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| Apr 29, 2014 | referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jan 23, 2014 | advanced to third reading |
| Jan 22, 2014 | 2nd report cal. |
| Jan 14, 2014 | 1st report cal.24 |
| Jan 08, 2014 | referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 10, 2013 | referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 04, 2013 | advanced to third reading |
| Jun 03, 2013 | 2nd report cal. |
| May 30, 2013 | 1st report cal.836 |
| Feb 05, 2013 | referred to investigations and government operations |
senate Bill S3556
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Joseph A. Griffo
(R, C, IP) 47th Senate District
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John J. Bonacic
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
John A. DeFrancisco
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 59th Senate District
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William J. Larkin, Jr.
(R, C) 0 Senate District
Michael H. Ranzenhofer
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 48th Senate District
Lee M. Zeldin
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S3556 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3556 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minority leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee PURPOSE: This bill limits the tenure of legislative leaders and commit- tee chairs. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Legislative Law by adding two new sections, 5-b and 5-c. * 5-b limits the tenure of the temporary president, speaker and minority leaders to less than twelve (12) years. * 5-c limits the tenure of the committee chair of a single committee to no more than eight (8) years with an exception for the Committee on Rules where there is no limit. Section 2 details the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: This bill is intended to keep New York State's leader-
S3556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3556
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, SAVINO -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate,
minority leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee
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 two new sections
5-b and 5-c to read as follows:
S 5-B. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF TEMPORARY PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AND MINOR-
ITY LEADERS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY
LEADER OF THE SENATE OR MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN
TWELVE YEARS.
S 5-C. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. NO
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF ANY SINGLE LEGISLA-
TIVE COMMITTEE, EXCEPT THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, FOR MORE THAN EIGHT
YEARS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06472-01-3
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