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Senate floor roundup: multiple bills passed March 17, 2025
Summary
On March 17 the New York State Senate approved a series of bills across insurance, workers' compensation, education, agriculture and environmental law; several measures passed unanimously or by large margins and one bill was laid aside for the day.
The New York State Senate on March 17, 2025 approved multiple bills on its calendar, spanning insurance, workers’ compensation, education, agricultural markets, and environmental conservation. Many measures were adopted by recorded roll call; several were announced as passed with 61 ayes.
Key actions recorded on the floor included:
- A bill described on the calendar as an enactment of the insurance law (Senate print referenced at the start of the calendar), read with a listed effective date of Jan. 1, 2027; the clerk announced “Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.”
- Senate print 3352 (described as an enactment of the insurance law) was read and its last section stated the measure takes effect immediately; the roll call result was announced as “Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.”
- Senate print 4832 (workers’ compensation law amendment by Senator C. Ryan) was read, set to take effect immediately; the clerk announced the bill was passed (announced as “Aye 61”).
- A workers’ compensation settlement bill (calendar number 452) was laid aside for the day.
- Senate print 3236 (education law enactment by Senator Cooney) was read with immediate effect and was announced passed (“Ayes, 61”).
- A set of agriculture-related measures, including Senate print 401602 (Fresh Connect incentives) and an amendment to the agricultural markets law (Senate print 4754), were read with specified effective dates (one effective Jan. 1 after becoming law; another effective on the 90th day after becoming law) and announced passed (“Ayes, 61”).
- Senate print 3585 (amendment to the General Business Law by Senator Ramos) and Senate print 1609 (amendment to the Environmental Conservation Law by Senator Harcombe) were read with stated effective dates; both were announced passed.
For each measure the clerk read the last section and the clerk announced the results after a roll call. Where the transcript records the roll, the typical announced result was “Ayes, 61. The bill is passed.” One bill (calendar 452) was explicitly laid aside. The transcript does not provide full bill text or detailed implementation provisions for each measure on the floor during this session.
