Bill Text: NY S05833 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05833 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05833-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5833
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 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.
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