees to sell ciderA11437 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13Requires wholesale beer licensees to only need to pay a one time additional license fee to sell cider. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the responsible data center development actA11560 · Passed Senate 43–17 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 6–16Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearmsA1191-B · Passed Senate 40–20 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 2–20Enacts the "safer weapons, safer homes act"; requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms; defines personalized firearms; requires the division to report to the governor and the legislature on the results of the study. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of saleA3058-C · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the taxation of vapor productsA4619-B · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 32–5 · Republicans 19–3Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to training for school security guardsA5079-E · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides that annual training where a security guard is employed or contracted by a school in this state shall require the completion of school specific-training. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan programA5404-C · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and, in a city with a population of one million or more, the use of low carbon intensity building components. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporationsA6285 · Passed Senate 53–7 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 15–7Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporations; requires such plans to include details of staffing, equipment, and ability to perform toward certain standards; requires the public service commission to establish a time-based restoration schedule. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency actA6578-B · Passed Senate 54–6 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 16–6Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency act requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence models or services to post on the developer's website information regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence model or service, including a high-level summary of the datasets used in the development of such system or service. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"A6950 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvementsA8143-A · Passed Senate 55–5 · official record ↗Democrats 34–3 · Republicans 20–2Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvements; removes such tax on permanent residents. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Designates dog control officers of the village of Holley, named by the village board as constables, as peace officersA8235 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 24–13 · Republicans 22–0Designates dog control officers of the village of Holley, named by the village board as constables, as peace officers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccinesA9140 · Passed Senate 42–18 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 4–18Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccines so long as such vaccination does not arise out of willful misconduct or gross negligence. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Prohibits the use of surveillance pricingA9349-B · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing, directly or indirectly; prohibits the collection, use, retention, or sharing of data to facilitate surveillance pricing; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement by the attorney general; makes related provisions. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence useA9581-B · Passed Senate 38–22 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 0–22Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use for the previous year; requires the department of labor to file an annual report on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use in the state; establishes penalties for covered business that fail to submit such reports. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid for certain educational and not-for-profit institutionsR2343 · Passed Senate 49–11 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 11–11 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for services and expenses of human services and veterans community services organizationsR2344 · Passed Senate 51–9 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 13–9 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid certain educational and not-for-profit institutionsR2345 · Passed Senate 49–11 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 11–11 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriations for services and expenses of economic development and community services organizationsR2346 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for aid for services and expenses of human services and veterans community services organizationsR2347 · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amending a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2025-26 state fiscal year for community adult and youth mental health programs and servicesR2348 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan establishing itemized list of grantees for 2025-2026 providing community safety and restorative justice programsR2349 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid for services and expenses of senate priorities for housing initiativesR2350 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2022-07-01 | Split partyvoted yes | Concealed Carry Improvement ActS51001 · Passed 43–20 · official record ↗Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places. |
| 2021-04-06 | Split partyvoted yes | 2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax)S2509-C · Passed 38–25 · official record ↗Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures. |
| 2020-07-22 | Split partyvoted yes | Protect Our Courts ActS425-A · Passed 42–18 · official record ↗Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant. |
| 2019-06-18 | Split partyvoted yes | Climate Leadership and Community Protection ActS6599 · Passed 41–21 · official record ↗Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. |
| 2019-06-14 | Split partyvoted yes | Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019S6458 · Passed 36–26 · official record ↗Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements. |
| 2019-01-29 | Split partyvoted yes | Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law)S2451 · Passed 42–21 · official record ↗Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms. |
| 2019-01-22 | Split partyvoted yes | Reproductive Health ActS240 · Passed 38–24 · official record ↗Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law. |
Albany votes: landmark laws since 2019, plus the 25 most recent 2025–26 roll calls where at least five members voted on the losing side, from the legislature’s official records. Party line is scored for 2025–26 votes only.
