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Votes at a glance: Judiciary committee reports multiple bills to floor and next committees
Summary
The Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary considered a package of bills on a range of topics and reported most measures to the Senate floor or to the Codes Committee for further review.
The Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary considered a package of bills and resolutions and reported most measures either to the Senate floor or to the Codes Committee for further review.
Key outcomes (motions recorded in committee):
- Senate print 245 (sponsored by Senator Versailles): Laid aside at the request of the sponsor; no committee vote recorded.
- Senate print 2433 (Senator Krueger): Proposal to amend the Real Property Law to limit rent increases for residential ground-lease cooperative apartment buildings and establish certain rights upon lease expiration. Reported to the floor. Committee staff initially reported a count of "8 aye, 2 without recommendation, 7 nay" and noted missing counts; the committee discussed minor adjustments to the tally on the record. (Vote count: not definitively finalized in transcript.)
- Senate print 3737 (Senator Sanders): To amend the Real Property Law and Banking Law to prevent fraudulent deed transfers. Advanced to the Codes Committee following requests for clarification about criminal-liability language and electronic filing procedures. (See separate coverage.)
- Senate print 4409 (Senator May): Amends Real Property Law regarding certificates of occupancy for rental property damaged by fire; reported to the floor.
- Senate print 5278 (Senator Sapova): Amends Surrogate's Court Procedure Act to set new fee rates for larger estates; reported to the floor. Committee members discussed fee calculations in light of gross estate values.
- Senate print 5285 (Senator Tobler): Amends Surrogate's Court Procedure Act in relation to persons who may become voluntary administrators; reported to the floor.
- Senate concurrent resolution 5751 (Senator Giannaris): Proposed constitutional amendment regarding a 10-day advance registration requirement; reported to the floor.
- Senate print 5998 (Senator Skoufis): Amends Domestic Relations Law, Court Act and CPLR regarding certification of class actions in cases involving governmental operations; reported to the Codes Committee.
- Senate concurrent resolution 6049 (Senator Stupfus): Broad constitutional amendment to rename several courts (including renaming the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals); reported to the floor.
- Senate print 6739 (Senator Hoylman-Segal): Amendments to the Uniform City Court Act and Uniform Justice Court Act to obtain jurisdiction over certain defendants; reported to the floor.
- Senate print 6975 (Senator Gonzales): Amends CPLR in relation to certification of class actions in cases involving governmental operations; reported to the floor.
In nearly every instance the committee moved and seconded bills on the record; where specific movers and seconders were recorded in the transcript, the transcript indicates Senator Cooney frequently moved measures and Senator Bailey frequently seconded. Several items recorded "without recommendation" votes by individual senators. Where the transcript shows no numeric tally, this summary marks the vote count as "not specified." The committee did not adopt on-the-record amendments to the bills during the Judiciary Committee session; several items were simply carried forward to the floor or to another committee.
