Assembly approves tax-law amendment and correction-law bill; adopts multiple proclamations

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly advanced several consent-calendar measures and adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions during its April 29, 2025 session, voting to pass bills that sponsors said will take effect either immediately or on specified statutory schedules and approving proclamations recognizing cause- and community-focused observances.

The most consequential floor action was the passage of Assembly Bill A3104, described on the floor as an act to amend the tax law. The clerk recorded the vote later in the session as "Ayes 120, Noes 25." According to the sponsor’s reading on the floor, the bill included a home-rule message at the desk and the measure "shall take effect immediately."

Another bill on the consent calendar, introduced as an act to amend the correction law (Assembly Bill A1325, rules report 157), was read on the floor and its final section stated the act "will take effect on the ninetieth day." The clerk later announced the result for that measure as "Ayes 146, Noes 0," and the bill was declared passed.

The Assembly also advanced a measure directing the Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a study (identified on the floor as Assembly Bill A3398, rules report 159). The…