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Assembly adopts multiple consent-calendar measures, including public-health and criminal-procedure amendments
Summary
On Feb. 9, 2026 the Assembly took up resolutions and several consent-calendar bills: a public-health amendment, a criminal-procedure amendment, an executive-law amendment concerning tattoos in law enforcement hiring, and multiple other measures were passed or laid aside as noted on the floor record.
The Assembly moved through ceremonial resolutions and the consent calendar on Feb. 9, 2026. The clerk read several resolutions (including observances such as "Wear Red for Women Day," "PS I Love You Day," Engineers Week and Rare Disease Day) which were adopted by voice vote.
On the consent calendar several bills were read, briefly explained by members in some cases, and recorded as passed or laid aside. Assembly number 4591a (calendar 245), "an act to amend the public health law," was discussed briefly by Assemblymember Walsh, who said she supported the bill based on personal experience with a family member navigating cancer care. The clerk recorded the vote as Ayes 136, Noes 0 and declared the bill passed.
Assembly number 5411a (calendar 246), "an act to amend the labor law and the executive law," was laid aside and not acted on during the floor excerpt. Assembly number 8022a (calendar 247), "an act to amend the criminal procedure law," was read and passed (Ayes 136, Noes 0) as recorded. Assembly number 8492c (calendar 248), "an act to amend the executive law" (sponsor: Mister Weprin), was discussed on the floor; Weprin argued a reasonable standardized policy toward visible tattoos would help recruitment and retention in law enforcement and withdrew his request to oppose, recording an affirmative vote; the clerk recorded the tally (Ayes 136, Noes 1) and the bill was passed.
Other consent items read and adopted on the record included bills to amend civil service and the public authorities law and additional measures listed on the main calendar pages; several student groups and Future Farmers of America chapters were welcomed to the chamber during these proceedings.
Where the transcript excerpt records a bill as "laid aside," it indicates the measure was set aside from consideration that day; for bills recorded as passed, the floor record includes the clerk's announcement and the vote tallies shown in the transcript excerpt.
