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R Sen. Robert Ortt

District 62 · Republican First elected: 2015 Last margin: 98.7% · Lean: D+1

Key Issues

Penal 37 bills 6 nay

Education 28 bills 1 nay

Tax 25 bills 13 nay

Executive 16 bills 20 nay

Vehicle and Traffic 13 bills 7 nay

Criminal Procedure 11 bills 9 nay

Public Authorities 9 bills 1 nay

Public Health 9 bills

From floor debate, and bill sponsorship.

Legislative Activity (2025–2026)

Floor votes 1,410

Party alignment 91.9%

Hearing engagements 0

Bills sponsored 0

Based on complete Senate roll call records.

Top Co-Sponsors

R Robert Rolison 38 bills R James Tedisco 29 bills R Peter Oberacker 29 bills R George Borrello 28 bills R Pamela Helming 18 bills R Dan Stec 17 bills R Patrick M. Gallivan 13 bills D Andrea Stewart-Cousins 11 bills R Joseph A. Griffo 11 bills D Jessica Scarcella-Spanton 10 bills

District 62 Profile

Population 317,709

Median income $67,971

Median rent $855

Homeownership 72.6%

Education (BA+) 27.3%

Poverty rate 12.2%

Voter Registration

37%

36%

26%

Dem 37.4% Rep 36.1% Ind/Other 26.5%

Demographics

White 86.4%

Black 5.7%

Hispanic 4.1%

Asian 1.1%

Voting Record

1015 Aye 395 Nay 33 Excused

Dissenting Votes by Topic

Environmental Conservation 30 nay

S9072 ↗ Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act 2026-02-10

S9073 ↗ Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and… 2026-02-10

S8836 ↗ Relates to certain leases for the exploration, development, and production of ga… 2026-02-04

S8823 Relates to the department of environmental conservation's regulation of crabs 2026-01-13

S2057 ↗ Enacts the "beauty justice act" 2025-06-12

S3492 ↗ Enacts the sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act 2025-06-12

S4691 ↗ Prohibits the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added lamps 2025-06-12

S5379 Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation wor… 2025-06-12

S1343 ↗ Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2025 2025-06-11

S4408 Relates to agreements related to renewable energy development rights on reforest… 2025-06-11

+20 more

Public Health 27 nay

S1633 ↗ Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires pa… 2026-01-27

S5981 Establishes the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program 2026-01-27

S4545 ↗ Repeals section 2307 of the public health law relating to persons knowing themse… 2025-06-12

S8222 Relates to reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profi… 2025-06-12

S428 Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodiu… 2025-06-11

S4640 ↗ Relates to onsite overdose response services and requires certain locations and … 2025-06-11

S1223 Expands the scope of the temporary operator program 2025-06-10

S4854 Prohibits the packaging, sale and distribution of confectionery and candy design… 2025-06-10

S56 ↗ Establishes a drug checking program 2025-06-09

S2278 Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member o… 2025-06-06

+17 more

General Business 23 nay

S8789 Defines "employer" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the… 2026-01-29

S8811 Relates to the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, de… 2026-01-28

S8416 Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) busi… 2025-06-13

S1162 ↗ Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group p… 2025-06-12

S363 ↗ Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act" 2025-06-12

S1280 ↗ Relates to labeling requirements for gas stoves 2025-06-11

S6985 Provides for requirements for the rental of helmets 2025-06-11

S7713 Restricts the use of automatic license plate reader information 2025-06-11

S6361 ↗ Prohibits unfair residential real estate service agreements 2025-06-10

S194 ↗ Relates to training for school security guards 2025-06-09

+13 more

Resolutions, Senate 22 nay

R1231 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

R1232 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1233 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

R1234 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1235 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1236 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropria… 2025-06-12

R1237 ↗ Establishes an itemized list of grantees for the 2024-25 state fiscal year for s… 2025-06-12

R1238 ↗ Sets forth an itemized list of grantees for the 2024-25 state fiscal year for se… 2025-06-12

R1239 ↗ Sets forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2024… 2025-06-12

R1240 ↗ Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriati… 2025-06-12

+12 more

Education 21 nay

S8656 ↗ Relates to the dispensing of certain prescriptions 2026-01-27

S1672 ↗ Relates to certain construction projects 2025-06-13

S4544 ↗ Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act" 2025-06-12

S3966 ↗ Relates to requirements for licensure as a dentist 2025-06-11

S6734 Relates to the election of school board members after the number of members has … 2025-06-11

S1011 Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement syst… 2025-06-10

