Senate Bill S6789

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor or governor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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-S6789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5826
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §6, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8346, A9094

2025-S6789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly; provides for an extended order of succession for the filling of a vacancy in the office of the governor.

2025-S6789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6789
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to article 4 of the constitution, in relation  to
   the  filling  of  vacancies  in  the  office of lieutenant-governor or
   governor

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of  arti-
 cle  4  of  the  constitution  be amended by adding new fourth, seventh,
 eighth, and ninth undesignated paragraphs to read as follows:
   IN CASE OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR ALONE, DUE  TO
 DEATH,  RESIGNATION,  REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, OR ASCENSION TO GOVERNOR, THE
 OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SHALL BE FILLED FOR THE REMAINDER  OF  THE
 TERM  BY  APPOINTMENT  OF  THE  GOVERNOR  WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF SUCH
 VACANCY, DEATH, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, OR ASCENSION,  SUBJECT
 TO  CONFIRMATION BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE SENATE AND A MAJORITY VOTE IN
 THE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF SUCH  APPOINTMENT.  IN
 THE EVENT THAT THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR APPOINTEE NOMINATED BY THE GOVER-
 NOR  IS  NOT  APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY,
 THEN THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE A NEW NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF LIEUTEN-
 ANT-GOVERNOR WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH VOTE AND  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 CONFIRMATION BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE SENATE AND A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE
 ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.
   IF,  WHEN  THE DUTY OF ACTING AS GOVERNOR DEVOLVES UPON THE SPEAKER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY, THERE BE A VACANCY IN SUCH OFFICE OR THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY SHALL BE ABSENT FROM THE STATE OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO DISCHARGE
 THE  DUTIES  OF  GOVERNOR,  THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACT AS GOVERNOR DURING
 SUCH VACANCY OR INABILITY.
   IF, WHEN THE DUTY OF ACTING AS GOVERNOR DEVOLVES UPON THE COMPTROLLER,
 THERE BE A VACANCY IN SUCH OFFICE OR THE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL  BE  ABSENT
 FROM  THE STATE OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF GOVERNOR,
 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL  ACT  AS  GOVERNOR  DURING  SUCH  VACANCY  OR
 INABILITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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