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NEW YORK STATE SENATE
THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
ALBANY, NEW YORK
April 22, 2013
3:17 p.m.
REGULAR SESSION
SENATOR DIANE J. SAVINO, Acting President
FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary
P R O C E E D I N G SACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The Senate will please come to order.
I ask everyone present to rise and repeat with me the Pledge of Allegiance.
(Whereupon, the assemblage recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Today's invocation will be delivered by Rabbi Michael Miller, the executive vice president and CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
RABBI MILLER:On the six Sabbaths between Passover and Shavuot/Pentecost, it is customary in traditional Jewish homes to study the six chapters of Ethics of the Fathers, written by our Rabbinic sages 2,000 years ago.
This past Sabbath we read in the third chapter the Rabbi Chanina, the deputy high priest, said: "Pray for the welfare of the government, for absent our awe of those setting and maintaining social order, the fabric of society would unravel and anarchy would prevail."
Indeed, Rabbi Shimon, the son of Gamliel, said in the first chapter, "The world endures on three things: Justice, truth and peace. Without those three cardinal values, society would crumble."
As I pray today for the welfare of the government, it is clearly evident that it is this Senate, in this chamber, which ensures for the citizens of this state that the rule of law -- justice -- based on self-evident realities -- truth -- will provide for a safe, just and harmonious social climate -- peace -- so as to guarantee a bright today and even brighter tomorrow for all New Yorkers.
We pray that the Lord of the Universe bestow His abundant blessings upon you, the men and women of the New York State Senate, as you labor to attain that indispensable and sacred mission. May your deliberations be sound and your decisions be wise, and may all your actions be dedicated to the advancement of the welfare of humankind.
Amen.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The reading of the Journal.
THE SECRETARY:In Senate, Friday, April 19th, the Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The Journal of Thursday, April 18th, was read and approved. On motion, Senate adjourned.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Without objection, the Journal stands approved as read.
Presentation of petitions.
Messages from the Assembly.
Messages from the Governor.
Reports of standing committees.
Reports of select committees.
Communications and reports from state officers.
Motions and resolutions.
Senator Libous.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Thank you, Madam President. I have a couple of motions.
On behalf of Senator Nozzolio, on page 22 I offer the following amendments to Calendar Number 235, Senate Print Number 3593A, and ask that said bill retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The amendments are accepted, and the bill will retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Thank you, Madam President.
On behalf of Senator Little, on page 23 I offer the following amendments to Calendar Number 245, Senate Print 1013, and ask that said bill retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The amendments are accepted, and the bill will retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar.
SENATOR LIBOUS:And, Madam President, at this time if I could call an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee -- oh, I'm sorry, we're not going to call an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee.
We are going to pull up a resolution by Senator DeFrancisco. It's Resolution Number 634. I believe it has been previously adopted. I would ask at this time that you read its title and call on the good Senator.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY:Legislative Resolution Number 634, by Senator DeFrancisco, honoring Mari DeTota upon the occasion of capturing First Place in the Elks Area 1 National Soccer Shoot-Out.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator DeFrancisco.
SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Thank you, Madam President.
This was previously adopted, and we wanted to make sure that Mari was able to be here to see the recognition that she's receiving from the State Senate.
And sometimes people kind of groan when I stand up, because we have all the athletes in Central New York. And we feel sorry for the rest of the areas, but we want to keep showcasing those athletes.
Mari won the Elks Area 1 National Soccer Shoot-Out in October of last year in Poughkeepsie, New York. She got her ticket to the nationals by beating Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, almost all of the original 13 states. But she went further than that and won the National Shoot-Out, an 11-year-old girl who I understand is a good student.
And she's going to get to be a better student, correct, as she goes through the rest of her schoolwork.
And I just wanted to honor Mari for her accomplishment. It's an incredible accomplishment when anyone at any age, let alone 11, wins a national competition. So congratulations.
And she's here with her parents, Ron and Michelle; her sister, Veronica -- who didn't win a shoot-out yet, but maybe later; grandparents Joe and Marianne Granteed, Ron and Kathy DeTota. The whole family's here. And cousin Megan skipped school today too.
