Assembly Bill A4417

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month to answer questions relating to the state

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4417 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2265
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-g, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7938
2011-2012: S401
2013-2014: S3436
2015-2016: S2677
2017-2018: A8620, S5014
2019-2020: A8794, S3979
2021-2022: A4529, S1433

2023-A4417 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general governance of the state.

2023-A4417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4417
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  monthly  meetings
   between  the  governor and the legislature to allow the legislature to
   ask questions of the governor relating to matters concerning the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-g
 to read as follows:
   § 170-G. JOINT MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE ASSEMBLY; JOINT MEETING
 OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE SENATE. 1. ONCE EACH  ODD-NUMBERED  MONTH,  FROM
 JANUARY  THROUGH  JUNE OR DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE
 SESSION, WHICHEVER IS LONGER, AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL  SESSION  DAY,
 AT  THE  INVITATION  OF THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
 AND UPON AGREEMENT BY THE SPEAKER AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO  THE  DATE  AND
 TIME,  THE  GOVERNOR,  FOR  NO LESS THAN ONE HOUR, SHALL PUBLICLY ANSWER
 QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION,  FINANCIAL  STATUS  AND
 GENERAL  GOVERNANCE  OF  THE  STATE  FROM MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY IN THE
 ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME  ALLOTTED  FOR  QUESTIONS  FROM
 MEMBERS  OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTIES SHALL BE ALLOTTED BASED ON
 THE PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTATION OF EACH  PARTY  IN  THE  ASSEMBLY.  THE
 SPEAKER  AND  THE MINORITY LEADER SHALL DETERMINE, FOR THE TIME ALLOTTED
 TO EACH, WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL ASK QUESTIONS AND THE ORDER
 IN WHICH THE QUESTIONS SHALL BE ASKED.
   2. ONCE EACH EVEN-NUMBERED MONTH, FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OR  DURING
 THE  PENDENCY  OF  THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICHEVER IS LONGER,
 AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION DAY, AT THE INVITATION OF THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND UPON AGREEMENT
 BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO THE DATE AND TIME, THE
 GOVERNOR, FOR NO LESS THAN ONE HOUR,  SHALL  PUBLICLY  ANSWER  QUESTIONS
 PERTAINING  TO  THE  STRATEGIC  DIRECTION,  FINANCIAL STATUS AND GENERAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03723-01-3

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