Bill Text: NY A07103 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits voting by the legislature between the hours of 9:00 pm and 9:00 am.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-30 - print number 7103a [A07103 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07103-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7103--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting voting on legislation during certain times THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "vampire 2 voting act of 2014". 3 S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 49 to read 4 as follows: 5 S 49. VOTING PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN HOURS. NEITHER HOUSE OF THE 6 LEGISLATURE SHALL CONDUCT A VOTE ON ANY MATTER, EXCEPT FOR VOTES ON 7 PROCEDURAL MATTERS, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE O'CLOCK POST MERIDIAN AND 8 NINE O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN. 9 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08200-03-4