Entitles each member of the legislature to bring one statewide piece of legislation of the member's choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4372
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental 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 the member's 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 the member's choosing,
9 exclusive of any bill accompanied by a home rule message, discharged
10 from committee and brought to the floor for a vote. A member may bring
11 such bill to the floor for a vote by filing a written notice with the
12 clerk of senate desk operations or the index clerk of the assembly on a
13 form 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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