Assembly sends Senate Bill 4470-A back to Codes, restores Assembly Bill 8451-A to third-reading calendar

The New York State Assembly on April 6 agreed without objection to a motion to reconsider a bill substitution that returned legislative business to committee and restored an Assembly bill to active consideration.

A motion by Mr. Bronson to reconsider "the substitution of Senate Bill 4470‑A for Assembly Bill 8451‑A" was accepted "without objection," the clerk announced, and the chamber directed that the Senate bill be recommitted to the Committee on Codes while the Assembly bill be restored to its place on the order of third reading. The action was handled by unanimous consent; no roll-call vote was recorded on the floor.

Earlier in the brief opening, a lawmaker addressing the chamber framed the session around budget work, telling colleagues that "a budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it's an embodiment of our values," and said members had a main calendar with four new bills. The presiding officers called Ways and Means and Rules committees to meet off the floor in the Speaker's Conference Room to prepare an eight-item calendar for floor consideration.

The Assembly also approved the journal of Monday, April 6, after a motion to dispense with further reading; the clerk announced that motion adopted "without objection." Later, Mr. Pieruzzolo introduced guests — his son Franklin and Franklin's girlfriend Mia — and the clerk extended the privileges of the floor to them.

The chamber recessed after a motion to put the House at ease was made and granted. No action was recorded on final passage of either bill in the transcripted segments provided; the motion returned one bill to committee and returned the other to the third‑reading queue for future floor consideration.