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.) Announced result: "Ayes, 59. The bill is passed."

- Counter number 92 — "Senate print 8 18 by senator Hinchey, an action on the cannabis law." The clerk announced negative votes by name: Senators Ashby, Casa Fitzpatrick, Chan, Galvin, Lanza, Martinez, Matera, Murray, Orr, Colombo, Rhodes, Stack, Todisco, Weber, and White. Announced tally: "Ayes 44, nays 15. The bill is passed."

- Counter number 160 — "Senate/assembly calendar item read (assembly number noted in transcript)." Announced result: "Ayes 59. The bill is passed." (Transcript labels and roll-call recorded; item identified by the clerk text.)

- Counter number 161 — "Assembly number 10 18 by assembly member Hevesy, enactment of the social services law." Announced result: "Ayes [recorded in transcript]. The bill is passed." (Transcript contains roll-call language; exact numeric tally recorded as in transcript.)

- Counter number 162 — "Senate print 26 79 by Senator Ramos, an action to amend the public service law." The clerk recorded named negative votes in the transcript (for example, Senator Barrello and others in segments), and later announced the bill as passed. (Transcript shows vote counts and named negatives where recorded.)

- Counter number 163 — "Assembly number 4 31 by assembly member Epstein, enactment of the financial services law." The clerk read the item and later announced a roll call in which multiple senators were listed as voting in the negative; the transcript records "Ayes 46, Nays 13. The bill is passed."

- Calendar number 206 — "Senate print 5 19 by Senator Posad, an act under education law." Announced result: "Ayes 54. Nays 5. The bill is passed."

- Title number 208 — "Senate print 21 26 by Senator Jackson, an act under education law." Announced result recorded and the bill was passed (transcript reports "Ayes 58, nays 1" for related items).

- Counter number 209 — "Senate print 25 05 by Senator [transcript: 'Bridgeport'], to establish a task force on educated diversity in New York state." Announced result: "Ayes 54. Nays 5. The bill is passed."

- Title number 210 — "Senate print 26 57 by Senator Parker, enactment of the education law." Announced result: bill passed with recorded negative votes; transcript reports the item as passed.

- Counter number 281 — "Senate print 31 61 by Senator Jackson, enactment of arts and cultural affairs law." Announced result: "Ayes, 59. The bill is passed."

Process notes: several calendar items were moved from committee by senators at the start of the session (motions to discharge from rules were made by Senator Rivera, Senator Webb, Senator Fahey, Senator Martinez and Senator Sanders as recorded). Most items received only the clerk's reading and a roll call; where a senator offered a floor explanation (for example, Senator Webb on the public health item) that explanation is recorded separately.

Because the transcript records item identifiers and roll calls as read on the floor, this summary reproduces those identifiers and the announced outcomes exactly as stated on the Senate floor. Where transcript wording was garbled or incomplete, this article preserves the clerk’s language as given and marks details as recorded rather than filling missing information.