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Votes at a glance: Senate passes a package of bills including insurance, workers' compensation, education and agricultural measures
Summary
On March 17, 2025, the New York State Senate approved multiple bills across insurance, workers' compensation, education, agriculture and environmental policy, most by unanimous voice votes announced as 'Ayes, 61.' Several bills were read, recorded and passed with limited floor debate; one bill was laid aside.
The New York State Senate on Monday read and passed a set of bills spanning insurance, workers' compensation, education, agriculture, general business and environmental conservation measures. Most measures were announced as passed by voice with unanimous "Ayes, 61" results as read on the floor.
Bills recorded on the calendar and announced as passed included multiple items read into the record and followed by calls of the roll. Where the transcript provided section- and effect-date language, that text is summarized below. One bill on the calendar was laid aside for the day.
Votes at a glance (as read on the floor):
- Calendar item (by Senator Adabo) — enactment of the insurance law; floor read specified Section 5 takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item (Senate print 3352 by Senator Sanders) — enactment of the insurance law; Section 3 took effect immediately per the floor reading. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item (Senate print 4832 by Senator C. Ryan) — amendment to the workers' compensation law; floor read specified Section 2 takes effect immediately. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item 452 — settlement (workers' compensation law). The bill was laid aside for the day.
- Calendar item 454 (Senate print 3236 by Senator Cooney) — enactment of education law; floor read specified Section 2 takes effect immediately. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item (Senate print 401602 by Senator Bailey) — to incentivize purchase of local produce through the Fresh Connect program; floor read specified Section 2 takes effect in January following enactment. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item (Senate print 4754 by Senator Bailey) — to amend the agricultural markets law; floor read specified Section 8 takes effect 90 days after becoming law. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item 512 (Senate print 3585 by Senator Ramos) — to amend the general business law; the floor reading indicated an effect approximately one year after enactment (language in transcript garbled). Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
- Calendar item 526 (Senate print 1609 by Senator Harcombe) — to amend the Environmental Conservation Law; floor read specified Section 3 takes effect Feb. 1. Clerk announced: Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.
These items were read as part of the Senate calendar and carried as noncontroversial measures except where noted. The transcript did not include detailed bill texts, committee reports, fiscal notes, or recorded individual roll-call votes for these items beyond the floor announcements; where the calendar number or senate print number was unclear in the transcript, this summary uses the floor language as read and otherwise marks unspecified details.
The calendar reading concluded and the Senate proceeded to a contested calendar item concerning the Central New York Welcome Center (see separate article).
