# Erik Bottcher

Erik Bottcher is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2026-02-04
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d55adf3d-ba23-47c8-a844-ee28227983c0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d55adf3d-ba23-47c8-a844-ee28227983c0 (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

20% of the 79 bills Bottcher sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the New York Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.04), from 379 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

1,581 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 100% (93.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · R 2355 Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for additional grants in… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/R2355/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11538 Extends the expansion of eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11538/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 1004 Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S1004/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: C · A 329 Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A329/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 10223 Authorizes the South End Children's Cafe to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10223/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11006 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11006/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 8454 Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8454/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 10922 Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10922/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 8616 Establishes the "protecting consumers and jobs from discriminatory pricing act" · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8616/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · A 4195 Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4195/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 79 bills: 79 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 218. 20.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 57 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10723: Enacts the Bicycle Traffic Safety Education Alternative act (in committee, 2026-10-16) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10723/
- S 10695: Relates to deadline for the processing of building permits by local governments and the city of New York (in committee, 2026-09-11) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10695/
- S 10690: Establishes September twenty-fifth of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "9 to 5 Day" (in committee, 2026-08-31) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10690/
- S 10682: Establishes multidisciplinary personnel teams (in committee, 2026-08-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10682/
- S 10673: Enacts the Public Health Modernization Act (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10673/
- S 10609: Relates to personal income taxes in the city of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10609/
- S 10600: Relates to ensuring the privacy of name change actions and of sex designation change actions; repealer (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10600/
- J 2287: Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2287/
- S 10545: Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the establishment of certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York city (became law, 2026-08-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10545/
- S 10461: Protects wolves (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10461/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $134.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d55adf3d-ba23-47c8-a844-ee28227983c0