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Senate Investigations Committee reports 18 bills; chair flags S 8555 as lone new item
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee reported 18 bills — 17 repasses and one new local-tax extender, S 8555. The items were moved by motion and reported; S 14 18 A was referred to finance, and several items recorded single 'nay' votes.
The New York State Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee, chaired by James Kufas, met Feb. 10 and reported 18 bills, most of them routine repasses for the session. Chair James Kufas said 17 of the 18 bills on the agenda were repasses; he described S 8555 as the only bill that was not a repass and said it appeared to be an extender of a local Suffolk County tax that had been overlooked last year.
The committee handled each item by motion. A reader announced bill numbers, sponsors and titles; members moved, seconded and the committee recorded outcomes. Most bills were "reported" by voice vote or unanimous consent. S 14 18 A (an amendment to the public officers law concerning awards of reasonable attorney's fees in certain proceedings) was referred to the Finance Committee. Several other items recorded a single 'nay' in the minutes during the voice roll calls, but the transcript does not provide a full roll-call tally for each vote.
Notable items on the agenda included S 3 15, a measure to establish a temporary New York craft beverage permit under the alcoholic beverage control law; S 11 30, amendments relating to protections for renters using certain housing subsidies; provisions affecting the cannabis laws (including S 32 61 on electronic filing of annual returns by cannabis distributors and S 52 77 on cooperative license membership); and S 55 ACE 85, which would rename the Staten Island Expressway the POW/MIA Memorial Highway. The transcript lists sponsors or titles as read into the record for most bills; some sponsor names are presented in the transcript as read and are verbatim to the record.
Chair Kufas opened and closed the brief session and thanked members for their participation, noting that some members were attending a separate health hearing. He said the committee expected to meet again in a few weeks.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in committee): - S 3 15 — "temporary New York craft beverage permit" (reported). - S 3 49 — expand definition of 'agency' in the public officers law (reported). - S 5 66 — address confidentiality program eligibility for election officials (reported). - S 11 30 — renter protections for certain housing subsidies (reported). - S 14 18 A — reasonable attorney's fees in certain proceedings (referred to Finance). - S 17 87 — state flag for veteran suicide awareness (reported). - S 22 271 — employment/licensure prohibitions (reported; one 'nay' recorded). - S 23 04 — standing committee on conference for resolving bill differences (reported; one 'nay' recorded). - S 23 64 — honor and remember flag for service members (reported; an 'I oppose' was recorded). - S 24 47 — clarify standard for intentional discrimination/retaliation (reported; one 'nay'). - S 26 40 — include veterans in definition of military status for discrimination protections (reported). - S 32 61 — authorize electronic returns for cannabis distributors (reported; one 'nay'). - S 52 77 — expand membership for adult-use cooperative license (reported; one 'nay'). - S 55 ACE 85 — rename Staten Island Expressway the POW/MIA Memorial Highway (reported). - S 61 81 — employment at certain cannabis licensees for parole purposes (reported; one 'nay'). - S 62 83 — state cannabis advisory board changes (reported). - S 82 76 — qualifications for assistant county attorney in Rockland County (reported). - S 85 55 — amend town law to authorize the town of Brookhaven; chair described it as a local Suffolk County tax extender and the lone new bill on the agenda (reported).
The transcript used by the committee records bill numbers and title language read into the record; it does not include complete roll-call tallies for each vote in the public transcript. Where the verbatim record shows a spoken 'nay' or 'I oppose,' that is noted above. No substantive floor debate or extended public testimony occurred during this session; the items were handled largely as routine committee business.
The committee is scheduled to reconvene in the coming weeks to consider additional legislation.
