Senate Bill S7887

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Amends the list of persons eligible to succeed the governor in the event that the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7887 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3995
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
New York State Defense Emergency Act
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 1-A §5, Chap 784 of 1951

2025-S7887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the list of persons eligible to succeed the governor in the event that the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor as a result of an attack or a natural or peacetime disaster and the lieutenant governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly are unable to discharge such duties.

2025-S7887 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7887
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state defense emergency act, in relation to
   persons eligible to succeed the governor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "unfore-
 seen circumstances act".
   § 2. Section 5 of article 1-A of chapter  784  of  the  laws  of  1951
 constituting  the  New  York  state defense emergency act, as amended by
 chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. Persons eligible to succeed governor.  If,  as  a  result  of  an
 attack  or  a  natural  or  peacetime  disaster,  the office of governor
 becomes vacant and each of the lieutenant governor, the temporary presi-
 dent of the senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly  is  unable  to
 discharge  the  powers and duties of the office of governor or is absent
 from the state, then the officer of the state  who  is  (a)  highest  in
 order  of the following list, (b) not otherwise unable to discharge such
 powers and duties, and (c) not absent  from  the  state,  shall  act  as
 governor:    attorney  general, comptroller, commissioner of transporta-
 tion, commissioner of health, commissioner of [commerce] ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT, [industrial] commissioner OF LABOR,  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  of
 the public service commission, [secertary] SECRETARY of state.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04313-01-5

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