# Steve Otis

Steve Otis is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 91.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 91
- Serving since: 2013-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9a1eed19-c843-4853-bec1-aca4f7034a21

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9a1eed19-c843-4853-bec1-aca4f7034a21 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Otis’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.04), from 132 donors and 1,181 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 99.6% (92.9%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 555. 36.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 18 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 10908: Exempts school district providers of special services or programs for preschool students with disabilities from having to obtain program approval from the… (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10908/
- A 10903: Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of New Rochelle (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10903/
- A 10901: Requires owners of certain large vessels to establish whale strike prevention policies (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10901/
- K 1131: Congratulating the Rye High School Boys Varsity Hockey Team upon the occasion of winning the school s first New York State Division II Championship (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1131/
- A 10132: Enacts the "connected consumer product end of life disclosure act" (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10132/
- K 841: Congratulating the Rye High School Boys Varsity Football Team for winning the school's first New York State Class A Championship (passed one chamber, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K841/
- A 9487: Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealer (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9487/
- A 9440: Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9440/
- K 815: Congratulating Joseph Germano upon the occasion of celebrating his 100th Birthday (passed one chamber, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K815/
- A 8657: Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer… (became law, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8657/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Steven-Otis
- X: https://x.com/SteveOtis91
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/303717623097704
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steveotis91/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9a1eed19-c843-4853-bec1-aca4f7034a21