Prohibits the governor from granting himself or herself or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5946
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 23, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 4 of the constitution, in
relation to prohibiting the governor from granting himself or herself
or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the
governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 4 of arti-
2 cle 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 § 4. The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commu-
4 tations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason
5 and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such
6 restrictions and limitations, as he or she may think proper, subject to
7 such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of
8 applying for pardons. The governor shall not have the power to grant a
9 reprieve, commutation or pardon to himself or herself, or to any persons
10 involved with furthering any illegal or unlawful conduct of such gover-
11 nor. Upon conviction for treason, the governor shall have power to
12 suspend the execution of the sentence, until the case shall be reported
13 to the legislature at its next meeting, when the legislature shall
14 either pardon, or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the
15 sentence, or grant a further reprieve. The governor shall annually
16 communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or
17 pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which the
18 convict was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the
19 commutation, pardon or reprieve.
20 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
21 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after
22 the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and,
23 in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
24 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89061-01-3
