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Sponsored by Siela Bynoe D

An act to establish a bottle redemption fraud task force — 2026-02-03 · Calendar #109

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The New York State Senate passed legislation establishing a bottle redemption fraud task force on a 54-6 vote. Senate Print 7551, sponsored by Sen. Bynoe, received broad bipartisan support. Senators Lanza, Mattera, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt and Weik voted against the measure. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.
Passed Senate Ayes: 54 · Nays: 6

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
Lanza nay Republican
Mattera nay Republican
Murray nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Weik nay Republican

An act to establish the Bottle Redemption Fraud Task Force — 2025-05-19 · Calendar #772

NYS Legislature ↗ · OpenLeg API ↗
The New York State Senate passed legislation establishing a Bottle Redemption Fraud Task Force on a 49-7 vote. Senate Print 7551, sponsored by Sen. Bynoe, received support from the vast majority of the chamber. Seven senators voted in opposition: Helming, Lanza, Mattera, Murray, O'Mara, Ortt and Weik. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.
Passed Senate Ayes: 49 · Nays: 7

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
George Borrello AYE Republican SD-57
Jabari Brisport AYE Democrat SD-25
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
Joseph A. Griffo AYE Republican SD-53
Pete Harckham AYE Democrat SD-40
Michelle Hinchey AYE Democrat SD-41
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
Rachel May AYE Democrat SD-48
Shelley Mayer AYE Democrat SD-37
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
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
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
Dan Stec AYE Republican SD-45
Andrea Stewart-Cousins AYE Democrat SD-35
James Tedisco AYE Republican SD-44
Mark Walczyk AYE Republican SD-49
Lea Webb AYE Democrat SD-52
William Weber AYE Republican SD-38
Samra Brouk EXC Democrat SD-55
Brad Hoylman-Sigal EXC Democrat SD-47
Jack M. Martins EXC Republican SD-7
Zellnor Myrie EXC Democrat SD-20
Jessica Ramos EXC Democrat SD-13
James Sanders Jr. EXC Democrat SD-10
Pamela Helming NAY Republican SD-54
Andrew J. Lanza NAY Republican SD-24
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
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
Helming nay Republican
Lanza nay Republican
Mattera nay Republican
Murray nay Republican
O'Mara nay Republican
Ortt nay Republican
Weik nay Republican