New York A 4506: Relates to limits on certain legislative leader positions

Status: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4506

Sponsors: Jeff Gallahan

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A04506 Summary:

BILL NOA04506 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGallahan

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Add §5-c, Leg L

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Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to four consecutive two year terms.

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02/04/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
 of time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader

 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 5-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 5-c. Limits on time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader.
 4 No member of the legislature may be elected to serve more than four
 5 consecutive two year terms as the temporary president of the senate,
 6 minority leader of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader
 7 of the assembly or the chairperson of any senate or assembly committee.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 9 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.
 LBD07163-01-5

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