Bill Text: NY S05029 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that no person acting as a political party chairperson, an elected public officer, an individual who is subject to the rules established by the commission on public integrity and any other person who is an officer of an organization, association or corporation that receives public funding shall be elected as a delegate to a constitutional convention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION [S05029 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S05029-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5029 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 19 of the constitution, in relation to the election of delegates 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti- 2 cle 19 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 2. At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred 4 fifty-seven, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times 5 as the legislature may by law provide, the question "Shall there be a 6 convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?" shall be 7 submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a 8 majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a 9 convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of 10 the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next 11 ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the 12 same election shall elect fifteen delegates-at-large. No person acting 13 as a political party chairperson, an elected public officer, a person 14 appointed by the governor, an individual who is subject to the lobbying 15 rules established by the commission on public integrity, any person who 16 is required to file an annual statement of financial disclosure with the 17 legislative ethics commission or any other person who is an officer of 18 an organization, association or corporation, other than an entity desig- 19 nated as tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the United States inter- 20 nal revenue code, that receives public funding shall be elected as a 21 delegate. None of the aforementioned exclusions apply to individuals 22 based on their employment at a higher education institution or the mili- 23 tary. The delegates so elected shall convene at the capitol on the first 24 Tuesday of April next ensuing after their election, and shall continue 25 their session until the business of such convention shall have been 26 completed. Every delegate shall receive for [his or her] such delegate's 27 services the same compensation as shall then be annually payable to the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89026-01-5S. 5029 2 1 members of the assembly and be reimbursed for actual traveling expenses, 2 while the convention is in session, to the extent that a member of the 3 assembly would then be entitled thereto in the case of a session of the 4 legislature. A majority of the convention shall constitute a quorum for 5 the transaction of business, and no amendment to the constitution shall 6 be submitted for approval to the electors as hereinafter provided, 7 unless by the assent of a majority of all the delegates elected to the 8 convention, the ayes and noes being entered on the journal to be kept. 9 The convention shall have the power to appoint such officers, employees 10 and assistants as it may deem necessary, and fix their compensation and 11 to provide for the printing of its documents, journal, proceedings and 12 other expenses of said convention. The convention shall determine the 13 rules of its own proceedings, choose its own officers, and be the judge 14 of the election, returns and qualifications of its members. In case of a 15 vacancy, by death, resignation or other cause, of any district delegate 16 elected to the convention, such vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the 17 remaining delegates representing the district in which such vacancy 18 occurs. If such vacancy occurs in the office of a delegate-at-large, 19 such vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the remaining delegates-at- 20 large. Any proposed constitution or constitutional amendment which shall 21 have been adopted by such convention, shall be submitted to a vote of 22 the electors of the state at the time and in the manner provided by such 23 convention, at an election which shall be held not less than six weeks 24 after the adjournment of such convention. Upon the approval of such 25 constitution or constitutional amendments, in the manner provided in the 26 last preceding section, such constitution or constitutional amendment, 27 shall go into effect on the first day of January next after such 28 approval. 29 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 30 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 31 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 32 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 33 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
