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A 4506: Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to four consecutive two year terms.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 12, 2026

What A 4506 does, verified January 12, 2026

The bill aims to limit the amount of time a legislator can serve as a legislative leader. No member of the legislature can be elected to serve more than four consecutive two-year terms in leadership positions. These leadership positions include the temporary president of the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the assembly, and chairperson of senate or assembly committees. The changes will take effect on January 1st, succeeding the date the bill becomes a law.

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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental operations
Feb. 04, 2025referred to governmental operations
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 210 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4506 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount of time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader 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 5-c 2 to read as follows: 3 § 5-c. Limits on time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader. 4 No member of the legislature may be elected to serve more than four 5 consecutive two year terms as the temporary president of the senate, 6 minority leader of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader 7 of the assembly or the chairperson of any senate or assembly committee. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 9 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. LBD07163-01-5 
Text of A 4506 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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