New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 21)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03246

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Relates to treatment of gains from qualified opportunity zones in calculating taxable income; removes exclusion of gains on property in qualified opportunity zones in calculation of income.
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New York Assembly Bill A03273

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Requires state agencies to measure, collect, report, and utilize metrics relating to the experience of residents interacting with agencies to improve provision of services to the people of the state, and to provide a biannual report to the governor and legislature.
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New York Assembly Bill A03430

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Relates to the salaries of certain teachers and aides employed by boards of cooperative educational services; puts limits on certain administrative and clerical expenses.
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New York Assembly Bill A04278

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York Assembly Bill A04436

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.
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New York Assembly Bill A04338

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Spanish; provides for reporting of violations; provides penalties for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A03474

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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New York Assembly Bill A03533

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Authorizes cities and towns, except a city with a population of one million or more, to establish community preservation funds; authorizes such cities and towns to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues to be deposited in such funds; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A03575

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones.
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New York Assembly Bill A03516

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Enacts the "keep police radio public act"; ensures that, except for sensitive information, all radio communications are accessible to emergency services organizations and professional journalists.
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New York Assembly Bill A03582

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).
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New York Assembly Bill A03475

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Prohibits police officers from using bias-based profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for bias-based profiling; allows an action for injunctive relief and/or damages to be brought against a law enforcement agency, any agent of a law enforcement agency and the supervisor of an agent.
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New York Assembly Bill A03506

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
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New York Assembly Bill A03536

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
5/6/26  
Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the legal clearance of bridges or elevated structures along proposed routes.
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New York Assembly Bill A03527

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.