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Assembly Bill A5781

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expedited consideration for bills

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2017-A5781 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §68, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9893
2015-2016: A4654
2019-2020: A4555

2017-A5781 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a system for expedited consideration of bills in both the state assembly and senate.

2017-A5781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5781
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to expedited  consider-
   ation for bills
 
   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  68
 to read as follows:
   §  68.  EXPEDITED  CONSIDERATION  FOR  BILLS. WHENEVER A BILL HAS BEEN
 SPONSORED BY A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF EITHER THE ASSEMBLY  OR  OF  THE
 SENATE  IN  EXCESS  OF  HALF  OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THAT HOUSE, THE
 PRIME SPONSOR OF THAT BILL SHALL NOTIFY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY, OR THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE,  AND
 CLERK OF THE SENATE, AS APPROPRIATE, THAT THE BILL IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPE-
 DITED CONSIDERATION. BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED  TO  HAVE  SATISFIED ANY AND ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE RULES OF
 THAT HOUSE TO BE VOTED ON BY THE FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THAT HOUSE.    BILLS
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  EXPEDITED  CONSIDERATION  SHALL BE VOTED UPON BY THE FULL
 MEMBERSHIP OF THAT HOUSE AS THE FIRST ORDER OF  BUSINESS  AT  THE  FIRST
 REGULARLY SCHEDULED SESSION OF THAT HOUSE AFTER HAVING BEEN IN PRINT AND
 UPON  THE  DESKS  OF  THE  MEMBERS OF THAT HOUSE FOR THREE DAYS, AND THE
 HOUSE SHALL CONDUCT NO FURTHER BUSINESS UNTIL ANY  DEBATE  IS  CONCLUDED
 AND THE AYES AND NAYS HAVE BEEN TALLIED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09808-01-7

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