Assembly advances large consent package, adopts resolutions and several chapter amendments; some members register objections

The New York State Assembly advanced a substantial consent calendar and took votes on a series of senate bills covering topics including real property, public health, labor law, insurance, vehicle and traffic law, agriculture and markets, environmental conservation and state technology.

Clerk readings and roll-call results showed many bills were read to the last section and passed. Examples from the floor: bills read under Rules reports produced recorded tallies such as 'Ayes, 139; Nays, 0' and other recorded results where shown. Several items were formally 'laid aside' on the consent calendar. Assemblymember People Stokes moved to advance the '8 calendar' to be taken up that day; the motion to advance was agreed to.

Assemblymember Walsh provided recorded explanations for some votes and expressed opposition to chapter amendments she said diluted the policy intent of prior legislation. On one chapter amendment involving Medicaid-rate transparency, Walsh said she did not believe the chapter amendment "improves the bill" and that she "preferred the original bill," concluding she would vote in the negative. Other members, including Mister Zampolinski, explained voting changes in favor of chapter amendments when the amendments addressed previous concerns.

The Assembly also adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions (for example, memorializing proclamations to the governor) by voice vote and concluded the day by agreeing to adjourn until Thursday, January 22. The transcript contains no bill texts or committee reports beyond the floor readouts; for many bills the floor remarks are limited to the sponsor identification, the clerk reading the final section and the recorded vote.