Bill Commons

NY A 3377

in committee

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 3377 pass?

Not yet. NY A 3377 is in committee as of 2026-01-30 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-30): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 3377 about?

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and the case in which the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state.

Who sponsors NY A 3377?

Marianne Buttenschon is the primary sponsor of NY A 3377.

Description

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and the case in which the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-30 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marianne Buttenschonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-31

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-02-07

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  6. 2026-01-30

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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  • Prior session: A 1979not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3725not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 9817not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1470not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1585

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A3377?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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