Votes at a glance: New York Senate approves wide range of bills May 19, 2025

Albany — The New York State Senate on May 19, 2025 completed a full calendar of business, approving a large number of bills and previously adopted resolutions covering tax law, public health, worker protections, environmental data, and administrative changes.

The measures were taken up as part of the Senate’s daily calendar. Many items were adopted with brief explanations or recorded roll-call votes; others were adopted by voice or unanimous consent. Senate leaders identified a handful of bills for brief floor remarks while moving the broader calendar.

Why it matters: The bills act across multiple areas of state law and will affect the timing of implementation and, in several cases, when state agencies must act. Several votes included recorded tallies and named nays; other items carried unanimous or near-unanimous support.

Highlights and recorded outcomes

- Calendar 109 (Senate Print 518, sponsor noted on the floor): Enactment relating to the Executive Law. Roll call recorded: 44 ayes, 12 nays. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 178 (Senate Print 1055 by Senator Serrano): Enactment in Executive Law. Roll call recorded: 35 ayes, 21 nays. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 244 (Senate Print 700 by Senator Krueger): Amendments to the Tax Law (discussed on the floor by a sponsor). Roll call recorded: 37 ayes, 19 nays. Outcome: passed. Senator Krueger/other floor speakers explained the bill as an expansion of a prior change intended to reduce collateral harm from tax debt (see separate floor remarks recorded).

- Calendar 260 (Senate Print 1892-b by Senator Jackson): Enactment in Correction Law. Roll call recorded: 47 ayes, 9 nays. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 439 (Senate Print 4926 by Senator Ramos): Amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Law. Roll call recorded: 54 ayes, 2 nays. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 504 (Senate Print 4757 by Senator Bailey): Enactment in Executive Law. Roll call recorded with a small number of negative votes; outcome: passed.

- Calendar 560 (Senate Print 5149 by Senator Comrie): Enactment in State Finance Law. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 663 (Senate Print 1467 by Senator Serrano): Enactment in Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law. Outcome: passed (ayes recorded: 56).

- Calendar 740 (Senate Print 1788 by Senator Hinchey): Amendment to Real Property Tax Law. Outcome: passed (ayes recorded: 56).

- Calendar 745 (Senate Print 405 by Senator Myrie): Act in Tax Law. Roll call recorded: 55 ayes, 1 nay. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 748 (Senate Print 1211 by Senator May): New York Open Water Data Act (enacting provisions in environmental data law). Outcome: passed (ayes recorded: 56).

- Calendar 772 (Senate Print 7551 by Senator Gounardis/Binno on the floor): Establishment of a Bottle Redemption Fraud Task Force. Roll call recorded: 49 ayes, 7 nays. Outcome: passed.

- Calendar 932/932 (banking law matters, sponsor appearing on the floor): Laid aside for the day or carried over as announced.

- Calendar 986 / Judicial calendar items (including the change of statutory language from “addict” to “person with substance use disorder”): Roll call recorded with 54 ayes and 2 nays on the main bill; outcome: passed. (See separate article focused on this item.)

- Calendar 1013/1025/1026 and other bills (education law, urban development corporation act, public authorities law, renaming a power plant, social services law, cannabis law, public health law, public service law, and additional measures): The Senate recorded votes and passed these items as read on the calendar; many carried with large majorities (several recorded as 56 ayes). One cannabis-related package (Senate Print referenced on the calendar) drew floor explanation and passed with a recorded vote (37 ayes, 19 nays on the item recorded in debate).

Floor remarks and brief explanations

Several senators used the floor to explain their votes on particular bills. Senator Prugu (on Calendar 244) described the tax-law change as intended to reduce the practical barrier—loss of a driver license—that prevents some taxpayers from working to repay tax debts outside New York City. Senator Fernandez (on a judiciary-related bill) framed a legislative change to replace stigmatizing language across statutes with clinically oriented language; she said, “Words shape culture, and culture shapes policy.” Senator Bailey and Senator Krueger each offered brief remarks on separate public-health and cannabis-related bills that were also on the calendar.

Procedural notes and next steps

The Senate adopted multiple previously adopted ceremonial resolutions during the session (including proclamations marking thematic days and commemorations) and took introductions of guests and honorees. The chamber adjourned and set the next session to reconvene Tuesday, May 20 at 3 p.m.

Comprehensive calendar listing

The Senate processed a long calendar that included (but was not limited to) the numbered items shown above. Where a roll-call vote and tally were recorded on the transcript, those tallies are shown. Items carried to a future day or laid aside are noted above. For complete bill texts, effective dates, and final enrolled versions, consult the official Legislative Retrieval System and the Senate Clerk’s office.

Ending note: This roundup records floor actions and recorded roll-call tallies as read on the transcript. Where the transcript gave named nays, those names are recorded with the vote tallies by the official clerk on the record.