Relates to the redistricting of congressional and state legislative districts and to redistricting in the event that another state has acted to determine the district lines for congressional offices more than once in less than ten years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8467
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, MAYER, RIVERA,
SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Rules
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 3 of the constitution, in
relation to the redistricting of congressional and state legislative
districts; and proposing an amendment to article 3 of the constitu-
tion, in relation to redistricting in the event that another state has
acted to determine the district lines for congressional offices more
than once in less than ten years
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concurs), That subdivision (e) of
2 section 4 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (e) The process for redistricting congressional and state legislative
5 districts established by this section and sections five and five-b of
6 this article, as well as the process for redistricting congressional
7 districts established by section five-c of this article, when applica-
8 ble, shall govern redistricting in this state except to the extent that
9 a court is required to order the adoption of, or changes to, a redis-
10 tricting plan as a remedy for a violation of law.
11 A reapportionment plan and the districts contained in such plan shall
12 be in force until the effective date of a plan based upon the subsequent
13 federal decennial census taken in a year ending in zero unless modified
14 pursuant to court order.
15 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concurs), That article 3 of the consti-
16 tution be amended by adding a new section 5-c to read as follows:
17 § 5-c. In the event that another state has acted to determine the
18 district lines for congressional offices more than once in less than ten
19 years, other than in circumstances where such state has been ordered to
20 do so by a court, the state of New York, by an act of the legislature,
21 may also act to determine the district lines for congressional offices,
22 notwithstanding any law or other provision of this article to the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 contrary, provided, however, that the legislature shall use the princi-
2 ples set forth in paragraphs one through five of subdivision (c) of
3 section four of this article in the determination of the district lines
4 for congressional offices.
5 § 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concurs), That the foregoing amendment
6 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
7 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
8 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
9 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
