New York State Senator

Steven Otis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08908

Introduced

7/16/25

Refer

7/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties; excludes certain protective masks.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09076

Introduced

9/12/25

Refer

9/12/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a right of action for the deprivation of constitutional rights; provides for compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07964

Introduced

4/16/25

Refer

4/16/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets, acting by and through the department of economic development, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish a New York native plants designation, and offer seals or logos identifying native plants as grown in New York state and certified for their quality, for product labeling, advertising, and displays.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08004

Introduced

4/21/25

Refer

4/21/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Report Pass

5/21/25

Prohibits approved organizations providing coverage under the child health insurance plan from discriminating against health care providers which do not participate in the organization's health care network.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10421

Introduced

3/4/26

Refer

3/4/26

Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson notification act"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10424

Introduced

3/5/26

Refer

3/5/26

Report Pass

3/24/26

Engrossed

3/30/26

Refer

3/30/26

Ensures the public has virtual access to public service commission proceedings and may file documents electronically.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10428

Introduced

3/6/26

Refer

3/6/26

Provides that mifepristone or misoprostol may be dispensed without the name and address of the dispenser and patient included on the prescription label.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10510

Introduced

3/6/26

Refer

3/6/26

Report Pass

5/19/26

Refer

5/19/26

Report Pass

5/20/26

Prohibits gas and electric corporations from recovering labor-related legal costs or workers' compensation loss adjustment expenses from ratepayers through rates, charges, surcharges, adjustment mechanisms, riders, or reconciliation mechanisms; defines labor-related legal activity.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10426

Introduced

3/6/26

Refer

3/6/26

Clarifies that employment at any licensee under the cannabis law satisfies employment requirements for parole, probation or other state supervision unless the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohibit such employment.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10305

Introduced

2/20/26

Refer

2/20/26

Report Pass

5/5/26

Establishes uniform definitions, standardized procedures, and uniform applications or forms, for determining a medical emergency, life-support equipment and designation of elderly, blind and disabled customers protected from termination of utility services.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10281

Introduced

2/20/26

Refer

2/20/26

Establishes a tax on video streaming services; provides that the revenue from the tax is to be used to ensure that every resident in the state has access to modern communications networks; establishes the media arts technology and education fund.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10357

Introduced

2/26/26

Refer

2/26/26

Report Pass

5/13/26

Refer

5/13/26

Report Pass

5/20/26

Refer

5/20/26

Report Pass

5/28/26

Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09440

Introduced

1/6/26

Refer

1/6/26

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/28/26

Refer

1/28/26

Report Pass

2/25/26

Refer

2/25/26

Report Pass

2/25/26

Directs the department of health to make available a model comprehensive county emergency medical system plan to provide guidance to counties in developing their plans and to review such county plans within a certain period of time; and directs counties, in coordination with their regional emergency medical services councils, to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans that provide for coordinated emergency medical systems within such counties.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09487

Introduced

1/7/26

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/21/26

Refer

1/21/26

Report Pass

1/21/26

Provides for the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by a county, city, town, village, school district, board of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension board, district corporation, the state university of New York, the city university of New York, or community college; amends the effectiveness thereof.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00988

Introduced

2/26/26

Passed

2/26/26

Mourning the death of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and honoring his lifetime of service, leadership, and advocacy for civil rights and social justice

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