STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4509 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 9, 2023 ___________ 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 hundred 5 and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their 6 successors] 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 [elected 10 in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their 11 successors,] 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. LBD89090-01-3