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Senate passes multiple bills and confirms nominations; summary of floor votes, May 20, 2025
Summary
The New York State Senate on May 20, 2025, approved a range of bills spanning corrections, public health, environment, and finance and confirmed a slate of nominations. This article lists each measure taken up with sponsors and vote outcomes recorded on the floor.
The New York State Senate completed a busy floor session May 20, 2025, approving a series of bills across multiple policy areas and confirming nominations reported by the Finance Committee.
Why it matters: The measures passed affect corrections policy, public health oversight, environmental controls (including a statewide ban on certain PFAS uses), and state finance matters. Several bills were the subject of extended debate; many passed on party-line or near party-line votes recorded on the floor.
Key outcomes (votes at a glance):
- Calendar 22 — Senate Print 114 (sponsor: Senator Cleary). Prohibits state‑chartered banking institutions from financing or investing in entities that own or operate private correctional facilities. Vote: passed; final tally recorded as 37 ayes, 22 nays (senators voting in the negative were read on the floor; result: bill passed).
- Counter 7 65 — Senate Print 187‑A (sponsors: Senators Horn and Siegel). Broad restrictions on intentionally added PFAS in many consumer products with exceptions and phased compliance; effective date set for 01/01/2027 for certain sections. Vote: passed; final tally recorded as 47 ayes, 12 nays.
- Calendar 5 25 — Senate Print 643 (sponsor: Senator Cleary). Youth Justice Innovation Fund (allocates $50 million to community-based youth services under Raise the Age implementation). Vote: passed; final tally recorded as 50 ayes, 9 nays.
- Calendar 1 85 — Senate Print 1409 (sponsor: Senator S. Ryan). Enactment in the uniformed justice court act (final section and effective date read). Vote: passed (ayes and nays read on the floor; bill passed).
- Counter 241 — Senate Print 566 (sponsor: Senator Scoff). Executive Law amendment; vote recorded as 55 ayes, 4 nays; bill passed.
- Calendar 2 59 — Senate Print 1191 (sponsor: Senator Adabo). Correction Law amendment. Vote recorded as 45 ayes, 14 nays; bill passed.
- Calendar 363 — Senate Print 3909 (sponsor: Senator Parker). Criminal Procedure Law enactment (with effective dates noted). Vote recorded on the floor and bill passed.
- Calendar 364 — Senate Print 4188‑A (sponsor: Senator Comrie). Penal Law enactment; recorded as passed.
- Counter 384 — Senate Print 3974 (sponsor: Senator Sapogna). Correction Law enactment; vote recorded and bill passed.
- Additional bills on the noncontroversial calendar were read and passed; the secretary read results for multiple calendars and announced passage on those items.
Nominations and confirmations: The Senate Finance Committee report listing nominations was accepted. The floor confirmed multiple nominees, including the nomination of Willow Baer to be Commissioner of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; the chair noted an extensive record of letters of support and recommended confirmation. The clerk announced “the nominees are confirmed.”
Procedure notes: The secretary read calendars and called roll on each measure; in several cases the clerk read the specific effective date in the last section. Contested measures were taken up from the controversial calendar, debated, and either restored to the noncontroversial calendar by consent or voted on at the close of debate.
What’s next: For several measures the statute-specific effective dates were stated on the floor (immediate effect, 60 days, 90 days, or specified future dates); agencies named in bills (for example the Department of Environmental Conservation or the Department of Health) will have rulemaking or implementation roles where the statutes call for regulatory determinations.
