New York S 1583: Limits tenure of temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority and minority leaders and committee chairs

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S01583 Summary:

BILL NOS01583 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, HELMING, O'MARA, ORTT

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§5-c & 5-d, Leg L

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Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly and minority leader of the assembly to 8 years; limits the tenure of the chair of any single legislative committee to 8 consecutive years.

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BILL NOS01583 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1583

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, O'MARA, ORTT -- 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 limiting the amount
 of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
 of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate,
 majority leader of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minor-
 ity leader of the assembly or chair of a legislative committee

 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 two new sections
 2 5-c and 5-d to read as follows:
 3 § 5-c. Limitation on tenure of temporary president, speaker and minor-
 4 ity leaders. No member of the legislature shall hold the office of
 5 temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority
 6 leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly, minority leader
 7 of the senate or minority leader of the assembly for more than eight
 8 years.
 9 § 5-d. Limitation on tenure of legislative committee chair. No member
 10 of the legislature shall be the chair of any single legislative commit-
 11 tee for more than eight consecutive years.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01612-01-5

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