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Votes at a glance: Selected bills passed by the New York State Senate on March 18, 2025
Summary
A summary of bills and outcomes recorded on the March 18 Senate floor calendar; includes social-services, election, agriculture, public-health, and other measures as read into the record and voted on during the session.
Below are selected bills that were placed on the Senate calendar and received recorded floor votes during the March 18, 2025 session. For each item the calendar number, sponsor (when read aloud), brief subject as read into the record, and the vote tally announced on the floor are shown. Where the transcript did not include full bill texts or effective dates beyond what the clerk read, the article notes that information as "not specified."
- Calendar 130 (Senate print 1926, sponsor: Senator Posad). An act in the Social Services Law. The clerk read: Section 3, this action shall take effect 10/01/2026. The clerk announced: Ayes 57, Nays 3; the bill passed.
- Calendar 378 (Senate print 4980, sponsor: Senator Martinez). An act in the General Municipal Law. The clerk announced the roll-call result as Ayes 42, Nays 18; the bill passed. (Transcript recorded negative votes during the announcement; individual names are included in the roll-call portion of the official record.)
- Calendar 433 (Senate print 4852, sponsor: Senator Scoopfus). An act (executive board matter as read into the record). The clerk announced Ayes 42, Nays 18; the bill passed.
- Calendar 460 (Senate print 5392, sponsor: Senators Scarcellus and Spanton). An act in the Education Law. The clerk announced Ayes 51, Nays 9; the bill passed. (Transcript also noted an alternate tally for a different senator earlier in the exchange; the clerk’s announced result was recorded as Ayes 51, Nays 9.)
- Calendar 43 (Senate print 4911, sponsor: Senator Hinchey). An act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law. The clerk announced Aye 60; the bill passed.
- Title 487 (Senate print 1287A, sponsor: Senator Passard). An act in the Public Health Law. The clerk announced Aye 60; the bill passed.
- Title 528 (Senate print 2011, sponsor: Senator Parker). An act directing a joint study by the Department of State and the Public Service Commission on consumer credit reporting; clerk announced Ayes 57, Nays 3; the bill passed.
- Calendar 529 (Senate print 2587, sponsor: Senator Mayer). An act to amend the Executive Law establishing January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day; the clerk announced Aye 60; the bill passed.
- Calendar (Senate print 5105, sponsor: Senator Hartman). An act in the Mental Hygiene Law; the clerk announced the bill passed (roll-call announced on the floor; clerk stated bill passed).
- Controversial Calendar items included: Calendar 29 (Senator May) — portable early-voting sites — and Calendar 293 (Senator Fernandez) — student election inspectors. Both bills were debated on the floor and passed: Calendar 29 passed Ayes 38, Nays 22; Calendar 293 passed Ayes 39, Nays 21.
The clerk read many bills and announced effective dates for some (examples above include the Social Services Law item with an October 1, 2026 effective date and other bills noted as "immediate" or with the clerk’s spoken effective-day language). The transcript does not include full bill texts, fiscal notes, or committee reports; for such detail, consult the official legislative text and fiscal impact documents linked by the Senate and Legislative Bill Drafting Commission.