(Laughter.)
CHAIRMAN DeFRANCISCO: So congratulations to this fine work.
And I'd ask you to recognize Senator Valesky. Mari was in my district when she won the championship. With redistricting, we thought it would be fair for Senator Valesky to have some athletes as well, so she's in Senator Valesky's current district.
Thank you, Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Valesky on the resolution.
SENATOR VALESKY:Thank you, Madam President.
And thank you, Senator DeFrancisco, for being so kind and sharing your champions with me and the rest of the state.
I want to certainly offer my personal congratulations to Mari and her entire family. It's a very special thing that you've done for yourself, for your family, for the community.
And it gives us great honor as members of this New York State Senate to recognize you and your efforts. You are already a role model at a very young age. And certainly with status as a role model comes responsibility, and I know you know that. And you're certainly well-prepared and well-suited to show your classmates what it means to be a champion.
So congratulations. Thank you for joining us today. And we certainly look forward to hearing more great things about you in a very bright future that you have ahead, I'm sure of that. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Thank you, Senator Valesky.
This resolution has been previously adopted on March 7th.
But we welcome Mari DeTota and her family here to the New York State Senate and congratulate you on your first place in the Elks Area 1 National Soccer Shoot-Out.
Congratulations.
(Applause.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, there will be an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 332, an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 323.
In the interim, the Senate will stand at ease.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:There will be an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 332.
The Senate will stand at ease pending the return of the Rules Committee.
(Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease at 3:36 p.m.)
(Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at 3:49 p.m.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Thank you, Madam President.
I believe there's a report of the Rules Committee at the desk. Could we have the report read at this time.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:There is a report of the Rules Committee at the desk. The Secretary will read.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator DeGianaris, why do you rise?
(Laughter.)
SENATOR GIANARIS:We meet again, Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Oh, I just made you an Italian. Senator Gianaris, why do you rise?
SENATOR GIANARIS:Thank you, Madam President.
Can the appropriate member yield for questions about the Rules report?
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, could we have the report read first before any questions are asked on it, so it's before the house.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY:Senator Skelos, from the Committee on Rules, reports the following bills:
Senate Print 1456, by Senator Flanagan, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 1721A, by Senator Grisanti, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 2135A, by Senator Lanza, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 2180, by Senator Golden, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 2237A, by Senator Golden, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 2431, by Senator Klein, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 2458, by Senator Lanza, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 3639, by Senator O'Mara, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 3710A, by Senator Young, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 4342, by Senator Gallivan, an act to amend the Corrections Law;
Senate 4444, by Senator Golden, an act to amend the Penal Law;
Senate 4445A, by Senator Golden, an act to amend the Penal Law;
And Senate 4600, by Senator Golden, an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
All bills reported direct to third reading.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, could I move to accept the Rules report.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, again, I would ask if the appropriate member would yield for questions on the adoption of the report.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Gianaris, first we have to accept the Rules report so that you can debate the Rules report.
SENATOR GIANARIS:I believe we're debating its acceptance.
SENATOR LIBOUS:He's right.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous.
SENATOR LIBOUS:We'll debate its acceptance.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Gianaris.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Thank you. I assume Senator Libous is yielding.
SENATOR LIBOUS:I assume.
SENATOR GIANARIS:I ask, Madam President, if the Senator can answer the question whether or not the makeup of the Rules Committee in terms of its membership has changed in any way from last week.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Are you asking Senator Libous to yield?
SENATOR GIANARIS:I believe I already asked him to yield.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous.
(Pause.)
SENATOR LIBOUS:I want to get Senator Gianaris an exact answer to his question in one second.
Madam President, through you, the makeup of the Rules Committee hasn't changed.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If Senator Libous would continue to yield, Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous, do you continue to yield?
SENATOR LIBOUS:I will. I will, Madam President.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Is Senator Libous aware that the makeup of the Majority Coalition has in fact changed from last week?
SENATOR LIBOUS:I am.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator would continue to yield.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous, do you continue to yield?
