Asm. Steve Otis

Co-sponsor A 336

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to prescribing an opioid antagonist with a patient's first opioid prescription each year

Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in 90 morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics.

Signed into law Dec 30, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 126

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 90 days and to update the list every three years.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 118

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to the definition of designated offender

Specifies that a person convicted of prostitution, or a person whose participation in the offense is determined by a court to be a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking is excluded from the definition of designated offender.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 4186

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system

Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system to allow a voter who has submitted an application for an absentee ballot to track the status of an absentee application and an absentee ballot on the state board or local board website.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 2230

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to enacting the "hate crimes analysis and review act"

Enacts the "hate crimes analysis and review act", specifying the collection and reporting of certain demographic data regarding the victims and alleged perpetrators of hate crimes.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 5386

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Establishes the soil health and climate resiliency act

Establishes the soil health and climate resiliency act; establishes the soil health program to assist farmers in improving the health of their soil; establishes the climate resilient farming initiative to promote and encourage farmers to reduce the effects of farming on climate change and to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change by improving and maintaining water management systems and soil health and resiliency.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 6970

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Establishes an electronic absentee ballot application transmittal system

Establishes an electronic absentee ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for and submit an absentee ballot online.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 2591

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to provisions in state procurement contracts involving the use of low embodied carbon concrete

Relates to provisions in state procurement contracts involving the use of low embodied carbon concrete.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 4742

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Establishes the "New York State 250th Commemoration act"

Establishes the "New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration act" which creates the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission to develop a plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution; establishes the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission fund.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 4328

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Provides for the designation of geologically significant areas, territories and sites throughout the state, and for the establishment of a state geological trail

Provides for the designation of geologically significant areas, territories and sites throughout the state, and for the establishment of a state geological trail.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2021 1 co-sponsor