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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to judiciary |
Apr 24, 2019 | print number 1763a |
Apr 24, 2019 | amend and recommit to judiciary |
Jan 16, 2019 | referred to judiciary |
senate Bill S1763A
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Michael Gianaris
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 26th Senate District
S1763 - Details
S1763 - Summary
Concerns the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of America to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 130 S.Ct. 876.
S1763 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1763 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act on the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of America to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 130 S.Ct. 876 PURPOSE: To petition Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns such as those raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED. V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2010) 130 S.Ct. 876 and related cases and events. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
S1763 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1763 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT on the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of America to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 130 S.Ct. 876 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that: a. the first President of the United States, George Washington, stat- ed: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government."; b. it was the stated intention of the framers of the Constitution of the United States of America that the Congress of the United States of America should be "dependent on the people alone." (James Madison, Federalist 52); c. that dependency has evolved from a dependency on the people alone to a dependency on those who spend excessively in elections, through campaigns or third-party groups; d. the United States Supreme Court ruling in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 558 U.S. 310 (2010) removed restrictions on amount of independent political spending; e. the removal of those restrictions has resulted in the unjust influ- ence of powerful economic forces, which have supplanted the will of the people by undermining our ability to choose our political leadership, write our own laws, and determine the fate of our state; and f. Article V of the United States Constitution requires the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments upon EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04074-01-9
Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Phil Boyle
(R) 0 Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
S1763A (ACTIVE) - Details
S1763A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Concerns the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of America to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 130 S.Ct. 876.
S1763A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1763A SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act on the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of Amer- ica to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 130 S.Ct. 876 PURPOSE: To petition Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns such as those raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2010) 130 S.Ct. 876 and related cases and events. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
S1763A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1763--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BIAGGI, COMRIE, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HOYL- MAN, JACKSON, MAYER, MONTGOMERY, SALAZAR, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT on the application of the legislature of the state of New York petitioning the Congress of the United States of America to call a national constitutional convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 130 S.Ct. 876 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that: a. the first President of the United States, George Washington, stat- ed: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government."; b. it was the stated intention of the framers of the Constitution of the United States of America that the Congress of the United States of America should be "dependent on the people alone." (James Madison, Federalist 52); c. that dependency has evolved from a dependency on the people alone to a dependency on those who spend excessively in elections, through campaigns or third-party groups; d. the United States Supreme Court ruling in CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 558 U.S. 310 (2010) removed restrictions on amount of independent political spending; e. the removal of those restrictions has resulted in the unjust influ- ence of powerful economic forces, which have supplanted the will of the people by undermining our ability to choose our political leadership, write our own laws, and determine the fate of our state; and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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