A537 • 2025

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon

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Sponsor: Mary Beth Walsh
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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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

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

What This Bill Does

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

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Bill History

2026-05-05 Assembly
HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2025-01-08 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon
Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                           537

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH, McDONOUGH, RA, HAWLEY, DiPIETRO, BLANKEN-
          BUSH, MORINELLO, BRABENEC, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, TAGUE, SMULLEN,  DURSO,
          JENSEN,  GALLAHAN, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ANGELINO,
          DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh-
          old level of co-sponsorship

          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 a new section 33-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 33-A. BILLS WITH A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF CO-SPONSORSHIP.   1. ANY  BILL
     4  INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY SEVENTY-SIX
     5  OR  MORE  MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE TO BE
     6  TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED.
     7    2. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY
     8  THIRTY-TWO OR MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE  FOR  A
     9  VOTE  TO BE TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS
    10  INTRODUCED.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    12  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00843-01-5