Bill Commons

NY S 8144

in committee

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8144 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8144 is in committee as of 2026-02-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-05): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 8144 about?

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor of three terms in such office.

Who sponsors NY S 8144?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 8144.

Description

Establishes term limits for the governor and lieutenant-governor of three terms in such office.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-05 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-15

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-16

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-06-04

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-08-13

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-13

    PRINT NUMBER 8144A

    amendment-passage

  6. 2025-08-13

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  7. 2025-09-04

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  10. 2026-02-05

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9095not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 5785

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8144?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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