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Erik Bottcher

NY Senate District 47

Democratic New York since Feb 4, 2026

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Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
NY Senate District 47 current New York	Democratic	Feb 4, 2026	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (1,976 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
S 3261 Authorizes distributors of cannabis products to file annual returns electronically	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll c3dc8e97-7485-45b0-85bc-15f3381e5975	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c3dc8e97-7485-45b0-85bc-15f3381e5975 CC0-1.0
S 78 Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a…	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll b7cfbc38-aa39-41b0-8653-ef395579b8c5	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b7cfbc38-aa39-41b0-8653-ef395579b8c5 CC0-1.0
S 3179 Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products	Floor Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll c781b542-ee10-4827-bd4e-8950fc6e68c3	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c781b542-ee10-4827-bd4e-8950fc6e68c3 CC0-1.0
S 6227 Provides that the commissioner of education may promulgate rules and regulations for a health…	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 6d495899-3e4f-4b17-90cd-a5d7ae9709f9	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6d495899-3e4f-4b17-90cd-a5d7ae9709f9 CC0-1.0
C 978 Provides for the election of two Regents of the University of the State of New York	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 813e5223-911a-4faf-9d3f-bc198cae4ceb	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/813e5223-911a-4faf-9d3f-bc198cae4ceb CC0-1.0
S 6273 Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children…	Floor Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll e1c29568-f50d-40d0-bb86-0ced18ab37ad	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e1c29568-f50d-40d0-bb86-0ced18ab37ad CC0-1.0
S 6307 Relates to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris	Environmental Conservation Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll ec4d0e0e-b72a-4987-9ef0-81343ff22fe9	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ec4d0e0e-b72a-4987-9ef0-81343ff22fe9 CC0-1.0
S 1609 Requires the department of environmental conservation, after consultation with the environmental…	Environmental Conservation Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 55fb74bc-fd8f-4ec4-bf3c-c909495e3b6e	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/55fb74bc-fd8f-4ec4-bf3c-c909495e3b6e CC0-1.0
S 5014 Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and…	Environmental Conservation Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 6a900ebd-e8d5-4055-9415-cdd9545c49cc	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6a900ebd-e8d5-4055-9415-cdd9545c49cc CC0-1.0
S 1833 Enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll b1c08271-f215-4e34-8a55-db5f9151ad3a	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b1c08271-f215-4e34-8a55-db5f9151ad3a CC0-1.0
S 4950 Relates to the payment for services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of…	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll c7814a00-4edf-4022-91fb-e91718a2a2a4	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c7814a00-4edf-4022-91fb-e91718a2a2a4 CC0-1.0
S 7718 Requires owners of certain large vessels to establish whale strike prevention policies	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 38497232-997c-4380-90d2-4329ceede61a	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/38497232-997c-4380-90d2-4329ceede61a CC0-1.0
S 2292 Enacts the whale awareness act	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 87a61e61-58d9-49d4-bf69-384d98ab1c95	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/87a61e61-58d9-49d4-bf69-384d98ab1c95 CC0-1.0
S 3629 Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 6a6a306a-81e4-4c0b-897a-668a8f771817	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6a6a306a-81e4-4c0b-897a-668a8f771817 CC0-1.0
S 438 Establishes the prescription drug supply chain transparency act	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 03056d1f-8e9a-46ff-8143-2b2001930855	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/03056d1f-8e9a-46ff-8143-2b2001930855 CC0-1.0
S 3492 Enacts the sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 9393e291-af94-44b0-9bfd-363b072202f2	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9393e291-af94-44b0-9bfd-363b072202f2 CC0-1.0
S 1733 Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within…	Environmental Conservation Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 8d621167-8997-4142-8457-ab1dd55e4263	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8d621167-8997-4142-8457-ab1dd55e4263 CC0-1.0
S 6570 Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll e648e685-6277-4800-b1e6-778f15a30210	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e648e685-6277-4800-b1e6-778f15a30210 CC0-1.0
S 2646 Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of…	Environmental Conservation Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll fe56ecbf-c07e-4d45-9b8b-e1ee55b6ac94	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fe56ecbf-c07e-4d45-9b8b-e1ee55b6ac94 CC0-1.0
S 1850 Relates to establishing the safe water infrastructure action program	Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 02a57f9a-7600-4c66-807f-1a45e514220a	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/02a57f9a-7600-4c66-807f-1a45e514220a CC0-1.0
S 5939 Relates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmacies	Floor Vote - Version: B	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 33bd366c-65ea-4dfa-8e2d-3514c70be0bd	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/33bd366c-65ea-4dfa-8e2d-3514c70be0bd CC0-1.0
S 4980 Relates to the preservation of regionally significant projects with respect to agencies drawing on…	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 8a82f711-5116-4e74-b263-74ca2cc69ee7	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8a82f711-5116-4e74-b263-74ca2cc69ee7 CC0-1.0
S 1618 Enacts the "New York affordable drug manufacturing act"	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll c2c73690-216b-4e2d-9361-8c5f062a7db4	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c2c73690-216b-4e2d-9361-8c5f062a7db4 CC0-1.0
S 634 Requires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diabetes and prediabetes…	Floor Vote - Version: B	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 51e0d3e0-0191-4a4c-a6c6-37f754417171	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/51e0d3e0-0191-4a4c-a6c6-37f754417171 CC0-1.0
S 5049 Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters	Floor Vote	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 4fad4692-7b08-4e42-a8dc-80d4d02176c2	Feb 24, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4fad4692-7b08-4e42-a8dc-80d4d02176c2 CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (74 as lead sponsor)

S 9652 NY · —
Relates to artist preferences in housing

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S 9334 NY · —
Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms

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J 2287 NY · —
Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

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S 10600 NY · —
Relates to ensuring the privacy of name change actions and of sex designation change actions; repealer

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S 10466 NY · —
Relates to prescription labels for gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, pubertal suppressants, anabolic steroids, alpha reductase inhibitors, progestins…

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S 10467 NY · —
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis

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S 10545 NY · —
Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the establishment of certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York city

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S 9908 NY · —
Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual…

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S 10501 NY · —
Authorizes single stairway residential buildings in a city having a population of one million of more

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S 10450 NY · —
Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of…

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