Bill Text: NY A10148 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - to attorney-general for opinion [A10148 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10148-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10148 IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation to imposing term limits on members of the legislature 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article 2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter 4 provided. The senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred5and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their6successors] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years provided, 7 however, no senator shall serve for more than six consecutive terms. The 8 assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly 9 members [elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight,10and their successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years 11 provided, however, no assembly member shall serve for more than six 12 consecutive terms. 13 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments be 14 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 15 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 16 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 17 published for 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. LBD89130-01-4