A 3665 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors

Summary

Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limits the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that provides that whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, all other local referendum proposals are barred from the ballot.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Vetoed

Dec 2025

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Vetoed Dec 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

A3665 → A3665A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends New York's municipal home rule law by repealing three paragraphs that limited when cities could submit charter questions to voters. The changes remove restrictions on local laws, ordinances, resolutions, or petitions from submitting charter questions when a charter commission has already submitted one.

Scope change

The bill expands the ability of New York cities to submit charter questions to voters by removing existing limitations that prevented multiple charter questions from being submitted simultaneously.

REQUIREMENT

Removed paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of subdivision 5 of section 36 of the municipal home rule law that prohibited submitting charter questions via local law, ordinance, resolution, or petition when a charter commission had already submitted a question.

TIMELINE

Added a new Section 3 stating the act takes effect immediately.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect multiple sponsors (Simone, Weprin, Gonzalez-Rojas, Dinowitz, Epstein, Glick, Tapia, Reyes) and added committee discharge language indicating the bill was amended and recommitted.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

35–24

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 63

Jun 12, 2025

D Democratic41

32 Yea 6 Nay 3

78% Yea

R Republican22

3 Yea 18 Nay 1

81% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Dec 5, 2025

Amended

TABLED

lower

Dec 5, 2025

Vetoed

VETOED MEMO.63

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3665A

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CITIES

lower

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors