New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 32)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06578

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Establishes 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.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06561

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
5/6/26  
Includes image-guided biopsies under mandatory insurance coverage for breast cancer screening.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06663

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act"; requires clear and conspicuous pricing practices regarding trash junk fees.
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New York Assembly Bill A04681

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Expands the powers of boards of education to temporarily lease necessary space to include when facilities are under construction.
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New York Assembly Bill A04870

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.
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New York Assembly Bill A04875

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04869

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A04822

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides that if, as a result of services performed in line of duty during a state of emergency, a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in contact with COVID-19, the chief engineer or other executive officer of the fire department or fire company or the captain or other executive officer of the ambulance department, volunteer ambulance company or ambulance district of which they are a member may authorize such volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker to obtain such examinations, tests, treatment and care as are immediately necessary to determine whether they are injured; further grants a presumption that exposure to COVID-19 caused partial or total disability or death.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05302

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted an annual meeting and election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting if less than eight percent of registered voters cast ballots as a direct consequence of a disaster.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00031

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to creating the health emergency response data system, which collects information and statistical data relating to public health emergencies in order to assist the department of health, other government entities, health care providers, and the public in understanding and responding to public health emergencies.
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New York Assembly Bill A00034

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Refer
4/7/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00044

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires disclosure of information concerning non-invasive prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities including the benefits and limitations of non-invasive prenatal testing, the difference between non-invasive prenatal testing and prenatal diagnostic testing, and current recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00170

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2025, as Women's History Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06685

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00090

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 5, 2025, as Girls and Women in Sports Day in the State of New York