Senate Finance committee advances multiple appropriations bills to the floor

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by Sen. Liz Krueger, voted on May 8, 2025, to advance a set of budget and appropriations bills to the full Senate for consideration. The committee met in the evening and moved a series of measures that committee members said were needed to implement the state fiscal plan and to correct a technical error in a prior bill.

"This will be the remaining budget bills to be taken up on the floor today, or as close to today as possible," Sen. Liz Krueger, chair of the committee, said at the start of the meeting.

The motions before the committee were largely procedural moves to send appropriation and budget-implementation measures to the Senate floor. Committee members gave brief opportunities for discussion, called the questions, and recorded votes indicating there were sufficient votes in committee to report the measures to the floor.

Votes at a glance

- S.3009-C: A measure described in committee as adding into law major components necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2025–26 fiscal year. Motion to advance carried; committee members stated there were enough votes to move it to the floor. Specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.

- S.3003-D: An act making appropriations for the support of government and aid to localities. Motion to advance carried; speakers on the record included a request to move the bill to the floor and confirmation that two committee members recorded "without recommendation." The committee said it had enough votes to report the bill.

- S.3001-A: An act making appropriations for the support of government and the Legislature (as read in committee). Motion to advance carried; the committee chair and other senators voted to move the bill to the floor. The transcript records acknowledgments of support and at least one member voting "without recommendation."

- S.7798-A (Supplemental A): A technical corrections measure described as amending a chapter of the laws of 2025 to correct the name of an organization and a single-word change in language regarding localities. Motion to advance carried; the committee confirmed the bill had sufficient votes to move to the floor.

Procedure and context

Committee debate on the bills in the transcript was brief and largely procedural. Several senators moved the measures and members responded "Aye" or "Nay" during roll calls; on multiple items the chair or other members noted that there were "enough votes to get this to the floor." On at least one bill members recorded votes "without recommendation" on each side of the aisle. No substantive amendments, detailed fiscal analyses, or extended policy debate appear in the recorded transcript from the committee meeting.

What the committee did not record in detail

The committee transcript does not include full roll-call tallies for every member for each bill, sponsor statements explaining substantive policy changes, or detailed summaries of fiscal impact in the record provided. Where the transcript is silent on specific vote counts or on the text changes of a bill, this article reports that information as not specified in the committee record.

Next steps

All measures the committee advanced will be scheduled for floor consideration by the full Senate. The committee chair concluded the meeting after the final motion and said the committee would not likely reconvene that night.