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                                   9089
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
   in  relation  to prohibiting the passage of bills between the hours of
   midnight and eight o'clock a.m.  and requiring two-thirds approval for
   messages of necessity
 
   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:
   A. 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] THE GOVERNOR'S OR ACTING GOVER-
 NOR'S hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in  [his  or  her]
 THE  GOVERNOR'S  OR  ACTING  GOVERNOR'S opinion necessitate an immediate
 vote thereon AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE
 LEGISLATURE ASSENT TO SUCH FACTS THAT NECESSITATE SUCH  IMMEDIATE  VOTE,
 in  which  case it must nevertheless be upon the desks of the members in
 final form, not necessarily printed,  before  its  final  passage;  [nor
 shall any bill be passed or become a law,]
   B.  except  by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each
 branch of the legislature;
   C.  BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND EIGHT  O'CLOCK  A.M.;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER  THAT THIS PROVISION MAY BE WAIVED UPON THE ASSENT OF TWO-THIRDS
 OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE; and
   D. upon the last reading of a bill,  no  amendment  thereof  shall  be
 allowed,  and  the  question upon its final passage shall be taken imme-
 diately 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   §  2.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing be referred
 to the first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after  the  next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 months previous to the time of such election.