Senate BillIntroduced
S 1890: Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.
What S 1890 does, verified February 4, 2026
The proposed amendment would change the terms of office for members of the legislature. The amendment would increase the terms of office for senators from three years to four years, and for assembly members from two years to four years. This change would apply to senators and assembly members elected after the year 2026. The proposed amendment would require the first regular legislative session to convene after the next general election to consider the change. The proposed change would need to be published for three months before the election to allow for public consideration.
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| Jan. 31, 2025 | OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 316 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1890 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation to increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla- ture to four years 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti- 2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter 4 provided. The senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred5and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their6successors] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided, 7 that senators elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in subse- 8 quent years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly shall 9 consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members [elected10in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their11successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided, 12 that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in 13 subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years. 14 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 15 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 16 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 17 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 18 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89012-01-5
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