assembly Bill A6044

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5478 - Signed by Governor

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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 07, 2016 signed chap.421
Nov 02, 2016 delivered to governor
Jun 14, 2016 returned to senate
passed assembly
Jun 08, 2016 ordered to third reading rules cal.44
substituted for a6044
Jun 08, 2016 substituted by s5478
Jun 06, 2016 ordered to third reading rules cal.44
rules report cal.44
reported
Jun 02, 2016 reported referred to rules
Jan 06, 2016 referred to election law
May 29, 2015 advanced to third reading cal.494
May 28, 2015 reported
Mar 11, 2015 referred to election law

Votes

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May 17, 2016 - floor Vote

S5478
53
5
floor
53
Aye
5
Nay
0
Absent
5
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 17, 2016

aye (53)
nay (5)
excused (5)

May 16, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

S5478
18
2
committee
18
Aye
2
Nay
5
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 16, 2016

aye (18)
nay (2)
aye wr (5)

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A6044 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5478
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 19 of 2014

A6044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; makes such provisions permanent.

A6044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6044

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, THIELE, FAHY, LUPARDO, LENTOL, BRAUN-
  STEIN, CLARK, PICHARDO, SEAWRIGHT,  BROOK-KRASNY,  ROSENTHAL,  MOSLEY,
  STIRPE,  GOTTFRIED,  COLTON,  COOK,  ZEBROWSKI, MAYER, PERRY, BARRETT,
  SCHIMEL, QUART, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO, GALEF, LOPEZ, CRESPO,  GUNTHER,
  ARROYO,  STECK,  BRENNAN,  BRINDISI, GJONAJ, HOOPER, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH,
  KEARNS, KIM, LAVINE, LIFTON, ORTIZ, MAGNARELLI, SEPULVEDA, SIMANOWITZ,
  SKARTADOS, SKOUFIS, SOLAGES, MOYA, TITONE, WEPRIN,  ABINANTI,  CROUCH,
  ENGLEBRIGHT,  MAGEE, MONTESANO, RYAN, SCARBOROUGH, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. DUPREY, GLICK -- read once  and  referred  to
  the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend chapter 19 of the laws of 2014 amending the election law
  relating to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the pres-
  ident  by national popular vote, in relation to making such provisions
  permanent

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

  Section  1.  Section  2 of chapter 19 of the laws of 2014 amending the
election law relating to enacting the  agreement  among  the  states  to
elect  the  president  by  national  popular vote, is amended to read as
follows:
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the commis-
sioner of the state board of elections shall notify the legislative bill
drafting commission upon the occurrence of the adoption of the agreement
among the states to elect the president by national popular vote by  two
or more states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
of  New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of
the legislative law and  section  70-b  of  the  public  officers  law[;
provided,  however,  that  this  act shall expire and be deemed repealed
December 31, 2018 if the states cumulatively possessing  a  majority  of
the  electoral  votes  have  not enacted the provisions of the agreement

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07372-01-5