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Assembly Bill A7387

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations

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2025-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 7 §3, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6894
2017-2018: A4375
2019-2020: A3868
2021-2022: A4669
2023-2024: A3597

2025-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations.

2025-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7387
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 3 of article 7 of the constitution, in
   relation to appropriations included in the governor's budget proposal

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 3 of  article
 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  3.  At  the  time  of  submitting the budget to the legislature the
 governor shall submit a bill or bills containing all the proposed appro-
 priations and reappropriations included in the budget and  the  proposed
 legislation,  if  any,  recommended  therein.    THE GOVERNOR SHALL ONLY
 INCLUDE MONETARY ITEMS AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS AND  RE-APPROPRIATIONS
 FOR  THE  APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR AND ALL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO EXISTING
 LAW, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, SHALL BE SET FORTH IN SEPARATE  LEGISLATION
 FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
   The  governor  may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with
 the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther-
 eof, amend or supplement the budget and submit amendments to  any  bills
 submitted by [him or her] THE GOVERNOR or submit supplemental bills.
   The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it
 shall  be  the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either
 house of the legislature or an appropriate committee thereof, to  appear
 and  be heard in respect to the budget during the consideration thereof,
 and to answer inquiries relevant thereto. The procedure for such appear-
 ances and inquiries shall be provided by law.
   § 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 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.
                                                            LBD89102-01-5

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