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Assembly Bill A537

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon

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2025-A537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S91
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §33-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8658, S6475
2017-2018: A7412, S1706
2019-2020: A1409, S558
2021-2022: A3256, S220
2023-2024: A2293, S47

2025-A537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

2025-A537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    537
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH, McDONOUGH, RA, HAWLEY, DiPIETRO, BLANKEN-
   BUSH, MORINELLO, BRABENEC, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, TAGUE, SMULLEN,  DURSO,
   JENSEN,  GALLAHAN, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ANGELINO,
   DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh-
   old level of co-sponsorship
 
   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 33-a
 to read as follows:
   § 33-A. BILLS WITH A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF CO-SPONSORSHIP.   1. ANY  BILL
 INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY SEVENTY-SIX
 OR  MORE  MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE TO BE
 TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED.
   2. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY
 THIRTY-TWO OR MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE  FOR  A
 VOTE  TO BE TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS
 INTRODUCED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00843-01-5

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