Senate clears multiple bills on social services, cannabis, education and arts; roll-call results summarized

The New York State Senate on Feb. 11, 2025 took up a lengthy third‑reading calendar and approved a series of bills spanning social services, public health, cannabis law, municipal law, public service, financial services, education and arts and cultural affairs. Most items were read, called, and passed with little floor debate.

Below are the items on the calendar that were read and the results announced on the Senate floor as recorded in the transcript. Where the clerk read an item and announced a roll call count, that count is listed; where the transcript names senators voting in the negative, those names are reported as given.

Votes at a glance:

- Calendar number 80 — "Assembly number 10 21 by assembly member McDonald, an action in the social services law." Announced result: "Ayes, 57. The bill is passed." (Transcript reading and result recorded.)

- Title number 87 — "Assembly number 9 14 by assembly member Clark, an action on the public health law." (This item was the subject of a floor explanation by Senator Webb; see separate article on that bill.)…