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New York Senate passes a package of bills on final reading; roll calls recorded
Summary
On floor readings, the New York State Senate passed a series of bills amending statutes across business, health, labor, penal, election, transportation and tax laws; roll-call results and recorded negative votes are listed.
The New York State Senate passed a slate of bills on final reading during the floor session, advancing measures that amend the General Business Law, Labor Law, Penal Law, Public Health Law, Rural Property Law, Election Law, Transportation Law, Workers’ Compensation Law, Insurance Law and Real Property Tax Law.
The actions were taken by roll call at various points on the calendar. Several measures passed by wide margins; others showed recorded negative votes and named senators who voted against specific items. Each calendar item was read on the floor, the last section announced, and the clerk called the roll before the results were announced.
Votes at a glance (calendar number — bill identifier — subject as read on the floor — result, roll-call tally, recorded negative votes where listed):
• Calendar 12 — Assembly Bill 440 (amend General Business Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 62.
• Calendar 13 — Senate Print 738 (enacting within the General Business Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 61; Nays: 1 (Senator Walzick recorded as voting in the negative).
• Calendar 15 — Senate Print 740 (action under Labor Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 56; Nays: 8 (Senators listed in the negative vote included Barillo, Griffo, Martins, O’Mara, Ort and Walzick; transcript lists six names as negative votes).
• Calendar 18 — Senate Print 743 (action of the Penal Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 42; Nays: 20 (multiple senators recorded in the negative, per the roll call announcement).
• Calendar 19 — Senate Print 744 (action of the Penal Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 49; Nays: 13 (negative votes announced on the record).
• Calendar 20 — Senate Print 745 (amendment to the General Business Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 45; Nays: 17 (negative votes recorded on the roll call announcement).
• Calendar 21 — Assembly Bill 814 (enactment of the Public Health Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 54; Nays: 8 (several senators recorded in the negative by roll call announcement).
• Calendar 23 — Senate/Assembly item (Senate number 692 by Rosenthal; action on Public Health Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 62.
• Calendar 26 — Senate Print 751 (enactment of the Rural Property Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 54; Nays: 8.
• Calendar 27 — Senate Print 752 (enacting the Election Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 40; Nays: 22.
• Calendar 29 — Senate Print 754 (amend Transportation Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 40; Nays: 22.
• Calendar 30 — Senate Print (workers' compensation law measure by Senator Ramos). Result: passed. Ayes: 51; Nays: 11 (negative votes recorded; roll-call text contains garbled names but lists ten named senators plus an additional named senator).
• Calendar 31 — Assembly Bill 419 (enactment of the Insurance Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 61; Nays: 1 (Senator Walzent recorded in the negative on the roll call announcement).
• Calendar 48 — Assembly Bill 430 (amendment to Insurance Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 62.
• Calendar 56 — Senate Print 782 (action in the Real Property Tax Law). Result: passed. Ayes: 61; Nays: 1 (a single senator recorded in the negative on the roll call announcement).
Clerks read each bill’s last section on the floor and announced the effective timing language as reported (for example, several measures note they “take effect on the same date and in the same manner as the chapter of laws of 02/2024,” or “take effect immediately,” as recorded when read). Where the roll call recorded individual negative votes, those names were announced from the floor and are included above as spoken in the roll-call announcements.
The reading of the calendar concluded after the clerk announced the result for calendar 56. The Senate then moved to adjournment.
