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Votes at a glance: New York Senate passes dozens of bills on April 7, 2025
Summary
The Senate advanced a large calendar of bills and resolutions on April 7, passing measures across criminal law, environmental conservation, agriculture, and consumer-business statutes. The day’s docket included roll-call and voice votes; where roll-call tallies were announced, they are listed below.
The New York State Senate on April 7 completed a lengthy calendar, passing a series of bills and previously adopted resolutions across a range of policy areas including criminal procedure, insurance, education, environmental conservation, agriculture and markets, and business regulation.
Below are items recorded on the Senate calendar during the session and the outcomes as announced on the floor. Where the transcript gave a roll-call tally or named negative votes, that information is included; where precise counts were not stated in the excerpt, the result is listed as "passed" and vote counts are noted as "not specified".
Votes at a glance (calendar number — short description — sponsor — outcome — vote tally if stated):
- Calendar number (S.1285A) — "An act to amend the criminal procedure law" — sponsor listed as Senator Passard — passed (Aye 62 as announced on the floor).
- Calendar number 180 (S.1652) — sponsor Senator Bailey — an amendment to the criminal procedure law (title read on the floor) — passed (Aye 62 as announced).
- Calendar number 231 (S.364) — enactment of the insurance law — sponsor Senator Giannaris — passed (Ayes 61, Nays 1; transcript noted Senator Walzick voted in the negative).
- Calendar number 276 (S.115A) — enactment relating to arts and cultural affairs law — sponsor listed on the calendar — passed (recorded on the floor as Ayes 46, Nays 16; negative votes named in the transcript).
- Calendar number 311 (S.3735) — enactment in education law — sponsor Senator Mayer — passed (Aye 62 as announced).
- Calendar number 320 (S.4153) — enactment in general business law — sponsor Senator Sanders — passed (negative votes were named on the floor; explicit roll-call totals not given in the transcript excerpt).
- Calendar number 2481 (sponsor Senator Parker) — directed NYSERDA to study feasibility of hydrogen energy storage and transfer for residential/commercial uses — passed (Aye 62 announced; effective immediately as read on the floor).
- Calendar number 351 (S.3807) — general obligations law item — sponsor Hoylman-Segal — passed (roll-call noted negative votes; transcript lists a set of senators in the negative and reported final passage).
- Calendar number 358 (S.0630) — enacting criminal procedure law — passed (Ayes 61, Nays 1 as announced).
- Calendar number 360 (S.2273) — changes to the penal law — sponsor Senator Cooper — passed (Ayes 61, Nays 1 as announced).
- Calendar number 393 (S.252) — environmental conservation law measure — sponsor Senator Martinez — passed (Ayes 56, Nays 6 as announced).
- Calendar number 397 (S.3629) — environmental conservation law measure — sponsor Senator Fernandez — passed (Ayes 52, Nays 10 as announced).
- Calendar number 400 (S.5014 as printed on calendar by Senator Sepulveda) — environmental conservation law — passed (Ayes 54, Nays 8 as announced; named senators recorded in the negative).
- Calendar number 571 (S.197) — agricultural markets law change — sponsor Senator Martinez — passed (Ayes 61, Nays 1 announced).
- Calendar number 572 (S.703) — agriculture and markets law — sponsor Senator Krueger — passed (Aye 62 announced).
- Calendar number 576 (S.1784) — agriculture and markets law — sponsor Senator Hensley — passed (Aye 62 announced).
- Calendar number 3026 (sponsor Senator Giannaris) — agriculture and markets law — passed (Aye 62 announced).
- Calendar number 615 (S.3158) — penal law enactment — sponsor listed on calendar — passed (Ayes 61, Nays 1 as announced; Senator Briscoe recorded in the negative).
- Additional previously adopted commemorative resolutions referenced earlier on the calendar (for example, Resolutions 547, 149, 573 and others honoring first responders, Patriot’s Day observance, and Yellow Ribbon Day) were read on the floor and recorded as adopted. Those ceremonial items were recorded as "adopted" in the transcript; specific roll-call tallies were not provided for every resolution in the excerpt and are listed as "adopted (vote not specified)" where not recorded.
What the tally information means: the transcript alternates between voice questions and formal roll-call announcements. When the clerk announced a numeric result that figure is recorded above. For several calendar items the transcript lists senators who voted in the negative; in a few cases the clerk read specific counts (for example, Aye 62, or Ayes 61 Nays 1). Where only named negative votes were read without a numerical total, the transcript still records passage.
The Senate adjourned at the end of the calendar and set the next session date as Wednesday, April 8 at 11 a.m.
