Bill Text: NY A05715 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Entitles members to bring one statewide piece of legislation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 43-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A05715 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05715-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5715 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHNS, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, PALUMBO, RAIA, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, BLANKENBUSH, PALMESANO, HAWLEY, KOLB, GOODELL, RA, FINCH, DiPIETRO, LAWRENCE, NORRIS, BYRNE, FRIEND, B. MILLER, WALSH, MORINEL- LO, ASHBY, SMITH, MIKULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUN- STEIN, FITZPATRICK, GARBARINO, LALOR, MALLIOTAKIS, M. L. MILLER, MONTESANO, STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern- mental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to entitling each member of the legislature to bring one statewide piece of legislation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term 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 "single 2 opportunity for legislative equality (SOLE) act". 3 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 33-a to 4 read as follows: 5 § 33-a. Entitlement to one statewide bill during each two-year term. 6 Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, during each two- 7 year term of the legislature, each member shall be entitled to have at 8 least one statewide piece of legislation, of his or her choosing, exclu- 9 sive of any bill accompanied by a home rule message, discharged from 10 committee and brought to the floor for a vote. A member may bring such 11 bill to the floor for a vote by filing a written notice with the clerk 12 of senate desk operations or the index clerk of the assembly on a form 13 provided by such clerk. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05915-01-9