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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor James Tedisco
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Title of bill
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow for a piece of legislation that has garnered the co-sponsorship of 76 members of the Assembly and 32 members in the Senate to be brought to the floor in that respective house for a vote.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends the legislative law by adding a new section 33-a to read as follows:
§ 33-a. Bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship.
1. Any bill introduced in the assembly shall, upon being co-sponsored by seventy-six or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a vote to be taken thereon during the legislative session in which it was introduced.
2. Any bill introduced in the senate shall, upon being co-sponsored by thirty-two or more members, be brought to the floor of the house for a vote to be taken thereon during the legislative session in which it was introduced.
Justification
In theory, any piece of legislation in any legislative body that has earned the sponsorship of more than half its members has been vetted, passed muster and merits an open floor debate and up or down vote.
This legislation would require that those pieces of legislation that have garnered widespread support (76 members in the Assembly/32 members in the Senate) be discharged from committee and brought to the floor for a vote.
It is the very concept of good governance and democracy for a legislative body to openly debate a bill in the public square that has the support of the majority of its members, hence a majority of that legislative body's constituency.
Prior legislative history
2015-16: A.8658 (Tedisco)
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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