Robert C. Carroll

Dyslexia, literacy and schools

Focuses on dyslexia and literacy, citing his own childhood dyslexia: sponsored laws requiring insurers to cover dyslexia diagnostic exams and creating a state center for dyslexia and dysgraphia. His campaign says he wrote the Dyslexia Task Force Act, secured the center's funding and helped make the "science of reading" the state's literacy standard.

Climate and clean energy

Was prime sponsor of the Build Public Renewables Act, included in the 2023-24 state budget, and authored the Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act. Voted for the 2024 law making companies that contributed significantly to greenhouse gases share climate adaptation costs; sponsors bills to declare a climate emergency and ban new fossil fuel infrastructure.

Transit and street safety

Supports fully funding the MTA, more transparency through the MTA Open Data Act, and congestion pricing, which he backed early. His Assembly biography says he passed the MTA Open Data Act; his campaign says he passed legislation to remove dangerous drivers from the road. Prime-sponsors a bill requiring intelligent speed assistance in certain vehicles.

Voter registration and election rules

Authored legislation lowering the voter registration deadline to 10 days before an election; prime-sponsors bills for Election Day registration at polling places and ranked choice voting in nonpartisan primaries. His campaign says he also created same-day registration and voting during early voting and ended the discarding of ballots cast at the wrong polling site in the right district.

Health care

Voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act, on terminally ill patients' request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying, and for a 2026 law that, among other things, bars professional liability insurers from denying coverage or raising rates solely over the legal prescription of certain gender-affirming care drugs. Sponsored a 2023 law limiting how income increases count against seniors' eligibility for the state's Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program.