SENATOR LIBOUS:Through you, Madam President, I will.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Is the Senator further aware that Rule 8 requires the makeup of committees to match the percentage as closely as possible that each conference has within this body?
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, through you. And in answer to Senator Gianaris's question, it's not a match, it's a minimum.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Would Senator Libous continue to yield.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Through you, Madam President, I will.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous continues to yield.
SENATOR GIANARIS:I would ask Senator Libous if he could point me to the rule that indicates that the membership is a minimum and not a match. And I believe the quote from the rules is "as nearly as may be."
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, through you, what I would share with Senator Gianaris is the custom of the house is that when Rule 8 was put into place in 2009, that the committee allocations under Rule 8 are designed to give conferences a guaranteed number of spots, acting as a minimum requirement.
The Senate rules have ordered that, at a minimum, the Democratic Conference and the Majority Coalition shall be represented in committees in the same proportion as the members of the Majority Coalition or the Democratic Conference. The rule was put into place in 2009 and stands before us today.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator would continue to yield, I would appreciate it if he could cite precisely from which rule he just quoted from, because I cannot find that language.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Libous, do you continue to yield?
SENATOR LIBOUS:I would. I would tell you that would be Senate Rule 8. Madam President, through you.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator would continue to yield, I would request some more specificity. Is there a paragraph, a subdivision?
Because the rule I'm looking at, 8(c), says that "The membership of all committees shall be composed as nearly as may be of Majority Coalition and Democratic Conference members in the same proportion as the number of Majority Coalition and Democratic Conference members in the Senate bears to the total membership of the Senate." The word "at a minimum" does not appear anywhere that in that rule.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Through you, Madam President, it was set up that way -- because I was involved in setting the rule up at that time in 2009 -- to give each conference a minimum. And it is doing that.
And, Senator Gianaris, I guess if you would get to your specific point, maybe I could be more specific in my answer.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Well, if the Senator would continue to yield, my point is whether the rules are being followed. So the clarity as to whether we can agree on what the rule says is important to determining that point.
As I understand it, is it the Senator's contention that the rule does not in fact say that it's a minimum, but that is how Senator Libous believes it was adopted four years ago and therefore that's how we're reading it?
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, it doesn't say "maximum" either, but it -- the rules are being followed, to answer Senator Gianaris's question specifically.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator would continue to yield, it neither says "maximum" nor "minimum," it says "as nearly as may be."
And we are now not in a situation where the committee membership matches the coalition membership as nearly as may be.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, that really has no factor on the committee membership makeup.
The Democratic Conference is 42 percent. That has not changed. That has remained the same. Unless the Democratic Conference membership is going to change, then there might be some factor that would need to be addressed, Madam President.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, if Senator Libous would continue to yield, is it his contention that the percentages only count as it relates to one conference and not the others?
SENATOR LIBOUS:I'm sorry, Madam President, could you ask the good Senator to repeat his question.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator, please repeat your question.
SENATOR GIANARIS:I'll be happy to.
I was asking if it was the Senator's contention that the formula specified very clearly and very specifically in the rules applies only mathematically to one conference and not the others. Because as I understood your previous answer, you said if the Democratic Conference membership changed, then we would change committees, but if the Republican or other conference changed, that we would not.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, through you, this system was set up to protect the minority conference. So I don't know why Senator Gianaris would be, you know, would be arguing the rule at this point in time.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, if Senator Libous would continue to yield, the point is that the rule is established to protect all conferences, and the rule is not being followed. Which is why the objection has been raised.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, through you, I would disagree with that.
I would point Senator Gianaris to Rule 3, where the Temporary President makes the decisions in designating officers of the Senate -- the chair, vice chair, members of all committees, subcommittees, and as otherwise stated. That has been the rule of this house in the 25 years that I've been here, and that has not changed.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If Senator Libous would continue to yield, Madam President. Whether there's another rule --
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, I will.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Thank you, sir.
Another rule that does not specifically address the percentage of committee conference members in committees does not preclude a more specific rule that specifically discusses how committee memberships will be allotted among the conferences.
