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A05715 Summary:

BILL NO	A05715
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Johns (MS)
COSPNSR	Crouch, McDonough, Palumbo, Raia, Barclay, Giglio, Blankenbush, Palmesano, Hawley, Kolb, Goodell, Ra, Finch, DiPietro, Lawrence, Norris, Byrne, Friend, Miller B, Walsh, Morinello, Ashby, Smith, Mikulin, Brabenec, Reilly, DeStefano, Schmitt, Smullen, LiPetri, Salka, Manktelow, Walczyk
MLTSPNSR	Braunstein, Byrnes, Fitzpatrick, Garbarino, Lalor, Malliotakis, Miller ML, Montesano, Stec, Tague
Add §33-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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A05715 Actions:

BILL NO	A05715
02/14/2019	referred to governmental operations
01/08/2020	referred to governmental operations
07/16/2020	held for consideration in governmental operations

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A05715 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:07/16/2020AYE/NAY:10/4  Action: Held for Consideration         
Zebrowski
Aye
Johns
Nay
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Glick
Aye
Lalor
Nay
Kim
Aye
Byrne
Nay
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Epstein
Aye

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A05715 Floor Votes:

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A05715 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5715
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JOHNS, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, PALUMBO, RAIA, BARCLAY,
          GIGLIO,  BLANKENBUSH,  PALMESANO,  HAWLEY,  KOLB,  GOODELL, RA, FINCH,
          DiPIETRO, LAWRENCE, NORRIS, BYRNE, FRIEND, B. MILLER, WALSH,  MORINEL-
          LO,  ASHBY,  SMITH,  MIKULIN  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUN-
          STEIN,  FITZPATRICK,  GARBARINO,  LALOR,  MALLIOTAKIS,   M. L. MILLER,
          MONTESANO,  STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
          mental 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 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.
                                                                   LBD05915-01-9

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