Assembly Bill A5667

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring that all members of the senate and assembly have a minimum number of bills brought to the chamber floor for consideration and vote every legislative session calendar year

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  • 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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2019-A5667 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5330
2017-2018: A5056

2019-A5667 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all members of the senate and assembly have a minimum number of bills brought to the chamber floor for consideration and vote every legislative session calendar year.

2019-A5667 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5667
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, CROUCH, LAWRENCE, McDONOUGH,
   B. MILLER,  MORINELLO,  REILLY,  SAYEGH,  SMULLEN  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring that all
   members of the senate and assembly have  a  minimum  number  of  bills
   brought to the chamber floor for consideration and vote every legisla-
   tive session calendar year
 
   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  5-b
 to read as follows:
   §  5-B.  FLOOR  VOTES  ON  LEGISLATION.  EACH MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND
 ASSEMBLY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE BILLS, NOT INCLUDING ANY BUDGET OR
 APPROPRIATION BILLS, BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE  EVERY  LEGISLATIVE
 SESSION  CALENDAR YEAR. NO BILL MAY BE HELD IN COMMITTEE INDEFINITELY TO
 CIRCUMVENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06953-01-9

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