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Senate roundup: bills passed April 1, 2025; calendars, votes and next steps
Summary
The New York State Senate completed a full calendar on April 1, 2025, passing multiple bills on public health, environment, civil rights, language access and other topics. Several items include recorded roll calls; one bill was laid aside for the day.
The New York State Senate on April 1, 2025, completed its calendar, recording passage of multiple bills on topics including public health, education, environmental conservation, civil rights, language access and economic development. The chamber also adopted a ceremonial resolution renaming President Street in Crown Heights to honor Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.
Key outcomes and recorded roll calls announced on the floor included:
- Calendar 166 (senate print 228-a): Enactment relating to rural property law. Announced result: yes 45, no 17; bill recorded as passed.
- Calendar 309 (senate print 2589): Action on the education law. Clerk announced the vote and the bill was recorded as passed (roll announced in the chamber; details read on the calendar).
- Calendar 334 (senate print 3579 / enactment chapter 473 of the laws 02/2010): Announced result recorded; bill passed (ayes 58, nays 4 announced on the floor).
- Calendar 365 (senate print 4322): Enactment with the civil rights law; announced and recorded as passed on the floor.
- Calendar 48 (senate print not specified): Public health-related measure concerning the term “excited delirium”; announced result yes 45, no 17; bill passed. (See companion article for sponsor remarks.)
- Calendar 508 (senate print 3193): Action on the public health law; announced result aye 62; bill passed.
- Calendar 515 (senate print 2097): Amendment to the environmental conservation law; announced result aye 62; bill passed.
- Calendar 533 (senate print 5535): Expansion of language-access requirements to all state agencies; roll announced as aye 51, nay 11; bill passed. (See companion article for sponsor remarks.)
- Calendar 547 (senate print 3561): Directs Empire State Development to study kitchen incubators and produce an action plan; roll announced yes 60, no 2; bill passed. (See companion article.)
- Calendar 592 (senate print 4840): Legislation by Senator Fahey related to lien law was laid aside for the day and not voted on.
- Calendar 598 (senate print 3736): Enactment of the public authorities law; announced result aye 62; bill passed.
The Senate also adopted Resolution 545 honoring Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson and marking the renaming of President Street in Brooklyn; Senator Myrie spoke on the resolution and the chamber adopted it.
Procedural notes: Senator Giannaris and others offered amendments and motions to recall or retain items on the third-reading calendar for further consideration; one measure (senate print 904) was recalled from the Assembly and restored to the third-reading calendar with amendments received. Several bills were presented with the calendar clerk reading the final enactment sections and the chamber recording the effective dates as printed in the bill texts.
