Senate clears calendar: dozens of bills passed in routine floor session
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Summary
The New York State Senate read and passed numerous bills on the calendar (environmental conservation, personal property, agriculture, insurance, executive and public health law measures among others). Several measures carried recorded roll-call tallies; most were noncontroversial and moved on to next procedural steps.
The New York State Senate completed a full reading of its calendar and cleared dozens of items, adopting a mix of technical, statutory and policy changes across multiple codes.
The Secretary read multiple second-table and final sections for bills ranging from environmental conservation amendments (calendar 108, senate print 50-982) to changes in the personal property law (calendar 183, senate print 5,600), agriculture markets law updates (senate print 12-39F), insurance-law enactments (senate print 40-964) and various other measures. Where recorded, the transcript notes roll-call tallies — for example, several bills saw unanimous or near-unanimous support with announcements such as "Ayes, 60" or similar tallies in the record.
A concurrent resolution proposing a constitutional amendment related to voting (calendar 40, senate print 3231, sponsored by Senator Bailey) also cleared the floor and is reported below in a separate item. Several bills were noted to take effect immediately or on a specified delayed schedule as read into their final sections.
The chamber then moved to the controversial calendar; one amendment was ruled non-germane, the ruling was appealed and sustained, and the calendar proceeded. The Senate adjourned with its next floor session scheduled for Tuesday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m.
Votes at a glance (selected items from the transcript): • Calendar 108 — Senate print 50-982 (sponsor: Senator Harcombe). Subject: amend Environmental Conservation Law. Outcome: passed; transcript records final-section reading and affirmative announcement. • Calendar 183 — Senate print 5,600 (sponsor: Senator May). Subject: amend Personal Property Law. Outcome: passed. • Senate print 12-39F (sponsor: Senator Kavanaugh). Subject: amend Agriculture and Markets Law. Outcome: passed (Ayes, 60 recorded for the roll call where noted). • Senate print 40-964 (sponsor: Senator Bailey). Subject: enactment in Insurance Law. Outcome: passed. • Senate print 17-87 (sponsor: Senator Hinchey). Subject: enactment of a state law (text read). Outcome: passed. • Senate print 24-99 (sponsor: Senator Gennardez). Subject: amend Workers' Compensation Law. Outcome: passed (transcript reports recorded nays where listed; tally in record shows 'Ayes, 50 Nays, 10' for that vote).
Where the transcript explicitly recorded effective dates or timing, those were reproduced by the Secretary during the reading (examples: some acts "shall take effect immediately," others take effect on a specified future date).
