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A04647 Summary:

BILL NO	A04647A
SAME AS	SAME AS S03965-A
SPONSOR	Johns
COSPNSR	Kolb, Blankenbush, Hawley, Goodell, Walter, Katz, McKevitt, Saladino, Crouch, McDonough, Tedisco, Barclay, Ceretto, Tenney, Giglio, Graf, Raia, Finch, Ra, Palmesano, Wozniak, DiPietro, Murray, Corwin, Kearns, Lawrence, Butler, Palumbo
MLTSPNSR	Brabenec, Curran, Duprey, Fitzpatrick, Friend, Garbarino, Lalor, Lopez, Lupinacci, Malliotakis, McLaughlin, Montesano, Oaks, Stec
Add S33-a, Leg L
Entitles members to bring one statewide piece of legislation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.

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A04647 Actions:

BILL NO	A04647A
02/05/2015	referred to governmental operations
03/23/2015	amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
03/23/2015	print number 4647a
01/06/2016	referred to governmental operations
06/15/2016	held for consideration in governmental operations

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A04647 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:06/15/2016AYE/NAY:10/4  Action: Held for Consideration         
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Duprey
Nay
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Johns
Nay
Glick
Aye
Lalor
Nay
Schimel
Aye
Robinson
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye

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A04647 Floor Votes:

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A04647 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4647--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 5, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JOHNS,  KOLB,  BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, GOODELL,
          WALTER, KATZ, McKEVITT, SALADINO, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, TEDISCO, BARCLAY,
          CERETTO, TENNEY, GIGLIO, GRAF, RAIA, FINCH,  RA,  PALMESANO,  WOZNIAK,
          DiPIETRO,  MURRAY,  CORWIN  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI,
          BROOK-KRASNY, CURRAN, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GARBARINO, LALOR,  LUPINAC-
          CI, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, OAKS, STEC -- read once and referred to the
          Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to entitling each
          member of the legislature to bring one statewide piece of  legislation
          of  his  or  her  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 his or her choosing, exclu-
     9  sive of any bill accompanied by a home  rule  message,  discharged  from
    10  committee  and  brought to the floor for a vote. A member may bring such
    11  bill to the floor for a vote by filing a written notice with  the  clerk
    12  of  senate  desk operations or the index clerk of the assembly on a form
    13  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.
                                                                   LBD06539-02-5

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