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S1142

Sponsored by Andrew Gounardes D

An act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules — 2026-03-18 · Calendar #478

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The State Senate passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Gounardes to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules on a 50-11 vote. The bill, Calendar Number 478 (S1142), took effect 60 days after becoming law. Eleven senators voted in opposition: Borrello, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Chan, Helming, Lanza, Martins, O'Mara, Ortt, Rhoads, Walczyk and Weik. No floor debate was recorded on the measure.
Passed Senate Ayes: 50 · Nays: 11

Debate Summary

No debate was recorded in this transcript segment. The bill proceeded directly to a roll call vote following the reading of the final section.

Transcript Mentions

These votes were extracted from the floor transcript by AI. NYS Senate roll calls are read in full, but AI extraction may not capture every senator — so this list is incomplete and skews toward named dissenting votes. Use the Official API Data table above for the complete roll call.

Senator Vote Party
Borrello nay Republican
Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick nay Republican
Chan nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Lanza nay Republican
Martins nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Rhoads nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican
Weik nay Republican

An act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules — 2025-03-10 · Calendar #345

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The Senate passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Gounardes to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules on a 51-9 vote. The bill, Calendar Number 345, would take effect 60 days after becoming law. Nine senators voted against the measure: Borrello, Helming, Lanza, Martins, O'Mara, Ortt, Rhoads, Walczyk and Weik. No floor debate on the bill was recorded in the transcript.
Passed Senate Ayes: 51 · Nays: 9

Debate Summary

No substantive debate is recorded in this transcript segment. The bill proceeded directly to a roll call vote following the reading of the final section.

Roll Call — Official API Data

Full roll call from the Open Legislation API. Every senator's recorded vote is shown.

Senator Vote Party District
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. AYE Democrat SD-15
Jake Ashby AYE Republican SD-43
Jamaal Bailey AYE Democrat SD-36
April Baskin AYE Democrat SD-63
Jabari Brisport AYE Democrat SD-25
Samra Brouk AYE Democrat SD-55
Siela Bynoe AYE Democrat SD-6
Stephen T. Chan AYE Republican SD-17
Cordell Cleare AYE Democrat SD-30
Jeremy Cooney AYE Democrat SD-56
Patricia Fahy AYE Democrat SD-46
Simcha Felder AYE Democrat SD-22
Nathalia Fernandez AYE Democrat SD-34
Patrick M. Gallivan AYE Republican SD-60
Michael Gianaris AYE Democrat SD-12
Kristen Gonzalez AYE Democrat SD-59
Andrew Gounardes AYE Democrat SD-26
Joseph A. Griffo AYE Republican SD-53
Pete Harckham AYE Democrat SD-40
Michelle Hinchey AYE Democrat SD-41
Brad Hoylman-Sigal AYE Democrat SD-47
Robert Jackson AYE Democrat SD-31
Brian Kavanagh AYE Democrat SD-27
Liz Krueger AYE Democrat SD-28
John Liu AYE Democrat SD-16
Monica Martinez AYE Democrat SD-4
Mario Mattera AYE Republican SD-2
Rachel May AYE Democrat SD-48
Shelley Mayer AYE Democrat SD-37
Dean Murray AYE Republican SD-3
Zellnor Myrie AYE Democrat SD-20
Peter Oberacker AYE Republican SD-51
Anthony H. Palumbo AYE Republican SD-1
Kevin S. Parker AYE Democrat SD-21
Roxanne J. Persaud AYE Democrat SD-19
Jessica Ramos AYE Democrat SD-13
Gustavo Rivera AYE Democrat SD-33
Robert Rolison AYE Republican SD-39
Christopher Ryan AYE Democrat SD-50
Sean Ryan AYE Democrat SD-61
Julia Salazar AYE Democrat SD-18
James Sanders Jr. AYE Democrat SD-10
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton AYE Democrat SD-23
Luis R. Sepúlveda AYE Democrat SD-32
José M. Serrano AYE Democrat SD-29
James Skoufis AYE Democrat SD-42
Toby Ann Stavisky AYE Democrat SD-11
Dan Stec AYE Republican SD-45
Andrea Stewart-Cousins AYE Democrat SD-35
James Tedisco AYE Republican SD-44
Lea Webb AYE Democrat SD-52
William Weber AYE Republican SD-38
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick EXC Republican SD-9
Leroy Comrie EXC Democrat SD-14
George Borrello NAY Republican SD-57
Pamela Helming NAY Republican SD-54
Andrew J. Lanza NAY Republican SD-24
Jack M. Martins NAY Republican SD-7
Thomas F. O'Mara NAY Republican SD-58
Robert Ortt NAY Republican SD-62
Steve Rhoads NAY Republican SD-5
Mark Walczyk NAY Republican SD-49
Alexis Weik NAY Republican SD-8

Transcript Mentions

These votes were extracted from the floor transcript by AI. NYS Senate roll calls are read in full, but AI extraction may not capture every senator — so this list is incomplete and skews toward named dissenting votes. Use the Official API Data table above for the complete roll call.

Senator Vote Party
Borrello nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Lanza nay Republican
Martins nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Rhoads nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican
Weik nay Republican