STATE OF NEW YORK
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3256
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. WALSH, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, RA, DiPIETRO,
HAWLEY, BLANKENBUSH, MORINELLO, J. M. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, BARCLAY,
M. MILLER, NORRIS, ASHBY, SALKA, PALMESANO, TAGUE, SMULLEN -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh-
old level of co-sponsorship
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 33-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 33-a. Bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship. 1. Any bill
4 introduced in the assembly shall, upon being co-sponsored by seventy-six
5 or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a vote to be
6 taken thereon during the legislative session in which it was introduced.
7 2. Any bill introduced in the senate shall, upon being co-sponsored by
8 thirty-two or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a
9 vote to be taken thereon during the legislative session in which it was
10 introduced.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03838-01-1