Now, whether something has been there 25 years or a few months is partially the point. These rules were adopted to create a unique situation in this body, and now when that unique situation doesn't fit the desires of the Majority, they're ignored.
So I ask again why Rule 8(c), through its very clear language that "committee membership shall be composed as nearly as may be in the same proportion as the number of conference members bears to the total membership of the Senate," is not being followed with respect to the Rules Committee.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, maybe I could answer Senator Gianaris's question with a question.
And, Senator, are you advocating leaving the committee seats, the four committee vacancies, vacant?
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, I am advocating that the rules of the Senate, which were drafted by the Majority, are followed. And if those rules are followed, the Majority Coalition membership on the Rules Committee should be 14 members, not 15.
I didn't draft these rules, I only ask that the Majority follows the rules that it drafted itself.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, again, in all due respect to my colleague, I would refer him to Rule 3. I won't read it again; I read it once already.
I think Rule 3 is self-explanatory. It gives the Temporary President that option. As, again, this house has always given the Temporary President that option, sir.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, if the Senator would continue to yield, I'll ask a broader question, which is what is the effect, what is the practical effect of membership within a conference or of ejection from membership within a conference to this body?
Because it seems to me that a member has been ejected from a conference and yet there is no consequence on the functioning of the Senate other than a PR victory for those who ejected him.
SENATOR LIBOUS:It also -- Madam President, through you, it protects those members who decide to leave a conference on their own. So if any particular member here was not happy, Senator, with their respective conference and they wanted to decide to go off on their own, it would protect them also.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, if the Senator would continue to yield, we're going a little off-topic, but with --
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Do you continue to yield, Senator Libous?
SENATOR LIBOUS:He gets ahead of me, Madam President. I will continue to yield.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Thank you.
I respectfully disagree, because there's a rule in here that also says that the memberships of conferences must be approved by the leaders. So in fact an individual member does not have the latitude, according to these rules, to leave at will.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, I respectfully disagree with Senator Gianaris.
SENATOR GIANARIS:As it relates to which issue?
SENATOR LIBOUS:The statement you just made, sir.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If Senator Libous will continue to yield on this.
SENATOR LIBOUS:I will, Madam President.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The Senator continues to yield.
SENATOR GIANARIS:I will try and wrap this up, because it's not my intention to delay; I just want to get clarity.
I'll ask again, because I don't believe my previous question was answered, which is: What is the practical consequence of a member being ejected from their conference?
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, through you. And Senator, I think that's pretty clear. Again, if you read Rule 8 and you read Senate Rule 3, I think it's very clear as to how the makeup of committees are structured and how we move forward as a Senate.
Those committees have never been structured here on the floor, they have always been structured through the Temporary President, and decisions have been made by the Temporary President in the makeup of those committees.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator would continue to yield.
If it's the Senator's contention that the Majority can do what it wishes when it wishes, I would prefer you just say that and we could end this debate.
But the rules are very clear. The leaders get to choose which members of their conference belong to certain committees, but the rules provide a very specific formula for how many of their conference members get to be appointed. And right now we are functioning in violation of that rule.
If it is the Majority's contention that the rules are irrelevant, then please state so and we could move on with the business of the Senate.
But we adopted these rules that the Majority drafted, we are operating now in violation of these rules. And the best answer I seem to get, if I'm understanding you correctly, is that the leaders can choose to do what they wish when they wish.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Madam President, although Senator Gianaris's discussion is not germane to accepting the Rules report, I will still try to refer him to Rule 8 and Rule 3.
I think the rules that were drafted and accepted by this house earlier this year and the proportions that were designed back in 2009 were set up to protect every individual member in this house. And I'm quite confident and comfortable that if we stand by Rule 8 and stand by Rule 3, that when the leaders decide to make whatever decision -- the Temporary President decides to make the decision to reassign whomever on those committees, that it would be appropriately made.
SENATOR GIANARIS:If the Senator will continue to yield, Madam President.
