New York S 3923: Limits the use of messages of necessity

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S03923 Summary:

BILL NOS03923 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 3 §14, Constn

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Limits the use of messages of necessity to situations involving a state of emergency.

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BILL NOS03923 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/30/2025TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/07/2025OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/03/2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3923

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
 in relation to limiting the use of messages of necessity

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti-
 2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 § 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
 4 been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
 5 least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
 6 the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under [his
 7 or her] their hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in [his or
 8 her] the governor's or acting governor's opinion necessitate an immedi-
 9 ate vote thereon to respond to a state disaster emergency, as defined by
 10 paragraph b of subdivision two of section twenty of the executive law in
 11 which case it must nevertheless be upon the desks of the members in
 12 final form, not necessarily printed, before its final passage; nor shall
 13 any bill be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority
 14 of the members elected to each branch of the legislature; and upon the
 15 last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the
 16 question upon its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter,
 17 and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
 18 For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
 19 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
 20 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such
 21 format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
 22 tronic means" means any method of transmission of information between
 23 computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and
 24 receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to
 25 reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of
 26 expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
 27 be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89087-01-5

 S. 3923 2

 1 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
 2 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next
 3 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 4 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 5 months previous to the time of such election.

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