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Assembly Bill A10148

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Imposes term limits on members of the legislature

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2023-A10148 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A6527

2023-A10148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms.

2023-A10148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10148
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
   read once and referred to the Committee 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 imposing term limits on members of the legislature
 
   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,
 HOWEVER, NO SENATOR SHALL SERVE FOR MORE THAN SIX CONSECUTIVE TERMS. 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, HOWEVER, NO ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHALL  SERVE  FOR  MORE  THAN  SIX
 CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments 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 three months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89130-01-4

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