SENATOR LIBOUS:If the question is germane to accepting the Rules report.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Gianaris, if we could try and bring it back to the acceptance of the Rules report. It's apparent that the two of you are never going to agree on Rule 8 or Rule 3.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, I would respectfully point out that the adoption of a Rules report from a Rules Committee that was illegally composed is relevant and germane to whether or not we accept this Rules report.
But I would agree with Senator Libous insofar as the rules are clear and the rules are there to provide protections to all the members, and if they're followed, they will do so.
The problem is we are very clearly and directly ignoring the very straight math required in Rule 8(c), and all I'm getting back is Rule 8 says something different because it's a minimum -- where the word "minimum" never appears in that rule.
So I understand we're not going to reach agreement here, but I would simply say that the Majority shouldn't try and have it both ways.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Are you asking me a question?
SENATOR GIANARIS:Yes.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Through you, Madam President, I believe he's asking me a question.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Senator Gianaris, are you in fact asking a question of Senator Libous?
SENATOR GIANARIS:I am.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Could you restate the question?
SENATOR GIANARIS:I'll be happy to.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Thank you.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, I would ask Senator Libous if he would agree that in fact what the Majority is trying to do here is both eject a member to give the facade of action and maintain their committee membership as if that member were still a part of their conference. Because that is the only practical effect of what's going on right now.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Mr. President -- Madam President, absolutely not. I am stating on the floor here that we are following Rule 3 and we are following Rule 8, and I stand by those rules.
SENATOR GIANARIS:Madam President, obviously we have a disagreement on that point.
But I do object to the acceptance of this Rules report on the grounds that the rules of the Senate are very clearly being violated, the Rules Committee is itself operating illegally. Tomorrow when the Banks, Insurance, and Labor Committees meet, they will also be operating illegally.
And I would urge the Majority to heed its own rules, because we're going to be having this conversation many more times between now and the end of June if the rules continue to be violated.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Thank you, Senator Gianaris.
There is a motion to accept the report of the Rules Committee. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
(Response of "Aye.")
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Opposed, nay.
(Response of "Nay.")
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:All those in favor signify by saying aye.
(Loud response of "Aye.")
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:All those opposed?
(Loud response of "Nay.")
(Laughter.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The ayes have it.
Senator Libous.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Thank you, Madam President.
At this time I would like to take up the noncontroversial reading of the calendar.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Can we have order in the chamber, please.
At this time we will take up the reading of the noncontroversial calendar.
The Secretary will read.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 61, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print 761, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 5. This act shall take effect on the 90th day.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 81, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 1195, an act to amend the State Administrative Procedure Act.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 137, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 1499, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 2. This act shall take effect on the 120th day.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 159, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print 756, an act to amend the Public Authorities Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 59. Nays, 1. Senator Gipson recorded in the negative.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 212, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 2926A, an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 59. Nays, 1. Senator Montgomery recorded in the negative.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 213, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 2927A, an act to amend the Penal Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 214, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 2928, an act to amend the Penal Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:In relation to Calendar 214, those recorded in the negative are Senators Hassell-Thompson, Hoylman, Krueger, Montgomery, Perkins, Rivera, Serrano and Tkaczyk. Also Senator Parker.
Ayes, 51. Nays, 9.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 215, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 2929, an act to amend the Penal Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 216, by Senator Zeldin, Senate Print 2930, an act to amend the Penal Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 60.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
THE SECRETARY:Calendar Number 257, by Senator Ball, Senate Print 2292, an act to amend the Penal Law.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Read the last section.
THE SECRETARY:Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Call the roll.
(The Secretary called the roll.)
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:Announce the results.
THE SECRETARY:Ayes, 59. Nays, 1. Senator Serrano recorded in the negative.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:The bill is passed.
Senator Libous, that completes the reading of the noncontroversial calendar.
SENATOR LIBOUS:Thank you, Madam President.
Is there any further business at the desk?
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:There is no further business at the desk.
SENATOR LIBOUS:There being no further business, I move that the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, April 23rd, at 3:00 p.m.
ACTING PRESIDENT SAVINO:On motion, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, April 23rd, at 3:00 p.m.
(Whereupon, at 4:13 p.m., the Senate adjourned.)
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