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S 5592 NY

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

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Latest action (Feb 3, 2026) OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Summary

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.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (6)
  1. Feb 25, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
  2. Feb 26, 2025 TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION · upper
  3. Mar 18, 2025 OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
  4. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
  5. Jan 8, 2026 TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION · upper
  6. Feb 3, 2026 OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper

Text versions (2)

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  • S5592 · HTML
  • S5592 · PDF

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