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S2398

Sponsored by Roxanne J. Persaud D

An act to amend the Civil Rights Law — 2025-05-29 · Calendar #1250

The Senate passed legislation amending the Civil Rights Law on a 44-12 roll call vote. Sponsored by Sen. Persaud, Senate Print 2398 (Calendar 1250) received support from a majority of the chamber, with 12 senators voting in opposition: Ashby, Helming, Mattera, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, Stec, Walczyk, Weber and Weik. The bill includes a 90-day effective date provision. No floor debate was recorded on the measure.
Passed Senate Ayes: 44 · Nays: 12

Debate Summary

No debate was recorded on this bill. The measure was called for a roll call vote and passed with a vote of 44-12.

Roll Call — Official API Data

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

Senator Vote Party District
Sam Sutton ABS Democrat SD-22
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. AYE Democrat SD-15
Jamaal Bailey AYE Democrat SD-36
George Borrello AYE Republican SD-57
Jabari Brisport AYE Democrat SD-25
Siela Bynoe AYE Democrat SD-6
Stephen T. Chan AYE Republican SD-17
Cordell Cleare AYE Democrat SD-30
Leroy Comrie AYE Democrat SD-14
Jeremy Cooney AYE Democrat SD-56
Patricia Fahy AYE Democrat SD-46
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
Andrew J. Lanza AYE Republican SD-24
John Liu AYE Democrat SD-16
Monica Martinez AYE Democrat SD-4
Rachel May AYE Democrat SD-48
Shelley Mayer AYE Democrat SD-37
Peter Oberacker AYE Republican SD-51
Kevin S. Parker AYE Democrat SD-21
Roxanne J. Persaud AYE Democrat SD-19
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
Andrea Stewart-Cousins AYE Democrat SD-35
James Tedisco AYE Republican SD-44
Lea Webb AYE Democrat SD-52
April Baskin EXC Democrat SD-63
Samra Brouk EXC Democrat SD-55
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick EXC Republican SD-9
Jack M. Martins EXC Republican SD-7
Zellnor Myrie EXC Democrat SD-20
Jessica Ramos EXC Democrat SD-13
Jake Ashby NAY Republican SD-43
Pamela Helming NAY Republican SD-54
Mario Mattera NAY Republican SD-2
Dean Murray NAY Republican SD-3
Thomas F. O'Mara NAY Republican SD-58
Robert Ortt NAY Republican SD-62
Anthony H. Palumbo NAY Republican SD-1
Steve Rhoads NAY Republican SD-5
Dan Stec NAY Republican SD-45
Mark Walczyk NAY Republican SD-49
William Weber NAY Republican SD-38
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
Ashby nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Mattera nay Republican
Murray nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Palumbo nay Republican
Rhoads nay Republican
Stec nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican
Weber nay Republican
Weik nay Republican