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Assembly Bill A9022

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the line of succession for the office of governor; repealer

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2025-A9022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7812
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §44, Pub Off L; rpld Art 1-A, Chap 784 of 1951

2025-A9022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the line of succession for the office of governor when the governor is impeached or unable to perform such governor's duties.

2025-A9022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9022
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  the  line  of
   succession to the office of governor; and to repeal article 1-A of the
   New York state defense emergency act relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
 44 to read as follows:
   §  44.  OFFICIALS  ELIGIBLE TO ACT AS GOVERNOR. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CONSTITUTION, IF  THE  OFFICE  OF  GOVERNOR  BECOMES
 VACANT OR IF THE GOVERNOR IS IMPEACHED OR UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THE POWERS
 AND  DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, AND EACH OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVER-
 NOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEM-
 BLY IS UNABLE TO ACT AS GOVERNOR OR EACH  OFFICE  IS  VACANT,  THEN  THE
 OFFICIAL  WHO  IS  HIGHEST  ON  THE FOLLOWING LIST SHALL ACT AS GOVERNOR
 UNTIL A NEW GOVERNOR IS ELECTED, OR THE GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR
 IS ACQUITTED OR BECOMES ABLE: ATTORNEY GENERAL, COMPTROLLER, COMMISSION-
 ER  OF TRANSPORTATION, COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, COMMISSIONER OF FINANCIAL
 SERVICES, SECRETARY OF STATE, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND COMMISSIONER  OF
 AGRICULTURE,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH OFFICIAL OTHERWISE MEETS THE CRITERIA
 SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO OF ARTICLE FOUR OF  THE  CONSTITUTION  AND  WAS
 CONFIRMED  BY  THE  SENATE  OR ELECTED TO LEAD THE OFFICIAL'S RESPECTIVE
 DEPARTMENT.
   2. WHENEVER ANY OFFICIAL LISTED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  ACT  AS  GOVERNOR,  THAT OFFICIAL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO VACATE THE
 OFFICIAL'S EXISTING POSITION AND SHALL REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO ACT AS  GOVER-
 NOR  FOLLOWING  SUCH  RESIGNATION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF ANY
 OFFICIAL LISTED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL ACT AS GOVERNOR
 WHEN THE GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS UNDER IMPEACHMENT OR  UNABLE
 TO DISCHARGE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE, SUCH OFFICIAL SHALL NOT BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11676-01-5

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