New York S 1586: Relates to term limits for the office of governor; term limits for the offices of comptroller and attorney-general; and to limiting the terms of office as a member of the legislature any person may serve

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S01586 Summary:

BILL NOS01586 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRCHAN, GALLIVAN, ORTT, RHOADS, WALCZYK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 4 §1, Art 5 §1, Art 3 §2, Constn

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Relates to term limits for the office of governor; term limits for the offices of comptroller and attorney-general; limits the terms of office as a member of the legislature any person may serve.

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BILL NOS01586 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/13/2025TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

01/31/2025OPINION 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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 1586

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, GALLIVAN, ORTT, WALCZYK -- 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 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in
 relation to term limits for the office of governor; proposing an
 amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution, in relation
 to term limits for the offices of comptroller and attorney-general;
 and proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitu-
 tion, in relation to limiting the terms of office as a member of the
 legislature any person may serve

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
 2 cle 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who
 4 shall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be
 5 chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieu-
 6 tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year
 7 nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and each fourth year thereafter. They
 8 shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote
 9 applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for
 10 making such choice in such manner. The respective persons having the
 11 highest number of votes cast jointly for them for governor and lieuten-
 12 ant-governor respectively shall be elected. No person shall be elected
 13 to the office of the governor more than two times, and no person who has
 14 held the office of governor or acted as governor for more than two years
 15 of a term to which another person was elected governor shall be elected
 16 to more than one additional term. The limitation on the terms of office
 17 that any person can be elected to the office of governor shall not apply
 18 to any person holding the office of governor on the effective date of
 19 this provision. Provided, further, that a person who has been elected
 20 two times to the office of governor and who is in the line of succession
 21 to such office, pursuant to section six of this article, shall be passed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89021-01-5

 S. 1586 2

 1 over in the line of succession and the next person in the line of
 2 succession shall act as governor.
 3 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of article 5 of
 4 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 5 Section 1. The comptroller and attorney-general shall be chosen at the
 6 same general election as the governor and hold office for the same term,
 7 and shall possess the qualifications provided in section 2 of article
 8 IV. The legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in the office of
 9 comptroller and of attorney-general. No election of a comptroller or an
 10 attorney-general shall be had except at the time of electing a governor.
 11 No person shall be elected to the office of comptroller or attorney-gen-
 12 eral more than two times, and no person who has held the office of comp-
 13 troller or attorney-general, or acted as comptroller or attorney-general
 14 for more than two years of a term to whic