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2024 New York legislative session

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2024 New York legislative session
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General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 3, 2024

Scheduled session end:    June 8, 2024

Leadership
Senate President
Brian Benjamin (D)

House Speaker
Carl Heastie (D)
Majority Leader
Senate: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D)
House: Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D)
Minority Leader
Senate: Robert Ortt (R)
House: William Barclay (R)

Elections
Next Election:    November 5, 2024

Last Election:    November 8, 2022

Previous legislative sessions
2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
Other 2024 legislative sessions


In 2024, the New York State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 3 and adjourn on June 8, 2024.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 elections. Democrats won a 42-21 majority in the Senate and a 102-48 majority in the Assembly. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Democratic state government trifecta. At the start of the 2024 session, New York was one of nine state legislatures where Democrats had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session:
  • Democrats held a majority in the New York state Assembly and state Senate.
  • New York was one of 17 Democratic state government trifectas.
  • New York's governor was Democrat Kathy Hochul.

    • Leadership in 2024

    New York State Senate

    New York State Assembly

    Partisan control in 2024

    See also: State government trifectas

    New York was one of 17 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2024 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

    New York was also one of nine state legislatures where Democrats had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

    The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the New York State Legislature in the 2024 legislative session.

    New York State Senate

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 42
         Republican Party 21
    Total 63

    New York State Assembly

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 102
         Republican Party 48
    Total 150

    Standing legislative committees

    See also: Standing committee and List of committees in New York state government


    A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

    At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 80 standing committees in New York's state government, including 41 state Senate committees and 39 state House committees.

    Senate committees

    • Aging Committee
    • Agriculture Committee
    • Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders Committee
    • Banks Committee
    • Budget and Revenue Committee
    • Children and Families Committee
    • Cities 1 Committee
    • Cities 2 Committee
    • Civil Service and Pensions Committee
    • Codes Committee
    • Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee
    • Consumer Protection Committee
    • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
    • Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
    • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee
    • Disabilities Committee
    • Education Committee
    • Elections Committee
    • Energy and Telecommunications Committee
    • Environmental Conservation Committee
    • Ethics and Internal Governance Committee
    • Finance Committee
    • Health Committee
    • Higher Education Committee
    • Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee
    • Insurance Committee
    • Internet and Technology Committee
    • Investigations and Government Operations Committee
    • Judiciary Committee
    • Labor Committee
    • Libraries Committee
    • Local Government Committee
    • Mental Health Committee
    • New York City Education Committee
    • Procurement and Contracts Committee
    • Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee
    • Rules Committee
    • Social Services Committee
    • Transportation Committee
    • Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee
    • Women's Issues Committee

    Assembly committees

    • Aging Committee
    • Agriculture Committee
    • Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee
    • Banks Committee
    • Children and Families Committee
    • Cities Committee
    • Codes Committee
    • Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
    • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
    • Correction Committee
    • Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee
    • Education Committee
    • Election Law Committee
    • Energy Committee
    • Environmental Conservation Committee
    • Ethics and Guidance Committee
    • Governmental Employees Committee
    • Governmental Operations Committee
    • Health Committee
    • Higher Education Committee
    • Housing Committee
    • Insurance Committee
    • Judiciary Committee
    • Labor Committee
    • Libraries and Education Technology Committee
    • Local Government Committee
    • Mental Health Committee
    • Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee
    • People with Disabilities Committee
    • Racing and Wagering Committee
    • Real Property Taxation Committee
    • Rules Committee
    • Science and Technology Committee
    • Small Business Committee
    • Social Services Committee
    • Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development Committee
    • Transportation Committee
    • Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • Ways and Means Committee

    Legislation

    Enacted legislation

    The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2024 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2024. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

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    The table below lists 2024 election-related legislation in New York. The following information is included for each bill:

    • Bill number
    • Official name or caption
    • Most recent action date
    • Legislative status
    • Topics dealt with by the bill

    Bills are organized by bill number. The table displays up to 100 results by default. To view additional results, use the arrows in the upper-right corner of the table. For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information.

    Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

    In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

    The methods by which the New York Constitution can be amended:

    See also: Article XIX of the New York Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in New York
    New York Constitution
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    Preamble
    Articles
    I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX

    The New York Constitution can be amended through legislatively referred constitutional amendments or through constitutional conventions.

    Legislature

    See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

    A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

    Convention

    See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

    According to Section 2 of Article XIX of the New York Constitution, a question about whether to hold a state constitutional convention is to automatically appear on the state's ballot every 20 years starting in 1957. New York is one of 14 states that provides for an automatic constitutional convention question.

    The table below shows the last and next constitutional convention question election years:

    State Interval Last question on the ballot Next question on the ballot
    New York 20 years 2017 2037


    Historical partisan control

    The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of New York.

    New York Party Control: 1992-2025
    Nine years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    Governor D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
    Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
    Assembly D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

    Historical Senate control

    Democrats won control of the New York State Senate in 2018. In 2022, they won a 42-21 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the New York Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    New York State Senate election results: 1992-2022

    Year '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22
    Democrats 26 25 26 26 25 25 27 29 32 30 33 31 32 40 43 42
    Republicans 35 36 35 35 36 37 35 33 30 32 30* 32 31* 23 20 21

    *A coalition between the Independent Democratic Conference and Senate Republicans kept the Senate in Republican control.

    Historical House control

    Democrats won control of the New York State Assembly in 1974. In 2022, they won a 101-49 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the New York State Assembly following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    New York State Assembly election results: 1992-2022

    Year '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22
    Democrats 101 94 96 98 99 102 104 108 109 99 105 106 106 106 106 101
    Republicans 49 56 54 52 51 48 46 42 41 50 44 44 43 43 43 49
    Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

    See also

    Elections New York State Government State Legislatures State Politics
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