Senate Bill S2420

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions

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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-S2420 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5404
2011-2012: S381
2013-2014: S1473
2015-2016: S2666
2017-2018: S4578
2019-2020: S4001
2021-2022: S2725

2023-S2420 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; provides that such committee may refer bills and resolutions to sub-committees for disposition; provides for appointment of a non-partisan counsel to make referrals to such standing committee on similar bills and resolutions.

2023-S2420 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2420 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2420
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY, PERSAUD,
   SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Investigations and Government
   Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  providing  for  a
   standing  committee on conference to resolve differences between simi-
   lar, but not identical bills and resolutions passing  the  senate  and
   assembly
 
   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 54-b
 to read as follows:
   § 54-B. STANDING COMMITTEE  ON  CONFERENCE;  REFERRAL  TO  CONFERENCE,
 APPOINTMENT  OF NONPARTISAN COUNSEL FOR REFERRAL. 1. BY JANUARY FIFTH OF
 EACH YEAR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY  SHALL APPOINT A STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. SUCH COMMIT-
 TEE SHALL BE CONSTITUTED BY THE FILING OF A  JOINT  CERTIFICATE  BY  THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY WITH
 THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE AND CLERK OF THE  ASSEMBLY.    THE  STANDING
 COMMITTEE  ON  CONFERENCE  SHALL  BE COMPOSED OF MAJORITY CONFERENCE AND
 MINORITY CONFERENCE MEMBERS IN THE SAME  PROPORTION  AS  THE  NUMBER  OF
 MAJORITY  CONFERENCE  AND  MINORITY CONFERENCE MEMBERS IN THE SENATE AND
 ASSEMBLY RELATIVE TO THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE  SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY.
 FOR  PURPOSES OF COMMITTEE COMPOSITION, IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROPORTION
 OF EITHER MAJORITY CONFERENCE  MEMBERS  WOULD  RESULT  IN  A  FRACTIONAL
 AMOUNT, THE NUMBER OF MAJORITY CONFERENCE MEMBERS SHALL BE ROUNDED UP TO
 THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER. FURTHER, IN THE CASE OF AN EXCUSED ABSENCE OF ANY
 COMMITTEE MEMBER SUCH COMMITTEE MAY DESIGNATE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE
 CONFERENCE  FOR  MEETINGS  OF SUCH COMMITTEES PROVIDED WRITTEN NOTICE IS
 PROVIDED AND ACCEPTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE  AND  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07051-01-3
 S. 2420                             2
              

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