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NY S 3849

in committee

Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 3849 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3849 is in committee as of 2026-01-08 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-08): TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

What is NY S 3849 about?

Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.

Who sponsors NY S 3849?

Brad Hoylman-Sigal is the primary sponsor of NY S 3849, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-08 — TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalprimary
  • Andrew Gounardescosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • Brian Kavanaghcosponsor
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-30

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-02-05

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-05-12

    1ST REPORT CAL.990

  5. 2025-05-13

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2025-05-14

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  7. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Judiciary Vote

    2025-05-12 · pass · 14-4

    Member-level votes (19)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Sean Ryan: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: no
    • Zellnor Myrie: excused

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5414not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1100

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3849?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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