A 5785 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes term limits for the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller, and attorney-general

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the governor and lieutenant-governor to three terms in office. It specifies that any terms served before the amendment takes effect will not count toward this limit, and individuals who have served three terms would be bypassed in the line of succession. The bill does not apply to the comptroller or attorney-general, as those positions are only mentioned in the title but not covered in the proposed constitutional text. This is a proposed amendment currently under review by the Judiciary Committee.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2026
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A5785 A5785A · 4 edits
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The bill was amended to add two new co-sponsors (Stern and Raga) and updated the committee status to reflect that the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted. The substantive constitutional amendment text remains unchanged, focusing on term limits for governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller, and attorney-general.
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Added two new co-sponsors (Stern and Raga) to the bill's sponsor list.

Updated the bill header to reflect committee discharge, amendment, and recommitment status.

Removed the proposed amendment to Article 5 of the constitution regarding comptroller and attorney-general term limits, as the concurrent resolution now only proposes an amendment to Article 4 (governor and lieutenant-governor).

Updated page number and document identifier from LBD89101-01-5 to LBD89101-03-5.

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Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
Nov 5, 2025
Committee
OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Aug 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5785A
lower
Aug 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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