New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00869

Introduced

1/23/26

Refer

1/23/26

Passed

1/27/26

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2026, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00873

Introduced

1/23/26

Refer

1/23/26

Passed

1/27/26

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Blood Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02297

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the authority of an emergency medical services director after receiving appropriate training; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a non-patient specific order to an emergency medical technician to administer certain vaccines; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02384

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/27/25

Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02575

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02514

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02468

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/29/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/13/25

Enrolled

12/1/25

Vetoed

12/5/25

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02539

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Report Pass

3/4/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/12/25

Engrossed

3/11/26

Refer

3/11/26

Requires mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be printed in large font type.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02528

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Expedites actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency; sets time frames.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02479

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01686

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting; sets standards for outdoor lighting; provides for the designation of dark-sky preserves; provides for distribution to customers by electric corporations or municipalities providing electric service of an informational pamphlet relating to outdoor lighting.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01755

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

3/17/26

Refer

3/17/26

Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01723

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to the oversight of immigration detention facilities; prohibits municipalities from using funds or resources for the construction of any new detention facility or the expansion of any existing detention facility without approval by the legislature; establishes a committee on immigration detention oversight.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01807

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Refer

2/4/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to a state transportation plan; requires such plan include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, assessing long-range needs spanning such period, including a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01740

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

5/6/25

Refer

5/6/25

Report Pass

6/13/25

Refer

6/13/25

Report Pass

6/16/25

Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in public buildings owned or leased by the state that are determined to be opened to the public; requires reporting.

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