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Votes at a glance: bills passed on April 9, 2025 Senate floor
Summary
During the April 9 session the New York State Senate passed a series of bills and confirmed several nominations. Most measures were taken without extended debate; this roundup lists calendar numbers, sponsors (when cited on the record), subject or law affected, and vote outcomes as recorded in the transcript.
Albany, April 9, 2025 — The Senate approved multiple bills and confirmations during the April 9 session. The measures listed below were called on the calendar and passed by the Senate; where the transcript recorded a roll call total or vote breakdown it is noted. If the transcript did not provide a sponsor name or a full roll call, those fields are noted as “not specified.”
Votes (selected items recorded on the transcript):
- Calendar 01/22, Senate print 1919 (sponsor: recorded as Senator Scoopis). Subject: amendment to the Environmental Conservation Law. Vote: Ayes 60. Outcome: passed.
- Calendar 268, Senate print 2071 (sponsor: recorded as Senator Skoufis/Scarcellus Spanton). Subject: Labor law enactment. Outcome: passed (roll call recorded; specific tally not printed in transcript excerpt).
- Calendar 436, Senate print 40816 (sponsor: Senator C. Ryan). Subject: Workers' Compensation Law. Vote announced as: in relation to calendar 436, voted in the negative: Senator Walzick; overall tally recorded as "ayes 59, nays 1" in the transcript excerpt. Outcome: passed.
- Calendar 494 / Assembly 565 (public health matter; sponsor not specified in transcript excerpt). Vote: Passed (tally recorded later in session as ayes 47, nays 13 for a related item in that series; transcript lines show the bill passed). Outcome: passed.
- Counter 514, Senate print 5600 (sponsor: Senator May). Subject: Personal Property Law. Vote: tallied in transcript (ayes 59, nays 1 noted in relation to that vote). Outcome: passed.
- Calendar 519, Senate print 5982 (sponsor: Senator Harcombe recorded). Subject: Environmental Conservation Law amendment. Outcome: passed (tally in transcript: ayes 58, nays 2 in one listing; transcript indicates bill passed).
- Calendar 531, Senate print 4204 (sponsor: Senator Comrie). Subject: enactment chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 (technical/legal reference in transcript). Vote: Ayes 60. Outcome: passed.
- Calendar 540, Senate print 3690 (sponsor: Senator Sanders). Subject: Natural Lien Law (as recorded). Outcome: passed (roll call and vote breakdown recorded in transcript excerpts).
- A sequence of additional bills were called and passed across the morning and afternoon calendar (transcript lists many calendar numbers, including items in the 500–600 range). Several passed with unanimous or near‑unanimous tallies recorded (many recorded as "Aye 60" or similar). Where the transcript printed roll call names and negative votes, those names were recorded on the floor and used to compute tallies.
Nominations - The finance committee report at the desk included nominations to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Blanca Lopez (member), and non‑voting representatives Christopher Leathers and Edward Valente. The finance committee report was accepted and the nominations were confirmed during the session; the transcript records the report was accepted and the nominees confirmed.
Notes on recordkeeping and missing details - The transcript contains numerous calendar entries and roll calls; some sponsor names or exact statutory citations were not fully legible in the excerpted record. Where the transcript did not print a sponsor name or full roll call in a single, legible line, that field is listed as "not specified." All items explicitly announced as passed in the transcript have been included above.
