New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 14)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04884

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dogs.
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New York Assembly Bill A04899

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Refer
5/5/26  
Report Pass
5/29/26  
Refer
5/29/26  
Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.
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New York Assembly Bill A06076

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation, and to accept a title policy from a commercial insurer to cover any title defects that would otherwise render the title unmarketable.
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New York Assembly Bill A06112

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Provides the Board of Regents with final approval authority over all proposed and renewed charter schools.
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New York Assembly Bill A06063

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought.
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New York Assembly Bill A06081

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Directs the division of veterans' services to establish a searchable database of veteran-owned businesses; requires the use of a special mark to indicate service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
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New York Assembly Bill A06192

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.
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New York Assembly Bill A06194

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.
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New York Assembly Bill A05850

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Engrossed
4/28/26  
Refer
4/28/26  
Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing permits or licenses allowing participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; excludes certain permanent performing institutions; imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $1000 for a violation.
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New York Assembly Bill A05882

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay a participating pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional dispensing fee that is at minimum the professional dispensing fee paid under the state medical assistance program.
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New York Assembly Bill A05864

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Establishes the office of census counts and provides for its powers and duties and the New York state census counts commission and provides for its powers and duties; establishes the offense of impersonation of a census enumerator; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Assembly Bill A05860

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A05892

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment for use off the premises of the institutional dispenser; authorizes practitioners to dispense controlled substances for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to an addict or habitual user.
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New York Assembly Bill A05979

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill K00136

Introduced
2/26/25  
Memorializing the life and legacy of Alice Roker, longtime Yorktown Town Clerk, devoted public servant, and trailblazing leader