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New York State Senator

Robert Ortt

R

New York State Senator

Robert Ortt Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02372

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02465

Introduced
1/21/25  
Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and driver's education in the district where they reside.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02518

Introduced
1/21/25  
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02538

Introduced
1/21/25  
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02424

Introduced
1/17/25  
Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02425

Introduced
1/17/25  
Requires the regents to promulgate rules to allow and encourage the reading and posting in public schools excerpts of the writings and documents regarding American heritage.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02426

Introduced
1/17/25  
Requires the state to reimburse counties for costs incurred when holding parolees in detention facilities for technical parole violations pending a hearing with their parole officer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02427

Introduced
1/17/25  
Authorizes the city of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy; provides the city of Lockport shall notify all owners or known interested parties of record of the placement of the code violations on the city tax levy as uncollected fines and penalties within thirty days of placement.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02428

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02573

Introduced
1/21/25  
Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.