New York A 9196: Establishes the position of member of the legislature as a part-time, volunteer position in the service of the state

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A09196 Summary:

BILL NOA09196 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDiPietro

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 3 §6, Art 7 §§2 - 4, Art 13 §4, add Art 3 §8-a, Constn

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Establishes the position of member of the legislature as a part-time, volunteer position in the service of the state; provides that state legislators shall receive no salary, or any other compensation or benefit from the state; authorizes the payment of travel expenses and per diem for days the legislature is in session, provides that per diem is limited to 30 days per annum; provides that the legislature shall convene in regular session only on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February; accelerates the state budget process so that the state budget is enacted on or before the last Sunday of February each year.

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BILL NOA09196 

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11/03/2025referred to governmental operations

11/07/2025to attorney-general for opinion

12/03/2025opinion referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

01/08/2026to attorney-general for opinion

01/30/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9196

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 3, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 3 of the constitution, in
 relation to compensation, per diem and traveling expenses payable to
 members of the legislature; proposing an amendment to article 3 of the
 constitution, in relation to the convening of legislative sessions;
 proposing amendments to sections 2, 3 and 4 of article 7 of the
 constitution, in relation to the submission to and enactment by the
 legislature of the executive budget; and proposing an amendment to
 section 4 of article 13 of the constitution, in relation to the annual
 legislative term

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 6 of article
 2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 § 6. [Each] No member of the legislature shall receive a salary or any
 4 other compensation or benefit payable by the state, for [his or her]
 5 their services [a like annual salary, to be fixed by law]. [He or she]
 6 Every member of the legislature shall be deemed to have volunteered
 7 their service, as a member of the assembly or a senator, to the state
 8 and under no circumstances shall any member of the state legislature be
 9 deemed a state employee for any purposes. Provided, however that each
 10 such member shall [also] be reimbursed for [his or her] their actual
 11 traveling expenses, as determined by the state comptroller, in going to
 12 and returning from the place in which the legislature meets, not more
 13 than once each week while the legislature is in session. In addition,
 14 members of the legislature shall be entitled to receive a per diem
 15 allowance, as determined by the state comptroller, for each day the
 16 legislature is in regular or extraordinary session, provided that no
 17 such member shall receive more than thirty days of per diem during any
 18 calendar year. Senators, [when the senate alone is convened in extraor-
 19 dinary session, or] when serving as members of the court for the trial
 20 of impeachments, and such members of the assembly, not exceeding nine in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89121-01-5

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 1 number, as shall be appointed managers of an impeachment, shall receive
 2 an additional per diem allowance, to be [fixed by law] determined by the
 3 state comptroller. [Any member, while serving as an officer of his or
 4 her house or in any other special capacity therein or directly connected
 5 therewith not hereinbefore in this section specified, may also be paid
 6 and receive, in addition, any allowance which may be fixed by law for
 7 the particular and additional services appertaining to or entailed by
 8 such