Assembly Actions -
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Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
Mar 06, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 05, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 01, 2012 |
1st report cal.261 |
Feb 08, 2012 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 09, 2012 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 07, 2011 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 27, 2011 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 03, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 02, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 01, 2011 |
1st report cal.120 |
Jan 14, 2011 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S709
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2011-S709 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 3 §§13, 14 & 16, Art 19 §1, Art 4 §7, ren Art 20 to be Art 21, add Art 20 §§1 - 11, Constn
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6429
2013-2014: S4049
2015-2016: S879
2017-2018: S404
2019-2020: S70
2021-2022: S5864
2023-2024: S2290
2011-S709 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S709 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to providing the electors with the power of initiative and referendum PURPOSE:; This proposal would amend the New York State constitution to reserve for the People of the State the powers of initiative and referendum. Sections 1 through 5 of the concurrent resolution would amend section 13 of Article 3, Section 14 of Article 3, Section 1 of Article 19, section 16 of Article 3 and Section 7 of Article 4 of the State Constitution, respectively, to accommodate a new Article 20 to reserve to the People of the state the powers of initiative and referendum (I&R). Section 6 of the concurrent resolution would renumber Article 20 of the Constitution Article 21 and provides for a new Article 20. The new Article 20 would reserve to New Yorkers the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution, and to adopt or reject laws independent of the Legislature. Initiative is the power of the electors to propose statutes and amendments to the Constitution and referendum is the power to approve or reject statutes or part of
2011-S709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 709 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to providing the electors with the power of initiative and referendum Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 13 of arti- cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 13. The enacting clause of all bills shall be "The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows," and no law shall be enacted except by bill; EXCEPT AS OTHER- WISE PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION. S 2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 14. A. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or her hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin- ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must never- theless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily printed, before its final passage; nor shall any bill be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal. B. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION. S 3. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of article 19 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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