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NY A 6672

in committee

Authorizes the governor to fill vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor on confirmation of both houses of the legislature

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6672 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6672 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 6672 about?

Authorizes the governor to fill vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor on confirmation of both houses of the legislature; allows the governor to leave the state without transmitting power to lieutenant-governor; establishes the process for lieutenant-governor to act as governor during incapacitation of the governor.

Who sponsors NY A 6672?

Michael Tannousis is the primary sponsor of NY A 6672, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes the governor to fill vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor on confirmation of both houses of the legislature; allows the governor to leave the state without transmitting power to lieutenant-governor; establishes the process for lieutenant-governor to act as governor during incapacitation of the governor.

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

  • Michael Tannousisprimary
  • Joe Angelinocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-11

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-03-24

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    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: S 785not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8243not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5189not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5592

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6672?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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