Bill Text: NY S01890 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01890 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01890-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1890

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
          relation to increasing the terms of office of members of the  legisla-
          ture to four years

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti-
     2  cle 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 hundred
     5  and ninety-five shall hold their offices  for  three  years,  and  their
     6  successors]  shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
     7  that senators elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in  subse-
     8  quent  years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly shall
     9  consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members  [elected
    10  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and thirty-eight, and their
    11  successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
    12  that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in
    13  subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
    14    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    15  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    16  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    17  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    18  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89012-01-5