Senate adopts ceremonial resolutions, passes multiple bills including cryptocurrency study and social services measures

Albany — The New York State Senate on Monday adopted multiple privilege resolutions recognizing cultural observances and workers’ memorials and advanced a number of bills on the calendar with recorded votes.

Ceremonial resolutions: The Senate adopted a previously adopted resolution (Resolution 234 by Senator Sapulveda) memorializing the governor to proclaim April 14, 2025, as Bangla New Year Day in New York and recognized members of the Bangladeshi community on the floor. Senator Fernandez’s resolution (Resolution 812) memorializing the governor to proclaim March 26, 2025, as Bangladesh Independence Day was also taken up and adopted. The resolutions were approved by voice vote and floor recognition; the record shows the resolutions were adopted and guests were asked to rise and be recognized.

Workers Memorial Day: Senator Ramos offered Resolution 846, memorializing the governor to proclaim April 28, 2025, as Workers Memorial Day in New York. Ramos and several colleagues used the floor remarks to read names of workers who died on the job and to highlight workplace safety legislation. The resolution was adopted by voice vote.

Votes at a glance (selected bills on the calendar): - Senate Print 47-28 (calendar 391), a bill to establish a New York State cryptocurrency and blockchain study task force (sponsored by Senator Sanders): Ayes 60; bill passed. - Senate Print 4892-b (education law, sponsored by Senator Stabitzky): Ayes 59, Nays 1; bill passed. - Senate Print 1225 (social services law, sponsored by Senator Rivera): Ayes 60; bill passed. - Several additional bills were called and passed on the floor with roll-call announcements; where the roll call was recorded on the transcript the clerk announced Ayes 60 (multiple measures) or the specific tallies noted above. A number of calendar items were laid aside for the day or restored to the noncontroversial calendar prior to final passage.

Floor procedure: The Senate approved the reading of a long calendar, with some bills laid aside and at least one item restored from the controversial calendar to the noncontroversial calendar before passage. The presiding officer and clerks handled roll calls and the secretary announced results when recorded; many resolutions were adopted by voice vote without recorded roll-call tallies.

What happened next: The Senate adjourned and scheduled an immediate majority conference following the session; the body set an adjournment to reconvene on Tuesday, April 29 at 11 a.m.

Because many calendar items were read and passed with brief procedure, the clerk’s roll-call summaries in the transcript provide the authoritative vote counts where recorded; several measures received unanimous or near-unanimous Aye tallies as noted above.