S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5662
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 19, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, MILLER, GRAY -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
in relation to prohibiting the governor from issuing a message of
necessity for budget related bills
Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
§ 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
her hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must never-
theless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
printed, before its final passage, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH IMMEDIATE
VOTE SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED FOR BUDGET BILLS OR APPROPRIATION BILLS
RELATING THERETO; nor shall any bill be passed or become a law, except
by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the
legislature; and upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof
shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken
immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
ic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such
format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
tronic means" means any method of transmission of information between
computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and
receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to
reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of
expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 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.