New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A10908

Introduced
4/8/26  
Exempts school district providers of special services or programs for preschool students with disabilities from having to obtain program approval from the commissioner of education.
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New York Assembly Bill K00815

Introduced
6/16/25  
Congratulating Joseph Germano upon the occasion of celebrating his 100th Birthday

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A08841

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Establishes a gender-affirming care access program to provide support and increase access to gender-affirming care including certain medical and surgical care.
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New York Assembly Bill A08823

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Requires certain utility corporations and the Long Island power authority to establish a meter usage monitor program for the purposes of notifying residential customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the residential customer.
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New York Assembly Bill A09011

Introduced
8/13/25  
Refer
8/13/25  
Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide additional services to local governments and the department of environmental conservation.
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New York Assembly Bill A08871

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement an omnibus bill related to correctional services in the state of New York; requires the timely disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals to the attorney general's office of special investigations (Part A); requires institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the camera coverage of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such camera recordings (Part B); provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next of kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody (Part C); directs the state commission of correction to conduct a comprehensive study on deaths in correctional facilities within New York state to provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve prison conditions, healthcare, and policies to prevent future tragedies (Part D); establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy (Part E); relates to conflicts within the office of special investigation; provides that if the office of the attorney general has a conflict representing state employees in civil litigation, the attorney general may designate a deputy attorney general or assistant attorney general to act in their place; requires the attorney general to establish procedures to screen off certain records (part F); requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter (Part G); increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members (Part H); relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time with 24 hours advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities (Part I); relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody (Part J).
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New York Assembly Bill A08889

Introduced
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Enacts the "Customer Savings and Reliability Act" in relation to regional affordable gas transition plans to guide an orderly, affordable, and equitable right-sizing of the utility gas system in a manner that aligns with climate justice and emissions reduction provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A08888

Introduced
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Provides that in the case of any application for gas service to a building which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building.
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New York Assembly Bill A09051

Introduced
9/5/25  
Refer
9/5/25  
Expands the solar energy system equipment tax credit to cover solar energy system equipment installed in a community solar array; defines "community solar array" to mean a location other than a person's principal residence where solar energy system equipment is owned and installed for use in such person's principal residence.
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New York Assembly Bill A09047

Introduced
9/5/25  
Refer
9/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of foam flotation docks, buoys and floating structures in the state where such foam flotation is not fully encapsulated to prevent degradation into the environment.
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New York Assembly Bill A07616

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to provisions governing contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations including new, renewal, and extension contracts and advance payments and interest for such contracts; repeals provisions relating to interest payments.
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New York Assembly Bill A07630

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Relates to the requirements for licensure of funeral directors; specifies requirements for a residency period under the direct supervision of a preceptor; sets requirements to act as a preceptor.
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New York Assembly Bill A09111

Introduced
9/26/25  
Refer
9/26/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/11/26  
Refer
5/11/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Refer
5/28/26  
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
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New York Assembly Bill A09175

Introduced
10/17/25  
Refer
10/17/25  
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
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New York Assembly Bill A09227

Introduced
11/3/25  
Refer
11/3/25  
Relates to the definition of "reproductive health services" for purposes of the offense of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree; defines "legally protected health activity"; increases the penalties for the criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first and second degrees, and for aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree.