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S2597

Sponsored by Shelley Mayer D

An act to amend the Family Court Act — 2026-02-11 · Calendar #241

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The New York State Senate passed Senate Print 2597, sponsored by Senator Mayer, an act to amend the Family Court Act, on a roll call vote of 50-9. The bill takes effect immediately. Nine senators voted in opposition: Borrello, Chan, Helming, Lanza, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt, Tedisco, and Walczyk. No floor debate was recorded on the measure.
Passed Senate Ayes: 50 · Nays: 9

Debate Summary

No substantive debate is recorded in this transcript segment. The bill proceeded directly to a roll call vote.

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
Chan nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Lanza nay Republican
Murray nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Tedisco nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican

An act to amend the Family Court Act — 2025-03-26 · Calendar #348

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The New York State Senate passed legislation to amend the Family Court Act on a roll call vote of 52-9. Sponsored by Sen. Mayer, the bill (S2597, Calendar No. 348) takes effect immediately. Nine senators voted in opposition: Borrello, Chan, Helming, Lanza, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt, Tedisco and Walczyk. No debate was recorded during floor consideration of the measure.
Passed Senate Ayes: 52 · Nays: 9

Debate Summary

No substantive debate is recorded in this transcript segment. The bill proceeded directly to a roll call vote.

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
Cordell Cleare AYE Democrat SD-30
Leroy Comrie AYE Democrat SD-14
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
Jack M. Martins AYE Republican SD-7
Mario Mattera AYE Republican SD-2
Rachel May AYE Democrat SD-48
Shelley Mayer AYE Democrat SD-37
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
Steve Rhoads AYE Republican SD-5
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
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
Lea Webb AYE Democrat SD-52
William Weber AYE Republican SD-38
Alexis Weik AYE Republican SD-8
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick EXC Republican SD-9
Luis R. Sepúlveda EXC Democrat SD-32
George Borrello NAY Republican SD-57
Stephen T. Chan NAY Republican SD-17
Pamela Helming NAY Republican SD-54
Andrew J. Lanza NAY Republican SD-24
Dean Murray NAY Republican SD-3
Thomas F. O'Mara NAY Republican SD-58
Robert Ortt NAY Republican SD-62
James Tedisco NAY Republican SD-44
Mark Walczyk NAY Republican SD-49

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
Chan nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Lanza nay Republican
Murray nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Tedisco nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican