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Assembly Bill A5596

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years

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2021-A5596 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6919
2013-2014: A3273
2015-2016: A5697
2017-2018: A6463
2019-2020: A4433
2023-2024: A5408
2025-2026: A2386

2021-A5596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

2021-A5596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5596
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
   relation  to increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla-
   ture to four years

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of  article
 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter
 provided. The senators [elected in the year one thousand  eight  hundred
 and  ninety-five  shall  hold  their  offices for three years, and their
 successors] shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years;  PROVIDED,
 THAT SENATORS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND IN SUBSE-
 QUENT  YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS. The assembly shall
 consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members  [elected
 in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and thirty-eight, and their
 successors,] shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
 THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  AND
 IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS.
   §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
 referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89092-01-1

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