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Jan 15, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6475
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2015-S6475 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8658
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §33-a, Leg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S1706, A7412
2019-2020: S558, A1409
2021-2022: S220, A3256
2023-2024: S47, A2293
2015-S6475 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6475 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To allow for a piece of legislation that has garnered the co-sponsorship of 76 members of the Assembly and 32 members in the Senate to be brought to the floor in that respective house for a vote. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends the legislative law by adding a new section 33-a to read as follows: § 33-a. Bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship. 1. Any bill introduced in the assembly shall, upon being co-sponsored by seventy-six or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a vote to be taken thereon during the legislative session in which it was introduced. 2. Any bill introduced in the senate shall, upon being co-sponsored by thirty-two or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a vote to be taken thereon during the legislative session in which it
2015-S6475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6475 I N S E N A T E January 15, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh- old level of co-sponsorship THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. the legislative law is amended by adding a new section 33-a to read as follows: S 33-A. BILLS WITH A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF CO-SPONSORSHIP. 1. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY SEVENTY-SIX OR MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE TO BE TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED. 2. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY THIRTY-TWO OR MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE TO BE TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13309-02-5
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