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- bill2026-06-02 · Sponsored S10604, expanding the Judicial Security Act to cover judges' domestic partners and children of any age and streamlining procedures to keep judges' personal information confidential; passed the Senate 60-1 on June 2, 2026 and was substituted by, and returned to the Assembly as, A11388.[18]
- bill2026-06-02 · Sponsored S10591, authorizing the Court of Appeals to permit electronic filing and service of civil briefs, motions, and criminal leave applications; passed the Senate 61-0 on June 2, 2026 and was substituted by, and returned to the Assembly as, A11389.[19]
- billSponsored S10483, exempting student legislative interns from the state's two-year post-employment lobbying ban; in Senate Ethics and Internal Governance Committee as of May 15, 2026.[20]
- legal2021-10-04 · Was arrested January 12, 2021 on a charge of criminal obstruction of breathing following a domestic dispute with his wife, in which each accused the other of assault; removed as chair of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee and stripped of other committee assignments by Senate leadership. The Bronx District Attorney's office dropped all charges October 4, 2021, stating it could not meet the burden of proof and that his wife did not wish to testify against him.[21]
- actionChairs the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Select Majority Task Force on Diversity in the Judiciary in the 2025–2026 session, and also chairs the Cities 1 Committee.[22]
In their own words
Priorities
- Criminal justice reform, including ending cash bail and expanding pretrial discovery and speedy-trial protections.[22]
- Immigrant rights, including as a sponsor of the Jose Peralta New York State DREAM Act and the Green Light Law extending driver's licenses to undocumented New Yorkers.[22]
- Mental health services, including suicide-prevention programs for Latina teenagers.[22]
- Funding for universal pre-kindergarten in New York City.[22]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/luis-r-sepulveda
Where they stood out
Voted against most of their party on 1 of 638 party-divided votes on file.
Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors
What it does: Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limits the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that pro…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 31–6, Republicans 3–18
Jun 12, 2025Official record ↗
Their votes on the most contested roll calls
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
- Yes
Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals
With most of their party · Passed Senate 34–24 · Yes 34–No 24 · Democrats 33–2, Republicans 0–22
Jun 4, 2025Official record ↗
- Yes
Relates to the closure of nursing homes
With most of their party · Passed Senate 32–20 · Yes 32–No 20 · Democrats 32–0, Republicans 0–20
May 15, 2025Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Senate 35–23 · Yes 35–No 23 · Democrats 34–1, Republicans 0–22
Jun 4, 2025Official record ↗
- Yes
Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions
With most of their party · Passed Senate 36–22 · Yes 36–No 22 · Democrats 35–0, Republicans 0–22
May 29, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Senate 36–22 · Yes 36–No 22 · Democrats 35–0, Republicans 0–22
May 29, 2026Official record ↗
Sources cited in this profile
- 1.New York State Senate District 32 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 2.Luis Sepúlveda (New York) · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 3.About Luis R. Sepúlveda · NYSenate.gov Official record
- 4.Luis R. Sepúlveda · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 5.NY State Senate District 32 election 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 6.2026 New York State Senate election · Wikipedia · 2026-11-09 Reference
- 7.Senate floor vote: S6458 — Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 · New York State Senate · 2019-06-14 Official record
- 8.Senate floor vote: S6599 — Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act · New York State Senate · 2019-06-18 Official record
- 9.Senate floor vote: S2451 — Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law) · New York State Senate · 2019-01-29 Official record
- 10.Senate floor vote: S51001 — Concealed Carry Improvement Act · New York State Senate · 2022-07-01 Official record
- 11.Senate floor vote: S240 — Reproductive Health Act · New York State Senate · 2019-01-22 Official record
- 12.Senate floor vote: S425-A — Protect Our Courts Act · New York State Senate · 2020-07-22 Official record
- 13.Senate floor vote: S2509-C — 2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax) · New York State Senate · 2021-04-06 Official record
- 14.Senador de NY Luis Sepúlveda: los puertorriqueños le abrieron las puertas políticas a otros hispanos en el estado · El Diario NY · 2026-05-28 News report
- 15.NY state Sen. Sepúlveda accused of choking wife · The Associated Press (via FOX 5 New York) · 2021-01-12 News report
- 16.State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda expected to chair a committee again · City & State New York · 2021-10-06 News report
- 17.Charges Dropped against Sen. Sepúlveda in DV Case; Witness Does Not Wish to Testify · Norwood News · 2021-10-04 News report
- 18.S10604: Judicial Security Act — additional protections for judges' families · New York State Senate · 2026-06-02 Official record
- 19.S10591: electronic filing for the Court of Appeals · New York State Senate · 2026-06-02 Official record
- 20.S10483: student intern exemption from lobbying prohibition · New York State Senate · 2026-05-15 Official record
- 21.Luis Sepúlveda (New York) · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 22.About Luis R. Sepúlveda · NYSenate.gov Official record