Assembly Bill A1353

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to bills containing provisions requiring appointments to be made by the legislative leaders

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A1353 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §52-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8127
2011-2012: A4744
2013-2014: A1730
2015-2016: A519
2017-2018: A5647
2019-2020: A4099
2021-2022: A6128
2023-2024: A5387

2025-A1353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain bills which establish a commission, task force, board, council or any similar body shall have not less than one position appointed by each of the legislative leaders.

2025-A1353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1353
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, SMITH, MIKULIN,
   SMULLEN, MILLER, MANKTELOW, WALSH, JENSEN, GALLAHAN, LEMONDES,  DeSTE-
   FANO, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO, FITZPATRICK,
   FRIEND,  HAWLEY,  McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  bills  containing
   provisions  requiring appointments to be made by the legislative lead-
   ers
 
   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 52-a
 to read as follows:
   §  52-A.  REQUIREMENTS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  BILLS CONTAINING PROVISIONS
 REQUIRING APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE.   1. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LEGISLATIVE LEADERS" SHALL MEAN THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEAD-
 ER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   2.  ANY  BILL WHICH ESTABLISHES A COMMISSION, TASK FORCE, BOARD, COUN-
 CIL, OR SIMILAR BODY, AND WHICH REQUIRES THAT A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS ON
 SUCH COMMISSION, TASK FORCE, BOARD, COUNCIL,  OR  SIMILAR  BODY  RECEIVE
 THEIR  APPOINTMENTS  FROM  THE LEGISLATURE, SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE
 MEMBER APPOINTED BY EACH OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03927-01-5

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