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An act to amend the Education Law — 2024-06-03 · Calendar #375

The New York State Senate voted to reconsider Senate Print 6342, an Education Law amendment sponsored by Senator Stavisky, on a roll call vote of 59 ayes. 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. The specific details of the proposed amendments were not disclosed during the floor session. The bill's ultimate fate remains pending further action.

Reconsideration Approved Ayes: 59 · Nays: N/A

Debate Summary

Senate Print 6342 by Senator Stavisky was previously passed but was subject to a motion to reconsider by Senator Gianaris. The motion to reconsider passed on a roll call vote of 59 ayes, restoring the bill to the Third Reading Calendar. Senator Gianaris subsequently offered amendments to the bill.

Amendments

Sponsor	Description	Outcome
Sen. Gianaris	Amendments offered but specific details not provided in transcript	received

An act to amend the Education Law — 2024-03-06 · Calendar #375

The Senate passed S6342, sponsored by Sen. Stavisky, an act to amend the Education Law, on a roll call vote of 49-7. Seven senators voted in opposition: Sens. Borrello, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads and Weik. The bill, which carried Calendar Number 375, takes effect immediately.

Passed Senate Ayes: 49 · Nays: 7

Debate Summary

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

Recorded Votes

Individual vote records shown here are captured from roll call mentions in floor transcripts. Because most bills pass with unanimous or near-unanimous ayes, only dissenting (nay) votes are typically read into the record — so the table below skews toward no votes. The full tally (ayes/nays above) reflects the official count.

Senator	Vote	Party
Borrello	nay	Republican
Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick	nay	Republican
O'Mara	nay	Republican
Ortt	nay	Republican
Palumbo	nay	Republican
Rhoads	nay	Republican
Weik	nay	Republican

An act to amend the Education Law — 2023-05-31 · Calendar #813

The Senate passed Senate Print 6342, sponsored by Sen. Stavisky, an act to amend the Education Law. The bill received 58 affirmative votes and took effect immediately upon passage.

Passed Senate Ayes: 58 · Nays: N/A

Debate Summary

No debate recorded on this bill.