Assembly Bill A2031

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature

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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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2025-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §1, Art 3 §2, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7345

2025-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature; changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term.

2025-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2031
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MAHER, BENDETT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in
   relation to term limits for the office of governor; and  proposing  an
   amendment  to  section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation
   to limiting the terms of office as a member  of  the  legislature  any
   person may serve
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in  the  governor,  who
 shall  hold  office  for  four  years;  the lieutenant-governor shall be
 chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor  and  lieu-
 tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year
 nineteen  hundred  thirty-eight,  and  each fourth year thereafter. They
 shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a  single  vote
 applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for
 making  such  choice  in  such manner. The respective persons having the
 highest number of votes cast jointly for them for governor and  lieuten-
 ant-governor  respectively  shall be elected. NO PERSON SHALL BE ELECTED
 TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR MORE THAN THREE FOUR-YEAR TERMS.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article  3  of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter
 provided. [The senators elected in the year one thousand  eight  hundred
 and  ninety-five  shall  hold  their  offices for three years, and their
 successors shall be chosen] SENATORS SHALL BE  ELECTED  for  [two]  FOUR
 years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. [The
 assembly members elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thir-
 ty-eight,  and their successors, shall be chosen] ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SHALL
 BE ELECTED for [two] FOUR years.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89057-01-5

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