Bill Commons

NY S 5831

in committee

Prohibits the governor from granting themselves or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5831 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5831 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 5831 about?

Prohibits the governor from granting themselves or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon.

Who sponsors NY S 5831?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 5831.

Description

Prohibits the governor from granting themselves or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon.

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

  • James Skoufisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-04

    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. 2026-02-03

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7329not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5946not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1844

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5831?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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