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Senate clears a slate of bills on the calendar; multiple measures passed Feb. 4, 2025
Summary
On Feb. 4, 2025 the New York State Senate passed a set of calendar items including several assembly bills and senate prints across public health, veterans, elder law, labor, and other areas; most measures passed with large majorities, some recorded with individual dissenters.
The New York State Senate on Tuesday took up and passed a package of calendar bills, finishing the day's agenda after adopting a privileged resolution on Black History Month.
The bills considered were drawn from the day’s calendar and included assembly bills and at least one senate print on subjects ranging from insurance and public health to veterans services, elder law, elections, labor, and banking law. Most measures passed with strong majorities; several recorded votes listed specific senators in the minority.
Key calendar items and outcomes (as announced on the floor):
- Calendar 43 — Assembly Bill 926 (by Assembly Member McDonald). Last section: takes effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 45 — Assembly Bill 425 (by Assembly Member Otis). Subject noted as insurance law in the reading. Last section: takes effect on same date and in the same manner as chapter laws of 02/2024. Announced result: Ayes 61, Nays 1. Bill passed.
- Calendar 46 — Assembly Bill 924 (by Assembly Member Paulin). Last section: takes effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 50 — Assembly Bill 1476 (by Assembly Member Pretlow) (public health law). Last section: takes effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes 61, Nays 1 (Senator Walzick recorded as voting negative). Bill passed.
- Calendar 59 — Assembly Bill 920 (by Assembly Member Levine) (penal law). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 64 — Assembly Bill 2058 (by Assembly Member Cunningham) (veterans services law). Last section: takes effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 65 — Assembly Bill 2435 (by Assembly Member Cruz) (veterans services law). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes 61, Nays 1. Bill passed.
- Calendar 70 — Assembly Bill 1099 (by Assembly Member McDonald) (elder law). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 73 — Senate print (number read in the record as 7299) by Senator Mayer (election law). The roll call identified 17 senators voting in the negative by name (Ashby, Barrello, Keiser, Fitzpatrick, Chan, Griffo, Helming, Lanza, Paterra, Murray, Oberacher, Ward, Rhodes, Scarcella Spanton, Todisco, Walzick, Weber, and White). Announced result: Ayes 45, Nays 17. Bill passed.
- Calendar 74 — Assembly Bill 1016 (by Assembly Member McDonald) (public health). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 76 — Assembly Bill 1025 (by Assembly Member Solange) (public health). Last section: takes effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 82 — Assembly Bill 2432 (by Assembly Member Bronson) (labor law). Last section: took effect immediately. Announced result: Ayes 54, Nays 8 (the senators named in the negative were Chan, Gallivan, Helming, Steck, Tedisco, Walzick, Weber, and White). Bill passed.
- Calendar 83 — Assembly Bill 1026 (by Assembly Member Solange) (public health). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes, 62. Bill passed.
- Calendar 86 — Assembly Bill 421 (by Assembly Member Anderson) (banking law). Last section: effect tied to chapter laws of '24. Announced result: Ayes 47, Nays 15 (senators recorded as voting in the negative listed on the floor). Bill passed.
Several notices during the reading indicated that last-section effective dates are either immediate or tied to the same date and in the same manner as chapter laws enacted in February 2024; where the transcript lists the last section, that wording is reproduced here.
Why it matters: most bills were noncontroversial or had limited debate and were carried on the calendar for passage; a handful drew recorded opposition on policy grounds, as shown in the roll-call statements read into the record. The measures cover a range of statutory changes across multiple state codes and will take effect according to the timing stated in their final sections.
A fuller bill-by-bill text and official roll call will be available in the Senate Journal and the legislative information system for those seeking sponsor names, full texts, and statutory amendments.
