Senate approves multiple bills across health, tax and transportation during Jan. 12 session
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Summary
The New York State Senate on Jan. 12, 2024, approved a slate of bills spanning public health, criminal procedure, property tax, vehicle and traffic, and municipal code changes. Most measures passed on voice or roll-call votes; several tallies were announced by the clerk.
ALBANY — The New York State Senate met Jan. 12 and approved a package of measures on matters including public health, criminal procedure, property tax and vehicle and traffic law.
Senator Gineris moved to adopt the resolution/calendar at the start of the session and the Senate proceeded through the printed calendar, with the clerk reading the final section of each measure and calling the roll. The clerk announced recorded vote totals on multiple items; where recorded tallies were read on the floor they were entered into the record.
Measures called and announced as passed included: Calendar 10 (Senate Print 87 54), Calendar 13 (Senate Print 87 57) on public health provisions, Calendar 15 (Senate Print 87 62) affecting criminal procedure, Calendar 22 (Senate Print 87 81), Calendar 23 (Senate Print 87 82) related to the Real Property Tax Law, Calendar 24 (Senate Print 87 83), Calendar 28 (Senate Print 87 98) concerning Domestic Relations Law, Calendar 31 (Senate Print 88 03) with immediate effect provisions to real property tax law, Calendar 35 (Senate Report 88 10) on vehicle and traffic law, Calendar 40 (Senate Print 88 21) making changes to the Administrative Code of the City of New York, Calendar 42 (Senate Print 88 23) in the Environmental Conservation Law, and Calendar 43 (Senate Report 88 24) concerning the General Business Law.
Where the clerk announced roll-call counts on the floor, examples recorded in the session included: Calendar 10 was announced 'Ayes 44, Nays 1' and was declared passed; Calendar 13 was announced 'Ayes 48' and was declared passed; Calendar 22 recorded 'Ayes 46, Nays 2' with two senators named as voting in the negative; Calendar 23 was announced 'Ayes 53'; Calendar 31 was announced 'Ayes 53'; Calendar 35 was announced 'Ayes 54'; Calendar 40 was announced 'Ayes 56'. The environmental conservation measure (Calendar 42) was recorded as passing with the clerk announcing 'Ayes 44, Nays 14.' The clerk completed the calendar reading near the close of the session.
The session concluded after business at the desk was closed; Senator Gineris moved to adjourn and the Senate stood adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m., with intervening days designated legislative days.
Many measures were passed on the consent or calendar process with minimal floor debate recorded in the transcript; roll-call tallies were announced by the clerk for the record where taken.
