Bill Commons

NY S 1590

in committee

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by the senate and assembly

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1590 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1590 is in committee as of 2026-02-03 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-03): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 1590 about?

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly.

Who sponsors NY S 1590?

Joseph A. Griffo is the primary sponsor of NY S 1590, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-02-03 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Joseph A. Griffoprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-13

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-01-31

    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. 2026-02-03

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2726not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2234not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2870not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6067not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1233not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2015not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3774not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1598not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4946

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1590?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 1590. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.