STATE OF NEW YORK
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1706
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, AVELLA, KRUEGER, LATIMER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Investigations and Government 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.
LBD01206-02-7
