Senate Bill S6156

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the submission to the people of a proposition or question to convene a constitutional convention

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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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2009-S6156 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9157
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1-104, 14-100 & 14-114, add §§2-128 & 6-125 & Art 18 §18-100; amd §30, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4379, A1262
2013-2014: A1558
2015-2016: A531

2009-S6156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the submission to the people of a proposition or question to convene a constitutional convention.

2009-S6156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6156

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            September 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the  election  law  and  the  public  officers  law,  in
  relation  to  providing for the submission to the people of a proposi-
  tion or question to convene a constitutional convention

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "People's Convention to Reform New York Act".
  S 2. Legislative findings  and  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby
finds  that  New  York state has held nine constitutional conventions in
its history; the most recent of which was held in 1967, more than  forty
years  ago.  The  revised  constitution  proposed by that convention was
overwhelmingly defeated at the polls. The  next  most  recent  constitu-
tional  convention  was  held  in 1938 and the constitutional amendments
proposed by that convention were largely supported  by  the  electorate.
Between  the  1938  and  1967  conventions,  the legislature amended the
constitution some 93 times. While amendments proposed by the legislature
must be ratified  by  the  electorate,  it  is  only  at  constitutional
conventions  that  ordinary  citizens have the opportunity to reconsider
the fundamental structure of state government and to assess  its  effec-
tiveness  in  light of the current social, economic and political condi-
tions of the day. In providing for periodic constitutional  conventions,
the  framers  of  our  current  document acknowledged the need to have a
dynamic, living and breathing statement of how government should operate
and what limits or controls it should have on our individual pursuit  of
life, liberty and happiness.
  Much  has  changed in our state, our nation and the world in the forty
years since our last constitutional convention. The information age  has
transformed  the  way  the  world communicates and does business and how
governments interact with their  citizens.  The  world  has  effectively

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14673-01-9
              

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