Bill Text: NY S06947 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Entitles members to bring one substantive piece of legislation to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-16 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S06947 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06947-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6947 I N S E N A T E April 16, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to entitling each member of the legislature to bring one substantive piece of legis- lation of his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term 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 "sensible 2 opportunity for legislative equality (SOLE) act". 3 S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 33-a to 4 read as follows: 5 S 33-A. ENTITLEMENT TO ONE SUBSTANTIVE BILL DURING EACH TWO-YEAR 6 TERM. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, DURING EACH 7 TWO-YEAR TERM OF THE LEGISLATURE, EACH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HAVE 8 AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, OF HIS OR HER CHOOSING, 9 EXCLUSIVE OF ANY BILL ACCOMPANIED BY A HOME RULE MESSAGE, DISCHARGED 10 FROM COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. A MEMBER MAY BRING 11 SUCH BILL TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE BY FILING A WRITTEN NOTICE WITH THE 12 CLERK OF SENATE DESK OPERATIONS OR THE INDEX CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY ON A 13 FORM PROVIDED BY SUCH CLERK. 14 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14352-05-2