Senate · District 62 · 2015–16
Robert Ortt
SD-62
Chair, Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
In office since 2015 · 6 sessions
Sponsored
216
181 bills, 35 resolutions
Passed a house
65
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
14
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
23 of 217 sponsored bills passed (13.5%), ranking #10 of 66 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
181 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S6841In Senate Committee· Feb 26, 2016Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship
- S6828In Senate Committee· Jun 1, 2016Relates to authorizing the sheriff of any county to issue pistol permits
- S6829In Senate Committee· Feb 25, 2016Relates to fire drills and lockdown and shelter in place drills
- S6795In Senate Committee· May 3, 2016Relates to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Niagara
- S6718In Assembly Committee· Mar 8, 2016Renames the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara County as the Niagara Scenic Parkway
- S6710In Senate Committee· Feb 8, 2016Directs the commissioner of education to update the need/resource capacity index on a biennial basis
- S6675In Assembly Committee· Jun 8, 2016Relates to increasing the authorized reimbursement rate paid to governmental entities for enforcement of navigation laws
- S6643In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Relates to designating physicians employed by a municipal police department, while deployed with the special weapons and tactics team, as peace officers
- S6622Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 1, 2016Relates to prohibiting fees to be charged to agencies for copies of certain clinical records
- S6587In Senate Committee· Jan 28, 2016Provides for licensure of school psychologists
- S6494In Senate Committee· Jan 20, 2016Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing commercial sanitation or recycling vehicle
- S6495In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2016Enacts the "red tape reduction act"
- S6360In Assembly Committee· Jun 9, 2016Relates to adding two more members to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority
- S6262In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to increasing number of ad hoc members on board
- S6261In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to requiring SEQR for siting of major electric generating facilities
- S6256In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires plaintiffs in mortgage foreclosure actions to provide contact information
- S6251In Assembly Committee· Jun 15, 2016Requires certain training for coroners and coroner's deputies
- S6250In Assembly Committee· Jun 9, 2016Provides an exemption for the sale and installation of residential and commercial geothermal heat pump systems equipment
- S6249Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 1, 2016Establishes a tax credit for the purchase and installation of geothermal energy systems
- S6248In Assembly Committee· May 17, 2016Relates to emergency intervention for persons impaired by chemical substances
Committees
- Mental Health And Developmental DisabilitiesChair
- Cities
- Civil Service And Pensions
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Environmental Conservation
- Higher Education
- Local Government
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs