NY State Senate Bill 2021-S220

Senate Bill S220

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon

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2021-S220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3256
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Add §33-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6475, A8658
2017-2018: S1706, A7412
2019-2020: S558, A1409
2023-2024: S47, A2293

2021-S220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

2021-S220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S220

SPONSOR: TEDISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh-
old level of co-sponsorship

 
PURPOSE:

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 intro-
duced 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.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In theory, any piece of legislation in any legislative body that has
earned the sponsorship of more than half its members has been vetted,
passed muster and merits an open floor debate and up or down vote.  This
legislation would require that those pieces of legislation that have
garnered widespread support (76 members in the Assembly/32 members in
the Senate) be discharged from committee and brought to the floor for a
vote.

It is the very concept of good governance and democracy for a legisla-
tive body to openly debate a bill in the public square that has the
support of the majority of its members, hence a majority of that legis-
lative body's constituency.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

01/15/16:S.6475REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/10/17:5.1706 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/03/18:S.1706 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/09/19:S.558 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/08/20:S.558 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

2021-S220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    220
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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:
   §  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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD03838-01-1

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