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Sponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton D

An act to amend the Education Law — 2026-02-26 · Calendar #312

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The New York State Senate passed Senate Print 5392, sponsored by Senator Scarcella-Spanton, an act to amend the Education Law. The bill passed 48-6, with Senators Borrello, Helming, Martinez, Rhoads, Tedisco, and Walczyk voting in opposition. The measure takes effect immediately upon becoming law. No debate was recorded during floor consideration of the legislation.
Passed Senate Ayes: 48 · Nays: 6

Debate Summary

No debate was recorded on this bill. The measure proceeded directly to a roll call vote with six senators voting in opposition.

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
Martinez nay Democrat
Rhoads nay Republican
Tedisco nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican

An act to amend the Education Law — 2025-03-19 · Calendar #460

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The Senate passed S5392, sponsored by Sen. Scarcella-Spanton, an act to amend the Education Law, on a 50-10 vote. The bill received a roll call vote with no recorded floor debate. Ten senators voted against the measure: Sens. Borrello, Griffo, Helming, O'Mara, Rhoads, Tedisco, Walczyk, Weber, Weik and Martinez. The legislation takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Passed Senate Ayes: 50 · Nays: 10

Debate Summary

No debate was 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
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick AYE Republican SD-9
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
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
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
Dean Murray AYE Republican SD-3
Peter Oberacker AYE Republican SD-51
Robert Ortt AYE Republican SD-62
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
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
Simcha Felder EXC Democrat SD-22
Zellnor Myrie EXC Democrat SD-20
Luis R. Sepúlveda EXC Democrat SD-32
George Borrello NAY Republican SD-57
Joseph A. Griffo NAY Republican SD-53
Pamela Helming NAY Republican SD-54
Monica Martinez NAY Democrat SD-4
Thomas F. O'Mara NAY Republican SD-58
Steve Rhoads NAY Republican SD-5
James Tedisco NAY Republican SD-44
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
Borrello nay Republican
Griffo nay Republican
Helming nay Republican
Martinez nay Democrat
O'Mara nay Republican
Rhoads nay Republican
Tedisco nay Republican
Walczyk nay Republican
Weber nay Republican
Weik nay Republican