Assembly Actions -
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Jul 14, 2020 |
held for consideration in judiciary |
Feb 14, 2020 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 17, 2020 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to judiciary |
Mar 14, 2019 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Feb 21, 2019 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Feb 20, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A5938
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JOHNS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Peter Lawrence
Andrew Raia
David DiPietro
Gary Finch
multi-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
2019-A5938 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5938 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHNS, LAWRENCE, RAIA, DiPIETRO, FINCH, BLANKEN- BUSH, CROUCH, LALOR, FRIEND, MONTESANO, GIGLIO, MORINELLO, GOODELL, WALSH, BRABENEC, B. MILLER, PALUMBO, McDONOUGH, FITZPATRICK, STEC, KOLB, BYRNE, PALMESANO, M. L. MILLER, RA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing the addition of a new article 20 to the constitution, in relation to providing for initiative Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 20 of the constitution be renumbered article 21 and a new article 20 be added to read as follows: ARTICLE XX INITIATIVE SECTION 1. 1. THE INITIATIVE IS THE POWER OF THE ELECTORS TO PROPOSE STATUTES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND TO ADOPT OR REJECT THEM. 2. AN INITIATIVE MEASURE MAY BE PROPOSED BY PRESENTING TO THE SECRE- TARY OF STATE A PETITION THAT SETS FORTH THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED STAT- UTE OR AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION HAVING STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE AND IS CERTIFIED TO HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY FIFTY THOUSAND ELECTORS, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OF WHICH SHALL BE FROM ELECTORS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH SIGNATURES SHALL BE COLLECTED IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF SESSION. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE PROPOSED INITIATIVES, ONLY THE THREE INITI- ATIVES WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY THE LARGEST AMOUNTS OF SIGNATURES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS. 3. THE PROPOSED STATUTE OR AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION SHALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED DURING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE STATE. 4. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL THEN SUBMIT THE MEASURE AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION HELD AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE DAYS AFTER IT QUALIFIES OR AT ANY SPECIAL STATEWIDE ELECTION HELD PRIOR TO THAT GENER- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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