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Senate Bill S6794

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the length of the term of office to four years for members of the legislature

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2025-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7140
2021-2022: S2002
2023-2024: S2058

2025-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the length of the term of office to four years for members of the legislature.

2025-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6794
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
   relation to increasing the length of the term of office for members of
   the legislature
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti-
 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as  hereinafter
 provided.  The  senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred
 and ninety-five shall hold their offices  for  three  years,  and  their
 successors]  shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
 THAT SENATORS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND IN  SUBSE-
 QUENT  YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS. The assembly shall
 consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members  [elected
 in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and thirty-eight, and their
 successors,] shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
 THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND IN
 SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing  amendments
 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 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.
                                                            LBD89113-01-5

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