Bill Text: NY A04079 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4079 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits voting by the legislature between the hours of 9:00 pm and 9:00 am.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-07 - enacting clause stricken [A04079 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04079-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4079
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         TENNEY -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
         Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting voting
         on legislation during certain times
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "vampire
    2  voting act of 2015".
    3    S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 49 to read
    4  as follows:
    5    S 49. VOTING PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN HOURS.  NEITHER  HOUSE  OF  THE
    6  LEGISLATURE  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  VOTE  ON ANY MATTER, EXCEPT FOR VOTES ON
    7  PROCEDURAL MATTERS, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE O'CLOCK POST MERIDIAN  AND
    8  NINE O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN.
    9    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08071-01-5