S2058 Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city u… 2025-06-09

S6155 ↗ Allows for a modest increase in annual income to not disqualify someone from the… 2025-06-09

S2498 Relates to the frequency and implementation of lock-down drills in schools 2025-06-06

S5340 ↗ Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines 2025-06-06

+11 more

Election 20 nay

S8646 ↗ Relates to the New York election officer protection act 2026-01-12

S441 ↗ Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speake… 2025-06-11

S7111 ↗ Permits political parties to perform certain functions without forming county co… 2025-06-11

S7689 ↗ Relates to voting of overseas military voters and special federal voters 2025-06-11

S6799 Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections 2025-06-05

S5452 Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications b… 2025-06-04

S699 Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the ci… 2025-05-28

S559 Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 i… 2025-04-30

S1809 Authorizes full-time college students to act as election inspectors and poll cle… 2025-03-19

S568 Establishes portable polling locations for early voting 2025-03-19

+10 more

Executive 20 nay

S1455 ↗ Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological vi… 2025-06-12

S4535 Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of … 2025-06-10

S919 ↗ Requires certain housing production information to be reported to the department… 2025-06-10

S1026 ↗ Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, ri… 2025-06-09

S2271 Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or … 2025-06-09

S4534 Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and… 2025-06-09

S6121 Requires the dissemination of materials regarding child access prevention and th… 2025-06-09

S3819 ↗ Imposes certain penalties related to violations of building and fire code standa… 2025-06-04

S566 In relation to enrollment eligibility for election officials in the address conf… 2025-05-21

S7117 Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detentio… 2025-05-21

+10 more

Correction 13 nay

S1050 Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transf… 2025-06-12

S8415 Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement an omnibus bill… 2025-06-12

S2666 ↗ Relates to the provision of breast pumps to certain incarcerated birth parents a… 2025-06-11

S4583 ↗ Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individu… 2025-06-10

S5134 Establishes a uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilit… 2025-06-10

S5037 Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals 2025-06-06

S5265 Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental … 2025-06-06

S6463 Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to r… 2025-06-06

S1692 ↗ Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions 2025-05-22

S1191 Provides for limited credit time allowances 2025-05-21

+3 more

Public Service 13 nay

S2485 Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to esta… 2025-06-13

S3734 ↗ Relates to prohibiting the public service commission from approving a rate incre… 2025-06-12

S8417 Relates to the provision of gas service to new customers 2025-06-12

S8421 Enacts the Customer Savings and Reliability Act; and repeals certain provisions … 2025-06-12

S98 ↗ Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure 2025-06-12

S5593 Relates to periods suspending the operation of certain rate, charge or other cha… 2025-06-05

S7165 ↗ Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered … 2025-06-05

S7328 ↗ Increases the number of commissioners of the public service commission 2025-06-05

S2679 Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations 2025-02-12

S1329 Relates to adjustment of electric residential fixed charges 2025-01-27

+3 more

Tax 13 nay

S7078 ↗ Authorizes the town of Patterson to impose a hotel and motel tax 2025-06-12

S7692 ↗ Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Baldwinsville 2025-06-12

S7836 Authorizes the town of Highlands to impose a hotel and motel tax 2025-06-12

S7880 ↗ Enacts the NY-PROTECT ACT; repealer 2025-06-12

S8269 ↗ Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga 2025-06-12

S8091 Relates to the timeframe for distributors of cannabis products to file tax retur… 2025-06-11

S3340 Relates to treatment of gains from qualified opportunity zones in calculating ta… 2025-06-05

S1140 ↗ Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in… 2025-06-04

S6859 ↗ Makes a technical change to the tax law; extends the village of Nyack occupancy … cross-party 2025-05-27

S700 Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which t… 2025-05-19

+3 more

Public Authorities 12 nay

S1047 Establishes a ride clean rebate program for bicycles with electric assist and el… 2025-06-13

S2032 Establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program 2025-06-12

S3560 Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program 2025-06-11

S8237 Relates to the green jobs-green New York program 2025-06-11

S2462 ↗ Relates to the New York power authority's conferral process 2025-06-10

S6286 ↗ Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viabili… 2025-06-10

S1462 Relates to establishing ground rent rebates for eligible homeowners and renters … 2025-05-28

S3247 Relates to electric vehicle charging 2025-05-14

S1668 Relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development author… 2025-04-22

S1574 Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program; provides for the … 2025-03-17

