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An act to amend the Education Law — 2026-04-27 · Calendar #538

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The New York State Senate voted 57-0 to reconsider passage of Senate Print 5067A, an act to amend the Education Law sponsored by Senator Sepúlveda. The motion to reconsider, offered by Senator Gianaris, restored the bill to the Third Reading Calendar. Following the reconsideration vote, Senator Gianaris offered amendments to the bill, which were received by the presiding officer. The Senate subsequently called an immediate Rules Committee meeting in Room 332 to address the amendments before proceeding further with the legislation.

Reconsideration Adopted Ayes: 57 · Nays: 0

Debate Summary

Senate Print 5067A by Senator Sepúlveda was subject to a motion to reconsider by Senator Gianaris. The motion to reconsider passed 57-0, restoring the bill to the Third Reading Calendar. Senator Gianaris subsequently offered amendments to the bill, which were received by the presiding officer.

Amendments

Sponsor	Description	Outcome
Sen. Gianaris	Amendments to S5067A offered by Senator Gianaris	received

An act to amend the Education Law — 2026-03-24 · Calendar #538

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The New York State Senate passed legislation to amend the Education Law on a roll call vote of 59-2. Senate Print 5067A, sponsored by Sen. Sepúlveda, received support from all but two members. Sens. Skoufis and Walczyk voted in opposition. The bill will take effect 90 days after becoming law. No floor debate on the measure was recorded.

Passed Senate Ayes: 59 · Nays: 2

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.

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
Skoufis	nay	Democrat
Walczyk	nay	Republican

An act to amend the Education Law — 2025-06-10 · Calendar #1159

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The New York State Senate passed S5067A, an act to amend the Education Law, on a roll call vote of 57-1. Sen. Walczyk cast the sole vote in opposition. The bill, which carries Calendar Number 1159, will take effect 90 days after becoming law. No floor debate was recorded prior to the vote.

Passed Senate Ayes: 57 · Nays: 1

Debate Summary

No substantive 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
Walczyk	nay	Republican