NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6654

Senate Bill S6654

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the legislature to be completed

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020	committed to rules
Feb 03, 2020	advanced to third reading
Jan 29, 2020	2nd report cal.
Jan 28, 2020	1st report cal.315
Jan 08, 2020	referred to investigations and government operations
Aug 16, 2019	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 28, 2020 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S6654
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 28, 2020
      
      aye (6)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Lanza
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Jacobs

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2019-S6654 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8495
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: State
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1677, A2071
2023-2024: S3375, A4176

2019-S6654 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the legislature to be completed.

2019-S6654 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6654

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to direct the department of state to study,
evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the
legislature to be completed

 
PURPOSE:

To provide an accounting, and to determine the impact of the various
"Study Bills" passed into law within the last 5 years

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Directs the Department of State to conduct a study of studies
directed by the legislature to be completed over the past five years.
The study shall include, at minimum:

*How much the studies have cost the state to conduct including the
expenses paid to people conducting the studies
*How many studies, if any, have failed to produce and deliver the

required reports, information or any product required to be produced by
the study
*How many recommendations in these studies have become bills, laws,
rules, or regulations

Section 2: Authorizes the Department of State to consult with any state
or local office, agency, or department and request relevant information
from any of these entities.

Section 3: Sets a one year limit to produce the study called for by this
act.

Section 4: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The State Legislature passes many bills that require studies to be
conducted for purposes of drafting new legislation. The costs of these
studies add up, and the State should have a proper accounting of how
much all of these studies have cost.

Furthermore, the State should know how many studies have actually been
complied with, and how many studies have resulted in new
laws/regulations/etc.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6654 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6654
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to direct the department of state to study,  evaluate,  and  make
   recommendations  concerning  studies directed by the legislature to be
   completed

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Study.  The  department of state is hereby authorized and
 directed to conduct a study of studies directed by the legislature to be
 completed over the past five years. Such study shall examine, at a mini-
 mum, the following:
   (a) how much all these studies have cost the state, including, but not
 limited to, the usual expenses paid to people conducting the studies;
   (b) how many studies, if any, have failed to produce and  deliver  the
 required reports, information, or any product required to be produced by
 the study; and
   (c) how many recommendations in these studies have become bills, laws,
 rules, or regulations.
   §  2.  Powers.  The  department of state may consult with any state or
 local office, agency, or department and  request  information  from  any
 such  entity  that  is  relevant  and material to the completion of this
 study and report.
   § 3. Report. No later than one year after the effective date  of  this
 act,  the  department of state shall deliver a report of the findings of
 the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act to the governor,
 the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13486-01-9

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