+2 more

General Municipal 11 nay

S6351 ↗ Relates to electronic bell jar vending machines 2025-06-13

S1335 ↗ Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program 2025-06-12

S7638 ↗ Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qu… 2025-06-11

S1838 Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program 2025-06-10

S2317 ↗ Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency… 2025-06-10

S4940 Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, … 2025-06-10

S4464 Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies 2025-05-29

S4780 Requires a municipality to give notice to an adjacent municipality of the adopti… 2025-05-06

S600 ↗ Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to recei… 2025-04-30

S4980 Relates to the preservation of regionally significant projects with respect to a… 2025-03-19

+1 more

Civil Practice Law and Rules 10 nay

S3879 ↗ Relates to arbitration proceedings 2025-06-13

S410 Relates to certain jury awards in employment discrimination actions 2025-06-11

S5170 Relates to permitting a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defe… 2025-06-10

S6128 Relates to the use of writings and objects to refresh recollection 2025-06-05

S7694 Relates to the business records exception to hearsay 2025-06-04

S4914 ↗ Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity fr… 2025-05-22

S3036 Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admi… 2025-05-21

S2305 Relates to certain judgments by confession 2025-03-25

S1142 Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on employment discrimina… 2025-03-10

S4611 Provides grounds for attachment and relates to procedures where employees may ho… 2025-03-04

Criminal Procedure 9 nay

S1819 ↗ Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial divers… 2025-06-12

S5138 Abolishes citizens arrests; repealer 2025-06-11

S4525 Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited En… 2025-06-10

S1946 Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions 2025-05-29

S329 ↗ Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern 2025-05-28

S2453 Relates to enacting the New York no citizen is above the law act 2025-05-21

S3909 Enacts the "New York state phoenix act" 2025-05-21

S660 Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours 2025-05-20

S464 Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expre… 2025-03-03

Labor 9 nay

S4424 ↗ Enacts the anti-waiver of employment rights act 2025-06-12

S4473 Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are n… 2025-06-12

S3460 Relates to granting employees access to personnel records 2025-06-11

S7388 Enacts the remedial construction of New York labor law act 2025-06-10

S4641 ↗ Prohibits non-compete agreements and certain restrictive covenants 2025-06-09

S1673 Relates to requiring new employees to be provided certain information relating t… 2025-03-20

S372 Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act" 2025-03-04

S4515 Requires employers of domestic workers to provide annual sick leave to such work… 2025-03-04

S740 Requires retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent wo… 2025-02-03

Taxation 8 nay

S4053 Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy ta… 2025-05-27

S4494 ↗ Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jerv… 2025-05-27

S4495 Extends the village of Goshen's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax 2025-05-27

S4895 ↗ Relates to the effectiveness of the occupancy tax in the village of Briarcliff M… 2025-05-27

S5984 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Weedsp… 2025-05-27

S5985 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the town of Skaneatel… 2025-05-27

S5986 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Skanea… 2025-05-27

S7492 Relates to permitting the village of Cold Spring to impose a hotel and motel tax cross-party 2025-05-27

Social Services 7 nay

Vehicle and Traffic 7 nay

Budget Bills 6 nay

Insurance 6 nay

Penal 6 nay

Banking 5 nay

Judiciary 5 nay

Real Property 5 nay

Appropriations 4 nay

Cannabis 4 nay

Real Property Tax 4 nay

Workers' Compensation 4 nay

General Obligations 3 nay

Legislative 3 nay

Multiple Dwelling 3 nay

New York City Administrative Code 3 nay

Public Housing 3 nay

Real Property Actions and Proceedings 3 nay

Civil Rights 2 nay

Domestic Relations 2 nay

Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 2 nay

Energy 2 nay

Environmental Conservation 2 nay

Estates, Powers and Trusts 2 nay

Lien 2 nay

Public Officers 2 nay

Public Services 2 nay

Surrogate's Court Procedure Act 2 nay

Transportation 2 nay

29 additional dissenting votes across other topics

From 1,443 recorded floor votes via OpenLeg API. Dissenting votes grouped by law section to reveal policy patterns.

Floor Speeches: In Opposition (4)

S1325C An act to amend the Education Law 2025-06-12 PASSED

Voted in the negative on the Education Law amendment.

A6556 An act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules 2025-06-11 PASSED

Voted in opposition to the measure.

A1890 An act to amend the Real Property Law 2025-06-11 PASSED

Voted in opposition to the measure.

A3000D Budget Bill - An act making appropriations for the support of government 2025-05-08 PASSED

Delivered extensive closing remarks characterizing the provision as 'gross' and 'disgusting,' noting it was not in the Governor's original budget proposal and was introduced during final negotiations. Argued the public understands this is designed to benefit specific individuals and criticized the majority for voting for it despite discomfort.