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New York Assembly adopts Black History Month, Burn Awareness Week resolutions and passes three consent-calendar bills
Summary
During a floor session, the Assembly adopted two ceremonial resolutions and approved three bills from the consent calendar by unanimous voice or recorded votes; several other bills were laid aside for later consideration.
The New York State Assembly adopted resolutions asking Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025 as Black History Month and February as Burn Awareness Week, and approved three consent-calendar bills during a floor session in Albany.
The resolutions were taken up on the Assembly floor and adopted without recorded opposition. Assemblymember Hasty sponsored the resolution memorializing the governor to proclaim February 2025 as Black History Month. Assemblymember Solages addressed the chamber in support of the measure, saying that “black history is American history” and stressing ongoing disparities in education and health care tied to ZIP code and race. Assemblymember Zimmerman sponsored the Burn Awareness Week resolution; it was also adopted by voice vote.
On the consent calendar, the Assembly laid aside several bills and advanced or passed others. Assembly Bill 2027, sponsored on the floor by Assemblymember Pollan to amend the Social Services Law, was called for a recorded vote; the clerk announced the result: Ayes, 144; Noes, 0. The bill was declared passed. Assembly Bill 2168 (sponsored on the floor by Assemblymember Pollan), an act to amend the Public Health Law, was read for the last section (the transcript indicates the act will take effect on the 180th day) and likewise passed on a recorded vote of Ayes, 144; Noes, 0. Assembly Bill 3922, sponsored by Assemblymember Sterpee to amend the Economic Development Law, was read with an immediate effective date and passed on a recorded vote of Ayes, 144; Noes, 0.
Other calendar items received shorter treatment: Assembly Bill 593 (Vehicle and Traffic Law), Assembly Bill 1012 (Public Authorities Law), and Assembly Bill 2565 (Criminal Procedure Law) were each laid aside during the floor session. A Senate bill before the Assembly (Assembly Bill 1502, sponsor Rosenthal) was advanced and then laid aside per the clerk's announcement.
Clerks read the short titles and final sections for bills that advanced; where the transcript records an effective-date clause those clauses are reported here (for example, one bill’s final section stated it would take effect on the 180th day, another would take effect immediately). The session record shows unanimous recorded support (144–0) on three passed bills; where the transcript listed only voice votes, the resolutions were recorded as adopted without opposition.
The Assembly adopted a block of additional, noncontroversial resolutions together and adjourned the floor session. Majority conference was announced to convene immediately after session in Hearing Room C, and the Assembly stood adjourned to reconvene at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11.
