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Assembly Bill A6879

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that floor votes be listed on each member's page on the official website of their respective house

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2011-A6879 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A2281

2011-A6879 - Summary

Requires that floor votes be listed on each member's page on the official website of their respective house.

2011-A6879 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6879

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS, STEVENSON, TENNEY, CAMARA, GIGLIO,
  CASTELLI,  HAWLEY,  SMARDZ,  FRIEND,  McKEVITT,   CAHILL,   SCHROEDER,
  RABBITT,  MURRAY,  MOLINARO,  KATZ  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY,  CERETTO,  CONTE,  CROUCH,  GOODELL,  LOSQUADRO,  McLAUGHLIN,
  SAYWARD  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental
  Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
  member floor votes be made available online

  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:
  S 54-B. VOTES TO BE POSTED ONLINE. ALL VOTES TAKEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE OR ASSEMBLY SHALL BE LISTED ON EACH MEMBER'S PAGE ON THE OFFICIAL
WEBSITE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE VOTE.
SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE THE BILL NUMBER, DATE OF VOTE, THE SUMMARY OF
THE LEGISLATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND  THE  MEMBER'S
VOTE  LISTED  AS  YES OR NO. SUCH LISTING SHALL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS
"MEMBER'S VOTING RECORD" ON THE MEMBER'S PAGE OF THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09905-01-1

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2011-A6879A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A2281

2011-A6879A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that floor votes be listed on each member's page on the official website of their respective house.

2011-A6879A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6879--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS, STEVENSON, TENNEY, CAMARA, GIGLIO,
  CASTELLI, HAWLEY, SMARDZ, FRIEND, McKEVITT, CAHILL,  RABBITT,  MURRAY,
  KATZ,  D. MILLER,  FINCH  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
  CERETTO, CONTE, CROUCH,  GOODELL,  LOSQUADRO,  McLAUGHLIN,  PALMESANO,
  SAYWARD  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental
  Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental  Operations
  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to requiring that
  member floor votes be made available online

  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-c
to read as follows:
  S 54-C. VOTES TO BE POSTED ONLINE. ALL VOTES TAKEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE OR ASSEMBLY SHALL BE LISTED ON EACH MEMBER'S PAGE ON THE OFFICIAL
WEBSITE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE VOTE.
SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE THE BILL NUMBER, DATE OF VOTE, THE SUMMARY OF
THE  LEGISLATION  FROM THE LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND THE MEMBER'S
VOTE LISTED AS YES OR NO. SUCH LISTING SHALL BE  CLEARLY  IDENTIFIED  AS
"MEMBER'S VOTING RECORD" ON THE MEMBER'S PAGE OF THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09905-03-1

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