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Votes at a glance: Selected measures passed by the New York State Senate on March 17, 2025
Summary
The Senate adopted multiple measures during its March 17, 2025 floor session, including ceremonial resolutions and statutory changes in public health, elections and education. Below are the items recorded in the floor transcript with their outcomes and key details as stated on the record.
The New York State Senate completed a full calendar on March 17, 2025. The floor transcript records the following actions and outcomes (items are listed in the order they appear in the transcript; vote tallies are reported as recorded on the floor or noted as not specified where the transcript does not provide a roll-call count).
- Resolution 448 (by Senator Rivera) — Memorializing the governor to proclaim March 2025 as American Red Cross Month in New York State. Action: Resolution read and recognized; volunteers were invited and extended privileges of the house. Outcome: Adopted (voice recognition; roll-call not specified on the record).
- Resolution 518 (by Senator Kavanaugh; presented by Senator Sean Ryan) — Honoring Saint Patrick and persons of Irish descent on the 2025 Saint Patrick’s Day celebration. Action: Privileged resolution read; adopted by voice vote. Outcome: Adopted (voice vote; roll-call not specified).
- Assembly bill 5572 (substitute for identical Senate bill 814; public health law amendment) — Calendar item recorded as read; roll call announced “Ayes, 60.” Outcome: Passed (Ayes 60).
- Calendar number 219 (Senate print 3406; enact in the Executive Law) — Read and placed on the calendar; transcript records a roll-call and later “The bill is passed.” Vote tally as reported in transcript: not unambiguously stated in a single numeric tally in the excerpted floor text (transcript lists senators voting negative). Outcome: Passed (vote tally not clearly specified in the transcript excerpt).
- Calendar number 273 (Senate print 1468; amend Public Health Law) — The transcript records the effective date as January 1 and a roll call; final announced results: Ayes 59, Nays 1. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 59; Nays 1).
- Calendar number 312 (Senate print 4434; Education Law) — The transcript records a roll call and a final announced vote that the bill is passed. Transcript lists a set of senators voting in the negative; the announced result is recorded in the excerpt as Ayes 40, Nays 20. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 40; Nays 20).
- Calendar number 355 (Senate print 3100; Social Services Law by Senator Rivera) — Transcript records the effective date as January 1; announced result: Ayes 58, Nays 2. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 58; Nays 2).
- Calendar number 450 (Senate print 4805? — enacted in Real Property Tax Law) — Read and roll called; transcript recorded “I, 60” then “The bill is passed.” Outcome: Passed (Ayes 60 as announced).
- Title number 888 (General Business Law) — Read and roll called; announced result: Ayes 60; bill passed. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 60).
- Title number 49 (Senate print 1816; Public Health Law) — Roll call recorded; announced result Ayes 58, Nays 2. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 58; Nays 2).
- Contested/controversial calendar entry: Calendar 411 (Senate print 2541; Election Law) — The transcript shows a challenge to the ruling of the chair and floor debate; final announced roll-call: Ayes 39, Nays 21. Outcome: Passed (Ayes 39; Nays 21).
- Calendar number 438 (Senate print 4925; Labor Law – workplace prevention bill) — See separate article for full coverage; recorded as passed (Ayes 53; Nays 7).
- Calendar number 471 (Senate print 1574; Public Authorities Law — electric landscaping equipment rebate) — See separate article for full coverage; recorded as passed (Ayes 51; Nays 9).
This list is limited to items recorded in the floor transcript excerpt provided. Several items in the calendar were read or laid aside; for some the transcript excerpt announces that the bill was passed without a full numeric roll-call in the excerpt. Where the transcript provided a numeric tally that tally is reported above; where the transcript only provided names of senators voting no or otherwise did not provide a clean numeric total, the entry is marked “vote tally not clearly specified in the transcript excerpt.”
Provenance: Each item above appears in the March 17, 2025 Senate floor transcript; more detailed roll-call and bill text are recorded in the official Senate journal and bill files.
