S 233: Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 233 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO, RHOADS, WALCZYK -- 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 14 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation to prohibiting the passage of bills between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m. and requiring two-thirds approval for messages of necessity 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti- 2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law: 4 a. unless it shall have been printed and upon the desks of the 5 members, in its final form, at least three calendar legislative days 6 prior to its final passage, unless the governor, or the acting governor, 7 shall have certified, under [his or her] the governor's or acting gover- 8 nor's hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in [his or her] 9 the governor's or acting governor's opinion necessitate an immediate 10 vote thereon and two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the 11 legislature assent to such facts that necessitate such immediate vote, 12 in which case it must nevertheless be upon the desks of the members in 13 final form, not necessarily printed, before its final passage; [nor 14 shall any bill be passed or become a law,] 15 b. except by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each 16 branch of the legislature; 17 c. between the hours of midnight and eight o'clock a.m.; provided, 18 however that this provision may be waived upon the assent of two-thirds 19 of the members elected to each branch of the legislature; and 20 d. upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be 21 allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken imme- 22 diately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89009-01-5 
 S. 233 2 1 For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and 2 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron- 3 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such 4 format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec- 5 tronic means" means any method of transmission of information between 6 computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and 7 receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to 8 reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of 9 expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to 10 be made without leaving an adequate record thereof. 11 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred 12 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next 13 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform- 14 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 15 months previous to the time of such election.