Full list: Hochul vetoes 22 bills, signs 41 others

Plus: Four maybe-candidates for the state Legislature you should watch.

Good afternoon — It’s Friday, and National Pasta Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• Hochul on Friday vetoed 22 bills and signed 41 others. Here are the ones you should know about and links to a full list of the others.

• Among the vetoed bills are a handful of health-care-related measures; the approved legislation include laws on gun safety and organ donation.

• The NYGOP has disbanded the New York State Young Republicans after a leaked group chat exposed the incredibly offensive messages of its leaders.

• Here are four people who’ve filed to run for the state Assembly and Senate in the past week that you should keep an eye on.

Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, James Skoufis, Amy Paulin, Linda B. Rosenthal, Zellnor Myrie, Michelle Hinchey, Ed Cox, Mike Lawler, Rob Ortt and 4 new filers

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Capitol Count features bills that move through the Legislature, including those introduced, passed and considered by the governor.

(New York Govevrno’s Office)

🖋️ Hochul vetoes 22 wide-ranging bills, signs 41 others

Gov. Kathy Hochul has cleared the 63 bills that were on her desk.

Of those, she signed 41 of them. The other 22 were vetoed.

They cover several different issue areas. But many of them were health-care-related. One of them would have changed the powers of the attorney general’s office.

I won’t waste your time by detailing each of the 63 bills, but I’ll tell you about some that stick out.

I’ll also have links to two full lists of the bills Hochul vetoed and approved further down for paid subscribers.

🚫 What Hochul rejected

I’m going to try to split these bills into a few categories to help you sort through them. I’ll give you a brief description of the ones I think were most interesting and link to a few others.

Health-related bills that Hochul vetoed

Four of the vetoed bills would have directed the state Department of Health to create certain information and outreach materials.

Those include a pamphlet on intrauterine devices (A778A), written materials on episiotomy for maternity patients (A2168), a women’s and reproductive health education and outreach program (A2581B) and a campaign on hormone replacement therapy during perimenopause and menopause (S1720).

“Enactment of this package of legislation would impose a cost to the department that is not accounted for in the state Financial Plan,” Hochul wrote in her veto memo.

The rest of the bills each have their own veto message.

Nursing homes: A bill (S8222) that would have allowed nursing homes in regions of upstate New York to collaborate with each other “creates a risk of placing an unsustainable financial burden” on those nursing homes, Hochul wrote.

(Will Waldron/Times Union)

Contraception: Another (S6441A) that would’ve required commercial health insurers to reimburse pharmacists for dispensing contraceptives would carry “an administrative burden that carries with it significant costs,” Hochul wrote.

It was sponsored by state Sen. James Skoufis, who saw seven of his bills vetoed last week amid an increasingly public feud with Hochul.

“It tells you everything you need to know about Kathy Hochul that she would sacrifice reproductive health access at the altar of a grudge,” Skoufis said.

School-based health centers: This one (S1224) would have permanently barred the state Department of Health from carving school-based health centers into Medicaid managed care. Hochul said kids “will have better outcomes” if they’re carved in.